3D printer calibration revolutionised - Step by step to better print quality
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 พ.ค. 2024
- This started with a request by my Patron magruder13: make an all in one calibration video to avoid needing to go through multiple old videos. Rather than just rehash into one video, I’ve gone a lot further:
teachingtechyt.github.io/cali...
UPDATE: This site has received a major update. • 3D printer calibration...
Say goodbye to manipulating your slicer and manually editing gcode to create retraction/temperature/acceleration towers. This website has everything step by step, with embedded relevant videos, and gcode generators that can make test towers to suit your needs in under 30 seconds.
It’s been a lot of work but I hope this is something truly worthwhile. Thanks to my Patrons for suggesting the topic, refining the idea and testing the website.
More to come on the site in future: teachingtechyt.github.io/
Website source and place to lodge bugs/feature requests: github.com/teachingtechYT/tea...
This video has been translated to Portuguese with my permission by Dr 3D Print: • Calibração Total da im...
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:17 Overview
2:07 Structure and warnings
2:46 Frame check
3:35 PID autotune
4:36 Baseline print
7:02 E-steps
8:23 Slicer flow rate
9:51 Stepper motor driver current
11:09 Retraction
13:25 Temperature
14:32 Acceleration and jerk/junction deviation
17:18 Linear advance
18:28 Summary
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Thanks so much for all of the positive feedback. Thanks to community members posting on GitHub, some bugs, typos and errors have been caught and fixed. New features have already been added with plenty more to come in the future.
You are awesome! This is exactly what the community needed. Thank you so much! Maybe you can include deltas in the future, they are a different beast but auto-calibration of the bed surface has come a long way in most flavors of firmware and often works perfectly on machines that are well built and equipped with precision z-probes using smoothieware (LSQ fork for calibration) and RepRapFirmware. In my experience it's better to calibrate temperature before retraction though, because temperature has such a high impact on stringing, especially with PLA which is the most commonly used filament. Keep up the excellent work. :)
Thank you so much for the work and thought you have put into this.
My question... I have stock firmware and boards on my ender 3p and Anet A8.
How do I change my gcode firmware. Do I have to go to marlin? What program is used to interface with the printer?
This is truly awesome! I used Dr. Lex calibration guide for my FFCP and had very good results but with my new ender 5 pro it was not straight forward application for other printers (different firmware etc). This is the awesome counterpart for marlin and just what was needed!
I have a request, so many of the turnings are hot end dependent. How hard would it be to add different nozzle diameters? Say a .8 or .6 or .2 nozzles?
Is it possible to get the settings that the baseline cube was printed with? I got a pretty good print using that, but an extremely ugly print using my own slicer settings.
[EDIT: Yes]
Great guide! Thx!
Do I need to worry about GCODE flavour when using code generated by the website?
Have a nice weekend!
Thank you for putting so much effort in this and yet still offer it to the community for free. Respect! 👏👏
And he opensourced it. This shit will be used in a lot of research papers. I have a feeling this will give him a leg up if he applies for jobs if he ever needs to. This is extremely valuable.
I LOVE THIS GUY
+1 for your Ayrton Senna sweater. Best pilot ever
Driver?
@@lamazejohnson4909 over here in Brazil we're used to say F1 pilot
@@pedrohenriquepeixoto3964 I see. I watched his documentary. Amazing "pilot". RIP.
@@pedrohenriquepeixoto3964 nao cara. é Driver mesmo....a palavra piloto pra gente é driver pra eles, logo ele não é "pilot" no Brasil, e sim driver. "pilot" é quem controla aviões/navios. Ou um episódio teste de uma série/programa. lol.
@@lamazejohnson4909 lol!
HOLY COW! THIS IS AMAZING!
Dude really, you just went and scientifically (engineeringly - as engineering is science applied) broke down the printing process and systematically owned the process'. I'm a career mechanic and basically you just created ISO certifiable guidelines for all us hobby people. Seriously I hope you win some kind of award for this! Thank you, thank you, thank you. Amazing sir! Amazing.
all of these technique's were already pre existing.
what he did do. was make an awesome collection of them. with explaination easy for anyone to understand. and made tools so that anyone can do it.
I wish something like this would have existed when I started my journey!
I really think that this will help people just starting with this hobby!
This is really a game changer. The only thing missing is a tab for testing max volumetric flow rate! Some auto-generated gcode to extrude some predetermined amount of filament for weighing would be really handy for tuning max speed prints.
This is legit mind blowing!
You've done something incredible here, making the entire world of 3d printing even more accessible to everyone. Including those that have been in it for a while, as making temperature towers always ends up sucking! Would love to see this built into slicers eventually, like perhaps a plugin for cura, so that it will automatically make use of all the rest of your settings!
