Seems I have over compensated. How close is good for a 500?
I have an enclosed model. Given my panels, it seems I dont have too much room, thoughts?
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This is where I am at now
Heatsoaked for an hour or so or not? If not, you might do better when heatsoaked. Many here say that anything better than .500 on a 500 is good, personally I like it under .300 whether heatsoaked or not.
More confused about that dip
The dip is your x gantry going up
Fix that and you are good
Do a cold mesh first then a hot one and you will know more.
What do I need to adjust to fix that? Everything seems pretty firm
I am on break because I ripped off the USB port on an EBB36 so I will return in 2 weeks.
Well its a 500 so you might be experiencing bi metal effect, can't know until you do a cold and hot bed.
It's hot and mine looks like this. It causes 0 issues on my end. If you want flatter and don't want the bed mesh to do its thing, you'll have to get a different gantry.
That is horrid saddly and can be fixed easily. Your goal with the bed mesh is to be below the first layer height.
Yes the bed compensates but the amount of movement you are introducing because of this bed mesh is staggering.
70c heated chamber and stock gantry. I'll take just under 1mm over a 500mm bed. The first layers are still like glass and the parts I make don't require a perfectly flat bottom.
All I'm pointing out here is that your bed doesn't need to be perfect to make good parts. If yours require a flat bottom then your going to have to spend money to get it there.