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What causes excessive stringing in 3D printing?
A common cause of persistent PLA stringing, or other materials; is a print temperature that is too high. When the temperature in the print head is too high for the material being used, the filament becomes too viscous and watery and leaks out the print nozzle.
Why is my 3D printer getting stuck?
Filament jams happen when the extruder can’t push filament through the hot end. The extruder either grinds the filament until it’s so thin that the gear that advances the filament is no longer in contact with it or the motor that drives the extruder stalls because it’s overloaded.
Should I remove supports before curing?
You should remove supports from resin 3D prints before curing because uncured resin plastic is a lot softer than cured resin plastic, making it easier to remove. Removing supports from cured prints is likely to leave more marks and break important parts of the model.
How long does it take to cure resin prints?
UV curing stations and lamps will cure each resin layer in 15 to 20 minutes. Sunlight cures resin more slowly and may take about 2-3 hours to fully cure your resin print. Engineering resins reach their optimum properties after about 1 hour of curing in a UV curing station.
How do you make support materials easier to remove?
You can make the 3D printing support structures easier to detach by controlling the Z-Distance hidden settings under the Support section. The default value for this setting is the same as layer height. So if your layer height is 0.1mm, the default Z Distance will be 0.1mm too.
What causes stringing on an Ender 3 printer?
Also, see this self-answer from when I first started printing with flexible filaments on an Ender 3. The biggest problem was the severe over-priming in Cura’s default start gcode for the printer, which left so much excess pressure (filament compression) after priming that no amount of retraction would stop the stringing.
Can you use Ender 3 Pro with direct drive?
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.
What’s the build plate on Ender 3 Pro bed?
I print with the hot-end heated at 200 deg, and build plate at 60 deg. The dog and cat prints that came with the memory card were even programmed to print with the bed at 45 deg and even that stuck well. Any ideas? The wide skirt lines in the front and the narrow skirt in the back seem to indicate that the front is higher than the back.
What to do when your 3D print gets stuck?
I have been having problems with my Ender 3’s and support material getting stuck to the print. Almost to the point of being part of the print. I have been able to remove the support material by picking at it with dental picks, awls and various other cutting devices. I usually end up digging them out but it is a pain and slows me down.