There are calibration prints built into SuperSlicer - temp tower being one of them
@@showalterfamilylights I have no idea what super slicer is, but I'm going to look it up!
@@ImPattMan it is a fork of PrusaSlicer. Used to be called Slic3r++. Check it out on GitHub.
I agree, I'm fairly new to 3d printing and this is a great resource all in one place.
There is an option in Cura to do this; extensions-->post processing. However, it is cumbersome as you have to manually enter the level and temp for each change. Simply plugging in what you want on this github page is immensely easier!
My printer is getting delivered today and I’m so thankful for all the time you’ve put into your channel making this as accessible as possible. From a Brazilian to an Aussie I appreciate you mate
Thank you for taking the time to do this Michael. It’s an excellent resource as very valuable.
This really is brilliant. Ive been printing for years, but can see this being super useful, thankyou!
This is awesome. Big thank you to you and everyone involved! I've always found your videos helpful but this is one step beyond.
You have given a fantastic gift to the community. So many people appreciate your hard work and dedication and likely would not be as far into this hobby/trait with out all the help your videos and now site provide. Please continue to keep up the fantastic work
This has to be one of the greatest contribution to hobby 3d printing. Way to go TT! Something the industry greatly needed and appreciates. Thanks and regards.
I just got my first 3D printer and was looking for something like this! Awesome!!
It is always apparent you are a teacher (once a teacher, always a teacher). Your videos have relevant specific outcomes, layout clear specifics directions, anticipate problems and address multiple learning styles. Thank you for all the time spent not only recording and editing the videos but like every good lesson in the preparation for delivery. This is why I subscribe to your channel.
Wow, thank you for putting all this together in one place. I've been troubleshooting calibration for a couple weeks, it was impossible to piece together all the anecdotal forum posts to figure out what was best. This is beautiful.
Thanks for taking the time to put this together! Really simplifies printer set up and calibration! 👍👍
This is brilliant! Thanks a lot for making it open source too, it looks like you've put a lot of time into this.
This is an incredible resource - sharing with all my friends
I've been printing for two years and still found this very useful , it will be my go to site when anyone asks advice on calibration, well done and thank you so much
I've learned a lot from your channel over the past year with my two Creality printers. Thank you for all your effort and time into this.
This is incredible. I've been printing less often recently because my printer desperately needs overall tuning/calibration, but I've always found it difficult to do because I never feel like I cover all the bases I need so I've avoided it. This is a game changer for me. Great work! 😁
Indeed! Incredibly useful and well thought and laid out. Thanks!!!!
The stepper motor current bit is kind of out of place IMO. It's like if you had a driving course: 1. How to accelerate. 2. How to brake. 3. How to steer. 4. How to do a 180° burnout in a torrential downpour at night, while injured. 5. Parallel parking.
Lol
THANK YOU Michael!!! The time savings alone for temp towers will be great! Your willingness to share all your tips and tricks with the rest of us is greatly appreciated.
Wow, what great timing. I just got a printer two days ago, and I'm unpacking it this weekend. I'll definitely use this website to calibrate it. Thanks so much!
Thank you so much for these amazing content! Exactly what we need! :D
PLEASE add the ability to set first layer height in your G Code generators! Otherwise they are super helpful. Thank you for making tuning this much easier.
This is amazing. I just ordered my printer yesterday, partly because of videos made by you. Thanks for making 3d printing so accessible!
Thank you very much for this huge effort with the calibrations Michael. I used the e-step calibration section on your website and it worked 100%
As someone who's owned and operated a 3D printer for half a decade, I have to say this is one of THE BEST and most comprehensive guides I've ever seen. Not only did you highlight the most important factors in tuning 3D printers for the best print quality, you also provided the tools and instructions on how to use them.
You and your channel/content never ceases to amaze me. I always learn something new from your videos and it's just amazing. You are a wholesome person!
Pst this is a great reason to give to his patreon, worth every penny in my book
#Kickback :-) jk
I don't have much to give to patreons, but he earned a (small :( ) donation from me.
As a beginner, I couldn't be thankful enough to stumble across this video. I cannot imagine the effort put into this but thank you so much.
I’m doing my Estep calibrations currently researching and I’m glad you did this. I think it will help me cover everything I want to make better. Thanks!!
WOW - and thank you so much.
All of us have tried at least one of these calibrations at some stage. But never have I sat down and did a structured "start to finish" complete printer calibration.
Fantastic to have this one-stop shop tool. My printer is complete self design from scratch soooo - the opportunity for some funnies was right there. And boy did I fix some.
I cant for the life of me work out why I must use a 66% flow rate in Cura, despite perfect 100mm Extruder calibration, brand new Micro Swiss 0.4mm nozzle and quality filament. And that is with everything else also perfectly calibrated. mmmmm
I think in the future, printers will have cameras mounted to the hotend and use machine learning to calibrate prints in real time. Thank you for your work!
