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03-31-2015, 07:23 AM #1
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quick question`s
Gday All,
Ok since 3 days ago all my prints off either extruder are nowhere near as smooth as previously, yet have changed no filament or settings..Any suggestions ?
Secondly both extruders have build up of black ? on outside of them, could this be affecting my heating / cooling which in turn is affecting print quality.
Thirdly have noticed if printing a vertical tube, there is an uneven seem the entire way from bottom to top in one straight line ??
Have no idea whats happened
Steve
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03-31-2015, 09:44 AM #2
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Is the buildup on the nozzles? Are you using black filament? Possible that here is some filament that got stuck to the nozzle causing a flow issue....either from a bad print or dragging?
After 1 bad print, I had a nasty amount of filament on my nozzle, real pain to remove, and had some issues printing afterwards due to missing a clump on the back side.
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03-31-2015, 10:01 AM #3
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Need more information, photos best. Would help if you could observe if roughness in any direction. If in X direction could be a loose belt.
Try acetone to soften and then scrape gently with tweezer. Should dislodge buildup. go into load filaments. IOf you see a nice stream coming out going straight down should be OK
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03-31-2015, 12:58 PM #4
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Standard white filament and still same roll that been using for weeks. Will try post pics tonight after work. Anyone here know if extruder nozzles on Creator X just unscrew ???
Cheers and thanks for the tips thus far.
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03-31-2015, 01:29 PM #5
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That rules out the filament idea From what I saw they should just unscrew but please don't quote me on that would hate to mess up your machine
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03-31-2015, 03:25 PM #6
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The black buildup is traces of filament that are now burned onto the nozzles. As long as its not blocking them it shouldn't affect anything.
pla or abs filament?
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04-02-2015, 05:10 AM #7
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Well,
Played around for hours on printer today, sort of like a mini service.
It still prints a vertical seam on the X access on the left side of print when looking at front of printer.
Only ever print in ABS and gave checked bed, no warpage as replaced bed only recently.
Cheers
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04-02-2015, 05:27 AM #8
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Some slicers will cause each layer to start printing at the same point on the perimeter each layer. Skeinforge, the slicer for replicatorG, always starts my prints on the left-front corner of the print. This can appear as a 'seam'. That might be what you're seeing. Some other slicers allow you to set a random start point on each layer, which would minimize the appearance of that seam. I pretty much only use repG, so perhaps others here can offer suggesttion on slicers.
Cheers,
John
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