I've been having issues with setting up slicer for bowden drive and the current printer would be the tevo tarantula single extruder type. i tried some of these settings infill before perimeters on and off avoid crossing perimeters on speed as follows perimeters 50 and 60 infill 40 and 60 extrusion width for infill 0.6 and 0.8mm printer nozzle 0.4mm retraction setting length 5mm speed 45mm/s extra length 0.5mm minimum travel after retraction 2mm retract on layer change off Here is the result [share.pho.to] and the model is from here [www.thingiverse.com] Another would be the infills inside is kind of stringy and if i compare it with my direct drive, the infills were great and pretty much solid and I'm attaching my slic3r config bundle and the profile would be the fast bowden quality, default abs buildtak and tevo tarantula, everything else please just ignore them I'm new to the bowden drive setup and slicer settings, any helps would be greatly appreciated https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,705777,705777#msg-705777 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 19:01:24 -0400 Phorum 5.2.23 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,705777,706051#msg-706051 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,705777,706051#msg-706051
About the teflon tube there, the hotend supplied with the kit here is like e3d's cyclop/chimera mashed with e3d lite 6 where the teflon tube will go into the heater block on the same level with the heater cartridge. both the hot end and the extrude got pneumatic lock thingy there for the teflon so the teflon tube didn't get slip away. I forgot to say that at lower speed printing, the head were done better, the feed rate were around 60% that time upon reaching the mouth of the charmander]]> sarf2k4 Printing Thu, 08 Sep 2016 09:49:54 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,705777,705923#msg-705923 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,705777,705923#msg-705923
If your retraction is too long with a stiff bowden tube, you'll end up with gaps and holes in your print, or even missing sections on short extrusion lengths. I experienced this myself when printing the Marvin keychain before I cut my retraction down to 3mm as it would not print the top half of his head or the keyring section due to too much retraction.

So it might be worth making sure your bowden tube is cut to size and not too long.]]> PDBeal Printing Wed, 07 Sep 2016 17:09:24 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,705777,705893#msg-705893 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,705777,705893#msg-705893 DaGameFace Printing Wed, 07 Sep 2016 14:44:21 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,705777,705833#msg-705833 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,705777,705833#msg-705833
Retraction at 3mm produces stringing and blobs between the body and tail.

The head are still the same, unable to close the gap properly.

Got any ideas on this one?

I also going to print this model on my direct drive printer as well with my default print setting to see how well it fare.]]> sarf2k4 Printing Wed, 07 Sep 2016 12:29:37 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,705777,705821#msg-705821 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,705777,705821#msg-705821 sarf2k4 Printing Wed, 07 Sep 2016 11:36:22 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,705777,705813#msg-705813 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,705777,705813#msg-705813
I would try to slow down the infill, and see if it ends up stronger. I would also slightly reduce the retraction amount, by a couple of mm. If infill still doesn't look right, try increasing temp just a little.]]> Kered124 Printing Wed, 07 Sep 2016 11:11:46 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,705777,705777#msg-705777 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,705777,705777#msg-705777
i tried some of these settings

infill before perimeters on and off
avoid crossing perimeters on


speed as follows
perimeters 50 and 60
infill 40 and 60

extrusion width for infill 0.6 and 0.8mm

printer nozzle 0.4mm

retraction setting
length 5mm
speed 45mm/s
extra length 0.5mm
minimum travel after retraction 2mm
retract on layer change off

Here is the result [share.pho.to] and the model is from here [www.thingiverse.com]

Another would be the infills inside is kind of stringy and if i compare it with my direct drive, the infills were great and pretty much solid and I'm attaching my slic3r config bundle and the profile would be the fast bowden quality, default abs buildtak and tevo tarantula, everything else please just ignore them

I'm new to the bowden drive setup and slicer settings, any helps would be greatly appreciated]]> sarf2k4 Printing Wed, 07 Sep 2016 08:57:11 -0400