I want to thank you for the fact that you made this video and you Encouraged people to report issues with your site!! happy printing!!
Using your tools greatly improved my prints and maybe even more importantly, my understanding. I can't thank you enough!
It would be so amazing if all these calibration tests came with the printer firmware as a nice user-friendly guided testing system
Great set of tutorials. Loving it. One word of warning, code generated by the retraction test starts moving print head immediately after zeroing Z axis causing nozzle to slam against the print bed. Issue is that command for going to Z value for first level is after the initial move into XY position. Flip these two and you are good to go.
Has this been fixed?
@@hans-walterpaolin7132 Didn't test in a while. So I don't know, sorry. Issue I reported hasn't been closed.
So much work involved in what you've done to help others. Amazing.
Oh good grief this is awesome, so nice to have everything in one place. Thank you so much for all the time and hard work youve put into this.
Amazing work! Love the custom g-code. It would be awesome if down the road we can change out nozzle sizes.
You should def. suggest that on the github
Would it be possible to timestamp this video with YT's new timestamp features? This is really informative and breaking it down would help with recall as you mention at 0:38
Done :)
@@TeachingTech Thanks m8
Just got into 3d printing and this website is a gold mine! It is so well laid out, simple, and easy to understand. Thank you!
Absolutely amazing. You just turned the 3D printer learning curve into a straight line to success!
It would be nice to change the sice of the nozzle. I am always using 0.6mm nozzle. Great job by creating all this!
"Teaching Tech 3D Printer Calibration" website needs to be printed on a card and included with every new 3D printer, so useful for the beginner having everything there in 1 place. Just fitted a new nozzle and give it a service, belts, wheels etc. Went through all the steps and its printing like a dream....
This is fantastic - having all these steps in one place and explained properly is quite a game changer. I'm new-ish to 3D printing and although I have had some amazing prints from my very basic Aquila printer this website is invaluable for fine tuning and getting the printer dialled in accurately. Much respect to you.
this is one of those resources people will still be using years in the future. well done, well done.
So cool thank you for this. Having everything in one place is a life saver...
I am printing with a 0.6mm nozzle, is there anything I need to change in the GCODE of the temperature tower?
This is fantastic. I've been unsuccessfully trying to figure out how to make retraction towers for ages with cura post-processing.
Could your code be modified by nozzle size?
It'd probably be easier to download the stl and slice it yourself.
@@NirateGoel unless it has been changed recently, I don’t think it is possible to change retraction settings at z via post-processing in Cura. Happy to be corrected if it is possible.
Just got my Ender 3 Pro. Your channel has been the best at getting started and up to speed. Thanks!
I've been printing for about a year, and picked up new bits and pieces here and there but wow... this covers so much stuff I never even heard about. Amazing job!
nice1 could you tell me the slicing settings (especially speed settings) of the baseline cube. It looks way better then mine sliced with cura :/
the first link has no yt on the end
Literally all of my calibration came from your older vids.
Same for info on mods, motherboards, hot ends.
Seeing a lot of this combined on a single website is gonna help alot of oldtimers and new 3D print users!
Only had my 3D printer for a week and so glad I stumbled onto this video early in the journey. Many thanks for putting it together.
The first link is broken
here is the real one: teachingtechyt.github.io/calibration.html
Thanks!
thanks
thanks
I see it as truncated, but a click on it opened the page so I didn't even notice. He may have fixed it...
This is so valuable for new users. Thanks for developing this and making it available to everyone.
In Germany we would say: EHRENMANN!!
Thank you :)🔧
This is amazing. Thank you so much for putting this together. The 3D printer world needed this.
You have completely out done yourself. The amount of work you must have done will be appreciated that is for sure.
Just used your site and suggested it and your vids to a couple friends thank you for your efforts cheers
Michael, I can't believe I just came across this. Thank you so much for making this available to everyone. I will be trying it today. Thanks again.
Wow man, that's a ton of work and should be a great reference for both new and experienced users, truly a great contribution to the community!
So much easier! Thanks for all the hard work. The community owes you for this one!
Hats off to you TT. I can feel your dedication and efforts for this awesome resource for the community. Truly respect that 🙏🙏
This is a huge help to people like me that are brand new to 3d printing. After getting my Ender 5 plus I was having a hard time dialing everything in. Your videos have been a big help in getting me up and printing. This website is going to make fine tuning my printer much easier. Thanks for all the work you put in.
3D prints all over the world are better because of you. Thanks for everything you do.
This calibration website you set up is awesome... makes everything that needs to be done very simple and easy to achieve.
I remember bringing something like this up a few months ago. This is great. I can't wait to test out these things.
Man, this is great. This is exactly what I've been looking for! Thank you so much for the time and effort you've put into helping the community!
