Duet 2 inconsistent extrusions at slow speeds

fcwilt

@natty15d said in Duet 2 inconsistent extrusions at slow speeds:

@fcwilt just changed the settings to
M350 X16 Y16 Z16 E16 I1 ; configure microstepping with interpolation

still has the same issue

Hmm..

Are you by chance using a different brand or kind of filament?

Frederick

Veti

just to rule out slicer, can you do this test with a different slicer?

Phaedrux

Firmware version 3.1.1?

Have you PID tuned the hotend recently? Is your temp graph stable?

The gcode is basically identical other than the feed rate, but trying another slicer couldn't hurt for confirmation.

natty15d

@fcwilt I'm using the filament I was using before installing the duet

fcwilt

@natty15d said in Duet 2 inconsistent extrusions at slow speeds:

@fcwilt I'm using the filament I was using before installing the duet

Hmm...

Have you verified that the steps/mm setting for the extruder is correct?

Frederick

natty15d

@Phaedrux PID tuned last week and very stable temps.
I've been 3d printing for years but I've only ever used simplify3d, are there any other slicers you'd recommend

Recalibrated my wanhao i3 last week with the same slicer and didn't have any issues

natty15d

@fcwilt double checked that, 100mm is extruded

natty15d

i also changed to "relative extrusion distances" in simplify3d for the Duet, never needed that for the wanhao i3

fcwilt

@natty15d said in Duet 2 inconsistent extrusions at slow speeds:

@fcwilt double checked that, 100mm is extruded

And again, hmm...

What filament are you using and what at what temp?

It has to be your hardware or configuration as I have five different Duet WiFi setups and they all work fine at the slow speeds I mentioned.

We just have to figure out what is different about your setup.

Frederick

natty15d

PLA printing at 215, its all the same hardware, temps & pla that i used prior to changing to Duet, so i know its tested and works.
Like you say i also think its a setting ive not set properly thats throwing the slow speed printing out

OwenD

@natty15d
Is your slicer using volumetric extrusion?
Have you checked part fan speeds?

fcwilt

@natty15d said in Duet 2 inconsistent extrusions at slow speeds:

PLA printing at 215, its all the same hardware, temps & pla that i used prior to changing to Duet, so i know its tested and works.
Like you say i also think its a setting ive not set properly thats throwing the slow speed printing out

I'm having to say "hmm..." a lot on this one.

Have you watched the status of the print on the DWC (Duet Web Control) and verified the speeds are what they should be - taking into account the various settings of S3D?

Frederick

natty15d

@OwenD not sure on the volumetric slicing, will look into that, Fan speed is 100% after layer 1

natty15d

@fcwilt No i havent, will try that tomorrow

Veti

@natty15d said in Duet 2 inconsistent extrusions at slow speeds:

I've been 3d printing for years but I've only ever used simplify3d, are there any other slicers you'd recommend

prusaslicers standard profile is quite good and easy to setup

natty15d

Resliced the file, a single wall cube, at full speed 60mms, and a version with a reduced speed down to 20%. The slow file had the same poor extrusion, the fast file prints perfectly.
I then printed another full speed version but this time used the control panel to reduce the print speed to 20% part way through the print.
Once the speed was reduced the poor extrusion started again, increased to 50% and it was still bad, back to 100% and it prints beautifully. That must prove the slicer is okay as the full speed file prints perfectly but shows poor extrusion when slowed down in the printer
It must be a setting I've messed up in the config but I've no idea what it is?

Veti

can you post a picture of your printer?

fcwilt

@natty15d

Try reducing the extruder temps by 5 degree steps and printing again at each temp.

It's possible that you are running hotter than you think and cooking the filament.

Frederick

Phaedrux

I think @fcwilt is on to something with the temps.

Even so, to remove the configuration from the equation, can you send M98 P"config.g" in the gcode console and post the response? That would show any syntax errors just in case.

And then to really rule an error in config out, you could generate a fresh config set from the online tool to test with to compare.

Seeing a video of the slow print in action might be worthwile as well.

natty15d

@Phaedrux said in Duet 2 inconsistent extrusions at slow speeds:

M98 P"config.g"

M98 P"config.g"
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