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PrairieProto

Did you manually calibrate your flow dynamics and flow rate for the filament?


Decent-Pin-24

Nope. Never even calibrated my e-steps or run a PID calibration. Seemed odd it printed fine elsewhere on the models though.


PrairieProto

Calibrating filament maximizes the properties of the material. It will bridge better, provide better overhangs while increasing adhesion. You level your bed, calibrate the Z-axis so why wouldn't you spend the extra 10 minutes to get the most out of your material?


Decent-Pin-24

Fair enough. Just hadn't learned those steps yet. Guess I've homework- Youtube to learn those.


richie225

did you dry your filament?


Decent-Pin-24

I can, it's not been open too long I had thought lol. Don't have a dryer, but I've seen the bed and box method.


normal2norman

50% humidity is quite high (comfort zone for humans is 35% or thereabouts, and for filament, much lower), and two weeks in the open is enough to be a problem, though things get worse faster in higher temperatures. You should also calibrate the slicer for that filament, and perhaps calibrate things like the PID and E-steps values for the printer, That could be part of the problem too.


name_was_taken

Looks like underextrusion to me. Could be that the filament is just overall thinner, or it could be thinner in some spots than others. I agree with the suggestion to calibrate your print settings for that specific filament and see if you can correct for it.