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Im having issues with my printer delaying filament extruding about 20mm. It would run half of a perimeter before it starts to extrude filament. I'm using slic3r. When I have used Kisslicer, it lays filament right away (having issues with kisslicer laying too much and starts to curl and stick to the tip, blobbing the print). Not sure where to go to fix this.

m4r1n5 wrote:Im having issues with my printer delaying filament extruding about 20mm. It would run half of a perimeter before it starts to extrude filament. I'm using slic3r. When I have used Kisslicer, it lays filament right away (having issues with kisslicer laying too much and starts to curl and stick to the tip, blobbing the print). Not sure where to go to fix this.

The delay can be compensated for in Slic3r by using a brim. That is one of the reason the brim was created - to prime the hot-end before the start of a print.
I would create a brim of a couple of mm. I personally attach the brim to the print, it helps adhere the print.

Do you mean: Skirt?

Nylocke wrote:Do you mean: Skirt?

I think it's called a brim but we are talking about the same thing. From the Internet:


"Here is a way to defeat curling/warping in your prints.

The term might be taken, but I call it a "Brim." If anyone wants to coin a new term for this, make a suggestion

Using the program Slic3r I add a "skirt" of 5 to 15 loops at a "zero" millimeter distance from the object I am printing.

This adds a brim (like a cowboy hat) that keeps the object "spot welded" to the plate and absolutely stops all warping and curling.

The additional surface area, combined with the rounding of sharp points on the bottom layer denies any possibility of curling or warping from the bed.

To remove the brim, you need simply fold the plastic back and forth, and it snaps off"

Seems confusing and the two terms are used interchangeably. One man's brim is another man's skirt?

Actually, I think that the skirt is the one that primes the hot-end and the brim can be attached to the print to aid in adhesion. Semantics.

Slic3r has an option for a skirt and a brim, the brim is always connected to the object, the skirt can be configured to connect to the object as well, but is normally disconnected

Eaglezsoar wrote:One man's brim is another man's skirt?

Maybe if the second man is really really short or they've been drinking too much.

lordbinky wrote:

Eaglezsoar wrote:One man's brim is another man's skirt?

Maybe if the second man is really really short or they've been drinking too much.

You always make me laugh!

Nylocke wrote:Slic3r has an option for a skirt and a brim, the brim is always connected to the object, the skirt can be configured to connect to the object as well, but is normally disconnected

You are 100% correct.

Better to "burp" it before you start printing. I usually extrude 30-50mm just before.