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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Warping while printing a slab of plastic]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<div class="quotebox"><cite>FarFromDotMatrix wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>So here it is:</p></blockquote></div><p>second one looks good, big improvement.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[RavensCrest]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/651/</uri>
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			<updated>2013-01-22T15:53:04Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Warping while printing a slab of plastic]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>It doesn&#039;t look super warpy...</p><br /><p>But, I am not quite sure why you&#039;re using a raft. You have a heated bed, so it should not really be needed. In fact, might reduce adhesion. </p><p>The only other thing that helps me (besides considerate part design) is turning on a brim. you need a different slicer than skeinforge for brim.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Tomek]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/192/</uri>
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			<updated>2013-01-10T05:23:08Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Warping while printing a slab of plastic]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>So here it is:</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[FarFromDotMatrix]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/130/</uri>
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			<updated>2013-01-10T03:50:14Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Warping while printing a slab of plastic]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<div class="quotebox"><cite>FarFromDotMatrix wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>-I set the table temp to 90c (5c increments being careful not to destroy the whole thing).</p></blockquote></div><br /><p>Mine hit 110 without it destroying itself...you should be fine at 95</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[DePartedPrinter]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/55/</uri>
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			<updated>2013-01-09T23:23:31Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Warping while printing a slab of plastic]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Can you post a picture of your file?</p><p>Last time I made a huge warp&#039;er, it was mostly because of how I designed it. I made a rectangular case and printed it upside down, so there were two 150mm beams that REALLY wanted to warp.</p><p>I printed it a second time with removable supports and ribbing that helped reduce the stress of the warping, or at least restrain it.&nbsp; That was much better. So there are a number of things you could do, depending on how you made your file.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Tomek]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/192/</uri>
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			<updated>2013-01-09T16:17:09Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Warping while printing a slab of plastic]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Hi, and thanks for your help.</p><p>I tried again last night, with a different setup.</p><p>Since my design is parametric, it was easy to change it a bit:<br />-I thinned the walls from 5mm to 3mm, I had to do some change to the edges filleting.<br />-I measured my resulting inner holes diameter and widened them by 0.2mm to get real 0.5mm holes.<br />-I set the table temp to 90c (5c increments being careful not to destroy the whole thing).<br />-I extruded some text art through the slab part : &quot;S O A P&quot; using the &quot;Stencil&quot; font so the letters internal parts are held <img src="https://www.soliforum.com/img/smilies/smile.png" width="15" height="15" alt="smile" /> (That&#039;s cool).<br />The resulting text holes allowed the slab to release a little stress, ... ahhhhh... much less bending on the floor</p><p>-The little soap holder is kind of a square box with no top, rounded edges, having a drain at the bottom and the floor is raised one one side to allow the water to drip. There are two holes on the back side to allow screws. I cut it in two to be able to print it without support and Im planning to glue it with superglue.</p><p>-Printing Orientation, the floor parts are actually the left and right sides.</p><p>-It&#039;s not perfect, but it is much better. The floor slab is fine, much less bending. <br />But about 30mm up (over the slab, in the sides wall ), some layers cracked leaving a few horizontal hair crack (neglectable). I can live with that.</p><p>I will be printing the second part tonight.<br />So the final task will be to meet the glue edges together, I installed a small macthing rib on both faces to improve that.<br />Maybe Ill poste a picture when Im done.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[FarFromDotMatrix]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/130/</uri>
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			<updated>2013-01-09T15:42:24Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Warping while printing a slab of plastic]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<div class="quotebox"><blockquote><p>raise your bed temp to 95c.</p></blockquote></div><p> </p><p>+1</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[ysb]]></name>
