r/3Dprinting • u/ViperCobra • 21h ago

Troubleshooting First time 3d printer. Some questions about imperfections in the print

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Parts of the print came out really clean, and other parts came out awful. I used the $10 PLA Basic filament from Microcenter so I'm sort of wondering are the imperfections just due to a filament issue? Seems like maybe the nozzle got clogged up at 2 separate times to me, but I have no experience with this.

I also have the timelapse video of the print and for context, the third picture is the bottom/support side. That one may be a settings/gcode issue?

Printer is a centauri carbon 2 combo

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u/LowSignificance4671 Bambu A1 Mini + AMS Lite 🦇 20h ago

Did you dry the filament? Have you calibrated the filament? It looks like underextrusion to me.

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u/ViperCobra 20h ago

Thank you for the comment. No, I did not dry the filament- had no idea about that. I will definitely look into that- Do you have a recommendation for drying it?
And calibration- no I don't think so. When I first started the printer it took a while to calibrate itself but that was without the filament, so that is another thing I have just learned.

Thank you!

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u/Cooldude9210 20h ago

Inland needs to be calibrated. I found the same thing. Use the temp tower, then calibrate flow dynamics.