At wits end with first layer issues
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2017 12:00 am
I have the steel nozzle, not the brass one that comes with it.
Three different brands of PLA all look like this.
I have tired Cura, Slic3r, KISSlicer64, and Matter Slice
I loosened the top, pushed the bowden tube in, and tightened it down.
All three towers are square.
When I spin the bed, the problem does not follow it.
My extrusion is calibrated. When I tell Matter Control to extrude 100mm, it extrudes 100mm.
I have tried extruder temps from 170, 175, 180, 185, 190, 195, 200, 205, 210, 215, 220 C on three different PLA filament brands and they all look like the attached picture.
I have calibrated using the built in auto calibration followed by the online calculator.
I also tried calibrating x, y, z, and center with a .20mm feeler.
I also tried calibrating x, y, z and center with a piece of paper.
I also tried turning auto calibration off and using the 13 point calibration in matter control with a piece of paper.
I have slowed my first layer down to 10 mm/s and have been playing with retractions settings as well, no matter what they ALL look like crap.
I can't get this thing to lay a good first layer. I never was able to. I gave up for 4 months and I am back at it again. The attached picture, left is first layer, right is where it started a second layer.
What am I missing here?
Three different brands of PLA all look like this.
I have tired Cura, Slic3r, KISSlicer64, and Matter Slice
I loosened the top, pushed the bowden tube in, and tightened it down.
All three towers are square.
When I spin the bed, the problem does not follow it.
My extrusion is calibrated. When I tell Matter Control to extrude 100mm, it extrudes 100mm.
I have tried extruder temps from 170, 175, 180, 185, 190, 195, 200, 205, 210, 215, 220 C on three different PLA filament brands and they all look like the attached picture.
I have calibrated using the built in auto calibration followed by the online calculator.
I also tried calibrating x, y, z, and center with a .20mm feeler.
I also tried calibrating x, y, z and center with a piece of paper.
I also tried turning auto calibration off and using the 13 point calibration in matter control with a piece of paper.
I have slowed my first layer down to 10 mm/s and have been playing with retractions settings as well, no matter what they ALL look like crap.
I can't get this thing to lay a good first layer. I never was able to. I gave up for 4 months and I am back at it again. The attached picture, left is first layer, right is where it started a second layer.
What am I missing here?