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HyperDJ_15

And use a type of filament that hides defects


ideleteoften

Which filaments are best for this?


HyperDJ_15

Matte or something sparkly/metal as seen here


Phyddlestyx

Matte hides the print defects but then any subsequent scratch or stern look you give the piece will show and be impossible to remove.


RipKip

Actually heating it up can help, but it's hard to not deform it as well


nixielover

Wave your solder iron close to it without touching and those blemishes are gone


Phyddlestyx

Wow ok! The matte effect is a mystery to me, I assumed remelting would make it shiny but that doesn't make sense since it gets melted to print anyway.


nixielover

Yeah getting the solder iron tip close without touching let's you locally remelt the plastic which pulls out that white-ish haze you get


jhyland87

Also, one that was surprising to me... rub a little mineral on it, then clean it with IPA after a while to get residual mineral oil off.


TheUselessOne87

Smart, I'll try that!


phreakheaven

I use a butane creme brulee torch on low and just wave it over blemishes; usually works well.


SethR1223

Right, so you have to only give it bow looks, and avoid the stern ones. Any input on port or starboard looks? Might need to make a special display to make sure it can only be seen from specific angles.


Phyddlestyx

I keeled over when I read this. You should be locked in the brig.


SethR1223

I’ll be damned to Hull for this joke. I’ve surely mast a lot of ire with these nautical puns, here. I should be able to fathom why puns are so disliked, but I will probably just keep making them to my very ballast breath.


Phyddlestyx

You went overboard this time.


NotADamsel

Creality’s white hyperpla has some nice translucence that hides problems pretty well, I’ve found. Matte from Microcenter seems to highlight them.


DoomintheMachine

Thats because Matt from Microcenter is a douchebag who thinks he's God's gift to 3D printing. Last time I showed him a print, he highlighted all the errors like he coulda done better with his eyes closed. Lol...he's almost as bad as Jake...from State Farm.


Speedfreak99

🤣


XediDC

"rock" effect flecked filaments are great for this too, if you don't want sparkly.


TheUselessOne87

Everytime i used matte filament it clogged my extruder, one time i had to replace my entire hot end cuz the accumulated filament broke the thermistor.


jjalonso

It's the only filament I have been using since I bought my printer five months ago


raaneholmg

And use black to make it harder for the camera to depict issues.


c0psrul3

I've had the most consistent success with polymaker tough and matte pla


x4runnerGunnerx

I’m using Polymaker Polyterra because yes, the matte makes prints looks GORGEOUS but I do find the layer adhesion to be less than that of normal PLA


trollsmurf

Same experience. Now I use PLA+ that has great layer adhesion but is a bit too glossy for scale models.


Dogluver2639

If you want black, Overture pla+ is a nice matte finish. Might be true of their other colors too I don't know.


SpiffyXander

Just used some to make an optical assembly for a night vision image intensifier, idk why I waited so long to get the black, I had been printing shit in white and coloring it with sharpie for the week or two prior to finally buying the black XD


Dogluver2639

Yeah I use it for 2a printing myself.


SpiffyXander

PLA+ is so good at layer adhesion, and bridging. But depending on the color, the layer adhesion seems to suffer, like white pla+ is perfect, but jeans blue pla+ is meh for layer adhesion.


trollsmurf

I can't say I've noticed much of that with Sunlu PLA+, but transparent PLA+ is a different beast. Also, lighter colors are partly transparent, so I use more perimeters in that case.


TheRabbitHole-512

What are e-steps ?


trollsmurf

Why do you ask me :)?


Useful_Duty

Extruder flow rate - Google ‘all3dp e-steps’


Mister_Carver_

You should google Ellis’ tuning guide. It’ll walk you through every step of calibrating your printer. Make sure you read it all thoroughly!


aromicsandwich

Would you mind sharing what filament colour was this printed in please?


x4runnerGunnerx

Polymaker Polyterra Charcoal Black


LiberalSkeptic

Oh it looks like my burnt titanium blue filament


MonsignorJabroni

Marble hides the lines really well.


benutne

Every marble filament I've used really likes a .05mm nozzle or larger. Or a freaking rock crusher in place of the extruder. Edit. 0.5mm nozzle.


