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PLA Extruber heat

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2018 12:33 am
by Hermie
I'm still trying to find the best settings, I've been working quite well for over week but still unsure of what quality I should be getting.
The main problem for me just now is knowing the best heat setting, when I print at about 200 I find the extrusion dosent quite bond making the model look like bundles of fine thread, as I increase the temp that goes and the model certainly looks much more solid, I think with the gold coloured PLA I'm using just now I'm up at 235c would other users consider this a reasonable temp.

Re: PLA Extruber heat

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2018 12:29 am
by Hermipup
May not be best replying to my own post, but just in case others have the same question here's what I found.
on Thinyverse there is a printable tower, you adjust the extruder heat at the start of each section and you can observe the difference in each stage of the tower and select the temp. that gave best results. for my machine and purple PLA its best at 212 or there about. Here is a link to the Thingyverse item https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2223651

Re: PLA Extruber heat

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2018 12:24 am
by _kaktus_
[quote=Hermipup post_id=83903 time=1524587374 user_id=65382]
May not be best replying to my own post, but just in case others have the same question here's what I found.
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It's very nice that you have found the solution yourself and want to share it
;-)