Stringing is that inconvenient situation in which you get those spiderweb looking hairs in the empty parts of your print, hanging between two solid areas. There are two main ways to fix these. The easiest may be to just print at a slightly lower temperature, in the situation that the temp is too high for […]
Every print has a different characteristic due to it’s physical qualities. While the default print settings will in general be able to get a great print from most any object, there are some exceptions you may come across in the situation in which you would like to to achieve the “optimal” results. Through experience you […]
Ringing is what we call the small waves or shadows that usually appear around sharp corners on a print. It’s often very apparent if you have text on your print as you will see what looks like shadows of the text. This happens when the print head makes a sudden direction change and the […]
If you are seeing bumps on the top surface of your print which shouldn’t be there, often at times invoking holes which penetrate the plain of the surface, then you are a victim of “Pillowing”. You shouldn’t have to deal with this issue, if you follow a few easy steps. First of all […]
Since the inside of most prints is hollow with an infill grid, putting an outer layer, especially on the top of the print, can in some cases produce some gaps where this shell layer covers these hollow areas. If this is the case, the gcode is not adequate for what you need to print and […]