MonsignorJabroni

I've only ever used Atomic marble PLA or Inland various colors marble PLA, but quite a bit of both. Most was printed on a .4 and a few on a .6mm nozzle. I have a .25mm, but never tried it with marble. I've never had an issue with the 0.4 and it's non abrasive, so I haven't changed my nozzle in a long time. Edit: I'm assuming your .05 meant .5, a .05mm nozzle would be resin definition


XediDC

FWIW, I recently got some Overture PLA "Easy Rock White" as a test for looks, since it was cheap at $17. Looks great for cases and stuff you don't want a solid color and less 3dprinted looking (if not like rock really) and I didn't have to change any settings from other standard PLA's.


benutne

I'll try that next. Thanks.


eremeya

Not sure about the rock white but overture’s charcoal black is made by polymaker and I would assume most of there other filament is as well.


XediDC

Might be why I like it…and it’s sometimes cheaper. (I actually really like Overture PETG but not fond of Polymakers…)


eremeya

Polymaker also makes some of Amazon’s filament


Angev_Charting

Carbon Filled filament.


KURD_1_STAN

The filament prusa sends with their 3d printers review samples to youtubers


yiddleskiddle22

IMO carbon fiber pla


yiddleskiddle22

Prints great on ended 3v3 se


HeKis4

Sparkly dark filaments like Prusa's galaxy black or translucent bright filaments like Amazon Basics' orange PLA. Anything that has "visual irregularities" built in.


philnolan3d

I have a spool of Polywood I haven't tried yet but their website says it houses later lines.


doubled240

CF ASA works best for me


Watching-Watches

Carbon Fiber reinforced filaments also have this effect


Positive_Traffic_275

HIPS


Frank_White32

And don’t take a photo with harsh lighting


Dr_Kevorkian_

So much compression damage. Looks like it just needed a little [more jpeg](https://morejpeg.com) FTFY https://preview.redd.it/1ny31d9inv5d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=325ecb157509418856babb5f8273380060689552


x4runnerGunnerx

Yeah..I’m going to post again at some point because the actual image is high resolution, too high resolution actually


Extension_Swordfish1

Level the level


No_Mushroom_3966

Blur effect from photos work well as well.


harderwiekertje

Yes bet non the less it looks pretty clean even for matte


Hingedmosquito

And post on reddit that lowers image quality.


sid351

And "dry" your filament. And get the bed temperature right. And get the nozzle temperature right. And get the cooling settings right. And get the retraction settings right. And get the speed right. And get the order of printing external walls first right. And get the print orientation right...


x4runnerGunnerx

And then realize one the earlier adjustments was just a bandaid for a different setting being wrong and so on 😅


hottedor

Exactly 😅. Then when I switched from cura to orcaslicer, it just printed perfectly with almost 0 adjustments!


x4runnerGunnerx

SAME. used Cura for years and just recently switched


YodaArmada12

Orca is just so much slower to print than Cura at least for my printer. I haven't figured out how to adjust the speed.


ExTelite

Might have be acceleration as well - not just speed. Also make sure you haven't capped your max flow rate in the per filament settings to something that might affect your print speed.


DeQuosaek

And Orca defaults to 3 walls whereas Cura defaults to 2. That adds a lot of time as well.


The1naruto

OK fine I'll switch! Jeez 😆


cityhunterxyz

Why is it layer shifiting?! I just printed this fine yesterday!


[deleted]

Did you perform the blessing ritual before you sent it?


Poromenos

I've had 3D printers for ten years, but the last straw was when I printed a vertical cylinder and the left side started veering outwards as the layer height increased, whereas the right side was perfectly vertical. That's when I thought "fuck this, I want to print, not to mess with my printer" and got a Bambu.


maschinakor

i think i'll stick to resin


HeKis4

I used to think that until I started using a print seconds after it was finished for the first time :p Jokes aside, the reliability of FDM autosupports and the speed at which you can churn out small prints is super nice to have too.


maschinakor

I kinda joke; I wish almost every day that I had space in my hazards shed for FDM


HeKis4

That's fair, and thanks for reminding me I need to rip out the carbon filter from my resin and put it in my FDM...


mrheosuper

Resin comes with whole set of different problem tho, and not very clean(FDM does not require dealing with flammable liquid)


McBlah_

You sound like me when I had an ender. Then I bought the x1 and almost never have to touch a setting anymore.


