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First layer, slow it down

Jacob BurtInstructorMay 20, 2:26 PM

Everybody wants to crank the speed and get to the good part. Don't. The first layer is the whole print, get it stuck right and the rest usually follows on its own. I've said this probably 60 times in my own garage and it's still true. Give it the full time, don't rush it.

EricMay 25, 2:03 AM

first layer patience is still the one thing i refuse to learn lol. 60 times

Nathan M.May 26, 5:21 AM

first layer for sure, learned that one the hard way... slowed mine down to like 20mm/s and it fixed like half my problems overnight

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Nathan M.May 27, 6:15 PM

Eric same here. wrote this twice, app ate the first one

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Isaiah AndersonMay 28, 3:24 PM

Nathan SAME energy HERE lol. edit: spelling

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Jacob BurtInstructorMay 29, 3:06 AM

Two years of "crank it and pray" and it still bites you, that's the tell. Try 20mm/s on layer one this week, nothing else. Report back before you touch speed anywhere else.

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Jacob CrosbyMay 29, 7:27 PM

20mm/s, got it lol. printing my bracket tonihgt 🙈 posting before I lose the thought

Jacob BurtInstructorJun 1, 12:42 PM

Good. Watch the first two or three layers stick before you walk away. If it lifts at a corner, stop, don't hope it fixes itself. Report back tomorrow.

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