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Sound, thanks for all the time and help solving these problems. Your research into this is detailed and really interesting. The prints I'm getting now are better than before, and working on these test prints has helped me pinpoint problem areas to work on further.
I think I'm set in terms of this thread, and I'll mark it as closed. I'm going to be doing more test cube prints, and I'll let you k
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blake
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Slic3r
Here are two more test cube prints:
1. KISS print using retract with prime, as suggested.
2. Slic3r9.8 print with cooling and random starting.
The KISS print looks great and the prime works great. Using cooling with Slic3r really helped to make the prints a lot nicer. It works similar to KISSlicer in slowing down the print head on small layers. Great. And the bumps where the random layers sta
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blake
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Slic3r
Polygonhell and a private message both pointed out that when using retract with KISS, you also then need to prime. I will try it this evening. I should have done that earlier, but didn't because in Slic3r I retract 1mm without adding extra length on restart (or prime with KISS). I messed around with these settings a while ago, and found that this was the best for my machine with Slic3r.
Sound, t
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blake
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Slic3r
Here are the .g files for the four prints above. I ran out of attachments on the last post.
Thanks for helping figure this out.
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blake
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Slic3r
Okay, I've printed four more testcubes to address some of the variables you've listed.
1. Print sliced with KISS with one mm of retraction (same length retraction as Slic3r).
2. Print sliced with Slic3r9.8 at 10mm/sec speed, with no random starts, and 1mm of retraction.
3. Print sliced with 9.8 at 10mm/sec, with random starts, and no retraction.
4. Print sliced with 9.8 at 10mm/sec, with random
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blake
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Slic3r
Sorry to keep posting, but maybe this piece of the puzzle will help. I was able to replicate my better (but not great) previous results with Slic3r by checking "randomize start points". Clicking this gives a much better print than without, but leaves bumps all over the surface, and less smooth layers. In Repetier-Host Mac 0.51, you can see clearly the striations that occur on the actual print.
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blake
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Slic3r
Here's the last KISSlicer config file, I reached the maximum attachments in the last post.
Thanks
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blake
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Slic3r
I'm having trouble recently with Slic3r. After switching to my first new roll of filament, I've never been able to get great prints. However, I just tried KISSlicer for the first time last week, and the prints are much, much better. This tells me it must be at least partly a software issue.
I'm running a printrbot plus, with a heated bed (with aquanet hairspray) and modified z-nuts to reduce z-
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blake
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Slic3r