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Rat Rig Community [Unofficial]•16mo ago•

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Inconsistent first layer between prints with Beacon

I am currently struggling with first layer issues. I am currently only printing single layer 100 mm x 100 mm x 0.3 mm shapes to test this. My first print of a day or a work session starts looking decent and then the surface begins to have ripples indicating there is too much squish.

I remove the print and immediately reprint the same file (select reprint from within RatOS) and it prints without any of the rippling issues.

I have adjusted the microstepping for a motors to be 16 as was suggested by others here.
I have changing the heat soak time for the nozzle and bed from between 120 and 300 seconds.

I have redone the beacon calibration and final beacon calibration between changing each of these steps.

Each time the results are the same. First print has ripples as if the nozzle is too close and every print after that has a near perfect first layer attached are two photos, one of the first print and one of the print immediately following.

This morning I preheated the bed for 15 minutes before printing and the issue still occurred.