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Potential consequences of stringing within support structures?

Creality Slicer has a setting labeled "Limit Support Retractions" It's description is as follows Omit retractions when moving from support to support in a straight line. Enabling this ...
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Stringing across hollow shapes used for cutting

I am having this issue with stringing when printing these small clay cutters. The stringing is across any small cut out area. I have calibrated the temp, retraction distance, retraction speed, and E-...
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How do I fix deformities when printing on my Ender 3 V2?

Being a newbie in 3D printing, I have some trouble with my prints. After removing wiggle room from the X axis and the bed, there are deformities even on simple prints. The first layer turns out okay-...
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Stringing problem with Anycubic Vyper

I replaced my Ender 3 by an Anycubic Vyper, the problem is that all the print have stringing. I tried all the night to change the retraction, change the temperature, but I can get a piece without ...
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Delaminated layer and really thick stringing on Ender 3 v2

I recently moved house, taking my Ender 3 v2 with me. I also just purchased some eSun White PLA+ filament (my first time working with this colour, but not my first time with their PLA+). Normally, the ...
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Black eSUN PLA+ has moisture damage straight out of the box. Is this normal?

I just recieved a roll of eSUN black PLA+ and I have found out it has moisture damage after using it for 2 days. I was previously using a roll of eSUN orange PLA+ and it worked really well. So I ran a ...
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Stringing on Anycubic Vyper

I recently bought a Anycubic Vyper which prints overall not bad but has a real nasty issue with stringing. I tried out several temperatures, settings for retract distances and retraction speed but ...
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My prints have started to turn to mush at a certain Z height

I just got an Ender 3 Pro for Christmas and, aside from firmware, I have made no changes to it whatsoever. Until yesterday, my printer was running all prints flawlessly. The only thing that changed ...
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Random layer malfunction

When I was printing this part which has this cross-shaped portion in the middle that has supports, it seems that as soon as it started the layer with the supported part, the layer just completely ...
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Some kind of stringing

I experience some lines on my prints. However, I would not really call them "stringing". I have seen some stringing and it was rather like an undefined spider web. But the lines that you see ...
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How do I deliberately maximise stringing with PLA?

I'm using an Ender 5 with standard PLA and Creality slicer 4.8.2. How can I deliberately maximise stringing, and if possible get it to be as consistent as possible. My aim is to have "thousands ...
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Thick stringing next to a perfectly printed model

Both items were printed at the same time. The item on the right was perfect while the one on the left has crazy thick strings. Sorry I didn't keep the build plate's orientation, you can see how they ...
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Why are these concentric parts fusing together at seam lines?

The print is a collapsible sword I'm using as a test. Everything seems fine on the outside, but inside it seems the segment parts of the sword inside the hilt are fusing together at the seam lines ...
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When printing multiple objects at once, or traveling over gaps in prints, I get a lot of stringing. How can I help this?

I have a Creality Ender 3 V2. I do a fairly good amount of printing with it, using only PLA.I have notice when I am printing between gaps or doing multiple objects at once, I get a lot of stringing. ...
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What's causing this lack of layer adhesion after a crash?

I recently had a print failure/crash, where the print stuck to the nozzle and forced molten filament back into the print head, fans, and heater block. I changed the nozzle for a new 0.4mm same as ...
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Post processing - How should I remove stringing for the smoothest surface?

On a PLA print where stringing has occurred, what is the best way to remove it during post processing? Should I simply cut it with a hobby knife and sand the surface or are the better techniques to ...
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Ender 3 print temperature

I've tried different retraction speeds and distances using calibration models, Z-hop, coasting but nothing prevented stringing. Now I tried printing at 230 °C and that seems to do the trick. Even 220 °...
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Fixing stringing within <80% flow print out is weak

Here are the details: Creality CR 10-S5 BLTouch leveling sensor Micro Swiss Direct Drive filament upgrade kit Bed is 66 °C. I tried dozens of temperatures starting at 205 °C and going all the way ...
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Flat print blobbing and scuffing with PETG on Ender 3 Pro with Microswiss AMH/DD

I'm getting a lot of blobbing and scuffing on top of my prints in PETG on my Ender 3 with AMH/DD. It doesn't seem to do this if the print doesn't have a flat bottom so much. I have the E-steps set to ...
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Tiny "fuzzy" wispy strings on the entire surface of the model?

I have my print settings dialed into a real good spot, but there's one obstacle that's preventing them from coming out flawless; somehow, my print has "fuzz" everywhere. Not traditional ...
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Ender 3 - Tiny strings in print

Suddenly my prints start having small strings and I'm not sure what to do to eliminate them. I have already tried to clean the filament tube, cleaned up the nozzle, and played with various retraction ...
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Stringy first layer (possible extruder issue?)

This is my first 3D printer so I'm not entirely sure what could be the cause of this issue. I recently got a SUNLU S8 3D printer and have been trying to print the first test file, however, the layers ...
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Minor stringing issue, only happens in helpers & infill areas

I'm having a "minor" stringing issue, where I'm only getting stringing in helpers/support and infill area. Background: Calibrating printer with 1 roll of PLA. Still getting minimal stringing,...
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Ender 3 Marlin - Incorrect temperature

I've updated to Marlin 2.0.7 when I set up a BLTouch (I've edited configuration.h based on my board model; MKS Robin E3) and now it seems the temperature does not ...
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Stringing between holes

I am printing out models with holes, the printer makes circular patterns for each hole(which makes sense) but then it also has a string that attaches between each hole. This is unsightly and results ...
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Ender 3 with direct drive has severe stringing printing TPU

I recently upgraded my Ender 3 Pro with a direct drive kit, primarily so I can print soft materials like TPU. I bought a spool of Overture TPU to try it out. I'm getting really bad stringing on every ...
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