1 Topic by kalf

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Topic: Skeinforge retracts the filament

Hello!

It has been a couple of weeks since i have got my S3 now and ive printed alot. But up til this ive only used Slic3r for slicing. It works well, but I would like to try skeinforge instead. But, when I use it for slicing and try to print, the first thing my printer does is retracts the filament about 15mm, and therefore it dosent extrude anything. So, what am I doing wrong?

I have reinstalled Repetier Host, and before installing it again, Ive removed all the profiles from c:\users\.skeinforge. So I am using the unmodded solidoodle profiles that comes with Repetier Host.

Best regards Kalf

2 Reply by dcbeck

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Re: Skeinforge retracts the filament

I've got this same problem so I finally just stopped using skeinforge and just use slcr3.

3 Reply by kalf

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Re: Skeinforge retracts the filament

dcbeck wrote:

I've got this same problem so I finally just stopped using skeinforge and just use slcr3.

That is what I'm doing, but I would like to use all the benafits of skeinforge, like raft etc.

Anyone got any Ideas?

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Re: Skeinforge retracts the filament

kalf wrote:
dcbeck wrote:

I've got this same problem so I finally just stopped using skeinforge and just use slcr3.

That is what I'm doing, but I would like to use all the benafits of skeinforge, like raft etc.

Anyone got any Ideas?

The newest slic3r does raft and a whole lot more! --> http://slic3r.org/releases/0.9.9

5 Reply by wbrandsmeier

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Re: Skeinforge retracts the filament

I have been using skeinforge to slice my models for a few weeks now.  I did have the issue where it always retracted the filament, but I fixed that by changing the gcode.

I paste this:
M107
M190 S95 ; wait for bed temperature to be reached
M104 S210 T0 ; set temperature
M104 S210 T1 ; set temperature
G21; set mm units
G28 ;home all axis
G90; set absolute coordinates
G92 E0; reset extruder distance
M104 S210; set extruder temp and start heating
G1 Z5 F300 ;move platform down 5mm
G1 X195 Y195 F3000 ; move to back right corner
M109 S210; wait for extruder temp to be reached
G1 Z135% F200 ;move platform close to nozzle
;G1 E7; extrude anchor
G1 F3000; center print head
G92 E0; reset extrusion distance
G90 ; use absolute coordinates
G21 ; set units to millimeters
G92 E0
M82 ; use absolute distances for extrusion


right before this line: (it is usually the 5-7 line and remove all lines before this)
G1 X14.694 Y82.016 Z0.2 F180.0


I prefer skeinforge because of all the options and that is what I use on my makerbot.  I have found decent settings for the raft or raftless options, but the prints still seems "stringy".  Atleast the abs sticks to the plate!