1 Topic by stenci

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Topic: Bad quality on one side

I printed 3 small objects with thick walls, 50% density, slow, 0.1 layer thickness.
The result has 3 side with good quality and one side really rough.
What is the cause of the low quality of the 3rd side?

Here you can see a small video that shows the quality of the print: http://youtu.be/bI1m7pOtPMA

Thanks,
Stefano

2 Reply by skywiselh

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Re: Bad quality on one side

stenci wrote:

I printed 3 small objects with thick walls, 50% density, slow, 0.1 layer thickness.
The result has 3 side with good quality and one side really rough.
What is the cause of the low quality of the 3rd side?

Here you can see a small video that shows the quality of the print: http://youtu.be/bI1m7pOtPMA

Thanks,
Stefano

Check your belts and calibration. If those are fine, print some plain circles - do those come out round? And not "kinda" round, they should be coin-perfect almost.

3 Reply by Claghorn

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Re: Bad quality on one side

Don't know about the DaVinci, but with my Solidoodle, I got rotten prints near the back of the print bed because the wiring bundle was getting compressed when it moved back that far and making the print head rock. A little gadget to spring load the print head to make it harder to rock worked to fix my solidoodle: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:214112 (no idea if it could be adapted for DaVinci).

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