Hey guys, rostock v2 here, using mattercontrol software and have recently started trying ABS over my usual PLA.
whenever I try and print rather small models or when I get to a small layer etc, my hotend at some point during the layer, goes off to the right side of the model a few inches, and pauses a moment with flow still coming out of the nozzle and after a moment, goes back to the model and finishes the layer or starts the new one.
Thought this might be a cooling related behaviour but I have never seen the hotend move off target before.
As far as my knowledge tells me, this is a "minimum layer time" setting to ensure that the previous layer gets a chance to cool before the next layer goes down on top of it. If you have it set to something like 10 seconds, and each layer only takes 3 seconds to complete, then the nozzle will move off of the print and wait for 7 seconds to ensure that the layer got a full 10 seconds of time before carrying on with the next.
You should be able to hunt through the Mattercontrol settings and look for a setting along the lines of "minimum layer time" and either turn it off or set it to zero. Keep in mind however, this setting is there for a reason, so if you're printing parts THAT tiny, you may want to slow your print speed down to ensure the layers have more time spent on them anyway.
Just my 2 cents, hope it helped!
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on small parts I print more than 1 or bundle different parts as part of the same run. this insures that the nozzle will never stop printing something and the parts cool enough to not sag.
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