Could you please judge my print? Z axis (imho) not optimized
Hello everyone,
I bought a used mk3s printer. The printing works, but I'm asking you to judge the photos to help me understand where I need to do maintenance.
In my opinion, it's the height of the Pinda. I think I need to lower the probe closer to the plate, but I'm not sure. I'm printing with the Z axis at -0.6. In one photo, you can see the result first at -0.8, then at -1.1, and as it currently stands at -0.6.
The belt tension is low, so that will be the next job.
I want to place an order on the Prusa website and need to understand which spare parts to buy.
I have noticed that when printing with PLA on a steel sheet plate, I find it difficult to remove small pieces (e.g. the holland mill knob visualiser broke).
Please bear in mind that I am not very interested in the aesthetics of the print, as long as the piece is sturdy and durable.
Here are my print parameters:
Nozzle 0.8 brass no brand
Polyterra Pla blu
Belt status
X 242
Y 255
Belt test X : too lose 75/78 MHz
Belt test Y : too lose 79 MHz
Total statistics as I bought:
8000m
164 days
All of your first layer examples are too low, too much squish.
But 0.8mm nozzles are pushing the capacity of the Mk3, you will gain very little benefit over a 0.6mm whilst risking under extrusion on long parts.
Cheerio,
RE: Could you please judge my print? Z axis (imho) not optimized
Thank you Diem for your feedback. I will add a couple of 0.6 nozzles to my shopping cart, thank you!
My plan now is to use a smaller cable tie and lower just a bit the Pinda sendor, as explained in the Mk3 user manual. I hope this will enable me to achieve Z parameters that are more similar to those I read about in the Prusa manual and Prusa video ( around -1.00 for and optimal print). I hop I correctly understood the work to do. 🤓 👍
Thank you!