X axis wobble in corexy printer
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@deckingman Well, that's the question, isn't it? I'm not sure if it matters or not. If there's 70 um error in position from one layer to another in the way they're stacked, it would be a problem. It seems to be pretty repeatable, so maybe the layers stack up fine anyway. But I've been thinking that some of this type of rough surface may be due to problems with the X axis wobbling during prints:
I don't think it takes much error to create that type of surface. My test captured only static behavior, but if there's also some dynamic activity due to belt stretch, etc., maybe those layers won't stack up so well, especially if the drive pulleys are of poor quality.
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@mrehorstdmd said in X axis wobble in corexy printer:
I like the idea of ordering directly from the manufacturer with Misumi. I could be wrong but it feels like I'm liable to get a better quality part directly from a known, high quality manufacturer.
I am fairly certain that they source from B&B MANUFACTURING, https://www.bbman.com/ , in LaPorte, Indiana. They are also a Gates Distributor I believe.
They 'make' the belts there to order by slicing the pre-fab tubes.They do have a min order of like $35 or $50, but that is easy to hit if you are outfitting a printer.
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@mrehorstdmd Well it might be. But glancing through your results, the maximum error I saw was 0.07mm. Given that on a CoreXY, you'd have the motor pulley plus an idler pulley then that "out of round" error would be cumulative for the two pulleys. So the error per pulley is likely to be half that maximum. 0.07mm is about 2 thou in old money which means that each pulley is likely to be within a thou of truly circular. That seems like a pretty reasonable manufacturing tolerance - even on the tight side of reasonable and possibly hard to better on a production basis.
I can't see why the error would continue to accumulate beyond that 0.07mm over several layers, if it is purely down pulley "roundness". i.e., it's always going to be with 0.07mm of where is should be regardless of layer height. Personally I'd be looking elsewhere for the source of the problem, but it's getting late so I might have missed something in your reasoning...... -
@Veti said in X axis wobble in corexy printer:
gates belts have a different profile than normal belts. that could be part of your problem.
everyone keeps perpetuating the same statement without any real proof. its all hearsay and gossip.
Gates does not publish their profile, you have to NDA and then they give you films for comparitor. Until someone posts images taken from something like an optical comparitor showning what a 'REAL' Gates pulley and belt profile look like vs. a GT2 and 2GT and 2P or whatever you want to call them, any claims of accuracy or inaccuracy as just rubbish. Its the same thing as claming voter fraud without and evidence.
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@sinned6915 said in X axis wobble in corexy printer:
@Veti said in X axis wobble in corexy printer:
gates belts have a different profile than normal belts. that could be part of your problem.
everyone keeps perpetuating the same statement without any real proof. its all hearsay and gossip.
Gates does not publish their profile, you have to NDA and then they give you films for comparitor. Until someone posts images taken from something like an optical comparitor showning what a 'REAL' Gates pulley and belt profile look like vs. a GT2 and 2GT and 2P or whatever you want to call them, any claims of accuracy or inaccuracy as just rubbish. Its the same thing as claming voter fraud without and evidence.
I echo your sentiments on hearsay and gossip regarding the e3d 2GT belts/idlers (which likely are perfectly serviceable and quality components), although I will backtrack that some and say that Misumi, BBman (which you mentioned), SDP/SI, do offer true Gates MR belt profiles and pulleys (GT, GT2, GT3 does not indicate belt pitch, or width.....). SDP/SI discusses on their website how they are licensed by Gates, BBman discusses how their PowerHouse series pulleys are fully intermatable with Gates PowerGrip. Having purchased MR profile (GT3, both 3mm (MR3) and 2mm (MR2)) belts and pulleys from Misumi, their country of origin was USA for the belts, and either Japan or China for the idlers. When I purchased belts from SDP/SI, country of origin was Japan on one belt size, and UK on a different belt size (one set was GT3 3mm (MR3), and another GT2 2mm (MR2).
Ok... I may be getting off track here some.
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@mrehorstdmd I had an idea today how you could verify whether the pulleys are off-center: connect two pulleys with different teeth with a closed belt with good tension and turn them. The force needed should be even for full rotations if they are centered correctly. Depending on after how many rotations the force changes you can see which pulley is off-center also.
In my experience the belts are very sensible against length variations. That's why flexible belt tesioners are used sometimes: they hide construction inaccuracies like off center pulleys. This strikes back with bad prints however, because stepper-belt movement is not in sync.
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@JoergS5 When I watch the machine running, I can see one of the belts moving laterally as it comes off the drive pulley. The other one is a lot better.
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These LDO pulleys are supposed to be of high quality and a got fit for Gates belts.
https://www.printedsolid.com/products/ldo-2gt-pulley-with-5mm-bore
I have them on my printer and they do 'work' but I can't quantify it.
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@zapta While the reviews look good, I need 20 tooth, 9 mm wide... Thanks!
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see the voron 2.4 bom
https://vorondesign.com/sourcing_guide?model=V2.4
they recommend these with the gates belts.
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One of the downsides of CoreXY and other flying gantry designs (my first original design was a flying gantry), is that the belt configuration adds a whole bunch of tolerance stacking, magnifying any issues with cheap pulleys.
That original design... couldn't print straight lines in Y, because I used cheap pulleys and the belt configuration multiplied the error in the X pulleys. As it moved in Y you could literally see the head moving back and forth in X.
Hmm... Might be finally time to build that ballscrew based machine I'm been meaning to for ages.
I'm curious to see the results of better quality pulleys.
And I'm curious, is there any pre-load on your linear bearings? -
Decent belts & pulleys help. Retention of the pulleys in double shear and using shafts properly retained instead of bolts all add up to one thing.
A properly executed design, built properly.
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@mrehorstdmd said in X axis wobble in corexy printer:
I need 20 tooth, 9 mm wide...
Are you CERTAIN your motor shaft is not bent? Throw a test indicator on there
I am just south of you and have some 9mm pulleys or what i think are good quality, I think that are 20 tooth. If you want to borrow, DM me. USPS is cheap and fast across the border.
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I had a similar experience and came to a similar conclusion - I've used cheap pulleys on a much smaller corexy I had fabricobbled, but on my large machine with 9mm belts they just weren't cutting it. Had to bite the bullet and purchase genuine gates pulleys, and improved it quite a bit! There are some videos that show how bad the wobble was from the inferior pulleys, it was actuating my y-limit switch!
https://www.lukeslab.online/blog/a-problem-with-idlers-solved-with-gates -
@Luke-sLaboratory I use stacked F608 bearings for idlers in my printer- they turn very smoothly and their concentricity seems to be very good. Their 22mm diameter means I can let the toothed side of the belt ride on them without generating any artifacts in the prints. The bearings and the 8mm bolts that serve as axles are quite heavy. I expect them to last many years.
I used some cheapo 3D printer pulleys (3mm bore) in my first sand table build and found them to be junk. They wore out very quickly. A more recent version of the table uses stacked F625 bearings (5mm bore)- much better than the 3D printer pulleys.
@sinned6915 No, I am not certain the motor shafts aren't bent- I'll have to check them. One of the cheapo servomotors I used in the sand table has a bent shaft, so I suppose a stepper could, too. I originally designed the servomotor mounts with bearings and found that with that motor, the extra bearing made it run noisy, so I took the bearings out of the motor mounts.
@theruttmeister No, no preload in the linear guides.
