I'm trying to calibrate my printer using a 0.5mm thin wall (from here). When printing, the first few layers go great, but then it seems like the nozzle gets up too high and somewhere along the line the plastic doesn't hit the layer it needs to adhere too, turning it into a tangled birds nest of plastic. Some specs: Prusa Mendel Mix G1 Extruder 1.75mm PLA 0.3mm Nozzle 0.4mm layer height 190°C 55°C heated bed with glass and blue tape Any suggestions are greatly appreciated! https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,174198,174198#msg-174198 Wed, 14 Oct 2026 07:20:14 -0400 Phorum 5.2.23 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,174198,175614#msg-175614 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,174198,175614#msg-175614
I like having the million and one options that skeinforge offers but it's badly worded, that's for sure!]]> JazzyB Printing Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:08:44 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,174198,175599#msg-175599 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,174198,175599#msg-175599 -------------------------------------------------------
> This is interesting...
>
> On my Mendel the default settings are a layer
> height of 0.4mm but its a 0.3mm nozzle diameter.
>
> I tried reducing the layer height but things got
> messy... I'll try again though.
>
> Anyone got any good advice on where to find good
> starting point settings? It feels like there are
> soooooo many settings in Skeinforge, the help is
> OK but not great and its hard to know where to
> start to fix problems.

If you want to use Skeinforge, I'd go and download Cura, it's a pretty front end to Skeinforge50, with many of the superfluous settings taken away, and much more reasonable default values.
I'd also recommend KISSlicer which is my current favorite slicer.]]> Polygonhell Printing Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:31:32 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,174198,175597#msg-175597 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,174198,175597#msg-175597
On my Mendel the default settings are a layer height of 0.4mm but its a 0.3mm nozzle diameter.

I tried reducing the layer height but things got messy... I'll try again though.

Anyone got any good advice on where to find good starting point settings? It feels like there are soooooo many settings in Skeinforge, the help is OK but not great and its hard to know where to start to fix problems.]]> skyte Printing Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:20:07 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,174198,174296#msg-174296 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,174198,174296#msg-174296
Thanks!!]]> devonv Printing Tue, 01 Jan 2013 15:37:03 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,174198,174205#msg-174205 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,174198,174205#msg-174205 Sublime Printing Tue, 01 Jan 2013 02:51:29 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,174198,174200#msg-174200 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,174198,174200#msg-174200
Been discussing this at length the past week and your layer height absolutely cannot exceed your nozzle diameter... For a .3 nozzle try .2 layer height and see what results you can obtain there!

I'm a n00b so, I hope someone can back me up on this! But I really think that'll be your main issue!

Best of luck!

JazzyB]]> JazzyB Printing Tue, 01 Jan 2013 02:04:54 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,174198,174198#msg-174198 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,174198,174198#msg-174198 from here). When printing, the first few layers go great, but then it seems like the nozzle gets up too high and somewhere along the line the plastic doesn't hit the layer it needs to adhere too, turning it into a tangled birds nest of plastic.

Some specs:

Prusa Mendel
Mix G1 Extruder
1.75mm PLA
0.3mm Nozzle

0.4mm layer height
190°C
55°C heated bed with glass and blue tape

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!]]> devonv Printing Tue, 01 Jan 2013 01:48:28 -0500