Skewed Prints on CoreXY

zapta

Can this be a configuration issue?

E.g. if one of the motors has higher steps/mm configuration than it should then the diagonal it controls will be printed shorter than the other.

mrehorstdmd

In the diagram posted above, belt segments labeled A-H have to be parallel to their respective guide rails. The other segments don't matter. See: https://drmrehorst.blogspot.com/2018/08/corexy-mechanism-layout-and-belt.html

If you want to be sure the guide rails are square and belts are properly arranged, measure the distance from P1 to P4 and from P2 to P3. If they are equal, things are probably square (assuming some symmetry in your build). That should be true no matter where the extruder carriage is positioned along the X axis and no matter where the X axis is positioned along the Y axis.

SIam

hi,

your X and Y stepps musst be the same if not you get your results

Gamefanatic3D

I did tweak my X-Axis a bit more and got a change that I am able to track the effects with a test cube and know I was adjusting in the wrong direction. Apparently measuring against the front frame seems logical, but the real issue may be with the Y brackets. I noticed it wasn't perpendicular to the setup, and that I am trying to correct that using tension on the belts. I don't currently have offset wheels to allow me to correct the Y mount geometry. Will get those if I must, but working towards installing side rails in the near future.

Good concept about the steps should be the same. The motors are the same 0.9° model from OMC, so it makes sense they shouldn't be all that much different if not identical. I know when printing my 100mm square that I get about ~100.3 mm in one direction and ~100.5mm in the other. So a little more tweaking needed there.

You have all given me some things to try. I will report back my findings. I am definitely learning something here.

Veti

@Gamefanatic3D said in Skewed Prints on CoreXY:

100mm square that I get about ~100.3 mm in one direction and ~100.5mm in the other.

that might be due to extrusion.
print the same cube scaled to 200% or 50% and measure again.

SIam

@Gamefanatic3D said in Skewed Prints on CoreXY:

I know when printing my 100mm square that I get about ~100.3 mm in one direction and ~100.5mm in the other. So a little more tweaking needed there.

then your belt' tension is not not exactly calibrated they must on both sites X/Y the same.
you can print a cube flip it 45° you can see when you print it that always only one stepper is working.
Bild Text

The right(R) side is for the right Motor and the left(L) side for the left motor

when you finished your print messure the qube

if R > L then then is the belt tension R stronger as the L side
if R < L then then is the belt tension L stronger as the R side

This you have to repeat until you are happy with the result (and this take time)

Gamefanatic3D

@SIam said in Skewed Prints on CoreXY:

hi,

your X and Y stepps musst be the same if not you get your results

Okay, so this had the greatest impact. Setting X/Y steps to equal has things almost perfect. Diagnal measurement of print in nearly negligible, and probably have to adjust the belt tension ever slightly to get this final dimension dialled in.

Thanks so far! I will post some pics when I get a moment this weekend.

zapta

CHEP had recently a video about belt tensioning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m9TTzEh5xM

"It [almost] can't be tight enough"

Gamefanatic3D

It's not perfect, but darn close! I just about have the steps dialed in, think I need to put a bit more into extrusion and the orthogonal is in the money...

Adamfilip

you need to adjust belt tension until gantry is square. too much tension on one stepper or the other will skew the gantry

mrehorstdmd

The motor shafts are only 5 mm diameter, and the bearings can only take so much load. If you're using the "standard" 3D printer pulleys with the microscopic bearings, excess belt tension will wear them out quickly. Set the tension so the belts don't flop around while the mechanism is moving and you'll be fine.

Adamfilip

you dont need excessive tension but the belt tension will effect the squareness of the gantry. on my corexy I need to set the one motor/belt to be noticeably tighter in order to get square prints out of my printer. Equal tightness does not mean a Square gantry. needs to be adjusted and checked for squareness