cold pasture
It's been pointed out that the print isn't quite good. While I'm pleased with it (because I had no expectations), I want to do better.
For reference, I just printed the default cube in superslicer with no setting changes. I'm using formfutura reform rPLA
wide moth
chilly comet
cold pasture
- do you have fuzzy skin enabled?
- what's the temperature/cooling/print speed/m...
No to fuzzy skin.
Extruder first and other layers is 260
Bed first and other 105
Fan at default speed is checked and default fan speed set to 12%
wide moth
PLA at 260?
cold pasture
I didn't know it needed changed, mate. I should have read the instructions on filament. I'm just realising that.
wide moth
you probably want to go on the high side of that for v-core speeds
more speed needs higher temp with more cooling
cold pasture
so 215 and 60
I'll bash out another print and while it's printing I'll read that guide @chilly comet posted (thank you)
cold pasture
I didn't select anything. I was excited about my first print. Ok, we all know where I went wrong here 🙂
wide moth
I'm just asking to make you aware that superslicer has separate tabs for print settings, filament settings and printer settings
cold pasture
No, I know. I was just making fun of myself for being over eager.
wide moth
but I think your next print will look good 😄
cold pasture
Does changing the filament type automatically change temp?
wide moth
the filament profiles include temperature settings
cold pasture
@wide moth I did use an ASA profile. Hopefully this next print will be much better. Thank you
cold pasture
Guessing the noise from the fan isn't meant to happen? It's 32% through and it's made this noise the whole time. Didn't have this on the first print.
cold pasture
it says 100%
wide moth
Probably because it hits the minimum layer time. Check the slicer settings
That's a bit much
cold pasture
That was the default for PLA
wide moth
Change the settings level to expert
With a 4028, you shouldn't use 100% at normal speeds
You'll want to decrease the short layer time, 4s or something. You'll need to unhide the advanced settings.
cold pasture
That's the new print. bigger cube and it decided it was 100% done when it completed the z-top.
wide moth
getting better
I think it is probably overcooled, so change the cooling settings and try again
I also prefer to use 0.5 line width to have a bit better layer adhesion
did you sink it into the bed by the way in the slicer? the bottom is missing
cold pasture
I see exactly what you mean about my first print. It is bad 🙂
cold pasture
@chilly comet I'm trying to follow the tuning guide you sent me and am currently doing the extruder calibration. There's no rotation_distance in printer.cfg so I'm not sure how to do the calculation required.
Incidentally, it pushed out 100mm as expected.
chilly comet
roation distance is in the config, its just in the nested config
you would need to add an override where you just repeat the config part in the printer.cfg
cold pasture
Right, I see it now in config/extruder/lgx-lite.cfg
chilly comet
dont edit files in the config folder
cold pasture
Nope, not editing it. I remember you told me this a couple of days ago 🙂
I just opened it to check the value.
I really don't want to bore people with my very basic questions. I'm sure I'll have a lot of them while I get to grips with learning. Is there a newbies guide to 3d printing specifically for klipper that you would suggest?
wide moth
I would leave rotation_distance a the default and just adjust extrusion multiplier for each filament, you need to do that anyway
cold pasture
My bed leveling test didn't go great. I've attempted calibrations for flow and had no issues following iy and adjusting the multiplier. However, I'm not grasping something fundamental about leveling the bed. Everything I try ends up with really poor results.
