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[Question] About problems on 3d printed part (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Yo guy noob here,

I have recently bought my self a sidewinder x2 as my first 3d printed, and I don't know much about 3d printing for now, anyway to get a good understanding on how great I have calibrated the printer I have printed the usual benchy, but I have this spots on the print

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/465234818352021524/1150098279858720858/35c52867-3cd0-4fcb-be8f-3465763aaed3.png

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/465234818352021524/1150098307075551283/ec49ae0b-4fca-4391-b79e-785c9ed6cfa3.png

(can't embedded any images because of the lemmyshitpost drama)

Are they normal? And if not how can I fix them?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Ok thank you for the response!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Here is an image of my seam line:

And here shows a bit of stringing between the small layers:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And how do you smooth that part of the print? By melting the plastic with a soldering iron?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I suppose that could be one approach, but i believe most people use sandpaper or a hobby knife (x-acto knife). Commonly followed by other post-processing (e.g. priming, painting)

It's mainly a visual thing on my pieces, one can hardly feel it when your run your finger over it. I would like to get it a bit smoother, but haven't been able to get it smoother with slicer settings yet.