I setup my printer today using your website, it's amazing! I then noticed the date of this video and am incredibly greatful that I got my printer _after_ you created it.
Thank you thank you thank you! Am subscribing to your patreon now!
Bro, this is a game changer. For people like me, that need clear and ordered steps for doing things they are not comfortable with this is awesome. Thank you very much.
Hey man. I just wanna echo everyone else and say thank you. Not just for this video and calibration website but for everything. You've really opened the doors of this hobby for people. When I first got my printer I was so overwhelmed. I didn't realize how much patience, trial and error was involved. Countless times I've pulled up your videos to figure out what I was doing wrong or to better understand a topic. Sometimes I feel like I've put a lot of hours into printing with little to show for it. I can't imagine the time you've spent over the years putting together videos and resources for the community. It really is appreciated.
This is really amazing, well done. I wish I’d have had this 4 years ago. Would have made the journey easier and this will be a great resource for those starting out
Waw. This is a game changer! Thank you for this beautiful contribution to the community, and nice shirt!
Omg, this was what I was looking for, and far exceeded my expectations. Thanks for all the work, and for the excellent detailed and clear explanations!
Absolutely amazing! Thank you for putting in all the hard work setting this up.
Wish I had something like this when I started, thank you for giving this away to everyone new to it.
Phenomenal - you've certainly released something of great value to a lot of people with this. Cheers and best wishes!
Amazing job! Probably the most useful resource I've ever found regarding 3D printer calibration. Thank you for your great work!!
Its really amazing what kind of quality videos you produce. Every video is useful and interesting!
This is Epic. Thank you for the hard work and dedication to the community!
I'm a bit late to the party, but I wanted to join everyone else in congratulating you for this. Your contributions to the maker community are invaluable. Older people like me remember the early days of the internet and looking forward with wide-eyed wonderment at what could be possible if we all pitched in. The youtube 3D printing community is a shining example of that. Many people have been very generous with their specific knowledge and it's an absolute joy to be finally dipping my toes into this space. Thank you for your efforts!
Man, you’re awesome! I can’t really imagine how much work you have put into this... Thanks a lot!
Brilliant!!! thankyou for all your effort, im sure lots of people are being helped out with all this info, I am working through all the videos and settings and am getting way way better prints just with the test parts!!! Well done again
my prints have been pretty good since day one, but i wanted to take them to the best they possibly can be. You have helped me do that and i cant thank you enough.
I've followed you for a while now and I must say, you are great. I just received my first personal printer (ender 3) and I've been collecting videos on tuning and getting best/fastest prints and now that I found this video I feel like I have a one stop shop with this and your site.
Thank you for the great content and your contributions to the 3D Printing community!
Thx for all the effort, your channel has been a real big help after buying first 3d printer
Any time I see someone on Facebook complaining about tramming the bed on their printer and still having issues with their print, I send them a link to this video. Honestly Michael, a work of genius to put this together. Really made a significant difference in the quality of my prints on my new Ender 3. Thank you!
I was apprehensive about getting into 3D printing since I didn’t have any one to call on as a mentor until I found your channel and this video in particular. Thanks for all the work you put into to this.
This is Awesome! I just updated to a Hemera and was kind of lost on where to start. Thorough and timely!
This is absolutely fantastic! A one-stop-shop for all of my questions! Thank You so very much!
I think whats making your guide revolutionary is that it consolidates a lot of knowledge, info and how-to 's which is spread all over the communities, videos and everything. No one before took the effort to gather all the information in one place and combine it with useful tools, like the gcode generators.
This would make things definitely a lot easier for beginners!
Thank you for that!
Thank you SO MUCH for making this easy to follow and use guide, especially that it’s sliced agnostic and printer agnostic. I can’t tell you how much of a lifesaver this is, I’ve been struggling with a printer I had recently upgraded, and I followed the guide for the areas I was having trouble and now it’s printing almost PERFECTLY!!! This is why everyone should support you on Patreon if they get value from your videos, I most definitely do!!!!
Nareszcie wszystko w jednym miejscu. Bardzo dobry pomysł. Bardzo dużo pracy włożyłeś. Dziękuję i pozdrawiam z Polski.
You have done an amazing job! This will be my go to reference for sure. I have just shared it with a colleague who has just bought his first 3D printer. Thank you very much 👍😎🇦🇺
This is the most amazing, simple, easy to use and reliable thing I have ever used to calibrate my printer. Wow.
Thank you!!!
Thank you so much! You're hard work has helped me solve my printing issues; I had to re-calibrate my e-steps and retraction after several upgrades to the E3V2. So thankful.
This video and website is amazing. I finally feel like I can get my Ender 3 dialed in correctly. Thank you so much for this.
Thank you for your tutorial. After watching your videos, I am now more comfortable tinkering my printer.