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Topic: need help, suport material, a little to much to remove.

Trying my hand at printing this object with a 90 degree overhang. I've successfully printed it, but Slicer is generating way to much support material. Im using PLA, its almost impossible to carve it off due to how small the part is, and the gap. Any tips? .STL attached, and a pic of what its doing. Prints so much material it's fused and cant even be cut out without destroying the model.

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2 Reply by IronMan

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Re: need help, suport material, a little to much to remove.

Try adjusting your interface layers in Slic3r...this should help with the fusing a bit; also try reducing the extrusion thickness of the infill.

Other than that, you can model in your own support structures and turn support material off.

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Re: need help, suport material, a little to much to remove.

you could also try using Meshmixer to create custom supports only where you really need them. It does take a little tinkering with settings to get them the way you want them, but it does work pretty well.

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