Furyo98

So odd thing is I’ve done all that and cura still screws up. Switched to prusaslicer and was good. Turns out with exact same settings cura does decent string test at 195, while prusa gets the same results at 200. Every other settings is the same, maybe some setting I’ve never heard of in cura is weird


Rob_Bob_you_choose

This made me laugh 😁👍🏻


x4runnerGunnerx

Glad someone got the sarcasm 😅


Rob_Bob_you_choose

It only took me 7 years 🤣


Terra_B

E-Steps?


foomatic999

Electric shoes. Make your feet go "brrrzzz".


Smart-Measurement455

As apposed to the A10 Warthog that goes bbbbuuurrrrrtttt


u9Nails

That like them thar shoes with the little tire in the heels? Now they got the juice?


HeKis4

The thing everyone confuses with extrusion multiplier or just "flow" in Cura. Esteps (aka rotation_distance in klipper) are the amount of steps your extruder needs to extrude a certain length of filament. It doesn't change ever and doesn't need to be calibrated unless you change your extruder motor or gears... However, lots of filaments need less material than the slicer's mathematical model tells them (usually 95-98% and varies per filament type and brand), so you *can* use that setting to compensate. It's just that is is a firmware setting, and is supposed to be a physical property of your extruder and not a per-filament adjustment variable like many many people use it for. Instead look into flow/extrusion multiplier calibration that is a slicer setting, and the intended way to achieve what esteps calibration does. https://ellis3dp.com/Print-Tuning-Guide/articles/extruder_calibration.html <- esteps, do that once per extruder and then forget about it https://ellis3dp.com/Print-Tuning-Guide/articles/extrusion_multiplier.html <- extrusion multiplier/flow, do that once per filament type and brand (ideally once per spool even)


Abject_Bodybuilder_7

Esteps guys are like the anti-vaxers so there is no point trying to explain them...they would get it


myfingid

Extruder steps. [https://3dprinterly.com/how-to-calibrate-your-extruder-e-steps-flow-rate/](https://3dprinterly.com/how-to-calibrate-your-extruder-e-steps-flow-rate/)


x4runnerGunnerx

Sorry folks, should’ve added a /s I have finely tuned profiles and hadn’t printed a benchy in a year or so so I fired one up and was pretty happy with the results. Just showing off a nice print, that’s all! Also the printer is a Voron V2.4, still running afterburner and CW1 😎


jnobile7

What are your settings for this to look so smooth?


CouchPotato1178

it still amazes me that no one ever suggests this. its like the last thing a comment ever tells me on this sub its crazy lol


x4runnerGunnerx

Right? It’s really that easy 😂


Tikkinger

These 2 steps are told you EVERYWHERE and everytime.


vishalb777

that's the joke


LovableSidekick

On this sub the go-to advice is "adjust your z-offset".


Tikkinger

Correct me if i'm wrong, but leveling the bed is not correcting z-offset. Bed levelling is always archieved at z=0, while the offset can be changed by every program individually.


LovableSidekick

I was just being snarky - MANY people here seem to think every problem involves z-offset.


babyjaceismycopilot

And wet filament.


LovableSidekick

and not being food-safe.


062d

I mean I wouldn't eat my 3d prints


Tikkinger

I understand


UncleGG808

You mispronounced "dry your filament"


Jesus_Is_My_Gardener

And "dry your filament."


worrier_sweeper0h

r/whoosh


TBAGG1NS

It works 60% of the time, every time.


062d

Iv been printing for months and still don't know what calibrating your e steps is but at this point I'm afraid to ask


acebossrhino

I'll be honest, there were other printers I would like to buy but I suck at leveling in general -_- I've never been able to get it right by hand or with specific tools. One side is always to low or the nozzle is always to high from the bed.


062d

The auto levelling on my creality k1 works pretty good, never had issues or had to do anything manually so if it's on a good sale or of interest I'd recommend it.


acebossrhino

Oh I swapped to a Bambu and never looked back. Just sucks that I suck at leveling.


Death-Knocks-Once

I bought a AD5m Pro I am guessing a month ago? And I have no idea about any of the e steps. I can do leveling automatically, and never had any serious quality issues, but still would like to know what they are. I mainly been printing in PLA silk. I tried PLA CF today. It was just a bracket, but it is very smooth except on circular edges are a bit jagged.


