Hi gr5,
Thanks for the advice, i followed your instructions and the print came out much better.
However it still has some issues, some of these may just be my misconceptoons.
The part still has light splitting although it looks like its just on the surface because it feels quite strong.
How can i improve this?
Also there is still pieces of material protruding from the part in random places, is this normal?
And finally the build plate looks like a mess when its printing with excess of material around it.
Is this normal?
Am i expecting too much out of this printer to get quality parts?
Thanks,
Daniel
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gr5 2,295
Wow! That's some serious splitting. Okay first you need to figure out what kind of plastic this is. I'm guessing it's ABS and you are printing with PLA settings. ABS prints best with very little or zero fan. Try setting the fan to the minimum where the fans still rotate (assuming this is ABS) also make sure Cura is doing ABS settings. Also cover the front and top of the printer. You need to get the air up to 35C and the bed up to 110C and you can't do eithe without covering the front and top. Really you should avoid ABS as there are much better materials out there. Like PLA which is much easier to print and doesn't need any of the above advice.
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