@blargenth I sand mine often with 40 grit sand paper. Never clean with alcohol, use dawn dish soap and hot water.

@jinzing If it were me, I would use micro switches.

Looking at the layers in the slicer these are largely happening at retraction points of course.

@mitch56fl I have never printed with it, but I would suggest decreasing your extruded flow. Colorfab claims you can decrease as much as 65%.

ColorFav LWPLA

@willardbenefiel You can make these adjustments inside MatterControl

@arneltec I see two problems there.

One - those horizontal lines in the filament show that you have too much tension on your extruder and you are damaging the filament.

Two - You do not have enough cooling north of the heat break. Meaning the cooling fan on the heatsink that attaches to the hot block is not getting cooled enough. So when the filament enters this area, it expands from the heat.

@mavin I haven't tried drying it in the oven yet. Will report back after I've done it.

I have redesigned a desiccant box to fit this filament box.

Printing in progress, filament coming off the 5 kilogram spool above.

I'm a tabletop gamer, so minis are obvious, as you mentioned. I also use my resin printer for upgrading board game components and other small, precise bits and bobs.

My FDM printer is for terrain and other cool bigger stuff. When I get it dialed in better I want to build a life size BD-1 from Jedi- Fallen Order.

@erniehatt Yes, click on the supports button on the top tool bar.

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To print multicolor layers, choose your preferred extruder paths. Extruder paths can be different for each printer, but a general rule of thumb is to leave them at everywhere and compare them. Try different settings to see which one produces the best results. Remember to test each one by printing a test print with the different settings. Also, keep in mind that filament retraction speed can affect the printing of raised text.

They both will work equally well. Depends if you need a rigid part or one that can flex?

Depending on the material, you can remove your bed surface and soak the entire thing under water for 24 hours.

@cope413 Your correct, Young Modulus tensile is decreased.

I explained that incorrectly. What I was trying to convey is that the part will be more flexible for install, but will eventually settle at equilibrium after install to the ambient relative humidity.