Extruder calibration is completely wrong on my new A350F

[Bad_Lieutenant]

I just check the Extruder calibration on my new A350F and I realized that the calibration is completely wrong…

Instead of extruding 100mm of filament the extruder only extruded 91mm, that’s really bad!

Most 3d Printers come stock with 98-102mm

I really recommend everyone to check this out for themselves, here you can read about the issues:

Summary: Extruder calibration a must

The topic known as: has become very useful to point people to so that they can calibrate their e-steps. However, that topic has become a bit large and overwhelming for a newcomer. So I’m starting this topic as an easier alternative to refer people to. Please continue to use the original topic for any discussion or questions so that we can keep this thread lean & mean. Here are the steps for calibrating the extruder on a Snapmaker A150, A250, or A350: On the touchscreen, swipe left and tap …

Just for information, the Extruder was originally set to E212.21 and after some testing i endet with E233 for a perfect result

[Mxbrnr]

This is true with ALL of the Snapmaker 2.0 models. The firmware on all of them is set to 212.21, and that is why e-step calibration is one of the very first things the community recommends to do as soon as possible.

[Bad_Lieutenant]

Well it it’s well known then it’s even more sad that this hasn’t been fixed by a firmware update, a long time ago.

[Mxbrnr]

There are several reasons they intentionally use the number they for an under-extruding e-steps…

1. The true e-steps calibration is specific to each individual extrusion motor (example: my original print head had an e-steps of 254, while the second one I have is 223).
2. Under-extrusion is safer (lower likelihood of clogging).
3. For beginner users, under-extrusion is easier to work with and more visually pleasing (prints look less messy for a machine and print settings that are almost certainly not yet fully calibrated).

All 3D printers require some sort of user calibration for near perfect accuracy; e-steps is one of those required for the Snapmaker, but is not entirely necessary for beginner users who are just getting started.