How to improving printing quality

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  1. xreymason

    xreymason Member

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    So here is my first print, granted its not the benchy, I know. Rather I couldn't get my benchy to print for reasons unknown to me. So I designed something that was supposed to come out to look something like the picture of the computer screen. As you can see it didn't do a great job per say. I had my nozzle at 220C I had the program do a retraction_lift(z lift) of 2mm and I had to adjust the flow rate to 122%. Can someone PLEASE help me. I'll be posting this to the forums right after I post this here since my phone won't post pictures to the forums.
     

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  2. Colin

    Colin Well-Known Member

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    What filament are you using? Some PLA likes the temp as low as 190c and that looks like the temp was too high.
     
  3. Colin

    Colin Well-Known Member

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    BTW I don't know if this'll help but I'm also using Slic3r, not S3D.
     
  5. Colin

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    You also look like you might be over-extruding, have you calibrated the extruder for your filament? I would post the link but I don't know if the guide is ready to be shared with non backers, go to the wiki, click on your first print, select calibrating the filament.
     
  6. xreymason

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    I already calibrated my PLA.
     
  7. Pierce

    Pierce Well-Known Member

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    Try a more simple 20mm test cube, it looks like your over and under extruding in places.

    Some guesses, is the hotend at right temp, are your belts and grub screws tight?

    The best troubleshooting is doing a small print and watching it like a hawk, e.g. when its printing if there is clicking from the extruder you know maybe its too tight or temp is wrong and you know then where to focus and tweak.
     
  8. Mike Kelly

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    Under extrusion like whoa. Maybe a partial clog in the nozzle or not enough grip on the filament
     
  9. Irawan Tri Kusumo

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