My prints come out very well but I’m noticing on larger prints that one corner of my bed prints tighter than the opposite. What’s causing this?
Printing on an Ender 3 Pro with upgraded metal extruder, beefier bed springs and metal levelers, and upgraded hot end. Not direct drive yet and no auto bed leveling.
Probably an unlevel bed, it’s thinner there because the bed is higher.
I highly recommend a CR touch add on for ender 3s, probably the best upgrade I ever made. Not only will it fix stuff like this, but it will also let you plug the printer into your computer and you can use octoprint to render a 3d depth map of your bed which makes bed levelling super easy.
100% agree on the bed level sensor. I have a BL touch and it is far and away the best upgrade for my ender 3v2.
I’d definitely recommend anyone adding a touch sensor play around with different firmwares. I was running a very buggy firmware for about 2 years and didn’t realize I could just find something that works better. My new firmware works so much better and has so many more features, all in a $0 upgrade.
If one corner is tighter that would seem to indicate a heigh spot on ur bed hence the extrusion is being squished into a thinner layer
Had a similar issue with my Ender 3 Pro. In my case, turned out the bed wobbled. A quick Google search said that it’s apparently a pretty common problem with Ender 3 Pro’s. I had to tighten the wheels that held the bed in place, and that completely resolved my problem.
So, my advice would be to check if your bed wobbles
Not just enders. Creality beds in general. They collapse and wobble.
Check to make sure your carriages are tight to the rails, both for the extruder and for the gantry. On the ender 3 pro there’s 2 wheels on one side and one wheel on the other, the one wheel is attached via a hex shaft that’s off center and by spinning that you can tighten/loosen the wheel to the rail. Mine were loose and it was resulting in something similar to this
Excellent idea. Definitely going to check. Thanks!
Any luck?
Hadn’t had a chance to try it yet