Calibration not working
Ok. Got an Anet A8 for Christmas and printed Thingiverse 20mm calibration cube. Results were ok for first pass but clearly needed tweeking. Please note this is my first printer and I am totally new to Andriuno etc etc. Searched on line and found calibration method on youtube. After lots of help from brainy folk I got the PC talking to the board and upgraded my firmware. After lots of move, measure, calculate via Repetier I got pretty decent results from start of move to end of move.....until I reprinted the calibration cube. Y & Z were fair but X was/is well off.....5mm over what it should be. Could it be the original slice that is off? Thoughts on what to look at for problem.
thanks
Andrew
Anet A8
Arduino 1.8.5
Marlin 1.1.8
Cura 2.3
Repetier Host 2.05
PC Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit
thanks
Andrew
Anet A8
Arduino 1.8.5
Marlin 1.1.8
Cura 2.3
Repetier Host 2.05
PC Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit
Comments
Repetier M501 & Marlin menu both show X192.47, Y101.55, Z400.90, E115.61.
Marlin configuration.h however is set to X100, Y100, Z400, E100.
Don't know if this is linked but on every start up of printer the X, Y & Z letters flash "?" 0.
Home stops that and sets X-33,Z-10, Z0 until next start.
Figures themselves are moot at this point as I will be changing them as I home in on the correct calibration but I would have thought they should at least be the same. My plan is to create a configuration.h for different filaments/models as required so I can draw down on the ones best suited to projects.
Andrew