Hi,
I'm new to this and hoping for some help. My abs is making little swirls while printing the raft. Not a big deal since it's the raft but it didn't do it on the last part. The only thing I changed was the temp (lowered it 5C) but I raised it back up and tried again and it did the same thing. I'm printing with my bed at 100C and the extruder at 65mm/s and 235C. Material is ABS. And I've done a bunch of reading about noobie mistakes and I can't pinpoint the problem. If it's covered in a topic I missed I'd really appreciate a link. Or if this is called something specific that would be helpful to google as well. Thank you in advance for any suggestions.
Swirls while building raft
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Re: Swirls while building raft
That is a high quality picture. 
Is the nozzle actually moving in that pattern, or is it doing it on its own?
Is the nozzle actually moving in that pattern, or is it doing it on its own?
Re: Swirls while building raft
The nozzle is moving in a straight line
And ironically enough that's a picture from my phone. I was happy with how it turned out.
And ironically enough that's a picture from my phone. I was happy with how it turned out.
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Re: Swirls while building raft
Im only guessing here, but my 2 guesses would be, its over-extruding or its too high.
You can make sure its extruding roughly the correct amount by removing the bowden tube from the hot end, snipping the end of the filament off, retracting it (manually) until its flush with the end of the tube. Then using mattercontrol (or whatever software) to extrude a set length (100mm?), then measuring it. This is in no way super accurate, but its quick and dirty.
If its too high, its as simple as recalibrating the height (is that an eris or something with the autocal?).
are you printing at the edge of the bed?
You can make sure its extruding roughly the correct amount by removing the bowden tube from the hot end, snipping the end of the filament off, retracting it (manually) until its flush with the end of the tube. Then using mattercontrol (or whatever software) to extrude a set length (100mm?), then measuring it. This is in no way super accurate, but its quick and dirty.
If its too high, its as simple as recalibrating the height (is that an eris or something with the autocal?).
are you printing at the edge of the bed?
Re: Swirls while building raft
Your nozzle is definitely to high.
Re: Swirls while building raft
Awesome, thanks for the replies. When I get home I'll start checking settings and seeing why it's so high. I think it'll be a setting that's messed up (not the calibration) because when I print without a raft the extruder is much closer to the bed.
Yes, that was at the edge of the bed. It was doing it near the middle as well, but then towards the back it started doing straight lines again. I re-leveled the bed yesterday so I'll check that again too. I don't think it's that, same reason as above, but it's worth checking.
And I'm printing with a Maker Ultimate (Duplicator 6 knockoff) and I sprung for Simplify3D as a slicer.
Yes, that was at the edge of the bed. It was doing it near the middle as well, but then towards the back it started doing straight lines again. I re-leveled the bed yesterday so I'll check that again too. I don't think it's that, same reason as above, but it's worth checking.
And I'm printing with a Maker Ultimate (Duplicator 6 knockoff) and I sprung for Simplify3D as a slicer.