Hello all, I'm new to all this printing stuff so bear with me if I don't know what I'm talking about :) I have a RepRap Huxley model. All of my prints are very stringy and I think it is because my filament continues to extrude whenever it moves to a different spot. The retraction settings I use in Slic3r are 2mm retraction at 100 mm/s with a 2mm Z elevation (Everything else is default). I am using 1.75mm filament and I am extruding it at 180C. I tried extruding it at 170 (I know, I know, way too low) and it was still stringy. Anyone able to help me isolate this? EDIT: I am using PLA for the filament. Thanks! https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,276376,276376#msg-276376 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:06:21 -0400 Phorum 5.2.23 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,276376,276553#msg-276553 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,276376,276553#msg-276553 jevanboone Printing Fri, 06 Dec 2013 09:20:54 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,276376,276551#msg-276551 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,276376,276551#msg-276551 Dirty Steve Printing Fri, 06 Dec 2013 09:15:55 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,276376,276526#msg-276526 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,276376,276526#msg-276526 Azrael_UK Printing Fri, 06 Dec 2013 07:54:50 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,276376,276376#msg-276376 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,276376,276376#msg-276376
I'm new to all this printing stuff so bear with me if I don't know what I'm talking about :)

I have a RepRap Huxley model. All of my prints are very stringy and I think it is because my filament continues to extrude whenever it moves to a different spot. The retraction settings I use in Slic3r are 2mm retraction at 100 mm/s with a 2mm Z elevation (Everything else is default). I am using 1.75mm filament and I am extruding it at 180C. I tried extruding it at 170 (I know, I know, way too low) and it was still stringy. Anyone able to help me isolate this?

EDIT: I am using PLA for the filament.

Thanks!]]> jevanboone Printing Thu, 05 Dec 2013 19:41:40 -0500