<p>Update: I identified the issue as a lack of tension in the X and Y timing belts. After tightening the belts, the prints are much smoother !</p>

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Thanks for answering your own question! Please accept the answer after 48 hours! Looking at the images I also suspected belt tension, it is quite clear from the top side view!
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Barth
<p>Being a newbie in 3D printing, I have some trouble with my prints. After removing wiggle room from the X axis and the bed, there are deformities even on simple prints. The first layer turns out okay-ish but there seems to be some stringing that makes the print deviate consisently when there is a turn. How could I improve?
My setup:</p>
<pre><code>Ender 3 V2 - stock printing bed, extruder/nozzles
Firmware: mriscoc
Auto bed leveling (BL touch) - Z offset -2.18mm
Slicer: Cura - 0.2mm layers, 20% infill
Material: PLA - 200C nozzle, 60C printing bed.
</code></pre>
<p>The Gcode of the XYZ cube:</p>
<pre><code>;FLAVOR:Marlin
;Layer height: 0.2
;Generated with Cura_SteamEngine 5.3.0
M140 S50
M105
M190 S50
M104 S200
M105
M109 S200
M82 ;absolute extrusion mode
; Ender 3 Custom Start G-code
G92 E0 ; Reset Extruder
G28 ; Home all axes
M420 S1 ; Use mesh level stored
G1 Z2.0 F3000 ; Move Z Axis up little to prevent scratching of Heat Bed
</code></pre>
<p>Sample output (XYZ cube):</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/6fIiw.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/6fIiw.jpg" alt="X face" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/3Rgg2.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/3Rgg2.jpg" alt="Y face" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/lWxzk.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/lWxzk.jpg" alt="Z face" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/3LPvz.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/3LPvz.jpg" alt="Side view" /></a></p>

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How do I fix deformities when printing on my Ender 3 V2?
Barth
# How do I fix deformities when printing on my Ender 3 V2?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-06-04)

Being a newbie in 3D printing, I have some trouble with my prints. After removing wiggle room from the X axis and the bed, there are deformities even on simple prints. The first layer turns out okay-ish but there seems to be some stringing that makes the print deviate consisently when there is a turn. How could I improve?
My setup:

```
Ender 3 V2 - stock printing bed, extruder/nozzles
Firmware: mriscoc
Auto bed leveling (BL touch) - Z offset -2.18mm
Slicer: Cura - 0.2mm layers, 20% infill
Material: PLA - 200C nozzle, 60C printing bed.

```

The Gcode of the XYZ cube:

```
;FLAVOR:Marlin
;Layer height: 0.2
;Generated with Cura_SteamEngine 5.3.0
M140 S50
M105
M190 S50
M104 S200
M105
M109 S200
M82 ;absolute extrusion mode
; Ender 3 Custom Start G-code
G92 E0 ; Reset Extruder
G28 ; Home all axes
M420 S1 ; Use mesh level stored
G1 Z2.0 F3000 ; Move Z Axis up little to prevent scratching of Heat Bed

```

Sample output (XYZ cube):

[![X face](https://i.sstatic.net/6fIiw.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/6fIiw.jpg)

[![Y face](https://i.sstatic.net/3Rgg2.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/3Rgg2.jpg)

[![Z face](https://i.sstatic.net/lWxzk.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/lWxzk.jpg)

[![Side view](https://i.sstatic.net/3LPvz.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/3LPvz.jpg)

**Tags:** creality-ender-3, print-quality, pla, stringing, mriscoc


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2023-06-04. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

Update: I identified the issue as a lack of tension in the X and Y timing belts. After tightening the belts, the prints are much smoother !

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Thanks for answering your own question! Please accept the answer after 48 hours! Looking at the images I also suspected belt tension, it is quite clear from the top side view!  

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