fbrc8-erin 272
There are a couple of things you could check on the XY axis.
Move the head by hand to the back right corner and home the head, and see if the noise occurs when it's only moving on the X axis, and move it to the front left corner and see if the noise occurs when it's only moving on the Y axis.
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fbrc8-erin 272
Could it be the feeder? Does whether it's printing in PLA or another material make a difference to whether or not you're hearing the sound? Has the tension been adjusted on the feeders?
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Zwakie 21
Thanks @fbrc8-erin for sharing your thoughts with us.
Tension on the feeders have not been changed.
The feeder could indeed be the source, but (if memory serves me well) I have those ticks also during travel moves, which goes a little against the thesis that the feeder is the source. To be sure I will do a test print with long and slow travels across X/Y. If no ticking during travel chances are it's the feeder, otherwise I have to look elsewhere, right?
Regarding materials: I did not pay real attention, so can't tell if there is a correlation between material used and the volume and intensity of the ticking sound. I however did observe variations in these sound-variables.
Another observation is that the sound-pattern itself definitely is repetitive in nature, it strongly seems related to the X/Y-position and direction of movement of the print head (this is why I initially found the bed-level system to be the best suspect).
Well, 'nough said for now, first will do the test to see if the sound is there during travel moves...
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