Ch 14Note
Tuning log¶
Note · Chapter 14 — Calibration and tuning
Fill this in as you go — one row per change, both of you initialling. This is the record that makes the next tuning session cheap, and the thing you check first when a print goes wrong three months from now.
| Date | What | Value set | How measured | Result / notes | By |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bed PID @ 100 °C | Kp ___ Ki ___ Kd ___ | PID_CALIBRATE + SAVE_CONFIG |
holds ±___ °C | ||
| Hotend PID @ 245 °C | Kp ___ Ki ___ Kd ___ | PID_CALIBRATE, fans 25 % |
holds ±___ °C | ||
| A belt tension | ___ Hz | 150 mm span, ___ app | |||
| B belt tension | ___ Hz | 150 mm span, ___ app | |||
| Z belts (4) | ___ / ___ / ___ / ___ Hz | 150 mm, top belt clip to Z idler centre | |||
| Z joints locked hot (14.6) | soak ___ min, chamber ___ °C | QGL ×___ runs, square OK | QGL after: ___ retries | ||
PROBE_ACCURACY σ |
___ mm | hot, soaked ___ min | target < 0.003 | ||
rotation_distance |
13.40: ______ → 14.7: ______ | 100 mm extrude, actual ___ mm | within 0.5 %? | ||
| Chamber soak | ___ °C in ___ min | chamber_temp, panels + door on |
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| Cube X / Y / Z (Voron) | ___ / ___ / ___ mm | caliper, mid-height | vs Prusa: ___ / ___ / ___ | ||
shaper_type_x / freq |
______ / ___ Hz | SHAPER_CALIBRATE |
vibrations ___ %, smoothing ___ | ||
shaper_type_y / freq |
______ / ___ Hz | SHAPER_CALIBRATE |
vibrations ___ %, smoothing ___ | ||
max_accel |
______ mm/s² | lower of the two suggestions, minus margin | |||
| Pressure advance (ASA) | ______ | Ellis pattern, ___ to ___ step ___ | |||
| Extrusion multiplier (ASA) | ___ % | Ellis 30×30×3 cubes, centre of the top surface by eye | top smooth, no gaps, no ridging? | ||
| Z offset (final) | position_endstop ______ |
Z_OFFSET_APPLY_ENDSTOP |
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| Bed mesh variance | ___ mm | BED_MESH_CALIBRATE, hot |
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| Part H: ASA soak with the housing (14.34) | ___ °C in ___ min | chamber_temp, bed 110, ceiling 0 |
still 50–60 °C? | ||
| Part H: fan stop at ceiling 45 (14.34) | ___ °C | bed off, chamber_temp |
43 ±1.5? | ||
| Part H: PLA under a 35 ceiling (14.36) | ___ to ___ °C | every 15 min, door shut | fan on at ___ of ___ readings | ||