I’m at wit’s end on this one… not sure if it is a filament issue or not.
PLA 1.68 Yes it is/ has been dry
Filament extrudes straight down, no curling (test for clogging) when forced through
Bed Temp 70
Print Speed 40
Hot End temp 210
Layer Height 0.1
Bed leveled at printing temp (A4 barely drags)
Feeling stupid.
Does anybody have any suggestions?
test bed temp 40/50°
I adhere to the printing I use a very strong hair lacquer
Ok print sped
PLA 1.68?
I buy PLA 1.75mm. +/- 0.02mm
test Layer Height 0.15
test hot end temp 195°
let me know
Seems too hot. Bed 60 or so. Hot end at 200-195 should be ok.
Go back to a .2 layer and get it working right. This will be easier that fighting a .1 layer height while fixing other things.
Is there a cooling fan and is it running?
The PLA spools that I’ve purchased at 1.75, are very rarely that. Caliper readings indicate variations below this, down to 1.55. My bad for getting the cheap stuff.
Will try the same print with cooler temps on bed and hot end, and post those results.
Not sure why the down vote and no negative comment. I guess even the 3-D printing crowd has its trolling cowards.
I remeasured the filament and it is very definitely 1.68 while saying that it is 1.75 on the container. Bad batch ? Who knows.
Also, I noticed that the break fan just didn’t “sound” right, so I replaced it with a cheap Chinese one. Also dialed back the hot end temp to 195.
Perfect print.
My guess is that the break fan was just not up to the job.
Thanks for your recommendations
