Firs Layer Problem

Hi I'm new to whole 3D printing world and have finally been able to get my Anet A8 to print. I keep getting a separation of the first layer with the rest of the print. Other than the first layer the rest of the print goes well. I haven't been able to find any to troubleshoot my problem. I hope I can get an answer hear to my dilemma. I'm trying to print with PLA at the moment with 200c and 60c bed in Cura.Every other setting is mostly default. I have included 2 images of my problem. All help is greatly appreciated. If any further information is needed please ask. Thank you in advance.

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It looks like you are printing on a raft.

Do you have the supports enabled for raft.

Roberts
Thanks for your response. Well I checked my settings in cura and it doesn't seam to have raft on. I have add a screen shoot of my settings and maybe you can see something wrong.
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I do not see anything wrong with your numbers.

Other than I personally never run the Parts Cooling fans more than 50%

Can you take a photo of the bad layer just before the next good layer in laid down.

Well i tried to take these pictures with my iphone at at the first layer and a little of the second layer. If the pictures are not to clear I'm charging my slr and I'll be able to take way better images at much closer range.The last 2 pictures are of a single layer file i found. Hope they can help. I was also wondering on one side of the settings it says no raft but, under expert settings every field has some value. Will the settings in expert negate the regular setting. I might be wrong but you should know better.
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I see nothing wrong with first layer (Near Perfect)

Image 912 appears not to have a border. (maybe has not got there yet)
Can you post the G-Code that is failing along with the STL so I can compare them.

Here are the 2 files you asked for. I just hope you find something that can help me. Will replacing my hot end and extruder to something like the titan aero help as an upgrade? Hope I uploaded files right. If not let me know. Thanks for your help. Attachment 11615 Attachment 11616

I do not know what to tell you I can not find anything.

Here are My Cura 15.04.6 profiles.ini files that have allowed me to print everything I have ever 3D Printed.

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Thank You for your help. I really appreciate it. Once I unzip file do I have to inserted into cura folder?

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Originally Posted by JerseyDog

Thank You for your help. I really appreciate it. Once I unzip file do I have to inserted into cura folder?

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open Cura 15.04.6

First You may want to Save you corrent Profile
Click File
Click Save Profile (Give Name and Location and Save)
Then
Click File
Click Open Profile (Select My Profile You want to Test and Click)

Should I try every profile to see which one works best? I noticed that the G29 command is missing from start.gcode. Should I insert it in there and where?

Do not use a G29 Code in my Cura Startup.

Use Bi-Linear Bed leveling in Marlin 1.1.5 and even though Save Data was designed for Unified Bed Leveling,
It works with Linear and Bi-Linear bed leveling.
Level my Bed once in a blue moon, then save the data using M500 or in Marlin "Store Settings" LCD menu item.

Restore the Bed leveling data using M420 S1 ; Bed Leveling On
Restored data can be Printed Using M420 V1 ; Print the Leveling grid

To answer your question remove the M420 and M220 lines and replace with G29

All profiles print well on my 3D Printer the lower the layer height the longer the print will become and the better quality.
I mostly print using 0.15 - 0.30mm

I'm sorry but I'm new to all this and don't have a clue what linear and bi-linear bed leveling mean. I have been looking around but haven't been able to find any usable information. I used arduino to flash skynetv2.3.2 to my anet a8 to be able to use auto leveling feature. I don't know if that has anything to do with what you mentioned. The only reason I was nervous was because I have a auto leveling sensor but it wasn't doing what it did before. Well with the profile you gave me I was able to print a perfect test print. I will continue printing out different shapes and playing around with the settings. Thank you for your help

I have not worked with Marlin/Skynet. Was here to Help with any information at my hands, that could lead you to a solution.

Glad my Profile worked for you. It most likely has room for a improvements.

Would have to do some research to determine what the compatibility is. Found SkynetV2.3.2 and downloaded for a quick overview Looks very similar at a glance.
Think I will Upgrade one of my old Controllers if compatible. For researching this Firmware.

Did some quick research

Marlin and Skynet are the same thing. Skynet has just a few additional libraries.

I really appreciated you taking from your time to help me out on my problem. I will continue to play with the settings to see how things work. The one thing I will like to upgrade right away is the extruder and hot end. I have to print a couple times just to get it to work the right way. Loading the filament is a pain in the ass. In your opinion what do you thing about the Titan aero. I was reading and it says it should be able to handle a variety of different filaments and higher temperatures. It's also easier to load filaments. Thanks again.

I do not know anything about the Titan Aero, however looks like it is a solid built 3D Printer extruder and should be a good purchase having both 12 and 24 volt models.


I had to 3D Print several items to get my 3D Printer to print nice models.
On my 3D Printer the Z-Axis Supports were made of steel, now you would think this to be a good thing. Not the case as the support holes for the Z-Axis would not support.

The thickness of the metal was not enough and allowed the Z-Axis smooth rods to wobble around causing the prints to look like really bad.
After 3D Printing them they look so bad I had to 3D Print them again so the printer looked as good as it printed.

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I do not know what to tell you I can not find anything.

Here are My Cura 15.04.6 profiles.ini files that have allowed me to print everything I have ever 3D Printed.

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Thank you so much for posting these. I have much better luck with the latest version of Cura. Do you know how I can get these imported into Cura 3? I am not sure if I install Cura 2 and then export from there if it will give me something compatible with Cura 3 or not. I have tried going through all of the settings in the .ini files manually and compare them to the settings in Cura 3, but there are obviously missing settings and some that I am not 100% sure about matching up in my machine. I also have a Hictop printer and having some issues with the bottom layer not adhering properly.

Thanks,

WBG

I have a 2.6.2 Profiles though have not spent as much time keeping it up to date.