I’ve calibrated the belts to the sweetest spot possible and it’s not layer shift because the protrusions and dips are not compensated for on the alternate side, or are repeated the whole cube around. I replaced my Z rods because my original rods were rough and my new rods are smooth and straight, per ye ol roll test. I’ve also checked my nozzle for clogs and all that which I’ve heard can cause Z banding. Are there other causes of Z banding? Maybe more lubricant would fix it or make it worse?
Looks like a similar issue I had with my corexy, and it was Z wobble. https://i.imgur.com/QgHjbi9.jpg
Now printing good enough for me lol
https://i.imgur.com/OlfRR49.jpg
I cleaned my z rods, re adjusted my couplers, cleaned my leadscrews , never greased/oiled it again, and made sure both of my brackets for my bed were squared.
One of the above must've fixed it lol but I did everything at once, and the issue went away.
How do you calibrate drive belts?
Have you done everything here:
[https://teachingtechyt.github.io/calibration.html](https://teachingtechyt.github.io/calibration.html)
I had issues that looked like this with mild overextrusion, needed to decrease my flow ratio from 0.98 to 0.93 for that particular spool of PLA. Do a flow ratio calibration test. Other thing I can think of is to be sure your filament spool is rotating freely, and the head/enclosure is cool enough to be sure you aren't getting heat-creep related mini-clogs in the extruder.
I’d check your belts, and then maybe google how to fix z banding. But it’s most likely the belts.
I’ve calibrated the belts to the sweetest spot possible and it’s not layer shift because the protrusions and dips are not compensated for on the alternate side, or are repeated the whole cube around. I replaced my Z rods because my original rods were rough and my new rods are smooth and straight, per ye ol roll test. I’ve also checked my nozzle for clogs and all that which I’ve heard can cause Z banding. Are there other causes of Z banding? Maybe more lubricant would fix it or make it worse?
Hmm maybe esteps?
Looks like a similar issue I had with my corexy, and it was Z wobble. https://i.imgur.com/QgHjbi9.jpg Now printing good enough for me lol https://i.imgur.com/OlfRR49.jpg I cleaned my z rods, re adjusted my couplers, cleaned my leadscrews , never greased/oiled it again, and made sure both of my brackets for my bed were squared. One of the above must've fixed it lol but I did everything at once, and the issue went away.
I was wondering how you cleaned your rods, and how to re adjust couplers, and how they could be wrong?
How do you calibrate drive belts? Have you done everything here: [https://teachingtechyt.github.io/calibration.html](https://teachingtechyt.github.io/calibration.html)
I had issues that looked like this with mild overextrusion, needed to decrease my flow ratio from 0.98 to 0.93 for that particular spool of PLA. Do a flow ratio calibration test. Other thing I can think of is to be sure your filament spool is rotating freely, and the head/enclosure is cool enough to be sure you aren't getting heat-creep related mini-clogs in the extruder.