I’ve added supports to a print and they are coming up stringy (see pic). I’m using eSun pla at a temp of 205 ˚C for the supports printing at 50 mm/s. I’ve used this setting before to successfully print with this same filament and have been making sure to keep it dry. I’m very new to the hobby so I’m hoping someone with more experience can help me understand why this is happening.
From just the looks of it. It appears your speeds are too high. Could you send me the .stl and tell me the kind of printer you have so I could help you better. Also if you are reusing the blue tape that might be an issue. I’m just saying this off the picture I can tell you more once I get the .stl and printer type.
Jacob
Also try leveling your bed.
Jacob
looks like your using a dual extruder make sure that youre x axis is alignedd to your bed and ensure that the extruders are even in height, also it could just be an issue with the model
Thanks. I’m using a Flashforge Dreamer.
Is there anything to ensuring the x axis is aligned other than leveling the bed before printing?
Now that you mention it, I think the right extruder is ever so slightly higher than the left. Do you have any links to a good tutorial on how to even them out? I found this one Flashforge Dreamer procedure to adjust nozzle heights but it’s not the clearest.
First I should say that I’m printing on a Dreamer.
I think the right nozzle may be ever so slightly higher than the left, and I leveled the bed using the left. So I think it might be best to start there. But here’s the stl file if you want to take a look at it.
Once that’s adjusted, if it doesn’t work I’ll try slowing it down too. The blue tape was new tape.
dreamer-spool-rod-100mm.stl (225 KB)
Are you using the same material in both sides? I mean is your print and supports the same stuff?For the supports you could up the temp to 215 for the first layer and drop the speed a bunch.
On aligning the nozzles and I don’t have a dreamer but probably similar to the creator pro, I would shim the whole extruder assembly on the low side. Basically you loosen the cooling bar where it attaches to the gantry and put a piece of paper or foil in between it and where it sits. Don’t try to level nozzles by turning them. If they are still factory then they are level but the gantry is slightly leaning. This is not uncommon.
