Delta G2S Pro - ABS Settings
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2015 9:51 pm
Greetings all,
I am looking for some advice for settings to get good quality ABS prints.
The PLA has been perfect, but ive moved to ABS to try it out and the prints have some problems.
After some initial problems because the printer was setup for PLA ive changed some settings:
- Extruder Temp = 210 oC
- Hotbed Temp = 100 oC
- Slic3r = Filament Settings - Filament - Extrusion multiplier = 1.15
This fixed many problems, including the extruders not extruding enough ABS.
However, now the biggest problem is stringing, oozing and blobbing.
ABS constantly oozes from the extruders in big lines - during prints and during heating up.
Whenever the extruder changes directions is leaves big strings of ABS along the model.
Sometimes it even blobs and creates all sorts of problems.
As I am playing with settings to fix one problem, another seems to become bigger.
Im trying to find a midground.
A modification ive also done, according to the RepRap community for the G2S is to make the hotend fan ALWAYS ON (http://reprap.org/wiki/Delta_Rostock_mi ... evelopment)... im wondering if the blobbing may be caused by too much ABS being extruded and then cooled tooo rapidly by the extruder fan being constantly on.
The PLA printer settings are perfect...
but does anyone have any ABS settings??
Does any of the settings ive mentioned above damage my printer (ie. the higher temps)?
Do I have to play (not only with the above settings ive mentioned), but also with:
- print speed ("Print Settings - Speed" in Slic3r)?
- retraction settings ("Printer Settings - Extruder Number" in Slic3r)?
- extrusion multipliers ("Filament Settings - Filament" in Slic3r)?
- layers and perimeters ("Print Settings - Layers and perimeters" in Slic3r)?
- extrusion width ("Print Settings - Advanced" in Slic3r)?
Any help greatly appreciated.
Ross
I am looking for some advice for settings to get good quality ABS prints.
The PLA has been perfect, but ive moved to ABS to try it out and the prints have some problems.
After some initial problems because the printer was setup for PLA ive changed some settings:
- Extruder Temp = 210 oC
- Hotbed Temp = 100 oC
- Slic3r = Filament Settings - Filament - Extrusion multiplier = 1.15
This fixed many problems, including the extruders not extruding enough ABS.
However, now the biggest problem is stringing, oozing and blobbing.
ABS constantly oozes from the extruders in big lines - during prints and during heating up.
Whenever the extruder changes directions is leaves big strings of ABS along the model.
Sometimes it even blobs and creates all sorts of problems.
As I am playing with settings to fix one problem, another seems to become bigger.
Im trying to find a midground.
A modification ive also done, according to the RepRap community for the G2S is to make the hotend fan ALWAYS ON (http://reprap.org/wiki/Delta_Rostock_mi ... evelopment)... im wondering if the blobbing may be caused by too much ABS being extruded and then cooled tooo rapidly by the extruder fan being constantly on.
The PLA printer settings are perfect...
but does anyone have any ABS settings??
Does any of the settings ive mentioned above damage my printer (ie. the higher temps)?
Do I have to play (not only with the above settings ive mentioned), but also with:
- print speed ("Print Settings - Speed" in Slic3r)?
- retraction settings ("Printer Settings - Extruder Number" in Slic3r)?
- extrusion multipliers ("Filament Settings - Filament" in Slic3r)?
- layers and perimeters ("Print Settings - Layers and perimeters" in Slic3r)?
- extrusion width ("Print Settings - Advanced" in Slic3r)?
Any help greatly appreciated.
Ross