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How does the sizes of nozzle diameter and the Z-axis layer resolution work?
Yes, they do reduce the speed. Basically, the speed at which you feed filament determines how large of a volume comes out, and the distance you move the extruder means this volume gets distributed ...
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Can you print at 0.3 mm with a 0.2 mm nozzle?
To get the best results, the plastic coming out of the nozzle needs to be squished/ironed down by the nozzle. If you are using a higher layer height than nozzle size, this does not happen. Instead, ...
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Is it necessary to have both hot ends on a dual extruder printer at the same height?
I have a dual extruder Replicator 1 and having the nozzles at the same height is a must and albeit a bit of a struggle otherwise. At one point, I had to disassemble my extruder head and the nozzles ...
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Does the Creality Ender 3 allow variable layer thickness?
Variable layer height is a setting of the slicer, not an ability of the printer itself.
However, the printer must be able to print at such layer heights. Any FDM (Fused deposition modeling
) or FFF (...
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Print limitations with 0.4 mm nozzle
Yes, absolutely. I believe the original sample file that came with the Ender 3 (0.4 mm nozzle) was sliced for 0.1 mm layer height. As long as your printer can get decently precise Z positioning at 0.1 ...
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Do I need to recalibrate z-probe offset every time I switch to a different layer height?
All modern slicers adjust the nozzle position for the first layer in accordance with your chosen layer height. You can see this in your gcode if you slice files with different layer heights. Before ...
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How thick is 0.1 mm?
Maybe a better way to visualise 0.1mm is to explain that it only becomes really visible on a shallow slope. A 10 degree slope will place one layer boundary every 8mm, and these steps will probably be ...
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How thick is 0.1 mm?
I'm not sure exactly what you mean by your comment to Davo's answer, but with respect to your use of a sheet of paper reference, it seems like you can still use 80 gsm paper as a reference for 0.1&...
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Under-extrusion after a certain amount of successful layers?
This is partial answer and comment as it was too big to fit the comment section, it will be a proper answer once the question is updated by the OP.
What you call a weird spiral pattern is the result ...
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Delamination issue Ender 3 Pro PLA
Just to update on this, it wasn't directly a configuration setting, it was actually a blockage in the hotend (I suspect because the PTFE tube had become unseated from some black filament that was ...
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What is the thickest sensible layer height that an Ender 5 will print at?
Your maximum layer height is related to the nozzle diameter. Typically, a printer is sold with a 0.4 mm nozzle diameter, unless otherwise specified. One expects to be able to print safely to eighty ...
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Is it necessary to have both hot ends on a dual extruder printer at the same height?
I don't have dual extruder printer myself, but to my understanding having both nozzles leveled at the same height is critical for getting successful prints.
For typical FDM printers, the lowest point ...
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Nozzle rubs on previous layers
I have made some learning on mechanical setup and discovered some issues on my printer, there are few:
Bed warped, even with glass (thin thickness), making BAL confused with Z-movement over the bed.
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Prusa i3 pro b second layer failure
You need to level the bed properly by setting the correct distance between the nozzle and the bed. Ideally, you need to be able to drag a piece of plain A4 paper between the nozzle and the bed when ...
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How specific can I get setting layer heights?
Layer hight can be theoretically anything as long as it fits into these ranges:
it needs to be at least one step for the Z-Axis motor to be physically possible
it should be at max 3/4th of your ...
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Smaller outer layer height?
In Ultimaker Cura, unless you print a single perimeter outline and add extra wall infill support you are not going to have different outer perimeter layer heights.
However, Cura is able to reduce the ...
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Delamination issue Ender 3 Pro PLA
This is under extrusion, not delamination. Delamination is the result of the under extrusion.
It typically happens when the wrong filament diameter has been set in the slicer (a larger diameter than ...
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Adjusting layer exposure time for different layer thicknesses
Based on my experience, cure-time and thickness increase or decrease is not linear and it is mostly curve. For example resin rated for 50 micron 5 s cure time. You should expect:
25 micron - 3.2 s
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Are thick layer lines easier to sand and fill than thin layer lines for low detail objects
No. The outside of the layer has a round cross section, so the higher the layer, the larger the semi circle cross section and the deeper the valley is between layers.
Fine layers take forever to print ...
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How specific can I get setting layer heights?
You decide which layer height you want based on the quality you desire, but never go over about 75 % of your nozzle diameter, so with your 0.4 mm nozzle never choose layer heights larger ...
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Prusa i3 MK3 latest release first layer calibration issues
Calibrating the first layer height involves two steps:
The first step, as illustrated in that picture, is to adjust the PINDA probe to be roughly the right distance above the nozzle. The PINDA only ...
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Print speed and settings for printing below 0.1mm resolution on PLA
To answer this question for anyone who will find this of use, I printed this calibration cube at 25mm to a side (125% scale in Cura) with my Kossel Plus using the following settings:
0.08 mm layer ...
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Nozzle rubs on previous layers
I'm not a 3d printing expert by any means, but I had some funky layer stuff going on before "wrinkled" first layer & gross edges w/overlap. For my printer, the problem was I was over-extruding.
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Layer 1 won't adhere anymore
The "springs" connected to the stepper motors aren't a problem. They are special shaft couplers which allow some relief if the motor mounts are not strictly perpendicular to the lead screws. They ...
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Adhesion problem (heat bed or extruder issue)
If the first layer is not sticking well to the bed it can be caused by several issues. Usually the height of the first layer plays a significant role as does the flatness of the bed. Temperature can ...
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Nozzle rubs on previous layers
Your Z axis movement is somehow wrong. You should check steps/mm, z acceleration and speed. Try moving your z 10cm up and use caliper to check if it is correct.
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Is it necessary to have both hot ends on a dual extruder printer at the same height?
If your printer has no way to move the heads up and down, or otherwise out of the way, and your slicer isn't able to detect collisions and account for head height differences in the produced G code, ...
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How specific can I get setting layer heights?
The thicker the layer, the smaller the number of interlayer contact zones (this is a weak point), the higher the strength of the part.
For good interlayer adhesion, the thickness of the layer should ...
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I am pulling my hair out, why does my text start a few layers in to the top of my base?
You should have tagged this with the slicer you're using. Presumably that's Cura, and this is likely the "Skin Edge Support Thickness"/"Skin Edge Support Layers" feature.
Because ...
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Do I need to recalibrate z-probe offset every time I switch to a different layer height?
Calibrate to perfection for a specific layer height. When printing in a layer height that is different than what you calibrated for, just set the first layer height in the slicer.
That way, you avoid ...
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