Ultimaker S3 Auto-Levelling Issues

[JoeCurtis 0]

Hi,

 

I am having issues when my S3 prints any component.

 

The printer auto levels before every print, which is fine. My issue is that while this is happening the printer core is being heated up and leaves small traces of the filament wherever the printer core touches the bed due to the levelling.

 

Is there a way to delay the heating of the printer core until the levelling is finished either in the printer settings itself, G-code, or in Cura somewhere?

 

Open to any suggestions.

 

Cheers,

Joe

[gr5 2,178]

it's critical that the core is hot because if the filament is solid on the tip then it will level too high above the bed.  Leveling sensor notices when the bed stops moving towards the head (because they have physically touched).  So anything on the tip of the nozzle would mess that up.

 

I don't have any great suggestions but:

1) You can hang out at the printer with a putty knife ready and after it finishes all the leveling points it pauses to reheat the bed and nozzles (the power has to be off during leveling as the EMF from that can mess up the leveling sensor).  Clean the bed at that moment (you have maybe 3 minutes).

2) There is really only one spot that gets the most tiny bits of plastic.  You can try to position your print to avoid that spot.

3) You can ignore it like I do and get a slightly different looking spot on the bottom of your prints.

[JoeCurtis 0]

I'll try them out.

 

Thank you 🙂