Learned something new, may help others
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I've been posting for quite a long time, at least years, about the same question, coming at it from different angles, trying to figure out if my problem was caused by different things each time.
What was my problem? Some call it ringing, some call it ghosting, but it didn't follow either behavior.
I was getting ripple artifacts, but they were slightly different. Sometimes it looked like the extruder was pulsing too hard, sometimes it looked like pressure advance was wrong, or I had loose belts, or too much vibration in my system. The list can go on and on.
Among other things over the years, I recently converted my Railcore to a tool changer with direct drive tools and expanded the frame to accommodate the extra hardware. This is when the print quality got really out of hand.
I basically built a new printer.
Well, the actual problem was that my XY motors were too weak. I threw on some beefier ones and my prints come out super tidy again. Can't tell the difference with prints from my Voron v0.1.
Hope that helps someone else.
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What motors did you have and what did you move to? Specs?
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@phaedrux I had the e3d "compact but powerful" brand/model
Now I have the LDO 42STH60-2004MAC (55mm shaft)
