Hey, I have a question regarding the print quality.
Is this overextrusion ? How can I fix it ?
The following pages helped me understand my printing issues:
http://reprap.org/wiki/Print_Troubleshooting_Pictorial_Guide
https://www.simplify3d.com/support/print-quality-troubleshooting/
Thanks!
But I’m not quite sure if it’s retraction, bcs this also happens with a normal cube (see first and third picture, most right side)
@Georg_Mill
Have you been keeping your filament dry? This might be caused by evaporating water pushing the hot filament around.
Straight out of the box
Is this PLA? Do you have a part-cooling fan blowing on the print?
Your lower layers look good, but when the small ‘tips’ are printed that’s when the problem shows up. I would guess that those parts aren’t cool enough for each of the next successive layers.
If you don’t have a print fan, try printing multiple objects at once in order to allow those parts to cool a bit before the next layer goes down. Also, you might try dropping your hotend temp by 5 deg.
I have a cooling fan and I’m printing PLA @ 205°C.
So 200 is fine ? For the whole print, or 205 @ first layer ?
@Nate_T
I’m printing PLA at 190 right now. Your spool should have a temp range listed on it. My Hatchbox spool indicates sprint temp of 180-210C.
during print just keep dropping the temp by 5c and stop when the motor starts skipping and then raise it back 5c or 10c . this is the optimal printing temperature for that particular filament roll… i have had crappy pla printing at even 230 c… also is your nozzle temperature actually what it is showing? you always need to cross check temp with a external thermometer when you setup the printer.
To everyone with the same problem:
@Nate_T and @ekaggrat_singh_kalsi had the solution.
Now I’ve messed around with the settings, and my printed lines are quite visible now. Any further ideas (except lowering the layer height :))
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you are over extruding … again for fine tuning the extrusion flow rate print a solid cube with 100% infill and keep changing the extruder steps per mm or extrusion multiplier till you see gap between the lines and then bump it back up just a bit to get smooth gap less surfaces.
Try setting the material flow