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Topic: Solidoodle Workbench -- please help with settings

I've had my Workbench for about a week and have been getting terrible results.  I'm inexperienced with 3D printing but I've done a ton of research at this point, but to no avail.

Here's the general info:
- Solidoodle Workbench
- 1.75mm PLA (Makerbot)
- Gaffer tape on the bed (been working perfectly)
- Mac

I've been running RH Mac 0.56, and have tried multiple versions of Slic3r, both through RH and in Slic3r directly, exporting G-code and loading it into RH.

I've used everything from straight-up simple mode (except for the obvious chances for filament & nozzle diameters, bed size, etc.) to every imaginable combination of all of the expert mode settings.

Of course it doesn't help that there's no support from Solidoodle.  I was shocked that there isn't at least a list of starting settings that will get you printing right out of the box and let you tweak from there.  There isn't even any support for the auto-leveling -- I had to find the G-code for that on youtube, and even then it wasn't perfect.

The attached photo shows a part I'm trying to print as a test piece.  The red one was printed on a MB Rep 2.  The blue one is what I'm getting.

Does anyone have a set of .ini files that will get me going?  I'm getting ready to throw this thing out the window.

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2 Reply by soliryan

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Re: Solidoodle Workbench -- please help with settings

Looks like overextrusion. Try decreasing your extrusion multipler in your slicer filament settings.

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Re: Solidoodle Workbench -- please help with settings

See this post: http://www.soliforum.com/post/85772/#p85772

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Re: Solidoodle Workbench -- please help with settings

tagyro wrote:

See this post:

I did see that.  What files in there are the ones you brought over?  All of them?  What are the "My Settings" ones?

Thanks!

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Re: Solidoodle Workbench -- please help with settings

Sorry, some of my profiles were included.
Look at the workbench.ini and the pla/abs profiles to get you started.