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Hello!
I'm a student trying to innovate within the growing 3-D printing industry and I was wondering if anybody could fill out this quick survey to help me gather some data. Any responses are helpful, Thanks!
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3D printing lesson #372 brown squirrels and gray squirrels need different print settings.
Well not exactly. It is more like new formula Inland PLA vs old.  A few weeks ago I purchased a roll of Lt brown Inland PLA listed as a new improved formula and the listed temps are a bit High for pla. IIRC 210 -225. that roll of filament has been on the printer since I purchased it and I have ran a bunch of successful prints.      Included in the prints were a couple of red/ brown squirrels . But In my part of this fine land the squirrels are gray not red. So not really location appropriate. So I change out the filament and try to print. two Problems the first layers were sloppy and I failed to use the same filament path so snag and fail. So after printing several half squirrels I had to step back and remember the basics , reroute the filament slow down the first layer lower the temp and move forward.
It is reminder that every roll of filament may be different and in the endeavor to constantly improve materials settings have to change .And a reminder we need to remember the basics. Make assumptions and prints fail.
G-code is more or less disposable code. I can be reused but on a limited basis. And remember to use the preview tool it can save time and material.
It is IMHO a good idea to inversely scale the infill. a low honeycomb infill on a small object looks weird and does not fill much. 
So here i sit reminding myself of lessons learned . I hope these ramblings will help others learn from my mistakes and blunders.
Tin