Hello,
Thankyou for your reply
I have checked all the axis and they are pretty straight (at least straight enough to be getting a lot better prints lol)
The wiggly walls are happening on both the x and the y.
Any more suggestions? Really confused as to what it could be.
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GregValiant 1,342
When prints come out skewed it's (almost always) because the X Y and Z axes aren't perpendicular to each other. If you look at the printer straight on from the front the X beam should be exactly 90° to the Z uprights. Looking from either side, the beam that the Y travels on must be at exactly 90° to the Z uprights and the two Z uprights must be parallel to each other. Looking straight down from the top - the Y beam must be at exactly 90° to the X beam.
I've only seen pictures of your printer so I don't know for sure, but my Ender is screwed together. Using a carpenter square and a metal straight edge - loosening the screws just enough to be able to rotate the Y beam into the correct alignment should get you a lot closer to exactly square prints (all faces of a cube at 90° to each other).
This is what I do to "calibrate" my frame. I check it every couple of months just to be sure.
The printer should rest on a "substantial" very flat surface. It should not dance when it is printing.
My printer came as a partial kit and assembling it caused me to come up with this saying:
"Do not assume that just because parts of the printer were assembled by the factory - that they were assembled correctly.".
It is very rare to have to calibrate the X, Y, or Z steppers. When you print a cylinder though, it should be round.
On these inexpensive printers it is always best (usually necessary) to calibrate the E steps/mm.
No matter where in the Z the X beam is located, the threaded Z rod should always be parallel to the Z upright. If the angle is different when Z=0 to when Z is at max-height then you might have to shim the Z motor mounting bracket. If that angle does vary by position then you can get Z binding when near Z=0.
There. That should keep you out of trouble for a couple of hours.
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