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Lines in prints (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by root@lemmy.world to c/3dprinting@lemmy.world

Just about all of my prints have these lines at around the same heights, and I can't figure out why. I tried changing the nozzle, changing the layer height from 0.15 to 0.12, and changing the speed from 60mm to 40mm. All of these seemed to have helped a bit, yet they remain. I was thinking maybe as the prints get to a certain height, the shaking of the bed (Prusa MK2) caused the layers to be slightly offset perhaps. Anyone have any other ideas?

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[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Along with ekZepp's, check the z carriage as well- both the rail carriages for play and the lead screw for straightness.

I've seen similar happening on my bro's ender, and he had to install a brace going up from the front of the printer to the top of the upright, but I'm not sure how rigid a mk2 is.

[-] root@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

It does seem like one of the screws it touching the side of the stabilizer at the top, and the other is perfectly straight and isn't, so I might need to look into that. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

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