Temp Tower
Hi, is there anybody here who usually tests the filament temp using a "Temp Tower"?
Is there a ready made G-code for this, or do you stop printing and manually change every temperature level?
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1028352
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1284326
Bear MK3 with Bondtech extruder
Re: Temp Tower
You can automate it by slicing with Prusa Control, and then adding color change points into the gcode at the points you want to change temps at before saving the gcode.
The color change points will show up as M600 in the gcode. M104 sets the extruder temp, and M109 will wait for the temp.
So open the gcode, and search for M104, it should be followed by S215, assuming PLA. Change the S215 to S240, then a couple line down, change the M109 S215 to M109 S240, to wait for the temp to reach 240 before the print starts.
Then search for M600. At each M600, replace it with M104 S###, with S### being the temp to change to. So S230, S220, S210.... No need to set a M109, it will easily be up to temp in a layer or 2.
Now your gcode will change temps automatically, no need to intervene.
Re: Temp Tower
Thank you scott.w12!
It can be very useful for testing the appropriate temperature.
Bear MK3 with Bondtech extruder
Re: Temp Tower
Has anyone made one of these that I could grab the gcode for? No point in making a new wheel!
Thanks!
Re: Temp Tower
Bunches on thingyverse.
Neal
Re: Temp Tower
Unless I'm missing something, the Thingverse ones all need to be modified by hand in order to actually work. I'm hoping to grab someone's pre-tweaked gcode.
Re: Temp Tower
Oh...sorry about that. But even just the g-code may not work the way you think. They would need to know what temp range to send. Even PLA's can have a wide range of temps depending on who manufactured it.
Good Luck Tho'
Neal