Hi guys,
I'm fairly new to 3d printing. I printed a few premade models from the web with varying success, fiddled a little with printer settings, made my own smaller models/prints and decided to go for a more complex print.
For that I made my own model in Blender, imported into Cura 5.1.0, applied my usual print settings, did a few tweaks and started the print.
The first few layers looked good, although I was accepting a little warping on the far left end (x=75, y=220, z=0). I noticed that on earlier prints too, but I decided to keep going (big mistake?).
However, on the next morning (after about 12hrs of printing) I encountered a print that has gone well for the most part, but then totally failed.
I decided to stop the print at this point.
Printer: Anycubic Mega X
Filament: Basicfil PLA black
Bed Temp: 60°C
Printing Temp: 190°C (a little higher on the initial layers)
This is my model in Cura:
Thats the warping on the "far left corner":
And those are the topmost layers of the print:
Eventually, the left half of the print has detached from the print bed and shifted a little.
At least that's what I decipher from this (and also the previous) area of the print:
These are the questions going on in my head:
Is it solely a problem of the print, or could/should I also do some improvements on the model? The lower parts of the walls (between the cutouts of the box) are rather thin and maybe too flimsy?
Is it only a problem of bed adhesion? Could that alone lead to the weird printing issues?
Maybe it's also a problem of a clogged nozzle or something?
Is it a problem of air drafts during printing? The printer was operating in a rather small, closed and heated room without any people inside. So I guess the answer is rather "No"?
I wouldn't like to just jump in and print it again with a few tweaks on my own, because the problems (besides the bed adhesion) only started to appear after ~8-10hrs printing time.
I'm very grateful for any hints on improvements! I also attached my 3mf project file and can provide any further pictures or information that might be necessary.
Thanks a ton,
jam
AI3MX_air_tower.3mf