Horrible Surface Quality | 3DMeltdown 3D Printing | Page 1

thick oxide Sep 17, 2023, 4:25 PM

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Hello, my printer has this bad surface quality on the walls, how could I fix that? Belts are tight

hidden egret Sep 17, 2023, 4:53 PM

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thick oxide Sep 17, 2023, 8:53 PM

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haha, sorry
I am using an anycubic i3 mega s
very standard settings 0.2mm layer height 0.4mm layer width 215C° hotend 60C° On the bed
I used white eSun PLA+
My layer lines are inconsistent and not aligned making the walls of my print look very bad

hidden egret Sep 18, 2023, 5:51 AM

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Are printing pretty fast?

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And are you sure thats.2?

obsidian lintel Sep 18, 2023, 6:32 AM

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Mayby bad filament

hidden egret Sep 18, 2023, 7:35 AM

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Very rarely

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But awnser my questions

real inlet Sep 18, 2023, 7:47 AM

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From the pic, I would say it is caused by falling Z-axis. Check if your Z-axis isn't loose, if youcan push it down a bit, then it might be it.
Every layer, your Z-axis goes up, it falls abit and squish your layer line causing what u got.

thick oxide Sep 18, 2023, 8:42 AM

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hidden egret Are printing pretty fast?

it is 0.2mm I took a macro shot and I'm really not printing fast. I cant look up the exct number rn but its a slow speed on every bit infill walls top layer all slow.

thick oxide Sep 18, 2023, 8:42 AM

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obsidian lintel Mayby bad filament

I printed with a diffrent PLA too, same issue

hidden egret Sep 18, 2023, 8:43 AM

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Then its most likely zbinding

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Like @obsidian lintel said

thick oxide Sep 18, 2023, 8:43 AM

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how would you fix that?