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Retraction problem or not?

Posted by alfadex 
Retraction problem or not?
June 17, 2014 01:23PM
I am trying to print Eiffel Tower.


And i am stucked to this part




The problem is here




I was almost sure the problem was retraction. Slicer from default retract 1mm and i was thinking it was too much and i disable retraction, but the problem remains ,nothing change.
So, what else could be?
I slice with slicer , heght is 0.2 ,nozzle 0.5,filament 2.6
Re: Retraction problem or not?
June 17, 2014 01:34PM
Depending on my hotend and material my retractions have ranged from 0.2mm to 3.7mm. 3.7mm seemed a bit low at times with PLA on my old Solidoodle hotend.
Also, with such small parts you're going to need a finely, finely tune extruder and hotend. Printing smaller with anything FDM is as difficult as printing larger ABS prints.
Your nozzle is also large for printing small parts. I have a 0.3mm and small parts still aren't perfect.


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Re: Retraction problem or not?
June 18, 2014 06:44AM
mmm i see. What is FDM?

I change the nozzle to 0.35 and retraction to 0.3 ,but the result was disspaointing again. Maybe also there is and slicing problem, because i see material extracted on the air and this piece does not need support.
Eiffel Tower is 615mm total height. I have resize it around 300mm. So , i suppose it could be even more difficult because there are smaller parts. Maybe with pla and 1.75 i would have better relult. No , i am using abs 2.6mm.
I stop trying it maybe mendel 90 is not for such accuracy pieces


Re: Retraction problem or not?
June 19, 2014 09:54PM
if you scaled down to 50 % maybe the wall thicknes will be smaller, like you are capable to print
Re: Retraction problem or not?
June 20, 2014 08:31AM
Thats just too small for a FDM printer.
FDM = Fused deposition modeling.

This model is more for resin printers beause they can print smaller things MUCH better.
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