belt tension

anyone care to elaborate a little bit? Is it good? 😛 I dont quite understand why there are two peaks? Is that for the same reason explained in Marc's video, gantry mass on Y? Thanks!
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Helge Keck
Helge Keck•2y ago
this is good take it the small bump on 125hz could be better but thats just a detail
Nebulator
NebulatorOP•2y ago
what might that be? Something loose in the printhead? am I correct in the two peaks due to the mass? appreciate the quick reply 😄
Helge Keck
Helge Keck•2y ago
the two peaks look good, its like it is supposed to be they could be much closer to each other the lines i think if you fix aour 125hz bump this will look much better
Nebulator
NebulatorOP•2y ago
yeh just need to have a clue where to look for that. Its very small though ...
Helge Keck
Helge Keck•2y ago
but its already better then the what the most people here have can be anything you can run the shaper only at that frequency to make looking for it easier
Nebulator
NebulatorOP•2y ago
these?
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Nebulator
NebulatorOP•2y ago
just finished as you were typing 😄 ow wait .. only at that frequency ... how do I do that?
Helge Keck
Helge Keck•2y ago
one sec
Helge Keck
Helge Keck•2y ago
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Helge Keck•2y ago
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Nebulator
NebulatorOP•2y ago
awesome, thanks! Got that installed, so run it with 110 to 135?
Helge Keck
Helge Keck•2y ago
yes saves you some time i recommedn to use only the belt tension macro this waya you can find out on which belt you have the problem
Nebulator
NebulatorOP•2y ago
I was just about to ask 😛
Helge Keck
Helge Keck•2y ago
X = left belt (upper) y = right belt (lower)
Nebulator
NebulatorOP•2y ago
upper and lower?. haha cool! i saw that 😉
Nebulator
NebulatorOP•2y ago
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Nebulator
NebulatorOP•2y ago
so its something on the upper belt right?
Helge Keck
Helge Keck•2y ago
on both, but mcuh stronger on the other
Nebulator
NebulatorOP•2y ago
yeh of course
Helge Keck
Helge Keck•2y ago
now run it always at these frenquencies and observe every part on the printer and try to find the issue
Nebulator
NebulatorOP•2y ago
thanks! I'm on it, I hear some rattling 😛
Nebulator
NebulatorOP•2y ago
the rattle i heard is gone and the graph is lower but not gone. Ive tightened every bolt in sight all around. I have no idea what to try next.
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Helge Keck
Helge Keck•2y ago
can also be the furniture the printer sits on its much lower now 30000 compared to 50000
Nebulator
NebulatorOP•2y ago
yes but i just ran the Y and i hear another rattle
Helge Keck
Helge Keck•2y ago
make a full grpah
Nebulator
NebulatorOP•2y ago
hang on 😛
Nebulator
NebulatorOP•2y ago
hmm
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Nebulator
NebulatorOP•2y ago
fix one thing, wreck another theres a metallic rattle at some point during the test but its too short to pinpoint it
Helge Keck
Helge Keck•2y ago
there is still that peak on the y graph i guess thats it what ruins it does your gantry hit in the front both sides at the same time when you moving it there? that 125hz peak looks ok now btw
Nebulator
NebulatorOP•2y ago
it does, X is perfectly perpendicular to Y and i made sure there is no binding on the rails whatsoever. Gantry moves on a breeze wihtout the belts I found more loose bolts 😮 one of the corner pieces on the electronics panel were loose metallic rattling is gone. whats left is the belts slapping the extrusion at the back I suppose that means tension is too low 😛
Helge Keck
Helge Keck•2y ago
no, this doesnt mean this
Nebulator
NebulatorOP•2y ago
oke and theres still a rattle somewhere ... pfff metallic, must be a bolt or nut in an extrusion
Helge Keck
Helge Keck•2y ago
or a forgotten shim in on of the idler stacks
Nebulator
NebulatorOP•2y ago
i can check that too, I think it sounds different, more like a loose nut in an extrusion rattling away
Nebulator
NebulatorOP•2y ago
Changing, but not really improving if you ask me
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Nebulator
NebulatorOP•2y ago
its to do with the gantry when I put a finger on the left or right side assembly it changes might be an idler after all
Helge Keck
Helge Keck•2y ago
well, just use it for the moment its good enough
Nebulator
NebulatorOP•2y ago
ill continue the chase tomorrow 😛 I find the chase and fixing more exciting than watching it print 😄

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