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			<updated>2013-01-07T17:38:29Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Warping while printing a slab of plastic]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<div class="quotebox"><cite>FarFromDotMatrix wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Hi,<br />I have been trying to design my own shower soap dish, everyone does.<br />I have found a way to slice my design in two, with gluable lips, so it can then be printed.<br />Then I turned and turned my model around to find the right way to print it with minimum overhang.<br />But eventually, I started printing it, cut in two from front to back, bottom down.<br />So there is a large flat thick slab of plastic on the printer floor, with a raft.<br />I understand plastic physics and shrinking while cooling.<br />My slab tend to warp a lot, after reaching altitude 5mm, the two visible front corners started lifting a lot, raising the raft with it.<br />So what was supposed to be a flat floor started looking like a rocking chair.<br />And at altitude 8mm, the deformation was so intense that the head got stuck in plastic still soft and warm.<br />EMERGENCY STOP<br />Do you have any advice for me for printing a better layed flat thick wall ?<br />Thank-you</p><p>(Solidoodle 2, White ABS, 200c / 85c, 0.3mm, pronterface + skeinforge)</p></blockquote></div><p>I highly recommend ABS glue.&nbsp; Also, raise your bed temp to 95c.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[DePartedPrinter]]></name>
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			<updated>2013-01-07T16:46:27Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Warping while printing a slab of plastic]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>You could try adding some holes in the bottom layers that don&#039;t go all the way through to the bottom of the dish.&nbsp; They won&#039;t be seen as long as the dish is sitting on something.&nbsp; Leave 1.5-2mm or so above the holes to give the layers a chance to even out before the visible solid layer at the bottom inside of the dish.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[IanJohnson]]></name>
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			<updated>2013-01-07T16:38:56Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Warping while printing a slab of plastic]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<div class="quotebox"><cite>nickythegreek wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>You could try printing it with PLA, it should have less issues with warp.&nbsp; Releveling your bed can help, as an incorrectly leveled bed can exacerbation the warping. I would also suggest switching over to slic3r and using a brim.&nbsp; How thick are you walls? </p><p>In slic3r, I would print a soap dish with 3-4 perimeters and 15% honeycomb infill.</p></blockquote></div><p>All walls are 5mm thick, including the slab.<br />I wanted something really solid, should I try with thinner walls ?<br />My bed is quite levelled, manually moving the head at altitude 0 is uniform across the table.</p><p>Would adding some &quot;decorative&quot; holes everywhere would help relieve the cooling stress?</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[FarFromDotMatrix]]></name>
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			<updated>2013-01-07T16:05:43Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Warping while printing a slab of plastic]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>You could try printing it with PLA, it should have less issues with warp.&nbsp; Releveling your bed can help, as an incorrectly leveled bed can exacerbation the warping. I would also suggest switching over to slic3r and using a brim.&nbsp; How thick are you walls? </p><p>In slic3r, I would print a soap dish with 3-4 perimeters and 15% honeycomb infill.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[nickythegreek]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/366/</uri>
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			<updated>2013-01-07T14:05:43Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Warping while printing a slab of plastic]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Hi,<br />I have been trying to design my own shower soap dish, everyone does.<br />I have found a way to slice my design in two, with gluable lips, so it can then be printed.<br />Then I turned and turned my model around to find the right way to print it with minimum overhang.<br />But eventually, I started printing it, cut in two from front to back, bottom down.<br />So there is a large flat thick slab of plastic on the printer floor, with a raft.<br />I understand plastic physics and shrinking while cooling.<br />My slab tend to warp a lot, after reaching altitude 5mm, the two visible front corners started lifting a lot, raising the raft with it.<br />So what was supposed to be a flat floor started looking like a rocking chair.<br />And at altitude 8mm, the deformation was so intense that the head got stuck in plastic still soft and warm.<br />EMERGENCY STOP<br />Do you have any advice for me for printing a better layed flat thick wall ?<br />Thank-you</p><p>(Solidoodle 2, White ABS, 200c / 85c, 0.3mm, pronterface + skeinforge)</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[FarFromDotMatrix]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/130/</uri>
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			<updated>2013-01-07T13:49:19Z</updated>
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