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Having Retraction issues

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Hello all,

I have a Rostock MAX v2 with MatterControl and I have sorted out all issues with ABS! So, now I'm having issues with PLA, specifically Retraction. Nothing I do seems to fix it, here are some pics of my settings:

Retraction Settings:
http://prntscr.com/dga0x1

Speed for non-print moves setting:
http://prntscr.com/dga15q

Heat settings:
http://prntscr.com/dga25u

This happens on every print I do, and it only happens when the extruder jumps over a gap.

If there's anything you would change, I'd be glad to hear it.
Last edited by Aureus on Wed Dec 07, 2016 6:18 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: Having Retraction issues

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Can anyone help me?
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I'm not precisely sure what your issue is. Is it spiderwebbing? Gaps? Blobs? Jamming? Determining the problem helps us know what the solutions can be. But I don't see a description or pictures (Are they simply not loading for some reason?)
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I will put some pics up here (Sorry, thought I put pics up there):

http://prntscr.com/dghtam (Little bit blurry)
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Above is with normal settings, I will print something with my new settings and put pictures of it.
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Retract is fast for PLA, I would try dropping it down to 10-20 mm/s, due to the thixotropic nature of the material.
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Re: Having Retraction issues

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Here is a pic with current settings:

http://prntscr.com/dgilhb

The strings are still there but there is a great improvement (This is the MatterControl retraction cubes)
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So decrease retract speed to 15mm/s? Or drop it down in 10mm/s increments until it works?
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Aureus wrote:So decrease retract speed to 15mm/s? Or drop it down in 10mm/s increments until it works?
I would try 15mm/s first.
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Re: Having Retraction issues

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Ok.
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Here are some pics with 200mm/s on the "non-print moves" setting:

http://prntscr.com/dglur1

http://prntscr.com/dglv6m

This is a pic on 15mm/s:
http://prntscr.com/dgob29

As you can see, it's still stringing. Changing it to 15mm/s made the strings thicker and more numerous.
The PLA material used is Orb Polymer Iguana Green.

Now printing with 250m/s on the "non-print moves" setting, looks promising!
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250mm/s did not turn out good, bumps on the outside all over the place (Don't have pics, I took off build plate before I thought to take pics *facepalm*)
Looks like 200mm/s is about as good as I can get.. I might try lower, like 100mm/s.
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Re: Having Retraction issues

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Did you ever find a good setting for your retractions?
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