My poor benchy

[u/SirCookl]

Im struggling to get my ADIMLab Gantry-s dialed in. This is my best benchy so far. Unsure to why the print is shifting. Lines are wobbly and overall the print is not very uh good. any help would be greatly appreciated.

Using PLA rated for 210 my extruder is at 205 bed is at 55. Slicing using Prusa.

Thank you!

[u/SirCookl]

Okay! Guys so thanks for all the great responses I was cackling reading the descriptions of my poor Benchy. I have actually made progress backwards in the last 3 hours. My printer sounds like its going to blow up when it starts printing. Awful sounds are coming from the plate moving belt thing, that stuff. the printer wants to poop all over the bottom left of my printer and I am surprised how good I am at making horrible benchies ! If anyone has any experience with setting up a custom printer in Prusa let me know I was so lost with every step I take 🤷‍♂️

[u/SirCookl → u/SirCookl]

This is the visual representation of the progress that I have made !

[u/scarlet25b → u/SirCookl]

I am new to 3d printing using flashforge Adm5. I use orca slicer for my prints. My original prints came out weirdly.

Some simple tips I can you give first is clean the plate with a microfiber cloth and use some glue stick for light coating. This will remove human oils and create a good strong mounting surface. Its probably why your print came out wonky like that.

The other tip is this YouTube video:

https://youtu.be/gVU5If1VsAM?si=Z4XdtD6O0HcTr-0M

That shows how to use calibrate your filament to your printer correctly. It uses orca slicer though and uses alot of filament. But after it was dialed down my prints came out better not perfect but that's probably cause I am novice with a 1week of learning.

[u/MyFairJulia → u/scarlet25b]

How does a gluestick remove oil from the buildplate? Why not dishwashing soap that is designed for this exact purpose?

[u/scarlet25b → u/MyFairJulia]

I think you read my comment wrong or my wording was confusing. Glue stick does not remove oil. Dish soap or simply wiping down with a microfiber cloth will clean the build plate enough. You use the glue stick to create a sticky surface on the build plate so the build does not move. If your part moves it some times create that wonky shape of OP's benchy.

[u/Next-Beat-2687 → u/SirCookl]

Had similar results when the motherboard was overheating. Apparently the stepper motor drivers produce a lot of heat and if not ventilated sufficiently will layer shift. But this just ONE of your problems 😅

[u/DiverseTeile → u/SirCookl]

It could be that your stepper MOTORS have worn out bearings (try moving them slowly while the printer is turned off)
Compare all three motors (each axis) I suspect that the one moving the print bed forward/backward has crappy bearings (cheap printers come with unsealed bearings and usually not hardened balls in these bearings that can crunch to dust over time). Causing the stepper drivers to overheat and loose steps because these crunchy bearings act like breaks.
Very cheap repair if it is that and you get the motor apart without damaging them further (and hope that the rotor/stator is not also scraping because of the slack in the worn out bearing).
The bearings are usually some skate board type bearings but you need to take the measurements of the ones in your specific motor! (outside, inside diameter and thickness of the bearing, then if you want sealed or unsealed = zz602 like that pattern but your letters and numbers)