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Vector 3D

Califlower Calibration Tool Mk2

Califlower Calibration Tool Mk2

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Description

The Vector 3D Califlower Calibration Tool Mk2 is an STL file and web calculator used to identify and correct printer scale and skew accuracy. Califlower offers simple step-by-step printer calibration and validation including easy copy-paste commands, 3D view, and results charts.

Upgrade Discounts

If you purchased Califlower directly from Vector 3D use the same account and this code for 50% off:

Personal use: califlowermk2upgrade

Commercial use: califlowermk2upgradecomm

If you purchased on Printables and would also like the 50% discount, please hold tight while we work on a solution. 

If you purchased Calilantern previously there will be a discount available when the upgraded Calilantern is released instead of for Califlower.

Slicer Compatibility

Size is typically fixed in the slicer, below is the compatibility chart

Slicer Fix Size Ease
Orca Slicer Yes Easy
Prusa Slicer Yes  Easy
Bambu Studio No (switch to Orca slicer)* Not possible
Cura No (switch to alternative) Complex
SuperSlicer Yes Easy

*Orca Slicer can sign in with Bambu account and easily transfer all profiles and printers and works basically the same, just better!

Firmware Compatibility

Skew is typically fixed in the printer firmware, below is the compatibility chart.

 Firmware Fix Skew Ease
Marlin Yes Easy - Complex*
RepRap Firmware Yes Easy
Klipper Yes Easy
Bambu Yes Easy
Prusa No Not Supported

*In some cases Marlin will need to be recompiled to add skew correction feature which can be a complex operation.

License Policy

License

Personal use license is only permitted for personal, non-financial, non-commercial, non-professional use. A single purchase permits usage for a single user or household on any number of devices within. It does not provide the right to reverse engineer, copy, distribute, sub-license, sell, or re-sell. The license is non-exclusive and non-transferable. Once lapsed, the license is no longer valid for use.

Commercial use license at the quantity of printers quoted in the license, allows the licensee use for financial, commercial and professional use. A single purchase permits usage for any number of users with the licensed organisation to manage the number of printers permitted in their purchase. It does not provide the right to reverse engineer, copy, distribute, sub-license, sell, or re-sell. The license is non-exclusive and non-transferable. Once lapsed, the license is no longer valid for use.

Subscription Policy

Subscription Policy

  1. Cancel anytime. You can cancel your subscription at any time and you will retain access for the rest of the paid period.
  2. Optional Auto-renewal. Don't want to keep paying? Select the fixed length licenses to disable auto renewal.
  3. If after the first year, you decide you don't want to use Califlower, and have not used it since the last payment was taken, we can issue a refund for this period.
  4. No cancellation fees. If you want to cancel, just cancel. No fees, no extra payments.

More Info

Do you need the Califlower Calibration STL Tool?

There is only one printer brand that I know of where usability of Califlower is limited and that's Prusa. The Prusa Research Mk3 has auto calibration, and the Mk4 doesn't have skew correction functionality enabled in its firmware as far as I know. You could still benefit from the Califlower as a test but may not be able to implement software corrections.

In addition, the Prusa mini, to my knowledge at this time, has no methods for correcting skew. You would need to break the appendix on the control board and write custom firmware to implement it. Again, you may benefit from Califlower as it could help in knowing the extent of the problem with skew, and may still assist in manual correction, it's just not as simple.

As far as I know at this time, most other printers are easy enough to flash firmware to, or have simple implementation methods for scale and skew.

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Customer Reviews

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Jesse S.
Unnecessary

a regular calibration cube is fine

Hi Jesse, if you aren't after improved dimensional accuracy then yes, a 20mm cube is fine! Can I ask what issues you had with Califlower itself?

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Tamás B.K.
Nice handy tool

It was fairly quickly printable on my machine and the step by step guide is detailed enough to make it easy to use at first try.

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Andrey G.
Well designed and convenient

Just a convenient package to do the job with the data clearly presented. Prettier than my Excels of the past.
I appreciate the registration flats to help make inside measurements accurately.
A couple of things I would love to see improved:
1) I would love an input for existing shrinkage. I personally strongly dislike how the Prusa-flavored slicers present material shrinkage scaling, as it makes doing iterative calculations goofy. I would love to be able to input an existing shrinkage value, and have the tool calculate the new value based on that (rather than what it currently does which is assume the shrinkage is set at 100%, and provide a value from that)
2) I would love to see a breakdown of how the calculations are done to round out my interpretation (for example, obviously the individual measurements are averaged. And the inside and outside measurements are used to cancel out over/under-extrusion error. But I'd love to know how the X & Y axes interact, since every single one of my machines has anisotropy between the X & Y axes)

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Charles L.
Wonderfully designed!

This is definitely the most effective way to calibrate your printer. I’ve struggled for days trying to fix my Neptune 3 Pros XY skew. One print of the califlower + using their calculator solved it in just a few hours.

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Leon L.
works wonderful

The instructions are easy to follow and with the expert mode you can see exactly where you're supposed to measure.
This is going to be my primary tool when encounting future issues.

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