First decent print looking for tips

If your using blue tape on you bed you don't heat it, run the fan at 100% except for the first layer. If your using hairspray heat the bed to between 55 and 65C, I heat to 65 but it depends on the hairspray I think, run the fan at 75 to 100% except for the first layer, i let Slic3r control the fan speed.

 

Great tips guys. I wasn't too sure about the fan stuff. I will give those changes a try and see if they help.

Thanks,
Chris

 

Just an update for others watching and maybe having issues. I could get lots of tiny prints working, but as soon as I went to a medium one it would get stringy and quit printing about 1/3 into them. I could get it going again good and then would clog again on next print that was tiny. Finally I hit a huge clog (had to cut the filament at the entrance as it would not pull out)that I couldn't clear even by heating the nozzle up to 235 degrees.

So I decided to bite the bullet and take it all apart and see what was going on. As mine was pre-owned I was prepared. There was tons of stuff in the nozzle and tubes. I tried putting in the oven to heat up hotter and try to push through with some filament, no go. I soaked in acetone thinking maybe the previous owner had got some ABS clogged. That did help some.

Finally I disassembled the whole hot end and removed the heater and thermistor then took a propane/MAPP torch to the nozzle. Wow did it make quick work of the clog. A little cool down and cleaned out the carbon and ash and it was looking good. I then took the time to season the nozzle, but since I had everything taken apart and didn't want to put it all together just to season, I took the metal portion and just seasoned then in the oven @400 degrees F for about 10 minutes, 3 times. After 3 prints still going well, one of those prints was an oiler that I hooked up. Also tightened the Y belt some, might still need more, by unscrewing the end clip and wrapping around another cog further down. Did help tension.

Just another note, I think my feeding issues were related to that and also the bearing that presses on the filament had a dead spot(where it would catch everytime) probably from someone over tightening the screws badly and scoring the race or just a bad cheap skate bearing. Replaced all the bearings with some ABEC-9 ones I had lying around for other projects and things are smooth as glass.

Things are humming now with clean seasoned nozzle and oiler. If things stay like this I will be very happy with the machine.

For those with tips on the sagging looks to be taken care of with new settings of slower feed and all now, 3 prints .3 fill and looking good.
Thanks to everyone for tips and suggestions.