Man I would pay someone good money to get my printer to that level of control. Im still fighting a slight y and a double slight x problem that still has wiggles. If I could get a good first layer like you got that would help also. Ill show off some things when I get a chance.

The crap filament from Makertech, the red and the blue came in packages that were punctured before I even got them. The red and blue has always been brittle. Yeah, the new splitter is junk. I thought I was doing well asking someone else to print me one with a better printer. I was wrong. Im done with dual extrusion until my Prusa gets here.

So I had a friend that can print, print me one of these new designs. I will have to say that it is worse than the original. My filament, the red and the blue that came with the machine keep breaking off inside. I didnt have this bad of a problem using the original design once I got it figured out. Man this is just a bad design.

@Sinspin Im done. Im backing this now. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jgmaker3d/jgmaker-artist-d-dual-extruder?ref=discovery&term=jgmaker

@Sinspin

I used to run 60°C until all of the power supplies went belly up. I have my nozzle just off the bed and slowed my initial print speed. I do not use any cooling for the first layer or two. I only have one fan so it is either off or on. I dont have the shroud printed as I cant get a good print. I spent a lot of time working to get the axis level, but there is only so much I can do with this design. There are too many issues to overcome and then to work to get a print to start, that makes it all seem like I need to start a good fire.

Wow, a replacement part that needs to be printed. How the hell am I going to get this to work when I cant even print a cube? I cant get anything to stick to the bed anymore. I have cleaned it with alcohol and I have put tape down. The 50°C just isnt working. I got my replacement parts in the mail, but having to tear this apart and put it back together and with everything tight, aligned, it is just not working.

So a larger washer and the cooling print? Im kinda confused as this is my first printer.

well shoot, there goes that solution. Maybe its time to throw the baby out with the bath water?

Id take that any day of the week. Im stuck waiting on marts for mine to start up again

Wow, those are great.

Yeah, I was running at 60°C, so I worry about the replacement parts also. I also have noticed that 2-3 hours seems to be its limit.

I didnt realize my belts were loosening. Thanks for that. I try to create the loop and interlock the teeth then stretch over the bolt.

Both if mine were brittle as hell.

I know that the TMC error is caused by the incorrect config for the stepper drivers. You need to make sure that the places for the drivers, depending on how many you used, are in the correct position. If you used 2, then you put 2 in the config. If you have 0, then you didnt make changes. As far as the bed, they are looking into what the power supply can handle.

Wow, One thing I noticed is that I had to re-tighten my nozzle after a couple of prints. I used to be getting a bunch of squeeze-out, but after tightening it cleaned up. I also took apart the whole hotend and cleaned it about 3 times until I was getting good prints. Then other problems stopped me cold.

very cool. Im still waiting to get some parts to get to printing

Thats nice to know, but if I cant print with the printer I have......

I still say the zip tie is the best fix for the z-axis.