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first layer - does this look right?

Posted by pawaller

pawaller

first layer - does this look right?
November 09, 2012 11:36AM

Registered: 12 years ago
Posts: 40

Hi all,
Could someone with an experienced eye please take a look at the attachment and tell me if it looks right?

I have set the first layer fill to 50% and it seems to me that I am still laying down too much PLA.

I believe I have calibrated the extruder correctly.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.
Phil

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DGC PartWorks

Re: first layer - does this look right?
November 09, 2012 03:20PM

Registered: 12 years ago
Posts: 45

Assuming that you do in fact have the extruder calibrated properly, you might see this problem if the z axis is closer to the bed than the system thinks it is. This could be caused by the Z home switch being too low, or the bed not being level (if you see the problem in some places but not others). In slic3r you can try adding .1 or .2 to the Z offset to see if it helps.