Comment on PETG Print Issues
CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 9 months agoA brim will help but the biggest thing is not to use fans at all during the first several layers and very sparingly after that. Also be sure your printer isn’t getting hit by a draft from an air vent or open window. PETG warps badly like this from too much cooling/temperature variation.
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 9 months ago
How much % is sparingly? I’m thinking of turning them off the entire print. It’s a pretty large print
CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 9 months ago
Try with maybe 20-30% speeds after its printed several layers at 0%. You might even try your idea of zero fan the entire time. It’ll take trial and error so you may figure out a way to test on a smaller print so you don’t waste a bunch of filament.
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 9 months ago
I’m starting out with 0% first. However, I wonder if it will break my hardware as a device melting plastic at 245 C should have some cooling system or it will burn up right?
hibbfd@kbin.social 9 months ago
typically the fan cooling the heatbreak and extruder stays on even with the "extruder" aka part cooler fan turned off
CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 9 months ago
As the other person stated, the hotend has two fans. One for part cooling and one to cool the extruder itself. The latter is usually controlled by the printer with no way for you to change it (apart from maybe rebuilding your own firmware) so you will be good to go running at 0%. The issue with this is that some part designs need the plastic to be cooled quickly for things like bridging, which is where you’ll run into issues having the part cooling fan turned off. That probably won’t be an issue when printing a box though.