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ABS is very hard to print compared to PLA. I strongly recommend you print with PLA. Although it's possible. ABS was popular when it was the only choice. Now there are about 50 materials that are easier to print and have better properties. LIke PLA, nGen, PET.
The first really obvious problem is that the filament isn't always sticking to the blue tape. The center circle is a perfect example. That's most likely because your nozzle is too far from the blue tape. You need to squish that first layer more to get it to stick.
Also, many new people don't know that you have to wash the blue tape with isopropyl alcohol to get the wax off. It's very easy - just put some on a paper tissue and wipe. It only takes a few seconds.
I'm not sure what you mean about going to the edge of the build plate. This sounds like you have errors in the gcodes. Does it happen at the initial nozzle purge only or throughout the print? If throughout the print then you have communication issues getting the gcodes into the Arduino without them getting corrupted. Typically a single digit of an X or Y or E position gets converted to a random character and so the head makes these long movements to the edge of the bed. Fixes include things like getting rid of electromagnetic noise from getting into wires, printing from SD card instead of USB, using a better USB cable, using a USB splitter/amplifier, using a different computer.
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ABS is very hard to print compared to PLA. I strongly recommend you print with PLA. Although it's possible. ABS was popular when it was the only choice. Now there are about 50 materials that are easier to print and have better properties. LIke PLA, nGen, PET.
The first really obvious problem is that the filament isn't always sticking to the blue tape. The center circle is a perfect example. That's most likely because your nozzle is too far from the blue tape. You need to squish that first layer more to get it to stick.
Also, many new people don't know that you have to wash the blue tape with isopropyl alcohol to get the wax off. It's very easy - just put some on a paper tissue and wipe. It only takes a few seconds.
I'm not sure what you mean about going to the edge of the build plate. This sounds like you have errors in the gcodes. Does it happen at the initial nozzle purge only or throughout the print? If throughout the print then you have communication issues getting the gcodes into the Arduino without them getting corrupted. Typically a single digit of an X or Y or E position gets converted to a random character and so the head makes these long movements to the edge of the bed. Fixes include things like getting rid of electromagnetic noise from getting into wires, printing from SD card instead of USB, using a better USB cable, using a USB splitter/amplifier, using a different computer.
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