Drool, Dribble, Drip...

[JTMD 21]

So, take a look at this pic:

 

 

Breakaway Raft with Black PLA+.  See those little dribbles left behind during rapid movements?  I'd love to see those stop.
Now in the past with other printers, I'd be inclined to add some filament retraction but, what do you think?

 

 

[Nicko_Airbus 2]

In cura, can you just enable the option Z hop when retracted or mayble play with the combing mode... Hope this helps. Not expert advice lol

[GregValiant 1,413]

A retraction drops the pressure in the nozzle before the nozzle moves on.  Without the retraction the nozzle starts to move while the pressure is still high and it drools until the pressure drops off.

Why no retraction?  I don't retract when I print TPU but with PLA and (especially) PETG retraction is pretty much mandatory.

[JTMD 21]

2 hours ago, Nicko_Airbus said:

In cura, can you just enable the option Z hop when retracted or mayble play with the combing mode... Hope this helps. Not expert advice lol

Z- hop is already enabled.

Edited January 26, 2022 by JTMD
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[JTMD 21]

On 1/26/2022 at 9:27 AM, GregValiant said:

A retraction drops the pressure in the nozzle before the nozzle moves on.  Without the retraction the nozzle starts to move while the pressure is still high and it drools until the pressure drops off.

Why no retraction?  I don't retract when I print TPU but with PLA and (especially) PETG retraction is pretty much mandatory.

 

Retraction WAS enabled - 5.5mm.  I added 3mm and it seemed to fix it, at least when using breakaway and PLA+.

[mcmuffin6o 3]

On 1/31/2022 at 9:29 AM, JTMD said:

 

Retraction WAS enabled - 5.5mm.  I added 3mm and it seemed to fix it, at least when using breakaway and PLA+.

Oof, that's a lot of retraction. Is the filament dry? Is there any filament drag occurring in the hotend? Sometimes I get rid of dribbles when I turn DOWN retraction, weirdly enough... But then again as you can tell by my most recent post, nothing really makes sense for me. Maybe the speed of retraction is too fast or something... The only thing I can think to do is to play with retraction speed and distance. Start high speed low distance, optimize distance, then optimize speed. Then, try optimizing speed and then distance. Experiment!

[JTMD 21]

5 hours ago, mcmuffin6o said:

Oof, that's a lot of retraction. Is the filament dry? Is there any filament drag occurring in the hotend? Sometimes I get rid of dribbles when I turn DOWN retraction, weirdly enough... But then again as you can tell by my most recent post, nothing really makes sense for me. Maybe the speed of retraction is too fast or something... The only thing I can think to do is to play with retraction speed and distance. Start high speed low distance, optimize distance, then optimize speed. Then, try optimizing speed and then distance. Experiment!

 

It's fixed.  I don't mess with success.

[GregValiant 1,413]

I've been know to "Fix it till I break it".  There comes a point when you have to stand back and say "I'm Done".  That point should generally be before the Harley Tool (also known as a BFH) comes out.