Same Z offset, but PLA. So the ASA might need drying, I wasted most of it, trying to get blob free.
I printed the one layer @ this offset with ASA, and had lots of blobs. The infill doesn’t seem to have any blobs with PLA. Not done yet, but looking better so far.
Also printing with Cura, cause I’m too lazy to add the settings for the PLA to OrcaSlicer, I can’t import the profile.
And I forgot to check the start gcode, so fading 10mmm is on. Seems fine even with that on. So I’ll turn it on in OrcaSlicer too.
Wet ASA results in bad prints apparently, even if it sticks.
I didn’t clean the nozzle out very good I don’t think. That tool is a pain to use. Are you supposed to go up and down or something? Like your penetrating Hung Lucy V69?
The last infill was kind of ugly for some reason. Not sure it has blobs or what. Maybe cause it’s in an enclosure, and it’s closed. PLA doesn’t require an enclosure. Or side effects of not cleaning nozzle good enough. Maybe I should have tried with the nozzle a little farther away first.
Will probably still look better then the ASA print though.
Think offset is a little close, the brim looks transparent, or the wrong color. Guess it wasn’t sticking before because ASA has moisture.
Canceled it, looks too ugly.
Well, it was ugly because it was too close probably. The ASA print. And it wasn’t sticking everywhere probably because it needs drying.
Printing at the original offset I found. If the brim sticks, it should be fine. Nope, not close enough. Gaps. Trying the second offset I tried. The second offset might be too close though. Might only need to go 0.02 closer. Might need to increase temps. Because of the type of nozzle. Didn’t make much of a difference @ -1.98 instead of -1.94. And -2.02 might be a tad too close. One way to find out, increase temps and see if the gaps are gone.
Going to print without ironing though, that adds four or so hours. Somebody said PLA doesn’t stick unless they use 80C for the bed on G10. Hmm, they say to only print at 60C bed temp for this filament. Does it turn into glass? Lowered bed temp back to 60C. Maybe just the nozzle increase will help.
Changed back to -2.02, and decreased nozzle temp to 210C. Had weird holes or missing filament, might be worse @ 230C then 220C. And that will probably be worse. Will try 235C instead, with -2.02 offset. I was right, should have decreased temp.
So ugly cause it was too hot? Maybe. Should have tried lowering the temp with ASA.
That got rid of holes or whatever. But now there’s gaps, even @ -2.02. Increasing bed temp now. Well, maybe, Cura might be crashing.
Does it really need to be 80C? Cura is super slow now. Might stick @ 65C, but too lazy to try every bed temp. So 80C it is. Got to go to the bathroom, only waiting till it starts printing. I’ve been holding it off.
Cura still hasn’t fixed the Wayland bug in Linux. Too lazy to modify the newest AppImage to make it work.
Hmm, offset might be wrong now. Going to tilt it again, I just cleaned it. Maybe that was the problem.
Decided to change the Z offset, 0.04 closer. Kind of funny, the ASA was sticking, at least the first layer had blobs. And it’s sticking now, but there might be some black stuff. Probably side effect of not cleaning nozzle good enough.
Don’t think I needed to increase bed to 80C. Hopefully it doesn’t have any bad effects. Oops, forgot to align the build plate, now to tilt the mesh and see how it looks at the new offset. Might be too close.
Lesson learned, don’t set Z offset according to mesh, you’ll make it way too close. Luckily, PLA is easy to remove from build plate. Must not have worked cause I didn’t align the plate.
Probably looks even better with ironing.