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Hello all you 3d printer users out there.
I hope someone would be able to help me as i am getting stuck on what to do to improve my prints on my anet a8 – i have played around with cura settings but cant seem to get prints to come out that good. somethings turn out great (Pictures included) and some not so much (Pictures included). Cura settings are as follows:
Quality
Layer Height 0.1mm
Initial Layer Height 0.3mm
Shell
Wall Thickness 0.8mm
Wall Line count 2
Top/Bottom Thickness 0.6mm
Top Thickness 0.6mm
Top Layers 6
Bottom Thickness 0.6mm
Bottom Layers 6
Horizontal Expansion 0mm
Infill
Infill Density 20%
Infill Pattern Cubic
Material
Printing Temperature 190c
Build Plate Temp 60c
Flow 100%
Speed
Print Speed 50.0mm/s
Travel Speed 150mm/s
Travel
Retraction on
Retraction Distance 2mm
Rectraction Speed 150mm/s
Retraction Minimum Travel 1.5mm
Combing Mode: Not in Skin
Cooling
Enable Print Cooling is on
Fan Speed 100%
Supports
Supports are off
Build Plate Adhesion Type Skirt
Skirt Distance 3mm
Any Advice you could give would be much aprecatied.
Other notes
Upgraded extruder to the Anet a8 Plus extruder and am using builder tape on the Bed for extra adhestion.
If you require any more info please let me know.
Many Thanks in advance,
W0LF
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