Belt Tension direct measurement
pteglerOP
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Today at 11:17 PM
I see the 'belt tension' subject repeatedly here so figured I'd shoot you all a 'measurable' solution. I'm not going to post my tables (too much data to try and simplify to post here)
But over several runs and various tests (for MY printer anyway) I can now set belt tension via direct lbs measurement and assimilate it to a vibration testing result....

Attempt Z Tilt -- Print Head Hitting Bed
Running klipper v0.11.0-91
Home All works fine. BLTouch probes as expected.
Run Z-Tilt correction and the print head crashes into the bed at the first probe point!!!...
ADXL345
Here we go again, trying to make this work
Re-attached the board and Cat6 wiring, but still get this error
Suggestions?...

printer started stuttering today
Hey today when I homed z. As the head moved to the center spot on the bed. The printer stutters. And it's never done this before today. Anyone have any idea why this is happening?. I have a small video to show you what I mean.
I also noticed that on a print I did that it stuttered occasionally when it's never done this before. What's going on?
Any help is greatly appreciated...
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"BLTouch failed to raise probe". The bed doesn't move at all.
The Bl-Touch looks like working just fine but it always stops at that point....
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Howdy yall,
I've been getting this issue on my V-minion for the past few days where I get layer shifting on the first few layers then the rest of the print goes mostly fine. This happens on both the X and Y axes. It happened around the time that I replaced the X motor cage, but I dont see how that could affect the Y axis, or why these issues would affect only the first few millimeters of a print. I know its ot a slicer issue becuase I've tested with gcodes from a few weeks ago as well as new ones and still have this issue. If anyone could help me it would be much appreciated....

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in the photo you can see the state where the printer gets stuck and also the gcode that i print is in the attachment.
Does anyone have an idea what that could be, the system is up to date....
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Anyone know what this can be? It seems to be working fine still....
after update Problem, mcu unable to connect
Hi everybody ( I just list this post so again now).
I recieved this error message after making the full update ( see pics). Any body an idea what it is and how to fix it? Thank you so much! Robert...

after update: mcu unable to connect
Hello everybody. After the update I recieved this error message. Anybody an idea what this is and how it can be fixed? Thank you so much! Robert

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I recently discovered my gantry was not running parallel to the frame. I checked the frame squareness and it's within 0.5mm on the diagonals and the sides are parallel. BUT my gantry was out of alignment by more than 5mm when measured between the gantry ends and the frame. So I realigned the gantry to less then 1mm of misalignment from one end to the other against the frame, tightened the gantry screws and re-tensioned the belts. Now after a couple of prints the gantry is 5mm out of square again...

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I first used
Marlin (legacy)
but it didn't give layer information and it seemed to run slower than it should. I then tried Marlin 2
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I am planning on trying Smoothie
next, but I am wondering what other people are using for the g-code flavor when using prusaslicer and klipper?...Manta M8P + CB1 Stepper Error
Hey all,
I'm currently trying to set up a V-Core 3 500 with an M8P&CB1 Combo. Klipper is installed and so far heating, fans and Endstops work.
When I try to home my printer I receive this error: TMC 'stepper_z' reports error: GSTAT: 00000002 drv_err=1(ErrorShutdown!)
...
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The printer has the Rapido hotend, LGX-Lite and the ebb36 v1.2 board.
Issue 1) my part cooling fan only seems to want to turn on at 91% when controlled via slider in the dashboard, that doesn't seem right to me? lol...

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Using an Ender 3 that thinks it's a VMinion thanks to the SKR Mini....
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After I start print printer stops at some point and shows me this error, typically 10-20 minutes into print. What should I do?
