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Not enough retraction going on. Try to also check a flag like “dont cross perimeters during travels” or something like that.
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Too hot, too fast, too much. Rule of thumb: When PLA shines like that, then youre too hot, go down in 5°C steps until theres a sort of matte look to the extrudate. Benchy should be looking good at .2 layers. Do the first layer REAL slow with some over extrusion to help it bond to a “cold” plate. …
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Thanks anyway Cobnut. In my opinion any community recycle project will only succeed if the people running it are diligent and careful with separating materials that come in the door. The fact that you are dealing with plastic from unknown sources adds an additional layer of complexity where the cho…
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Yeah, 200 is gonna be super tough. The first version was targeted at $150 actually but it turned out to be impossible for what’s required to make good filament. The ROI Ive calculated for my design (Im happy to share the calc details if you want) factors the price of; electricity consumption, Polym…
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Thanks for the opinion Cobnut! I understand your concern about the quality of the recycled filament and yes, it seems to be a bit of an issue. Even with just +/-0.1mm variance, the surface quality does indeed suffer. Minus one point I suppose, but Ive been able to hold tolerances of up to +/- 0.02 …
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Hi Perry, 200$ is not really gonna give you a good reliable product Im afraid. The machine Ive designed is costing me almost 400$ in parts and that before assembly. At the moment Im thinking about maybe doing a Kickstarter or something to see if theres interest, but yeah, 200 isn’t gonna buy you m…
