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royal zinc Sep 14, 2024, 9:04 PM

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Ive been trying to get these printed but they either dont stick or start stringing and do as the image shows.
Orca slicer, pla, q1 qidi pro

limber ravenBOT Sep 14, 2024, 9:04 PM

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royal zinc Ive been trying to get these printed but they either dont stick or start stringi...

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AI Help

It sounds like you may be experiencing adhesion issues and stringing with your prints. Here are a few tips to troubleshoot:

Bed Leveling: Make sure your print bed is properly leveled. This can greatly affect adhesion. Use a piece of paper to check the distance between the nozzle and bed at different points.
Bed Temperature: Ensure the bed is heated to the appropriate temperature for PLA (usually around 60°C) to help with adhesion.
Nozzle Temperature: Check that you are printing at the correct temperature for PLA filament. Typically, PLA prints well between 190-220°C.
Retraction Settings: Adjust your retraction settings in your slicer software (like Orca) to reduce stringing. Start with a retraction distance of around 6mm and a speed of 40mm/s.
Print Speed: Try reducing the print speed to help with stringing issues. Slow down the overall print speed or adjust speed settings for outer walls.
Cooling: Ensure that your cooling fan is properly cooling the printed ...

royal zinc Sep 14, 2024, 9:09 PM

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Nozzel Temp: 210
Bed Temp: 60
Bed Leveling is fine I believe
Print Speed I think is 5mm, but then I halfed it and still got this issue.

simple karma Sep 14, 2024, 9:25 PM

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sorry, probably won't be able to help, but 5 MM/S???? did you mean 50???

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5 is insanely slow

royal zinc Sep 14, 2024, 9:29 PM

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simple karma sorry, probably won't be able to help, but 5 MM/S???? did you mean 50???

extrusion speed 5mm, might be different to print speed mb!

simple karma Sep 14, 2024, 9:29 PM

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ohh yeah, please clarify lmao

royal zinc Sep 14, 2024, 9:30 PM

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ahhh my bad haha

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but yeah no idea whats causing this

simple karma Sep 14, 2024, 9:30 PM

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i assume the circles are supposed to be the same thickness all around?

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and what's your printspeed?

royal zinc Sep 14, 2024, 9:31 PM

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im not too sure on print speed where do i check that

simple karma Sep 14, 2024, 9:31 PM

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im not too familiar with orca slicer

royal zinc Sep 14, 2024, 9:31 PM

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simple karma i assume the circles are supposed to be the same thickness all around?

i dont thunk so but its the beginning of a tower thing so thats not an issue its more the stringing thats occuring then bad prints happen off of it

simple karma Sep 14, 2024, 9:32 PM

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royal zinc i dont thunk so but its the beginning of a tower thing so thats not an issue its...

alright, but can you double check? still seems to be a weird shape

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or a weird angle

royal zinc Sep 14, 2024, 9:33 PM

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simple karma alright, but can you double check? still seems to be a weird shape

checking now

simple karma Sep 14, 2024, 9:33 PM

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idk if its in orca but you can usually select individual layers

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like theres a slider and you can switch between layers to see what each layer looks like

royal zinc Sep 14, 2024, 9:34 PM

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yeah this is what its meant to look like

simple karma Sep 14, 2024, 9:35 PM

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ahh alright, just wanted to make sure

royal zinc Sep 14, 2024, 9:35 PM

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if its the speed its telling me at the bottom at the beginning its around 30-50

simple karma Sep 14, 2024, 9:35 PM

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does the printer have a fan from one direction or two

royal zinc Sep 14, 2024, 9:35 PM

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then jumps between 80-500 later on

royal zinc Sep 14, 2024, 9:35 PM

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simple karma does the printer have a fan from one direction or two

uh two I believe

simple karma Sep 14, 2024, 9:35 PM

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500? damnn

royal zinc Sep 14, 2024, 9:36 PM

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simple karma 500? damnn

think so

simple karma Sep 14, 2024, 9:36 PM

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yea sorry i can't really help, just wanted to make sure because that shape looked weird

royal zinc Sep 14, 2024, 9:36 PM

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no worries

crystal shoal Sep 14, 2024, 10:16 PM

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@royal zinc First thing first: when was the last time you washed this bed with soap and water?

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Your Z offset and leveling look OK

royal zinc Sep 14, 2024, 10:17 PM

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< 2hrs ago

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Definitely washed it twice today to ensure that wasnt an issue

crystal shoal Sep 14, 2024, 10:18 PM

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Hmm. I'd up first layer speed to 35mm/s and make sure you have detect narrow solid infill disabled

royal zinc Sep 14, 2024, 10:18 PM

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could it be the chamber is too cold? sits around 28C

crystal shoal Sep 14, 2024, 10:18 PM

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For the first layers nah

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PLA right?

royal zinc Sep 14, 2024, 10:18 PM

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Yea PLA

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Elegoo PLA+ Black

crystal shoal Sep 14, 2024, 10:19 PM

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Then yeah totally fine, you want that chamber between 20-30

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Too high and it'll get melted in the extruder where it shouldn't

royal zinc Sep 14, 2024, 10:19 PM

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crystal shoal Hmm. I'd up first layer speed to 35mm/s and make sure you have detect narrow sol...

