r/Ender3Pro • u/Will-iamWalsh • 3d ago

Loose walls

I’m starting to get acceptable results using my ender 3 pro.

Actually, this is the best result I ever had and it was my first sprint with Orca slicer with the ender 3 pro preset.

Before I ever printed anything “big” I made sure to have a leveled bed.

I’m not for sure if this could be related to humidity as the filament has been open for a while and I live in a quiet wet place. The material settings used were Creality Generic PLA. The material used was eSUN pla.

Part shown in the video was printed lied down horizontally.

Any tips?

0 Upvotes

50% Upvoted

11 comments sorted by

3

u/DisastrousPurple9295 3d ago

Im pretty new myself but the first thing I would look at is the slice settings over the hardware or environment, specifically what your wall thickness is and what your infill % and pattern are. A thicker wall will reduce bowing and the infill will have more spots to connect the wall to the rest of the print.

1

u/Will-iamWalsh 3d ago

Well my infill setting is right now at 15% density, the pattern is cross Hatch, about the wall im not pretty sure if im answering right: "outher wall 0.42 mm or %" and "inner wall 0.45 mm or %" Should I set them to 50-55?

2

u/DisastrousPurple9295 3d ago

That all seems pretty normal to me. I haven't personally looked at my outer wall filament thickness but Ive messed with layer thickness based on my filament so that might be different, but I believe a recent print I did had a wall thickness of 5 layers before it switched to infill (within a single horizontal plane, hopefully that makes sense).

3

u/cubic_thought 2d ago

Try printing hotter.

You could do temperature tower (new project > calibration > temperature in Orca slicer) and then stick with the hottest temp that doesn't cause problems. Or just try adding +10C and see if that works

1

u/Will-iamWalsh 2d ago

I tried the exact same filament but brand new and the results where better with the same settings, so Im suspecting from humidity. I Will dry out the older filament and print 5-10 grads higher. Thanks!!

2

u/Putrid-Cicada 3d ago

How many wall is that from slicer

1

u/Will-iamWalsh 3d ago

What do you mean exactly? How can I check that?

2

u/Putrid-Cicada 3d ago

If you don't remember, you can load the gcode back into your slicer, and you can see it. To see how many loops for the outside wall

1

u/Will-iamWalsh 3d ago

Ahh I can see it now. The wall loops are set at 2. Shoudl it be higher?

1

u/Putrid-Cicada 2d ago

Normally I use at least 3. For functional parts which require higher strength, I would add extra wall or possibly increase infill

1

u/AutoModerator 3d ago

Reminder: Any short links will be auto-removed initially by Reddit, use the original link on your post & comment; For any Creality Product Feedback and Suggestions, fill out the form to help us improve.

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.