I've seen other maintenance videos but you explain why you should do it and what can happen. That's the gold. You also share your experiences and add some extra tips. 👍 While many race through the subject attacking you with a more aggresive tonal volume , you take your time in a calm irish voice. Here for it. Don't copy other RUclipsrs, do your thing. May I suggest a future video of belt maintenance, belt tension and checking if your gantry is off?
About your calibration cube. Check in your slicer if contour compensation is set to 0.1. If it is, it would explain why your cube is about 0.1 off on all sides. Also, enabling precise Z height and setting the resolution to a lower value helps. Asuming you're using orca or bambu studio. Great vid.
@harkrits.nagpal6505, Double thank you. Glad the video is of some use for you, thanks for watching it and leaving a comment. And thank you for highlighting the CNC Kitchen video. I hadn't see the video, but just checked, great timing on the topic. I agree with his concerns, and I can confirm that when you print different sized calibration cubes, the deviance can be inconsistent and could be explained by measuring errors and the edges. The calibration flower looks like an interesting alternative. In the case of this video and my previous test, I accept there will be a potential +/-0.2mm deviance due to measuring error, as its only a guide, not an accurate measurement. Also in the case of the X1, it calibrates itself and I wanted to see what the auto calibration returned in results. On the Prusa MK3, its a different matter, you need do need accurate measurements because you may have to manually adjust, so this would be really useful. The biggest challenge with all of these measure tools, are the constantly changing parameters in printing, its the temp of your room, airflow, filament batch, calibration of the machine, degradation of printer parts, etc. The only other concern I would have it, is waste, the flower looks like it uses more filament and ideally we should be looking for ways to reduce waste in test prints, while using test prints to reduce waste in functional prints, at least until we have a sustainable way to recycle. Thank you again for watching, and thanks for the recommendation. If you have any tips for the A1 maintenance as you go through it, if you don't mind adding it in a comment that would be great also.
Why no one mentions the z belt tensioning is a msitery…I mean it’s easy to tension and it’s a part of the printer that’s need maintenance too. Anyway thanks for this vid very helpful.
@valentinleuci yes belt tension can make a huge difference, plus it prolongs the life of the belts keeping them at the right tension. Thanks for the feedback, and for watching.
@Steve-es3fc Noted, I actually cut out nearly two hours of video, but agreed, it should be a 10 minute video max. More work to do on that. thanks for the feedback.
I've had the good fortune of running my X1C for over a year with great effect. Now it's time to get serious about maintenance.
Thank you for uploading this, it’s quite useful!
@davidcastellanos2492 Thank you, that great to hear. 👍
I've seen other maintenance videos but you explain why you should do it and what can happen. That's the gold. You also share your experiences and add some extra tips. 👍
While many race through the subject attacking you with a more aggresive tonal volume , you take your time in a calm irish voice. Here for it. Don't copy other RUclipsrs, do your thing.
May I suggest a future video of belt maintenance, belt tension and checking if your gantry is off?
Happy it was useful for you.
About your calibration cube. Check in your slicer if contour compensation is set to 0.1. If it is, it would explain why your cube is about 0.1 off on all sides. Also, enabling precise Z height and setting the resolution to a lower value helps. Asuming you're using orca or bambu studio. Great vid.
@ydefy1848 Thanks for this, will try it out.
Great Video. Gonna use this for my A1 maintainence. Also, regarding the calibration cubes, have you seen CNC Kitchen's latest video?
@harkrits.nagpal6505, Double thank you. Glad the video is of some use for you, thanks for watching it and leaving a comment. And thank you for highlighting the CNC Kitchen video. I hadn't see the video, but just checked, great timing on the topic. I agree with his concerns, and I can confirm that when you print different sized calibration cubes, the deviance can be inconsistent and could be explained by measuring errors and the edges. The calibration flower looks like an interesting alternative. In the case of this video and my previous test, I accept there will be a potential +/-0.2mm deviance due to measuring error, as its only a guide, not an accurate measurement. Also in the case of the X1, it calibrates itself and I wanted to see what the auto calibration returned in results. On the Prusa MK3, its a different matter, you need do need accurate measurements because you may have to manually adjust, so this would be really useful. The biggest challenge with all of these measure tools, are the constantly changing parameters in printing, its the temp of your room, airflow, filament batch, calibration of the machine, degradation of printer parts, etc. The only other concern I would have it, is waste, the flower looks like it uses more filament and ideally we should be looking for ways to reduce waste in test prints, while using test prints to reduce waste in functional prints, at least until we have a sustainable way to recycle. Thank you again for watching, and thanks for the recommendation. If you have any tips for the A1 maintenance as you go through it, if you don't mind adding it in a comment that would be great also.
Some good info here however it is not a good idea to get ptfe grease on the skin.
@hootysteve Thanks, and good point.
Why no one mentions the z belt tensioning is a msitery…I mean it’s easy to tension and it’s a part of the printer that’s need maintenance too. Anyway thanks for this vid very helpful.
@valentinleuci yes belt tension can make a huge difference, plus it prolongs the life of the belts keeping them at the right tension. Thanks for the feedback, and for watching.
While there's some good info, there's a lot of chatter. This vid could and should have been done in half the time in my opinion.
@Steve-es3fc Noted, I actually cut out nearly two hours of video, but agreed, it should be a 10 minute video max. More work to do on that. thanks for the feedback.