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I have had my SD4 for over a yr now and its been working great, but lately i noticed on thinner parts, they taper out as they build up, any ideas on a fix? I am thinking its the printer as the part looks good after slicing, but i could be wrong. Thanks in advance
please post a picture of what you're experiencing
as you can see its not crazy much but it is the whole way around this is the worst spot, like i said not all parts just noticed on thin parts like this one. 
as you can see its not crazy much but it is the whole way around this is the worst spot, like i said not all parts just noticed on thin parts like this one.
The picture's a little blurry, but I'm betting that the right-hand side of that part in the image was the bottom layer. If so, what do your bed temperatures look like in your slicing program of choice? I over-insulated an enclosure once, for my venerable Printrbot LC, and this would happen constantly until I lowered the temperatures in the bed.
The cause seems to be that, with too high a bed temperature, the bottom layers don't expand as much as the higher layers (that are cooling at a more proper rate). On my Solidoodle 4s, I keep the first layer and overall bed temperature at a constant 105C and it prints like a dream.
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