great explanation let's print something smooth, thank you so much sir huge respect from india

@mayhemsmiley

3 күн бұрын

Thank you from Canada 🇨🇦 😊

Mayhem. I was gifted a Anycubic Kobra Go for Christmas this past year and I have found your videos very helpful. I fix desktop printers for a living and somehow made my hobby involve the use of printers. (Admittedly 3D printers certainly are a different beast.) When I received the printer it was having printing issues and your videos helped me to dial in the settings necessary to get it printing well. Thank You!

@mayhemsmiley

6 ай бұрын

Thanks Mark, I appreciate you letting me know the videos are useful. What kind of stuff do you like to print?

Thanks for being a Kobra Neo info centre. I use a plastic picnic knife instead of my finger. You are a heavy metal fan like my son. Though If prefer music more soothing (Flute or Kalimba) when I'm concentrating.

@mayhemsmiley

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the feedback 😊

I share your other Z offset video quite a bit in the FB groups for the new guys to follow but this is the new video to share. Makes perfect sense and the visuals are great to see and follow.

@mayhemsmiley

6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for the kind words and glad to hear that it is useful.

Dude thanks for the video, I had been strugleing on getting my z-offset just right and your video helped me get things straightened out with my K2M.

@mayhemsmiley

4 ай бұрын

You're very welcome Thanks for letting know it was useful 👍

Thank you so much for this 😁

@mayhemsmiley

12 күн бұрын

@@hermannk.15 thanks for letting me know you found it useful

@hermannk.15

12 күн бұрын

@@mayhemsmiley it helped totally, your video saved me from going insane 😅 I had to go for an offset by -2.15 to get a solid fill. Never had that kind of issues before.

Printing something large rightnow. Speaking to a friend lastnight and sent him a video showing my first layers were squishing into the bed. Changed the offset during the print it's printing perfect now. Alot of yt vids say to use the paper method which I did. To tight tolerance, maybe used 2 pieces of paper or experiment while laying down a print. ENDER 5 SQ1

@mayhemsmiley

6 ай бұрын

Hi Subes, so everything is good?

@subes5873

6 ай бұрын

@@mayhemsmiley currently printing a hinged box I designed. the top I have a few gouges because it was to tight. (top of the lid, started on bottom of the bed) lastnight I started the bottom of the box while the first couple of layers was going on I seen the Nozzle plowing in the previous layer. a buddy said to adjust 2 clicks on the Z height lowering the bed. worked!! that bottom is still printing (1 day/15 hour) will let you know, but it appears to be perfect..

@mayhemsmiley

6 ай бұрын

Kewl yah keep me posted. Clever guy who designed it, wasn't me LOL @@subes5873

@subes5873

6 ай бұрын

@@mayhemsmiley I just got a printer like a month ago, my friend has been in for a decade. Messing with onshape, posted a couple of things on thingyVerse. Shane ubes on thingy

Damn this is freaking great. Thank you for this video

@mayhemsmiley

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for letting me know you like it 😊

I'm 3D newbie and this is simple as hell, but works flawlessly. Why print super tests if that's enough? Thank you for this video

@mayhemsmiley

6 ай бұрын

Morning Rogal TY so much for the kind words. Happy Sunday :)

Video and instructions are great! However, your background music was WAY too loud and could hardly understand your instructions. Please, next time around, can lower your background music level so we can audibly understand your directions. Other than that, m ay thanks for taking the time and sharing valuable information with us. I subscribed and look forward to your other videos. 😂

@mayhemsmiley

6 ай бұрын

Hi John Thanks for the feedback I admit I'm struggling with getting the audio right. Others have mentioned it in other videos too. Bare with me audio video is a work in progress. Thanks for subbing.

Hello, I really appreciate your videos. I bought a kobra neo and I had a lot of problems but I still managed to get a lot of good quality prints but I always feel that my cura configuration is wrong. Could you make a video about it and by the way, thank you very much, you are the only one who gives support for these printers on youtube

@mayhemsmiley

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words. I've done a few already. Here are some few links. Let me know if they help, if not we'll figure something out.

