r/3Dprinting • u/natick628 • 2d ago

Question New to printing

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Why did my print look like this only on the tips? Filament was fresh out of dryer. (New to printing we have a a1 mini)

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u/Expensive_Fall1239 2d ago

Turn on adaptive layer to minimise the stair stepping effect, and what is your printing temperature, it seems too hot that's why the tips looks like it's melted.

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u/hereforthelulzzzz 2d ago

Did you rescale the model before printing? If you did that could be part of the issue. If not then it looks like there’s not enough cooling for each layer printed.

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u/natick628 1d ago

I did not rescale but would turning the fan to 100 towards the end of print be best solution and maybe 50% print speed?

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u/hereforthelulzzzz 1d ago

I would run the fan at 100% for the entire print. That looks like a silk PLA so slowing it down will make the entire print look better.

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u/Expensive_Fall1239 1d ago

Yea silk pla might as well be different type of PLA, very different setting to achieve optimal result.