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Re: Is this normal? Or... How do I fix this?

null@example.com (solijohn) — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:30:27 +0000

nickythegreek wrote:

Yep, looks like you got your printer dialed in better. That case print looks great.

Happy!

Re: Is this normal? Or... How do I fix this?

null@example.com (nickythegreek) — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:01:51 +0000

Yep, looks like you got your printer dialed in better. That case print looks great.

Re: Is this normal? Or... How do I fix this?

null@example.com (ccorwin) — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:14:53 +0000

Another one

Re: Is this normal? Or... How do I fix this?

null@example.com (ccorwin) — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:13:03 +0000

Here are some photos.

Re: Is this normal? Or... How do I fix this?

null@example.com (ccorwin) — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:37:33 +0000

I think I fixed most of the problems. First I had to drop the screw for the table limit switch? That gave me a nice bead on the table. Second I adjusted the retraction setting to 2.1mm, that kept the material inside the extruder.

Now I have some wobble between layers that I have to sort out. I'm thinking of a third leg for the table, so it wouldn't move from side to side or front and back. Has anybody else done this mod?

The forum won't let me load Picts from my gen 1 iPad so I'll upload Picts of my progress later.

Re: Is this normal? Or... How do I fix this?

null@example.com (cmetzel) — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:17:54 +0000

Your flow rate is too high for your filament, too much material being pushed out. Print out a single wall box and measure the thickness.

http://solidoodletips.wordpress.com/201 … flow-rate/

Re: Is this normal? Or... How do I fix this?

null@example.com (devilman2075) — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 08:34:12 +0000

I think what your looking for falls into retraction settings, basically you need to tell the printer to pull back more filament while its jogging to its next start point, to prevent the dripping and other nuisances your getting

All in all a good thorough calibration wont hurt.

Re: Is this normal? Or... How do I fix this?

null@example.com (ccorwin) — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 13:36:24 +0000

I did measure my filament and it was between 1.5 and 1.67 mm. My bed is at 100 and extruder at 195. I checked the table clearance at 0 with a piece of paper. Should I slow the flow down a bit? And what would a good number be? Another adjustment would be retracting the material from the extruder?

I'm not sure if any of this would work and I'm looking for some expertise from you all.

Thanks for the replies so far.

Re: Is this normal? Or... How do I fix this?

null@example.com (lotw_1) — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 07:08:25 +0000

Have you done all the calibrations and measured your filament in several places and averaged the width in your slicing app? What temps are you using?

Re: Is this normal? Or... How do I fix this?

null@example.com (ccorwin) — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 02:55:10 +0000

Slicer in repetier

Re: Is this normal? Or... How do I fix this?

null@example.com (nickythegreek) — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 02:50:34 +0000

No they should not look like that. Are you using skeinforge or slic3r?

Is this normal? Or... How do I fix this?

null@example.com (ccorwin) — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 02:42:33 +0000

I've been playing with a solidoodle 2 for a few days. It was frustrating at first but after discovering the hairspray trick things are looking up! On Friday I printed a few bunnies and the kids in school loved watching them be printed. They came out great!

Today I printed an iPhone case and now I have some questions. Should the results of a print look like this? I also noticed that the extruded was leaking when moving to a different area leaving a mess at the start of the new bead. Is there a setting I need to adjust to keep this from happening?