{"id":68494,"date":"2020-05-31T19:54:53","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T11:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/builditfull.com\/site\/?p=68494"},"modified":"2020-07-07T13:48:44","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T05:48:44","slug":"layer-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/builditfull.com\/site\/layer-shift\/","title":{"rendered":"Layer Shift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/builditfull.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/layer_shifting01.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Belt tension will loose over time<\/p>\n<p><strong>X Axis Layer shift<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) Check the 2 bolts which attach the hotend to the carriage. Thighten them if they are loose.<\/p>\n<p>2) Check X belt tension, thighten the belt Will help.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Y Axis Layer shift<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) Check Y belt tension, thighten the belt Will help.<\/p>\n<p>2) If the build platform is wobbly, check Y Axis wheels. Tighten the eccentric nuts if any of the wheel can be spun freely.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>How tight should it be?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So far still no one can defind how is too tight yet, but it\u2019ll have to be tight until a certain extend, else if it&#8217;s too loose, the layer shift may occur.<\/p>\n<p>The disavantage of super tight are:<\/p>\n<p>1) The bolt that hold the bearing or iddle pulley may bended, and the belt may start rubbing the edge of the aluminium extrude,<\/p>\n<p>2) Tt may break the belt, commonly from the point where the brass stopper that slot in to the carriage.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ender 3 Belt Tensioning\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sPAs-DzgOWM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Share with us in the comment if you encounter some other issue that could possibly causing layer shift, and how you solve it.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belt tension will loose over time X Axis Layer shift 1) Check the 2 bolts which attach the hotend to the carriage. Thighten them if they are loose. 2) Check X belt tension, thighten the belt Will help. Y Axis Layer shift 1) Check Y belt tension, thighten the belt Will help. 2) If the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"1080","footnotes":""},"categories":[301],"tags":[350],"class_list":["post-68494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-troubleshoot","tag-layer-shift"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/builditfull.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/builditfull.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/builditfull.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/builditfull.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/builditfull.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/builditfull.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/builditfull.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/builditfull.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/builditfull.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/builditfull.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}