Machine Calibrating
In this blog post we try to answer the question, what should be the layer height if the head speed is 16mm/s and the motor speed is 40rpm. So calibrating the extruder theoretically, rather than trial and error.
Since I had my printing machine I always had some sort of printing deficiency. I always suspected,
that I made my settings wrongly or didn't adjusted it right.
I asked on the forum how am I supposed to set my machine/skeinforge settings right, and I was told that I should follow this walkthrough blog post.
I tried it, but I lacked the proper tool to do it right. I only have an "analogue" caliper, where the accuracy in theory 0.05mm, but Im only able to read it reliably 0.1mm:
Following the above tutorial requires a digital caliper with 1 µm (0.001mm) measuring accuracy.
The idea, that a measuring is required, when we know every details of the machine, is rather strange. So I asked nophead, what is his method to adjust the settings right. He said, he calculates the layer height and does not need to do any "trial and error", like the above mentioned blog post. We exchanged some emails, and here it goes the explication (at least what I grok from it):
