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Ender 3 V2

I am lucky enough to have a 3D printer at home. We bought it during last year pandemic to keep us busy, and we loved it. I first experimented with 3D printing as a librarian, when I was organizing a "near fablab experience" for our readers. My approach is now "maker-oriented", and I will keep track on this page of the best calibration parameters for our machine.

Specifications

  • Model: Creality Ender 3 V2
  • Plate: 220x220x250mm
  • Filament: PLA/TPU/PETG

PLA

Reference Filament type Color Best temp Comments
Enotepad PLA Green Never had problems with that filament
Ender Series PLA White Adhesion problems
Enotepad PLA Grey
? PLA Wood 185

Temperature tower

When I receive my first wood filament, I wanted to do it right and test the correct settings. I learned how to make a temperature tower by modifying the Gcode. Here are the different steps to create yours.

  1. Download (or create) a .stl file of a tower. I used one found on Cults, but any model will do.
  2. Slice your model on Cura and generate the Gcode. For every layer when you want a temperature change, you need to insert lines on the Gcode to change the temperature. Lines beginning by ; are comments. M104 means that you define a new temperature, M105 is a report. M109 indicates to your machine to wait for the temperature to be the one you indicated.
    ;TowerTemp set to 185
    M104 S185
    M105
    M109 S185
    
    You need to insert these lines every time you want to change the temperature of the extrusion.

Tips

You can find the right layer by typing Ctrl+F on your text editor and searching for ;LAYER:LayerNumber.

The ultimate test

Learn more on this test on 3D Benchy website. It is really well explained and the best test I ever used to check the quality of my settings.


Last update: January 28, 2022
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