by AlexC » 2013-Jul-Wed-21-Jul
I understand the charts, basically the temps usually lower than the setting likely due to iffy contact of the thermistor to the hot end,. and everyone's contact is a little different than anyone else's,. etc,.
But is there an easy, "follow the directions", way to get your hot end temps calibrated more accurately,. i am not really a programmer, don't really know what marlin is, guessing a compiler of one sort or another, but altering programming/firmware is not really one of my strengths,... I am more a mechanical engineer,. really good at following directions though,.. so if this is outlined somewhere even if its over my head i can probably just go step by step it,.
I connected my hot bed thermistor to my hot bed using non conductive thermal epoxy, which increased the accuracy by about 8 deg, still a hair lower than reality but almost 50% more accurate. thinking of doing the same for the hot end if i cant find a follow the directions method of calibrating it,. though that's a semi permanent move, but at least ill be a little more accurate,. maybe,.?
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