So, I got an A6 for really cheap. I was wondering if anyone had some settings that I can use to print some miatures and possibly some fandom replicas. I’m using Hatchbox ABS and PLA. I’ve been using a feed rate of 40%, heating to 205 for PLA, 1mm walls, and .06 layers. I’m not getting the quality I’m looking for. The built in test print came out great but thr ones I’m generating myself aren’t. I’m using Cura
gikam
June 28, 2017, 8:29am
2
HI
I use A6 and Cura too
try usual settings: 40 mm/s, 20% infill, 0,1-0,2 mm layer height, 100% flow, 100% feed, walls 0,8/1,2 mm (multiple of nozzle)
temperature from filament manufacturer, enable fan
ok?
if u have problems, send me the STL and a picture of your results
.06 is really thin on the layer and really kind of pointless. Go back to a .2 layer and get the rest of the settings dialed in. You should get pretty good prints.
Follow gikam’s advice.
For miniatures, higher quality will also come from using a smaller nozzle. Get a 0.2-0.3mm nozzle if the 0.4mm isn’t cutting it. Prints will take longer, but the X/Y resolution will be higher and you will be able to effectively do lower Z resolutions. The .06 layer height is probably beyond a 0.4mm nozzle’s capabilities.
Currently, I’m trying to do a D&D miniature for my fiance. I have scaled this up 22% in an attempt to get it to come out with a bit more detail (plus our board is much larger and we’d lose it). I’m attempting a print currently with 40mm/s, 20% infill, 2mm layer height, 100% flow, 200 C, 100% FR, walls are at .8, and i always have the fan enabled. I am unable to take an image of what WAS happening, but basically once it got above the knees, the nozzle would pretty much take the piece with it, creating a stringy mess. The bed is pretty darn level (did the paper test on all corners and the middle). I did have 2 prints of this come to completion however, they had very poor detail. After I get this done, I’m going to attempt to get a mask from the movie Predator completed.gnome_female_rogue.stl (1.01 MB)
This was at those settings
The STL is in a previous reply along with an image. This is what happened when I went to a layer height of .15
I would like to look into the different nozzle sizes. How would one find out if a nozzle is compatible with the printer?
I had an Anet A8 as my first printer, and I’m fairly sure that generic nozzles will work.
You can get something like this to try various nozzle sizes.
gikam
June 29, 2017, 5:51am
10
oops
it seems like u didn’t use support ?!?!
Did u set the temperature to the filament manufacturer setting?
If your filament is ABS then 200 is too low
What is the material? Looks like a bit fast and hot. One way to do small parts is to print 2-4 at a time or make a sacrificial print tower. Just some way of getting it to let the part sit a minute between layers.