Ill look for the narrow solid infill setting, not sure how to increase first layer speed tho?

crystal shoal Sep 14, 2024, 10:19 PM

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First layer speed is under Speed

royal zinc Sep 14, 2024, 10:19 PM

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OrcaSlicer ^

crystal shoal Sep 14, 2024, 10:19 PM

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May need to change settings to Advanced view

royal zinc Sep 14, 2024, 10:19 PM

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ahh

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its currently at 50mm/s

crystal shoal Sep 14, 2024, 10:20 PM

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For the perimeters, 105 on those tiny sections

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Change both to 35

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Don't have to leave it there but for this print seems like it will benefit

royal zinc Sep 14, 2024, 10:21 PM

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okay sounds good

crystal shoal Sep 14, 2024, 10:21 PM

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And then another potential help is setting initial layer height to 0.25

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That is under Quality

royal zinc Sep 14, 2024, 10:22 PM

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yep thats already sest to 0.25

crystal shoal Sep 14, 2024, 10:22 PM

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Nuclear option is to add a Brim under Other as "Outer Brim Only"

royal zinc Sep 14, 2024, 10:22 PM

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Also wheres that setting for detect narrow solid infill?

crystal shoal Sep 14, 2024, 10:22 PM

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Further down on that Quality tab I believe

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Can use the search bar though

royal zinc Sep 14, 2024, 10:23 PM

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ah yep

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just found it

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disbaled

crystal shoal Sep 14, 2024, 10:23 PM

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Sometimes does weird things to small sections like that which can cause some issues

royal zinc Sep 14, 2024, 10:23 PM

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done

crystal shoal Sep 14, 2024, 10:24 PM

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And if that don't work hire an exorcist

royal zinc Sep 14, 2024, 10:24 PM

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hahaha okay

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ill get that going

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and check back in like 5-10 once its started

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it formed a giant mess, cleaned it up, rewashed the plate and retrying just incase it was a one off nozzel didnt get cleaned properly or something

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@crystal shoal

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not sure what happened but even first layer isnt going down properly

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do u know of an exorcist?

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i got 0 idea whats happening hahaha trying a 3rd time

royal zinc Sep 14, 2024, 11:08 PM

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sorry for the reping @crystal shoal still not working properly getting uneven prints and bumps

crystal shoal Sep 14, 2024, 11:08 PM

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royal zinc sorry for the reping <@174751450075758594> still not working properly getting un...

Hm. That offset looks slightly off on that one.

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Like 0.1mm too high.

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It is supposed to be automatic on that machine though

royal zinc Sep 14, 2024, 11:09 PM

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is it? ive manually changed the z offsset

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so could that be affecting it?

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think im sitting at an offset of 0.280mm?

royal zinc Sep 14, 2024, 11:10 PM

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crystal shoal Like 0.1mm too high.

wait so lower it 0.180mm?

crystal shoal Sep 14, 2024, 11:10 PM

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That could definitely be it then

royal zinc Sep 14, 2024, 11:12 PM

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crystal shoal That could definitely be it then

so should I lower it by 0.1mm?, or completely remove the z offset?

crystal shoal Sep 14, 2024, 11:12 PM

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Lower it by 0.1mm, on that machine I believe offset is a positive value? Could be wring

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If 0.18 is closer then yes

royal zinc Sep 14, 2024, 11:12 PM

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yep yep

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okay ill try that

royal zinc Sep 14, 2024, 11:25 PM

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crystal shoal That could definitely be it then

is that too close now?

crystal shoal Sep 14, 2024, 11:27 PM

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A touch

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Back off like 0.03

royal zinc Sep 14, 2024, 11:27 PM

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okay sure!

royal zinc Sep 14, 2024, 11:38 PM

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crystal shoal Back off like 0.03

Is this good?

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looks very similar to the above

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still too close?

crystal shoal Sep 14, 2024, 11:42 PM

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Still just a tad close

limber ravenBOT Sep 14, 2024, 11:43 PM

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Leveling Your Printer
Here is a handy infographic that will help with levelling your printer.

crystal shoal Sep 14, 2024, 11:43 PM

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Should look like the center one

royal zinc Sep 14, 2024, 11:43 PM

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ive printed patches before and found it best at 270

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but then at 270 it doesnt work

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with these circles lol

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trying at another 0.03mm increase

royal zinc Sep 15, 2024, 12:20 AM

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just gonna let it print and see what happens

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