Look Ma!!! a PLA pipe . First full Z print https://youtu.be/nryZKpj8Ks4
Thoughts on getting a better quality?
Ok
You could never do that with Y axis on the build plate! (source: I’ve tried similar.)
Interesting that the time-lapse period matches so precisely the travel for one layer!
Is it the picture or does it get a bit wobbly towards the top of the pipe? Maybe putting a cross brace securing the top of each screw to the frame would help stabilize the printing surface more when the bed is far from the nozzle?
Okay, but if you do that again, a spriral vase of it would work better.
@Jarrid_Kerns Yes its wobbly.
@NathanielStenzel i know, but was the first extended print. Wanted to be sure all warked.
Actually it could also be the bed. It’s it spring loaded? That long thin pipe could have been affected by any movement and swayed.
Some people put coasters under their printer feet to avoid footsteps in the room affecting prints.
First time I did a full length print it was s 500mm tube. Something like 3 hours for a 10mm hollow tube. Also had wobble to the top. But over that length any movement is amplified. Don’t really have any need to be able to print that tall. 30cm is enough for just about anything normal.
Any object that tall and then that needs to be printed upright needs stability trusses… Or in this case rocket fins.
Looks like the print itself is fine other than the seam. You may be retracting between perimeters which can cause the seam to look worse, or perhaps just need to alter retraction amount/speed. You’ll never get rid of the seam 100% but should be able to get it quite a bit less prominent with some love.
@Mike_C or a spiral vase method so there is no seem
i’m just loving super tall prints! though CoreXYs and Deltas are better for them
@Adrian_Ciubotariu https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMRJ8sa9QBtuVVQzkwmhXls2e8IB_7YjgxNitlasFFidcwwh8t0AISnkRCu3Uc0kQ?key=WkUzdGRBOElneU41dTNJSHE0RTY1QmQ3TTkydFln ← if you love tall prints. That ~730mm dragon was done on my delta