@mayhemsmiley

6 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/iZx1zc2qcdDZaJM.html

I wasnt getting a good bead until about -1.860? Any idea why it would need to be negative?

@adrianthibodeau9421

Күн бұрын

I would say likely to the height position of the sensor. I wouldn't worry too much about what the number is as long as you are not scraping the nozzle on the build plate.

Hi. Got a used Kobra Go for 1 month now. You have very useful videos! Thank you! I have an easythreed K1 (toy) printer since 8 months, i just wanted to know if i liked printing. I made some awesome prints with it, learned to design things with 3d software. Because i found the kobra very cheap i want to see if i can improve my prints with the kobra. I was wondering, do you have your Go profile somewhere for Cura? I could use that as starting point and fine tune while printing.....the stock profile in cura does an 'ok' job... but seeing your prints makes me wonder.....😊 Thanks in advance for your reply! Oh yeah, 1 question more. Do you like your Neo more then your Go now?😊

@mayhemsmiley

6 ай бұрын

Hi Steph Thanks for the feedback Here is a link to how I set up cura along with the typical settings that I experiment with. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iZx1zc2qcdDZaJM.html Man tough question which I like better. I have a certain amount of affection for the go because of how challenging it was and it can do amazing prints. But picking up the neo with its direct drive 150 Canadian is awesome too

@stephsunny

6 ай бұрын

@@mayhemsmiley thank you so much for replying to my message. I will watch the video, thank you. I am currently watching all your videos , slowly, because it takes time :))) i think you are liking the neo a little bit more due to the simplicity and direct drive+ perhaps fast(er) quality then the Go, but the love for the Go will always be bigger :))

Im new to 3d printing. Just got an Ender 3 V3 KE. Its got the auto bed leveling. My prints have been coming out pretty decent. Not sure if youre familiar with the KE. But how often do u have to do this calibration? And how do you ensure the printers computer keeps the adjusted z-offset you put in?? Im guessing i would need to turn off the auto z-offset option.

@EffinWit

6 ай бұрын

Auto bed levelling measures the height of the bed in multiple points, then that data is added to the z-offset for the total nozzle distance. Only manually adjust the z-offset *after* bed-levelling so you don't get any collisions. I level the bed of my Ender 3 and P1S before every print just to remove it as a variable if something goes wrong, but I haven't changed the z-offset yet. Typically you shouldn't need to re-level your bed unless you're getting first layer issues or swapping filaments and print beds.

@mayhemsmiley

6 ай бұрын

Hey GC, I don't level my bed very often, it's been very stable. Other than creating KZread content I wouldn't level until I would have an issue. I dial in the z offset right on the main screen, so every time I start a print it is visible. I have priming lines in my start code so I look at them when I start a print, if something looks odd I will stop and verify, rarely an issue. Let us know if you have any issues.

@mayhemsmiley

6 ай бұрын

Hey Effinwit, thanks for chiming in :)

Hey mate...thanks for this tutorial. it really helped. for the longest time since i got the my Kobra 2 max i couldnt figure out the issues but after this I managed to get an almost perfect print. Only issue is that when the light shines on the print, I can see the brim divided into sectors, and there is the entry line diagonally across. Is that normal? My Z offset was manually adjusted to -0.6mm.

@mayhemsmiley

3 ай бұрын

Hey Sean, thanks for the feedback. The entry line across doesn't matter. Sounds like you might still be a little too far away, do another a little closer and analyze the results. Don't do as big of jumps as I did in the video, smaller slower to dial in and understand your results. Let me know how you make out.

