I have no idea how to evaluate if I have the printer properly calibrated, how does it look?

  • azdle@news.idlestate.orgEnglish
    12·
    23 days ago

    Your first layer looks a little high, you shouldn’t be able to see the next layer through it like that. But other than that I think it looks great.

      • azdle@news.idlestate.orgEnglish
        8·
        23 days ago

        Honestly, it’s been so long since I’ve had to adjust z-height, I don’t have a guess for how far you need to go.

        The way I like to do it is to just start a print on something like a cube and play with the live z adjust until it looks nice and smooth. IMO, it’s better to be just a little too high rather than a little too low.

  • klankin@piefed.caEnglish
    7·
    23 days ago

    I don’t think I’ve printed anything this crisp in my decade of printing.

    That being said my parts are mostly structural so crispness doesn’t matter, but I’m still jealous.

  • anguo@piefed.caEnglish
    3·
    23 days ago

    That looks like a Prusa mini? Not much you need to calibrate there, at least in its early life.

      • anguo@piefed.caEnglish
        3·
        23 days ago

        That’s really just to make sure your prints stick properly to the bed, honestly. I found that the best way to tune it is by tuning the z-offset (just hold the button during the first layer) while printing a large-ish cube, with the fill angle set horizontally (not in front of a computer at the moment to give you more specifics). It basically is a larger version of what happens at the end of the built-in z-offset calibration.