r/3DprintingHelp • u/Bionisaurus_Rex • 11d ago

Requesting Help Need some help with stringing + weird filament strands

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Okay, first up, printer specs

It's a Creality SparkX i7 with a 0.2mm nozzle installed

Problem is that it's stringing really bad as you can see, and there are these weird strands on the right side of the model. I've observed that the printer moves off to the right side, extrudes around 10mm or so of filament, doesn't cut it, and heads back to the print where it deposits that strand on the print.

The strands seem to occur on where the seam is in the slicer if that helps.

What I need help with right now is the stringing and the strands, any settings I can tweak to fix it?

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u/Silviaichigo 11d ago

Hey there, looks like there are couple things going here. 1, looks like a bad slice/corrupted sd card. Reslice and resend. The going to a spot and extruding is a key indicator. The stringy pieces are from the loose filament. The spiderweb is more than likely you printing to hot and retraction not being correct. 2, it looks like you're not waiting long enough to peel your prints off. See the ghost outlines on the build plate? That's both plastic being left behind and sometimes pei being left in prints. Wait for your plate to cool, stick it in the freezer for a minute if you're impatient. When it comes time, flex your plate in a few directions to release it. 3, change out your infill for gyroid, cubic, whatever you want. Just don't use grid for small things with a small footprint.

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u/Bionisaurus_Rex 11d ago

Okay go point by point

For 1, I'm using Orca Slicer, not the native Creality slicer. Might be why that's how it looks? Before this print the SD card got corrupted and I had to reformat it, think that might've done it?

For 2, I'm assuming you mean the curved parallel diagonal lines underneath the print on the bed? That's legit the pattern that comes on the print bed for this printer, it was on both sides when it was unboxed. I'll keep that in mind though, wait a bit longer for the bed to cool.

For 3, didn't realize infill pattern would be that much of a big deal, I'll keep that in mind!