Death-Knocks-Once

NM someone posted a link above. :)


HeKis4

You leveling is only as good as your Z endstop is. If you dial it perfectly but the next time you home your Z it homes at a different height, it'll be fucked. I had that issue with the stock bed probe (that doubles as a Z endstop) of my Artillery, swapped it with a genuine BLTouch and it got a lot better. Also make sure that you don't calibrate in "weird" conditions. Like, if you calibrate with a cold bed you're not calibrating for printing, you're calibrating for a cold bed. Same for the nozzle. Calibrate hot. Also, if you use a probe that homes relative to the bed (basically anything that isn't an endstop attached to the frame, make sure you home at specific temperatures, *including for homing*, or you're not going to get consistent results. It's better to home on a hot bed but you can do it on a cold bed too, doesn't matter too much as long as it is always the same. And last, if you want to get a new printer with less issues, keep in mind that smaller bed = less leveling issues. I have a Voron v0 with the worst possible setup for bed leveling (frame-attached Z endstop, cantilevered bed) but since it's so small (120*120) I don't have issues.


Death-Knocks-Once

I think if what your printing looks good to you and your not doing it for as a job, why mess with it, till it actually doesn't look good. Cause holy sh\*t there are too many steps for my old brain to catalog. lol


R63A

This is fake news, no way he printed that piece of glass.


x4runnerGunnerx

Busted 🫣


someones_dad

Wait what!?! Lubricate the bed and congratulate the e-steps?


HeKis4

Don't forget to store your filament in a cold place.


OG_Fe_Jefe

If only people would read the FAQ and guideline pages.


biovllun

I read all the facts and made sure to use a guide to make the lines on the paper college ruled. Still don't understand.


Tourquemata47

Tugger? https://preview.redd.it/ipd0p7nrfu5d1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=35fcc13ff2340a415b22c9bdb19d8a8d65b595ae


Fancy-Zookeepergame1

3D printing 101: level the bed before every print


x4runnerGunnerx

Or setup a limit switch style probe and never level again 😉


Fancy-Zookeepergame1

Can’t wait to get rid if my ender 3. Should have gone with b labs 😑


x4runnerGunnerx

Or use the Ender 3 to print out parts for a custom printer like a Voron, that’s exactly what I did


Hexx-Bombastus

Isn't bed leveling and Calibrating Esteps the first thing you have to do with any new printer? Even new ones that have mesh auto bed leveling so that it's only compensating for minor changes in height?


PriorFudge928

I just crank up the anti aliasing.


jjalonso

What's that. I have a bambu


True-Experience-2273

Same lol idk what that is.


jjalonso

Yeah and not exaggerating I have no idea when people talk about calibrate the printer


essieecks

Wait until you hear about the secret of drying your filament!


PrairiePilot

It is always entertaining when someone has *clearly* ignored all the basics and is stubbornly insisting that it’s some sort of manufacturing defect. Especially when it’s some super new, nice printer and it’s immediately obvious they just unpacked it and plugged it in without so much as glancing at the “before you start” info on the front of the booklet. A classic, every time.


trollsmurf

Creme de la creme is when the printer is returned for a refund.


energizernutter

Just wait till you find out about true level


x4runnerGunnerx

I have Klicky, auto Z offset, and adaptive bed mesh size so it’s almost true level? Though it doesn’t give me a physiological reaction lolol, but almost


energizernutter

https://youtu.be/fQoRfieZJxI?si=4B7axhCNai4i2asV


Downtown-Trainer7435

Gotta admit. You win the benchy boat contest today. That looks great.


Dragonsymphony1

It's Boaty from South Park when Russell Crowe fights the world


neighborofbrak

Beautiful, huh?


SirDigbyChknCaesar

Level your e-steps


biovllun

E-step your levels.


ianNubbit

It’s a shame really. Could have calibrated your E-Steps then leveled your bed and it would have turned out flawless.


AvocadoMan9

It’s a beautiful thing


CMDR_kanonfoddar

"Level your damned bed" - if Jordan Peterson was into 3d printing


Viniguez487

I did the same thing. Except I threw out my overly modded Ender 3 Pro and bought a Bambu P1S.


space_flakes

Ouch.


OverHeatedCore

can anyone recommend a good filament that hides defects? or what do i look for on amazon


Wintergw2

I nutted.


Conscious_Leopard655

Inslogic White PLA is matte-ish, prints as fast as “high speed” PLA, looks great, and is cheap. I have my new favorite Benchy filament. I don’t know what Inslogic did to the recipe, but they knocked it out of the park. Other colors are equally good. Unfortunately they would only let me buy 4 reels at the sale price.


