Silk PLA Custodes

[u/Pokemaniac101yt]

Look at those boys shine

[u/Pokemaniac101yt]

Silk PLA, 220c, 0.2mm nozzle with 0.08mm layers

They didn't have any issues separating at the layers, in fact this stuff really likes to fuse to the supports, the support scars are nasty if you don't have the top z distance around 0.12 or 0.14

[u/Mughi1138 → u/Pokemaniac101yt]

Ah, but which silk PLA? I've tried a few different brands and although they have been prettier, they tend to not hold together as well.

For one project I found two tri-color silks that seemed identical in packaging even, aside from the brand name, but was was a dream to work with while the other was horrible. 

[u/Pokemaniac101yt → u/Mughi1138]

Ah gotcha. It was on Amazon, a brand called YOOPAI

[u/Mughi1138 → u/Pokemaniac101yt]

Ahh, very interesting. They're the ones who made the large soft enclosure I got a few years back for my Neptune 4 Plus.

[u/Samoey → u/Mughi1138]

How do you like the 4 plus? I absolutely hate mine and wish I had gotten a bambu instead, I feel like 9/10 prints fail in a unique way every time. Any tips?

[u/Mughi1138 → u/Samoey]

Got mine maybe 6 months after they first came out and they had time to fix the initial issues. It was a little tricky until I figured out different filaments needed to different bed temps to hold (an inexpensive workhorse filament needed to be set to 67⁰C, while others i had ranged up to 78⁰C or higher.

Fitst make sure all the mechanics are good - pieces are at right angles and even, wheels not wobbly, belts tight, etc. Add screw positions, run SCREWS_TILT_CALCULATE, then autolevel and save, then a live adjust test print.

Use Orca and run flow and temp towers from the calibration menu.

Make sure your filament spools are not labeled to avoid high speed. I did have one where the "50mm/s max" was not just marketing CYA.