So I'm about a month and a half into printing on my Rostock V2( E3D v6 hotend .4mm nozzle, TrickLaser CF arms), and I've had great results with ABS so far. I started using PLA this week, and as I did with ABS, used the Hollow Pyramid to get a feel for it. After about 4 or 5 unsuccessful attempts( which I attribute greatly to the Shaxon PLA that I impulse bought at Frys-its seriously 1.67-8 dia. on average and the first 5m was kinked and speckled with black, the first go looks like a geometric Dalmation) I landed with the one on the left:
So obviously the filament isn't THAT bad, but I do have some seemecnc silver on the way to test. The pyramid fragment on the right has the exact same settings as the other one, except the layer height is changed from .3 to .2mm. My problem is that I'm not sure what settings I should also be tweaking when I decrease my layer height. I'd really like to get some finer prints going, but I don't know what knobs to turn, basically.
So, anybody have some pointers on the super wonky .2mm layers? And/or a more efficient way to test if my layers are going to do this at a lower height? Thanks so much for any tips, this forum has already been super helpful just lurking!
I should add that I'm using Slic3r and Repetier Host,
Speeds all at 30 mm/s except infill at 40, and 15 first layer
Thicknesses all at .45 except first at .6
Temps 210 and 60
Retraction 5mm
Retraction z-lift .3mm
R-Speed 55mm/s
Extra length on Restart .1 mm
Retract on layer change enabled
*note: I stopped the print and broke one partial leg myself, the print would have finished fine.