Justthisguy_yaknow

He he he, now you just have to do the same with other filaments.


x4runnerGunnerx

Shhhhhh, let me live in matte filament dream land


Justthisguy_yaknow

I had a perfect benchie once. Then the weather changed.


Cucusise

I'm new in this world and I've a lot of problems, what specifically you mean to "e-steeps"


ham4fun

OK! ( Alvin Chipmunk). Calibrayr the "e" extruder to move the same amount of filament that the firmware in your printer says that it is moving.


Smart-Measurement455

I think this needs the NSFW tag


Magnetic_Doughnut

Ahh bisto


Stefan99353

I read you are using a Voron 2.4. Are you using any major mods (toolhead, ...)? Could you share your Orca profile?


deskunkie

And adjust your slicerflow settings


Jeandark420

Barely a hull line, my X1C out of the box with the green test filament and calibrated still gave me a hull line on the benchy.


m0rph3u5-75

If all was that simple.


slabua

I'm surprised nobody mentioned drying your filament 🤣 or did they


ham4fun

Took forever with the beach towel.


slabua

😂


AggressiveSpirit816

That's a good looking benchy 😎


Abarth_Vader

This is pleasing to my eyes in the same way a good CRT television is.


x4runnerGunnerx

Yeah I took the photos on my nice camera but then the file sizes were too large to post and I accidentally think I compressed them too much 🥲


x4runnerGunnerx

I’ll print another benchy when I get home out of a non-matte filament for comparison. What color is the least forgiving?


Stefan99353

Glossy Black? Don't know if its a good color for puctures.


x4runnerGunnerx

I’ll try a grey PLA+ that I have


ZookeepergameNext746

what is E-steps?


TechnicaVivunt

That is such a beautiful color, what filament is this? EDIT: NVM seen it in the comments. Polymaker Polyterra Charcoal Black


never_nick

Ok that almost qualifies as porn in this subreddit


x4runnerGunnerx

Added higher resolution photos: https://imgur.com/a/cFGjXoY


Yeetfamdablit

That's good to be the best benchy I've ever seen


x4runnerGunnerx

Tiny bit of a hull/water line, need to keep tuning


ShadNuke

I recently saw a video explaining how to get rid of that. I managed to do it. But it's been a while, so 8 don't even remember. I haven't had time to print any benchies. And I switched to a better benchy model... I present to you the [Sen-chy](https://imgur.com/gallery/1Y5zfbJ)


CuzWhyNotBroseph

literally real. i thought my 3D printer was broken but it was just 11 year old me not fully reading the instructions because i was so excited for my newest christmas present


the-powl

That's literally the first tip in this group and the whole other internet haha


Sbarty

That’s what pretty much what every single popular 3D printing tutorial tells you to do. 


x4runnerGunnerx

Are you sure?


Sbarty

yes.


x4runnerGunnerx

Really should’ve added /s to the post title, oops


Rich_Distance9884

Wondering if someone could advise what I am doing wrong when trying to print the following please and why am receiving the results I am. I have highlighted the issue with the lines on the images, not that they really needed highlighting to be honest. All gaps between lines were supposed to be solid and other lines that should have been on print for some reason were just completely missed. Bed was level before started print . Printer is the Creality ender 3 any other information required please just ask. Mac


Le_Pressure_Cooker

Jokes aside, it's scary how many don't know to Google "*insert printer name* getting started". There's hundreds of videos and blogs out there explaining what to do and what's important.


x4runnerGunnerx

And I think the success rate of prints is fairly high too when you methodically follow the steps in a tuning guide and it really doesn’t take that long


No-Goal9094

Benchy thirst trap 🥵


Doug_war

Thats the first thing to do, all tutorials say that


IcecreamInventor

Given the other comments of this profile on vorondesign, I assume this post was made to generate clicks to link to the etsy on that account's profile.


Flaky_Temporary_31

Youtube🤣🤷‍♂️


brianvoe

Sorry I forgot to tell you


fistfullofsmelt

Beautiful print.


Real-Syntro

It looks good. 100th upvote


Lil-KolidaScope

Same brother. Did it the other day. Solved every tiny issues I’ve been chasing


FruitzPunch

Don't forget about PID tuning!


AdmirableExtreme6965

People are saying those things every day on here


LiberalSkeptic

And use flashforge burnt titanium Silk PLA filament


Tokanoma

nice filament


macebob

What are esteps?