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Artur5
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Don't worry, @The Hat, there're already lots of 3D mistakes stored in my 'Murphy's laws come true' drawer.
Questions and remarks about my first days with this machine:
- I'm starting to print the parts needed for making an enclosure for the Prusa. You can download the STL models from their website. My concern is if PLA will be right for this task, given that inside the cabinet, the temperature might rise up to 50-55ºC if 'some day' I try filaments that need more heat than PLA.
- After the filament was left on the spool above the printer for two days with room humidity around 60%, I started to see stringing in the prints. Lowering the temperature from 215C to 205C helped somehow but what helped more was that last night I stored the filament in a hermetic plastic bag with silica gels sachets. Today stringing was noticeably lower.
I thought that PLA was more or less immune to humidity issues ?.
- First layer adhesion was really a problem until I started to apply glue stick on the hot bed. Now that's fixed,
- I printed also a 'temperature tower' to see how it affects the final quality. Not big differences from 180C to 225C. Just a bit more stringing with higher temperatures.
-The PLA filament that Prusa shipped with the printer seems to be very good. Of course, I can't compare it with anything else for the time being..
-The machine is noisier than expected, I hope that when it's inside the cabinet, that will be less of an issue.
Questions and remarks about my first days with this machine:
- I'm starting to print the parts needed for making an enclosure for the Prusa. You can download the STL models from their website. My concern is if PLA will be right for this task, given that inside the cabinet, the temperature might rise up to 50-55ºC if 'some day' I try filaments that need more heat than PLA.
- After the filament was left on the spool above the printer for two days with room humidity around 60%, I started to see stringing in the prints. Lowering the temperature from 215C to 205C helped somehow but what helped more was that last night I stored the filament in a hermetic plastic bag with silica gels sachets. Today stringing was noticeably lower.
I thought that PLA was more or less immune to humidity issues ?.
- First layer adhesion was really a problem until I started to apply glue stick on the hot bed. Now that's fixed,
- I printed also a 'temperature tower' to see how it affects the final quality. Not big differences from 180C to 225C. Just a bit more stringing with higher temperatures.
-The PLA filament that Prusa shipped with the printer seems to be very good. Of course, I can't compare it with anything else for the time being..
-The machine is noisier than expected, I hope that when it's inside the cabinet, that will be less of an issue.