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    • EZLN137undefined
      EZLN137
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      Ever since I upgraded my Ender 3 with a DuetWifi I have been having extrusion problems.
      I recently bought a genuine Titan Aero to try to remedy the problems, as well as for the ability to print flexible materials more easily.
      After I installed the TA I calibrated my E-steps and ended up with 407.5 (1.8 step angle, 7.3 hob diameter, 3:1 gear ratio). After this I did a flow test by printing a single-layer cube and measuring its sides. I measured an average .44 mm when It should've been .4 wall size. When I adjusted my flow to 90.9% to match the results from this test I got major under-extrusion ( huge gaps between lines of filament). I had to raise my flow to 105% to get good extrusion.
      I measured my filament's diameter over a few meters and saw an average of 1.74 mm, and getting as low as 1.73 mm.

      The other issue I'm seeing is that when I print a XYZ test cube with the value for flow that gives me good results (105%), I will get significant over extrusion on the first 6 layers (I use 6 top and 6 bottom layers). These bottom layers bulge out about a mm farther than the rest of the cube. The rest of the cube looks great. I have to resort to adding a post-processing script to bring the flow of these 6 lower layers to about 85% flow to get a decent looking cube. I am really puzzled by this issue and want to know if anyone has encountered anything similar or knows what could be the problem.
      Thank you in advance for any help

      Additional info: using Cura 4.0, Hatchbox PLA, .4 mm Nozzle size, .2 layer height, 60 mm/s print speed.

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      • PuterProundefined
        PuterPro @EZLN137
        last edited by PuterPro

        @ezln137 said in Perplexing E-steps and Flow calibration problem:

        I measured my filament's diameter over a few meters and saw an average of 1.74 mm

        Not sure what's going on but just wanted to be sure you know that when you measure the filament (good on you!) be sure you measure around the filament at each point you check.

        I just measured one this AM that was 1.75 at one point, but went down to 1.69 when measured clockwise 60° at the same point!!

        Same point on the length, but be sure to measure a few places around the diameter too.

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        • EZLN137undefined
          EZLN137
          last edited by

          Great suggestion. I measured all around the filament and I did see some variation, but not as big as what you mentioned. With the different measurements the average gets closer to 1.75 mm.
          Thanks for the reply, I'm gonna keep experimenting with settings to see if I get better results.

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          • Phaedruxundefined
            Phaedrux Moderator
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            Is the first layer going down smoothly? The over extrusion at the base but under extrusion father up would indicate that the first layer height may be off.

            My preferred way to calibrate the e steps and flow rate can be found here: https://forum.duet3d.com/topic/9999/horrible-print-results-help-needed/14

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            • OwenDundefined
              OwenD
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              I had similar issues (and I’ve seen others here) and it was the thermistor settings.
              I don’t know if the online configuration was set wrong or it was “operator error” in each case but it had me chasing my tail.
              Perhaps if you post details of your config and thermistor type someone can rule this out.

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              • EZLN137undefined
                EZLN137 @Phaedrux
                last edited by EZLN137

                @phaedrux said in Perplexing E-steps and Flow calibration problem:

                Is the first layer going down smoothly? The over extrusion at the base but under extrusion father up would indicate that the first layer height may be off.

                My preferred way to calibrate the e steps and flow rate can be found here: https://forum.duet3d.com/topic/9999/horrible-print-results-help-needed/14

                Yes, the first layer looks good. That's pretty much the procedure I follow for calibrating e-steps and flow.

                Here is my config file. I am using the stock Ender 3 thermistor ( 100K ohm NTC 3950FB) for the bed and stock Titan Aero thermistor (Semitec 104-GT2 thermistors) for hotend.

                Here's my config:
                0_1555904131877_config.g

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                  • EZLN137undefined
                    EZLN137
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                    Configuration file for Duet WiFi (firmware version 1.21)
                    ; executed by the firmware on start-up

                    ; General preferences
                    G90 ; Send absolute coordinates...
                    M83 ; ...but relative extruder moves

                    ; Drives
                    M569 P0 S0 ; Drive 0 goes backwards
                    M569 P1 S0 ; Drive 1 goes backwards
                    M569 P2 S1 ; Drive 2 goes forwards
                    M569 P3 S1 ; Drive 3 goes backwards
                    M350 X16 Y16 Z16 E16 I1 ; Configure microstepping with interpolation
                    M92 X80.00 Y80.00 Z400.00 E407.5 ; Set steps per mm
                    M566 X1000.00 Y1200.00 Z24.00 E300.00 ; Set maximum instantaneous speed changes (mm/min)
                    M203 X30000.00 Y30000.00 Z300.00 E900.00 ; Set maximum speeds (mm/min)
                    M201 X500.00 Y500.00 Z100.00 E4000.00 ; Set accelerations (mm/s^2)
                    M906 X1200.00 Y800.00 Z800.00 E925.00 I20 ; Set motor currents (mA) and motor idle factor in per cent
                    M84 S30 ; Set idle timeout

                    ; Axis Limits
                    M208 X0 Y0 Z0 S1 ; Set axis minima
                    M208 X235 Y235 Z250 S0 ; Set axis maxima

                    ; Endstops
                    M574 X1 Y1 Z1 S1 ; Set active high endstops

                    ; Z-Probe
                    M558 P0 H5 F120 T6000 ; Disable Z probe but set dive height, probe speed and travel speed
                    M557 X15:8 Y15:195 S20 ; Define mesh grid

                    ; Heaters
                    M307 H0 B0 S1.00 ; Disable bang-bang mode for the bed heater and set PWM limit
                    M305 P0 T100000 B4066 R4700 ; Set thermistor + ADC parameters for heater 0
                    M143 H0 S100 ; Set temperature limit for heater 0 to 100C
                    M305 P1 B4725 C7.060000e-8 ; Set thermistor + ADC parameters for heater 1
                    M143 H1 S285 ; Set temperature limit for heater 1 to 285C

                    ; Fans
                    M106 P0 S1 I0 F500 H-1 ; Set fan 0 value, PWM signal inversion and frequency. Thermostatic control is turned off

                    ; Tools
                    M563 P0 D0 H1 ; Define tool 0
                    G10 P0 X0 Y0 Z0 ; Set tool 0 axis offsets
                    G10 P0 R0 S0 ; Set initial tool 0 active and standby temperatures to 0C

                    ; Automatic power saving
                    M911 S10 R11 P"M913 X0 Y0 G91 M83 G1 Z3 E-5 F1000" ; Set voltage thresholds and actions to run on power loss

                    M307 H1 A254.3 C127.8 D2.2 S1.0 V24.3 ; PID configuration
                    ; Custom settings
                    ; M592 D0 A0.0121 B-0.0005

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                    • Phaedruxundefined
                      Phaedrux Moderator
                      last edited by

                      Looks alright to me. Not sure how to explain your over extruded early layers and under extruded later layers.

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