Topic: Help with print quality and or Slic3r settings
So I bought a used Solidoodle 3 online and have been getting it into better printing condition and right now am at kind of a road block. Whenever I print out objects with a lot of head movement I get globs and strings almost everywhere. Additionally, my surface finish is very rough. Below I will bullet other items of interest and pictures of a few prints and my current Slic3r settings.
- I have done all belt tension details from online
- I have modified machine so that I have a direct Y stepper motor, instead of the Y stepper and that small belt that warps the Y rod.
- By doing the direct Y stepper I was able to get perfect circles, before with Y stepper and belt my calibration cube prints were not even, now they are with direct Y stepper.
- I have calibrated my extrusion rate per online video that shows updating Solidoodle firmware from repeteir. I now get almost perfect consumption of 100mm filament when I do the manual extrude.
- I have the standard Solidoodle hot end, I used to print at 220 F but have stepped down to 200, 190, and now 185 F to see if this helps, and it does not.
- I have banding issues but I know that is a separate correction I need to make later.
If anyone can help or post their best setting I would much appreciate that! I am only trying to print at 0.3mm now.





