Quote Originally Posted by jtice View Post
I meant that the smaller setup that I posted would put more stress/torque on the motor itself to extrude the filament.
Since it has no gearing to help it out. I should have worded that better.

Also makes sense what you said about the resolution also though. Didnt think about that.

As for the gears being easily printed at home? not for me so far. haha
I have tried printing the small gear 4 times now, last time was the best, but some teeth are still messed up.

I need to figure out why I dont have crisp edges. My 90 degree corners on boxes are a bit rounded, and my over all perimeter is not all that smooth.
Thought it was loose belts but they seem tight enough. I think its the nozzle oozing. Seems to do it where the nozzle pauses or slows way down during printing.
Ahh...that makes sense.

There does seem to be a lot of variability in what people are able to print. I forget sometimes that I've got a lot of mods on my printer and nine months of upgrading and tweaking software and firmware already under my belt. Some of my first prints with Slic3r 0.9.9, a .50 JHead, inconsistent Z leveling, bad retraction and the wrong hairspray were pretty rough.