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This is the model I used: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4572809

I printed these by using the official orca profile from Creality for Orca Slicer: https://wiki.creality.com/en/ender-series/ender-3-v3/quick-start-guide/how-to-use-orca-slicer-with-ender-3-v3

  1. Why are the squares looking so wonky? Which setting is responsible for this?
  2. I see some spots where the prints moved to other places, but I run bed leveling every time. Is it bed warp, or some other profile setting I need to tweak? I wiped the bed with 70% isopropyl alcohol before I printed this, btw

EDIT:

Looks like the issue was with the wobbly table. I placed it on the floor, reran the self tests, and it's now printing a lot better!

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[–] nieceandtows@programming.dev 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I ran the built in leveling and input shaping self test last night, and often run calibration before print

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

Crank down on that back left corner a little more and rerun this test to see if you can get it under a 0.2mm range for the height difference. Since you've moved the printer off the table and on to the floor it may have altered things so you'll want to redo it anyway (and any other time you physically move the printer).

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Ok. I am not familiar with self leveling so wouldn't know if it's enough. But maybe the bed just needs a good cleaning with alcohol?