Wavey First Layer (Part of print, not all)
Here is a picture of what I am trying to figure out. For some reason, on lager prints the first layers are kinda messed up on one side. The rest is fine. Any ideas?
Re: Wavey First Layer (Part of print, not all)
Bed cleanliness/bed levelling? There is not enough information in the photo provided, can you get closer to the bad area?
Bill
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Re: Wavey First Layer (Part of print, not all)
Thanks Bill. I appreciate the thoughts. I had not thought of cleanliness, but I do clean and prepare the surface thoroughly before each print. The bed leveling, hmmmm ... I only know how to do the XYZ and Z calibration - other than that, I bought the kit, so doing any other leveling sounds a little more involved.
Update. So... I changed the nozzle, changed filament back to PLA. I performed an XYZ calibration, and a Z calibration(don't think that was necessary since the XYZ has Z in it), then did the first layer and got my first layer spot on. I did a few prints, in PLA. Switched back to ABS, and things look pretty good. There is a teeny-tiny bit of first-layer separation on the brim in the far back right corner, but I can live with that.
Thoughts on the cause - I believe the cause might be when I moved my power supply out of my enclosure, I replaced it with a printed bracket to support the Z axis frame. I am guessing that this frame, or the power supply are a little different in squareness. Thus... Causing my Z-axis to not be perpendicular during prints along the entire bed.
I am going to call this (SOLVED) for now.