Re: The 3D Printer Thread
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2017 2:15 pm
The mirror swap works, I used to buy Ikea mirrors for my old printer. Cheap as chips, so as long as you can get one the right size then that will do the job.
The CR-10 is selling like hot cakes, so I doubt that anyone checks that the glass on each one is flat to within any sort of tolerance, some get a good flat sheet, some don't. I guess that I am reasonably lucky, but it isn't flat. Eg if I do the paper test on all four corner the centre is off, but that was true of previous printers as well, it's not just a CR-10 thing, it's mass produced glass sheets.
It isn't an issue on some printers as they have bed levelling probes, these prod the bed prior to a print and calculate where the uneven areas are, and then compensate the z height while printing. The CR-10 relies on the printer being set up manually, so bed levelling, and machine alignment is what makes it work.
The CR-10 is selling like hot cakes, so I doubt that anyone checks that the glass on each one is flat to within any sort of tolerance, some get a good flat sheet, some don't. I guess that I am reasonably lucky, but it isn't flat. Eg if I do the paper test on all four corner the centre is off, but that was true of previous printers as well, it's not just a CR-10 thing, it's mass produced glass sheets.
It isn't an issue on some printers as they have bed levelling probes, these prod the bed prior to a print and calculate where the uneven areas are, and then compensate the z height while printing. The CR-10 relies on the printer being set up manually, so bed levelling, and machine alignment is what makes it work.