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How do I Thicken a Vases Wall/Shell/Outline/Layer?
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2016 6:05 pm
by w22
Please see attached. I just want to thicken the walls of the vase being printed but am unsure how.
Re: How do I Thicken a Vases Wall/Shell/Outline/Layer?
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2016 7:14 pm
by insta
In vase-mode you get 1 perimeter, so it's a matter of forcing a wider perimeter.
You can set that as the S3D extrusion width. You can get 0.5mm pretty easily from a 0.35mm nozzle, maybe press it up to 0.6. A 0.5 nozzle will hit 0.8.
Re: How do I Thicken a Vases Wall/Shell/Outline/Layer?
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2016 7:46 pm
by w22
Thank you! Will definitley give this a shot. What exactly happens if I set the extrusion width far beyond the nozzles measurement?
Re: How do I Thicken a Vases Wall/Shell/Outline/Layer?
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2016 6:52 am
by insta
w22 wrote:Thank you! Will definitley give this a shot. What exactly happens if I set the extrusion width far beyond the nozzles measurement?
*shrug* nothing terrible. You might strip out your filament if you go too fast. Worst case scenario you fail a print in some educational manner.
Re: How do I Thicken a Vases Wall/Shell/Outline/Layer?
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2016 2:24 pm
by zemlin
I printed something vase-mode a little while back and was pushing a heavy layer thickness and width from a .35mm nozzle - it got a little wobbly in spots.
What I find interesting is the wave is mostly on the Z axis - so more like extruder bounce than an x-y error and it's only in one area of the build.