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AMS Purge Calibration
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One of the worst and most stressful things about using AMS is the amount of purged filament that gets wasted, without considering the additional time for each print. So, I decided to create this simple file without having to make any modifications to the gcode or anything else.The goal, therefore, is to minimize the amount of filament during each purge. The only necessary tool is a caliper, but you can also use a simple ruler. You start by setting all the purges to 50mm³ Once you've chosen which filament to calibrate, through the slicer, you set the correct sequence of chosen colors. A simple example is the photo below.All that's left to do is start the print and wait.What you will see in front of you will be something like this.At this point, our friend, the caliper or ruler (depending on how precise you want to be), comes into play. What you need to measure is the moment when the color you've chosen stops blending with the previous color and finally takes on its clean color. In this
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