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.

  • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    6 months ago

    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.

    • MinorLaceration@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      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.

  • muntedcrocodile@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    6 months ago

    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

  • Contramuffin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    6 months ago

    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

    • 7heo@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      Not just enders. Creality beds in general. They collapse and wobble.

  • pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    0·
    6 months ago

    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