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My prints come out very well but I’m noticing on larger prints that one corner of my bed prints tighter than the opposite. What’s causing this?

Printing on an Ender 3 Pro with upgraded metal extruder, beefier bed springs and metal levelers, and upgraded hot end. Not direct drive yet and no auto bed leveling.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Check to make sure your carriages are tight to the rails, both for the extruder and for the gantry. On the ender 3 pro there's 2 wheels on one side and one wheel on the other, the one wheel is attached via a hex shaft that's off center and by spinning that you can tighten/loosen the wheel to the rail. Mine were loose and it was resulting in something similar to this

[–] QuarterSwede 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Excellent idea. Definitely going to check. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)
[–] QuarterSwede 1 points 9 months ago

Hadn’t had a chance to try it yet