Solved Top of cylinder didn't seal

Tried my first print last night. It looked great except the top had holes in it. The printer did try to cover the top but wasn't successful.

 

Also try reducing the temp to around 200.

 

Fantastic! Thanks guys. I'll have to figure out how to add the layers but I've seen the temp settings already.

 

You will need to select show all settings to get the input box for the number of top and bottom layers. I typically aim for about 1mm of thickness (1/layer height; for a 0.2mm height gives 5 layers) on the top if I'm really concerned about appearance.

 

Is this the starter blue filament? It looks like it. I've been informed it's pretty bad (and it seems to be pretty true)

I saw this same type of fail (or similar, anyway -- did it print anything at all? In my case, it printed some really spongy/flaky layers that didn't really adhere, and just flaked off) when I printed the glasses at default Medium-quality settings in MatterControl. However, using the exact same settings with other filament worked fine, so I'm inclined to believe maybe the main problem was the filament after all...

First thing I'd try is playing with the temp settings like they said, however

 

Yes it is the blue sample filament. I have some ABS I'm about to try, maybe tonight.

This is all very helpful. This was just a test to see if I could tinker something and print it. Also on the bottom I put a hex hole but it ended up having some webbing in it. Not sure why.

 

BTW what layer height was this done at? Generally you want around 1-1.5mm of solid layers on the top. 1.2 is a good number to use. So for .2mm layer heights 6 top layers is good, but for 1.2 you should use 12 etc

 

ensuring proper extrusion volume can help too... i was trying to defeat ribbing and went too far. wouldn't bridge the infill to close the top with tons of layers to close it. both higher extrusion volume and more infill volume would individually solve the issue. wish i could have variable infill... baymax was perfect... with a hole in his head.

 

Thanks for the tips. The increase of top layers did the trick. Thanks everyone.

 

How do you change the flag on this post to "resolved"? I this something the thread starter can do or is it only for admins?

 

Right above your first post on the right side you will see thread tools or something along those lines. Then select edit title. It will then give you a drop down list to change it.

 

Thanks