Filament Calibration - Hatchbox PLA
Posted: 17 Jun 2019, 01:40
Hello Everyone,
Recently I decided to give KISSlicer a try. I have heard of KISSlicer in the past from Michael Hackney but never gave it a real try. After going through several of Michael Hackney's videos and trying to understand KISSlicer, I switched to KISSlicer for my 3D printer. [Ultibots D300VS]. The preconfigured profile prints amazingly well. Better than other slicers I have used in the past.
In an effort to better understand how KISSlicer works, I decided to follow the filament calibration steps [tuning wizard] to tune my Hatchbox Wood PLA. After a day of running test prints I got the stringing down to as little as possible. However I am still trying to tune it out completely.
The following are the material settings I settled on [for now]. Any feedback or tips are appreciated. Destring: Currently my Destring is set to 4mm. I am aware that for my hotend [E3D V6 DirectDrive] this is more than recommended. According to what I have read on other sites it is not advised to go beyond 3mm. However after several Destring Length tuning prints I concluded that this was the minimum length for the least amount of stringing. The following is a picture of my last Destring Length test. This test starts at 2mm and goes to 5mm at the top. I also did several of these prints with wipe lengths ranging from 1mm to 3mm to see if this would improve and reduce the destring length required but wiping did not seem to make any difference.
Destring Speed [velDstr]: I do not fully understand how to tune Destring speed. I did some experimentation with speeds from 25mm/s to 60mm/s but saw no noticeable change in the amount of stringing. If someone has an explanation for how this should be tuned, I'd love to hear it.
Wipe: Another tuning point where I could not find a good explanation for how this should be tuned. Therefore I experimented with 1mm to 3mm wiping. I did notice that when the wipe length is set to 3mm,a second wisps of filament would appear but would also disappear once the Destring Length was at least 4mm. Does someone have an explanation for how to tune wipe length?
Z-Lift: This value was easier to figure out. The higher the value the more stringing it created. The default value used for PLA in the preconfigured profile was 4mm. I reduced this to 1mm and noticed an improvement. I have thought of trying less than 1mm but figured that might be a bad idea.
Here's a test print I did after a few hours of testing, calibrating, and verification. This print looks good. I see some small defects. However being a perfectionist, I want to tune out the wisps and get the print to be as clean as regular PLA.
Any feedback or tips are greatly appreciated.
P.S. If this is in the wrong category on the forum, Let me know and i'll move it to the right place.
Sincerely,
Jenova
Recently I decided to give KISSlicer a try. I have heard of KISSlicer in the past from Michael Hackney but never gave it a real try. After going through several of Michael Hackney's videos and trying to understand KISSlicer, I switched to KISSlicer for my 3D printer. [Ultibots D300VS]. The preconfigured profile prints amazingly well. Better than other slicers I have used in the past.
In an effort to better understand how KISSlicer works, I decided to follow the filament calibration steps [tuning wizard] to tune my Hatchbox Wood PLA. After a day of running test prints I got the stringing down to as little as possible. However I am still trying to tune it out completely.
The following are the material settings I settled on [for now]. Any feedback or tips are appreciated. Destring: Currently my Destring is set to 4mm. I am aware that for my hotend [E3D V6 DirectDrive] this is more than recommended. According to what I have read on other sites it is not advised to go beyond 3mm. However after several Destring Length tuning prints I concluded that this was the minimum length for the least amount of stringing. The following is a picture of my last Destring Length test. This test starts at 2mm and goes to 5mm at the top. I also did several of these prints with wipe lengths ranging from 1mm to 3mm to see if this would improve and reduce the destring length required but wiping did not seem to make any difference.
Destring Speed [velDstr]: I do not fully understand how to tune Destring speed. I did some experimentation with speeds from 25mm/s to 60mm/s but saw no noticeable change in the amount of stringing. If someone has an explanation for how this should be tuned, I'd love to hear it.
Wipe: Another tuning point where I could not find a good explanation for how this should be tuned. Therefore I experimented with 1mm to 3mm wiping. I did notice that when the wipe length is set to 3mm,a second wisps of filament would appear but would also disappear once the Destring Length was at least 4mm. Does someone have an explanation for how to tune wipe length?
Z-Lift: This value was easier to figure out. The higher the value the more stringing it created. The default value used for PLA in the preconfigured profile was 4mm. I reduced this to 1mm and noticed an improvement. I have thought of trying less than 1mm but figured that might be a bad idea.
Here's a test print I did after a few hours of testing, calibrating, and verification. This print looks good. I see some small defects. However being a perfectionist, I want to tune out the wisps and get the print to be as clean as regular PLA.
Any feedback or tips are greatly appreciated.
P.S. If this is in the wrong category on the forum, Let me know and i'll move it to the right place.
Sincerely,
Jenova