@C4a0sGTR

3 ай бұрын

@@mayhemsmiley I've gone through your e-steps video and calibrated mine (even though it was off by 3mm) then I turned flow rate back to 100% and the brim test was fine but there is always a hole in the square at the bottom right where the nozzle transitions from brim to cube. Any ideas why? also the brim thickness is consistently 0.44mm. Its supposed to be 0.2mm since its one layer right? :( please advise

@mayhemsmiley

3 ай бұрын

@@C4a0sGTR Hmm a little hole. If you're on facebook look me up and message me a pic and your file. Same name on face book. Let me know it's you right away so I don't delete you :)

does it matter what slicer u use i get better prints with orca i dont know why

@mayhemsmiley

6 ай бұрын

No doesn't matter Orca will work

my cura doesnt have the parts for calibration. i am running cura 5.6.0 i got it

@mayhemsmiley

6 ай бұрын

Everything OK? Do you have what you need?

@weaver78

6 ай бұрын

Yes I found the plugin. Thank you for the tutorial

@mayhemsmiley

6 ай бұрын

@@weaver78 thanks for letting me know it's useful.

Why'd you add -0.02 to each? I.e., why -0.72, -0.62, -0.52, -0.42 instead of -0.7, -0.6, -0.5, -0.4?

@mayhemsmiley

6 ай бұрын

Morning Marcus The -0.62 is my z offset. This is what I use to print. The numbers either side are exaggerations to illustrate what the wrong settings will look like. Thanks for the feedback I could have been clearer.

There's 0.1 mm difference between each step. That's huge! For sure you'll get within 0.1 with "the paper method".

@mayhemsmiley

6 ай бұрын

Morning Marcus Yes I agree huge difference. As mentioned . -0.62 is the z offset I use to print and the others are exaggerated for illustration purposes. Thank you for the feedback

Hi, this video is great. However yoou did not show the steps oh how too save these settings because everytime we turn off and turn on the printer again, we might not be able to get the same settings. So if you dont mind can u make one more video too show how do u calculate hoow much offset was done and how did u save the settings in the printer so that everytime we turn off and trn on the printer, we still get the same result. Thanks.

@mayhemsmiley

6 ай бұрын

Hi FIm, Thanks for the comment. The offset doesn't get calculated. The offset gets dialed down until it sticks and is difficult to remove with your fingernail, but dial down slowly so as not to damage your print bed then write the number down. Both of my printers store the value without having to save. What brand and model of printer are you using, I'll help if I can. Let me know

@fimishaqua4849

6 ай бұрын

@@mayhemsmiley I am using a Ender 3 Pro

@mayhemsmiley

6 ай бұрын

On your ender 3, you have auto bed leveling right? After you run auto leveling what value do you have for your z offset? Does it reset to zero? Let me know and we'll work through it.@@fimishaqua4849

@fimishaqua4849

6 ай бұрын

@@mayhemsmiley No. I do not have a auto bed level probe or BL touch installed. Its a standard Ender 3 Pro printer. So I have done the bed levelling manually using the bottom bed leveling spring tension screws.

@mayhemsmiley

6 ай бұрын

Moring FImish, Are you good with a feeler gauge and does your printer have the ability to dial in the z offset?@@fimishaqua4849

Do this to get fantastic prints… Or just get a bambu. Sorry just had to say it. ☺

@mayhemsmiley

6 ай бұрын

LOL love it. The magic formula for the number of printers to own is x + 1 So I'll buy a Bambu too 😊

Nice info. The music is covering up the words and is kinda irritating. I know its the norm but it need to stop.

@mayhemsmiley

6 ай бұрын

Morning Slinky Darn I've been trying to get the music level right. Bare with me Audio video is a work in progress

@SlinkyD

6 ай бұрын

@@mayhemsmiley All good. Its one of those subjective things. At least this ain't a PBS documentary. They add sound fx with the music. At least you try to adjust it. The pros haven't figured that out yet.

what a annoying background music, couldnt watch the video.

@mayhemsmiley

4 ай бұрын

Dang I'm sorry to hear that. I've been working on audio and lighting. They're both more challenging than the actual content.