Cook for 3 hours in the cooler at ~65C (equilibrium temp with the small light bulb), That cured the moisture problem without melting anything.

edit: i should add i have left the original kapton in place as well, it is easy to go back to original if required, unclip and adjust Z.

I meant the diameter of the filament itself.  The one I have from Repraper varies from something like 1.58 to 1.69.

Ha! This makes me feel better about my extruder!

Edit: Sorry Ian, I made a mistake. I didn't think twice when I first got the caliper that I forgot that it's in inches and not metric. I just remeasured the filament and converted it with google and came up with .07 in and 1.77mm. Hope it helps and sorry for the confusion. I measured it all over and it really is pretty consistent at 1.77mm. It dropped to about 1.75 in a small spot but still pretty consistent. Might be why my flow rate is so low at .65 instead of what everyone else is around .8 and .9.

The student becomes the teacher. 

LOL, definitely not true. I'm not anywhere near Ian's godly Solidoodle status. But, I am glad to contribute to the community anyway I can.

Ive just been using Slic3r 0.9.5 (just updated to 0.9.7 today). I've been using 175 for the nozzle and 90 for the bed. Ive also been sticking with the stock aluminum/kapton bed. I haven't had the guts to try out the glass/hairspray method yet. My Extrusion Multiplier setting is .65.

I think the diameter is pretty much the same throughout, but I haven't printed anything that is 1 shell thick either to test it. The thing is my printer hasn't been calibrated for backlash for the y and z axis' (axises? axes? axi?) I've just got that X coupler/nut thing that lawsey made and it's bade a big difference for the X. I still have a tiny wobble but it's much better than without. I wanted to learn how to fix all the backlash and stuff before I start measuring the thickness of the walls that it's printing so that it's more accurate. So, sorry Ian, I cannot accurately say how consistent the diameter is.

What are you using for slicing, and what flow and temperature have you settled on?  How consistent is the diameter?

The student becomes the teacher. 

Is that 100% fill? What did you have to tweak to get the consistent finish?

This is actually set to 30% infill and infill every 3 layers in Slic3r. I am actually trying to get it 100% filled but there are tiny little air pockets still. I haven't tested it by changing the infill settings because the parts were printing so nicely, and I was afraid of screwing things up. It's definitely not 30% in reality but like I said, I am going for 100% infill.

I've been tweaking the flow rate and temperatures since they are easiest for me to understand.

These are all from the default firmware as well. I haven't changed the firmware because I simply don't know how yet.

Thanks, I've been messing around with the filament for over 3 weeks now so I'm pretty happy it's turned out so well. I got the filament from Amazon/ZenToolworks. I gave them a not so great rating for the filament because it was so bubble when I first got it, but I might change it now that Ive gotten used to it.

http://www.amazon.com/Printer-1-75mm-Tr … s+filament

...so maybe humidity isn't such a huge issue as I first thought. It seems like it's more about the temperatures and settings to compensate for the higher humidity and needs to be calibrated for the filament as well. At least that's what it looks like from the little experience I've got so far.

What am I missing or what kind of environments are you in that are worse than mine?

I'm guessing its more about the type of filament than anything else. I've been noticing that it's mostly the clear that has problems with humidity.

I think I will go with natural colored ABS next time I buy a roll. I figure it's the strongest and purest ABS since there's no pigment or other types of particles mixed in?? I'm not sure, so ill have to read up on that. I would figure it's also the most resilient to the environment for the same reasons.

As crappy as I thought this clear filament was when I first got it, I'm starting to get used to it and starting to like it.

Here are some .1mm prints that I've done with it. It's really clear and pretty strong when the settings are perfected. So far it's been my best prints... Not too shabby I think.

Edit: How do I post pictures to the thread instead of download links for the pictures? I'm sure no one wants to download them...