26 Reply by SLAM-ER (edited by SLAM-ER 2012-12-13 18:23:41)

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Re: Solidoodle releases new .1mm profile to the public

hansit wrote:

Hi

when i print with the new 0.1 mm profile, the printer prints the 2 first layers.
but when it prints the third layer it moves the z axis to much.

i have followed the pdf file instructions.

anyone else having this problem.
any idea what i am doing wrong ?

I am having the same problem.  Installed latest ver of Repetier (0.82 with slic3r 0.9.7) and followed the guide.  Win7 x64.  Comes out with .1mm layers spaced .3mm apart after the 3rd layer by the looks of it...?  My firmware is: mlaws-solidoodle2-marlin-6dc60f1
22:24:26.150 : FIRMWARE_NAME:Marlin V1; Sprinter/grbl mashup for gen6 FIRMWARE_URL:hxxps://github.com/mlaws/solidoodle2-marlin PROTOCOL_VERSION:1.0 MACHINE_TYPE:Solidoodle EXTRUDER_COUNT:1

Update:
It does the same thing with the 0.3mm profile, first 2x layers are OK, 3rd and above are too high and dont stick to previous layer properly.  Is there a Z scale/steps/setting somewhere that we might have wrong?

Further Update:
Fixed it, you need to do the 'optional' last part to save the configs in Slic3r so they show in Repetier, then it seems to work.  Just specifying the correct ini file in the configuration path window doesn't work, it uses the default layer height of .4mm after layer 2 or 3.

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27 Reply by SLAM-ER

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Re: Solidoodle releases new .1mm profile to the public

Thank you Ian and/or Solidoodle for releasing these profiles, I have been struggling to find the perfect settings to prevent blobbing/stringing/etc and it looks like these profiles have done the trick! I am still getting obvious banding but I assume this is the thread on the Z rod.

They're not quick though!  It has been printing now for 24hrs solid and it still has 2hrs to go (150mm tall statue of liberty with the new 0.1mm profile, by comparison it took about 4-5hrs on the base profile that came with Pronterface in the original Solidoodle software download) so more than 6x slower to print the same thing!  I just noticed the default setting for the 'Speed Multiply (Feed Rate) was set to 46%, is this on purpose?  I moved it to 100% and now it's printing faster with no noticeable effects yet...?

I assume the Feedrate and Flowrate 'speed multiplier' settings are normally supposed to be at 100%?

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28 Reply by IanJohnson

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Re: Solidoodle releases new .1mm profile to the public

Those should be at 100.   In general the profiles will be slower because the perimeter speeds have been slowed down.   Running the exterior perimeter slow makes a big difference in print quality.   The perimeters between the outer one and the full run a little faster and then fill runs fastest since a little overshoot doesn't matter there.