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Discussion in 'Troubleshooting' started by aznhlfan, Oct 23, 2017.

  1. aznhlfan

    aznhlfan Active Member

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    My prints are coming out great, water tight and no problems. The only issues I can't figure out is the bottom of the print, comes out wonky (as shown below). I have tried a cooler nozzle temp., a hotter nozzle temp., cooler bed temp., warmer bed temp. I can't figure it out, I use Hatchbox PLA, Aquanet hair spray, clean the bed with alcohol every 3 prints. I use Cura for my slicer, z offset is at .90 (tried lower and higher settings, and this seemed the best). Esteps are 820.[​IMG]

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    Looks like a first layer inconsistency. Are you sure your not to far away or to close? its very hard (very very hard) to see what you mean in the photo? How about a picture of the first layer printing?
     
    #2 Geof, Oct 24, 2017
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    So there are two ways to address this, one would be Z Offset if you can lower it several hundredths of a mm then it will print the first layer closer to the bed and spread out the filament a bit more. The second way and the way I prefer to do it, if I know the first layer is exactly the size I asked for, most slicers will let you change the first layer extrusion multiplier or first layer width (for all intents and purposes they do the same thing). You can increase it to make sure it squirts out just a bit more plastic for layer one.
     
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  4. aznhlfan

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    The first layer extrusion is set to 110, go more? Maybe by 5's?

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    I would try a test print at 115%
     
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  6. aznhlfan

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    Testing a print at 115 now

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