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  1. JDM_

    JDM_ New Member

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    How do I prevent this spider web/stringing. This is happening with PLA and ABS.
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    Here are my settings.
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    Any help on this would be great.
     
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    adjust the temperature down in increments till the stringing is minimized.

    adjusting current going to your extruder stepper driver may also help. but this is a little more involved.

    use a part cooling fan, peek fan
     
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    I adjusted it up 5 degrees. Should I try down?
     
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    Or up 5
    More?
     
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    Up didn't help. Going to try down.
     
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    Uuuhgggg. Nothing helps.
     
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    what are your layer height settings Print Settings ->Layers and Perimeters and speed under Print Settings ->Advanced
     
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    yeah I would try going down try 180 and 175 then 175 and 170. Mine ususally runs at 185 185 but the environments have alot to do with it
     
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    well right off we have major differences here I have all my extrusion widths to be 0 or automatically determined
    and teh the other thing thing is you have all you speeds set to be very slow so if you think about the filament is probably "pooping out" (basically oozing out when the extruder is hot) and then catching on to the print and then catching and then the extruder drags what was "poop" across

    My speeds down the list are
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    my travel is also 140 which gets between things quicker
    I am also printing at 200 microns but you can try these at 100 microns and see if it make a difference
    I just think you may have been a bit slow

    I would try the speed before the extrusion width

    Hope this helps let me know
     
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    OK... gona try this next print.
     
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    I kind of think that may be it. I just have not seen so much threading ever in any of my prints, just not sure, so hope this helps. I hate to ask but is it just in this print or others as well? Could be when you have multiple objects versus a single object being printed. The other thing I forgot to mention was the RANDOM value look for itnot sure where it is but it basically makes each layer start at a different RANDOM location so the entry points rarely are seen when I first did the 5m stepped cube I did two facing each other, you could easily see the line that was made when the printer moved into each part when RANDOM was off turned it on and now you can't tell might be slightly less efficient but it wouldn't be off by much.



    on a side note: Spiderman would be proud of those webs
     
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