Month: September 2016

Tips on how to improve quality in areas where support material is required.

I’ve been printing for almost 3 months now and I’ve gotten my Maker Select V2 tuned fairly well and have had pretty good success with my prints until it comes to overhang areas or areas that require support material. For example my latest print falls flat when it needs to bridge or print on top of support material. I get an ugly grid pattern on any horizontal areas where support has been used and my layers droop on the outside leaving an ugly final product. What do you all recommend for situations like this?I’m currently running a .6mm nozzle on a Swiss MK10 hotend with the Z-Brace mod to reduce the vibrations.My current settings on Cura 15.04.6 are:0.3 layer height1.2 shell thicknessretraction enabled 1.2 bottom/top thickness20% infill 25mm/s210C extruder temp50C bed tempSupport Tab50-65 degree angle for support15% infill0.7 X/Y Dist0.14 Z Dist40mm/s Retraction Speed0.5mm Retraction Distance15 second layer time http://ift.tt/2czMij2

Do you sand your projects?

Hi everyone, so I started printing a new project, and I realized I can enhance the quality by using a sandpaper. I’m going to print at 0.1mm layer height, and I don’t know if I should use 600 grit or 2000… So what about you guys? Do you always sand your prints? Which type of sandpaper do you use? http://ift.tt/2cjjrl5

How do I reduce severe vibration?

I have a folgertech 2020 i3 and it vibrates like a madman. Ive printed 4 vibration dampeners and they significantly reduced the noise of the printer. I just calibrated my e steps for x y and z axis and my prints have already had a huge jump in quality. I still have a large amount of vibration whenever I have a long print move in the x or y direction. I have belt tensioners on each belt, and have run my printer at slower speeds but it seems to be almost a resonance issue because the vibrations always appear. Any suggestions? http://ift.tt/2bWQNSZ