Eclipson Model A (free version)

[Vogel]

Hi all,
First of all, I want to say a huge thank you for all your help, and a special thanks for sharing the list of settings — that was really valuable.
I’ve been experimenting a lot, but no matter what I try, the print still ends up looking like in the photo. Maybe I’m just expecting too much? For reference: material is regular PLA.
Maybe I’m overlooking something simple? Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks 🙏

 

[telnar1236]

Hi all,
First of all, I want to say a huge thank you for all your help, and a special thanks for sharing the list of settings — that was really valuable.
I’ve been experimenting a lot, but no matter what I try, the print still ends up looking like in the photo. Maybe I’m just expecting too much? For reference: material is regular PLA.
Maybe I’m overlooking something simple? Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks 🙏

What temperature is the room you're printing in? 3D printers seem to be happiest between 75 F and 80 F for PLA in my experience, so you may need to turn down the fan speed if it's cooler to get good layer adhesion. If your printer gets a draft from an air conditioner, that can also cause print failures. You might also want to consider turning up the extrusion multiplier/flow some since under-extrusion can cause bridging issues like what you're seeing. I know you mentioned tuning your printer for flow, but it's possible that tune isn't quite right for 3D printed planes.

That said, if the print seems fine externally and all the functional bits are there, I wouldn't worry too much about what it looks like on the inside so long as it seems strong enough. I agree that shouldn't look like that, but it might not affect the plane all that much.

 

[Vogel]

Hello! Thanks for your reply ✌️
Yesterday I’ve tried the settings listed above. Just the table temperature I prefer to keep on 65 C. The temperature in my room is 24 C.
Flow rate is 1.0 and why not to try 1.1? 🤔 Fan speed is maximum 80%, I’ve already tried to limit a printing speed to 10 mm/s, but it doesn’t work. Sometimes I think that the printer doesn’t care about my or Orca’s settings because of some own opinion about the situation 😵‍💫

 

[telnar1236]

Hello! Thanks for your reply ✌️
Yesterday I’ve tried the settings listed above. Just the table temperature I prefer to keep on 65 C. The temperature in my room is 24 C.
Flow rate is 1.0 and why not to try 1.1? 🤔 Fan speed is maximum 80%, I’ve already tried to limit a printing speed to 10 mm/s, but it doesn’t work. Sometimes I think that the printer doesn’t care about my or Orca’s settings because of some own opinion about the situation 😵‍💫

Nothing unreasonable there

Honestly, I wouldn't worry too much about the stringing. It's inside the print and doesn't look like it should affect its strength, so I'd probably just ignore it unless it seems to pose a problem to the parts function.

As a whole 3D printed planes need to be planes first and prints second, so they sometimes don't print as easily as we might wish, but if they fly, then that's the important thing.

 

[Vogel]

Thank you for your support! Having no experience with my first printer, I was (and am) always unsure that I do everything right.