Well, I did it at ~20mm/s for the first layer, 70mm/s for a few more layers, 140mm/s for yet some more, and then finished the last 85% of the print at 210mm/s. I increased the hotend temp by 20 deg C to 240 deg C to avoid extrusion issues, and it worked pretty well! I was using virgin MG94 ABS extruded by my Filastruder yesterday, so it was good quality. The video (done uploading!) is interesting, and you can see I didn't get good bed adhesion due mainly to some issues with extrusion rate (too little plastic) that I was trying to solve using this print. The 300% feedrate idea came to me from another thread. I guess an Arduio Mega 2560 compatible board is perfectly fine for fast print rates :)
Note: I got EXTREMELY GOOD results from this test, the calibration cubes came out PERFECT at this speed, except for overhangs, but that can be fixed with supports. I got such good results, I plan on using 200mm/s as my fast speed and I'm going to try out 125mm/s as my go-to everyday speed. I just have to make sure I bump up the speed after the first few layers and I increase the hotend temp to match. I ended up printing the "5mm calibration cubes" at 2x size (so 10mm steps) in 3 hours, but that is because I didn't up the speed to 210mm/s until about 60 layers into the print (I printed it at .1mm layers) and it slowed near the end due to the slicer (Cura) slowing down for minimum layer time.
Printed some calibration cubes at 210mm/s...
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Q*Bert will be happy about that video. Is that polyetherimide?
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Sounds pretty quiet - you have dampers on that?
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Nope, MG94 ABS I extruded myself.626Pilot wrote:Q*Bert will be happy about that video. Is that polyetherimide?
Yea, I have the Trick Laser ones made from cork-like materials.McSlappy wrote:Sounds pretty quiet - you have dampers on that?
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I think he was asking about the material you were printing on, though I may be wrong.
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I was talking about the amber stuff on the print surface.
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Re: Printed some calibration cubes at 210mm/s...
Oh, heh, no. I have a copper heat spreader plate below the glass that gives a 2-3 deg C even heat surface over the whole bed. I use hairspray for adhesion, although it's not working as well lately due to some extrusion issues.626Pilot wrote:I was talking about the amber stuff on the print surface.