Monoprice Select Mini 3D Printer Beginner's Guide (Part 3) - Tuning the firmware and slicing basics!

Blog post with more details: http://www.thetylergibson.com/monopri... Pronterface downloads: http://koti.kapsi.fi/~kliment/printrun/ Cura downloads: https://ultimaker.com/en/products/cur... Michael O'Brien's hackaday post on PID tuning: https://hackaday.io/project/12696-mon... GCode Reference: http://reprap.org/wiki/G-code Gcode for Starting Script: G21 ;metric values G90 ;absolute positioning M82 ;set extruder to absolute mode M107 ;start with the fan off G28 X0 Y0 ;move X/Y to min endstops G28 Z0 ;move Z to min endstops G1 Z15.0 F9000 ;move the platform down 15mm G92 E0 ;zero the extruded length G1 F200 E3 ;extrude 3mm of feed stock G92 E0 ;zero the extruded length again G1 F9000 ;Put printing message on LCD screen M117 Printing... (Credit to Dominick Marino on Select Mini Facebook Group https://lookaside.fbsbx.com/file/mp_s...) Gcode for Ending Script: M104 S0 ; turn off extruder M140 S0 ; turn off bed G91 ; relative positioning G1 E-1 F300 ;retract the filament a bit before lifting the nozzle to release some pressure G1 Z+0.5 E-5 X-20 Y-20 F9000 ;move z up a bit and retract filament even more G4 P300000 ; wait 5 minutes before turning off the fan M106 S1 ; turn off fan G28 X0 Y0 ; move X/Y to min endstops so the head is out of the way M84 ; disable motor G90; absolute positioning (credit to Kim Wong on the knowledgebase document here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H... ) The layer height on the Select Mini should be set to a multiple of .04375. This is due to the unique gearing of the z-axis. So enter in either .175 or .21875 for a rough equivalent. Here's the complete rundown of layer height multiples for reference: .04375 .0875 .13125 .175 .21875 .2625 .30625 Link to spacer part: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1621650 or another newer spacer that is configurable for different glass thickness: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1808029