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Topic: PLA Calibration Help

I have been calibrating my Solidoodle 2 so far Im happy with my results with PLA, but can someone guide me on how to fix the top layer the bridging and infill looks off, attached are some pics.

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2 Reply by 3d-oodler (edited by 3d-oodler 2013-09-15 22:10:00)

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Re: PLA Calibration Help

What temp are you printing at?

It looks too hot to me.

I was printing PLA @ 150C with the stock hotend, but generally aimed to print close to the lowest temp that I could where the material was easily pliable...as measured by extruding to the side of the bed and seeing how it folded over an object or wound in a circle on the floor of the printer.

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Re: PLA Calibration Help

Im printing at 185 I cant print under 170 with out doing firmware change

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Re: PLA Calibration Help

Use gcode M302 to allow for cold extrusion and test colder temps.

You send m302 once and it lasts the whole session.

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Re: PLA Calibration Help

Thanks for the advice I changed the values in my firmware instead the PLA material that I have melts best at 170 c any lower and it will jam