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| - | ====== | + | ====== Tips to help your A5 prints stick! ====== |
| - | Getting prints to stick to your printing surface is often the biggest hurdle people have when starting out with 3D printing. Here are few essential points to note. | + | Getting prints to stick to your printing surface is often the biggest hurdle people have when starting out with 3D printing |
| ==== 1. Make sure your nozzle is levelled correctly ==== | ==== 1. Make sure your nozzle is levelled correctly ==== | ||
| - | See [[a5: | + | See [[a5: |
| ==== 2. Keep it CLEAN ==== | ==== 2. Keep it CLEAN ==== | ||
| - | Don't forget to make sure you're printing on a clean surface each and every time - wipe down once with pure water, then once with ethanol or methylated spirits (metho). Avoid acetone. This will remove all grease from the surface. | + | Don't forget to make sure you're printing on a clean surface each and every time - wipe down once with pure water, then once with ethanol, isopropyl alcohol, |
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| + | **You may need to try several prints and clean after each one to get plastic to properly stick.** | ||
| ==== 3. Print it SLOW ==== | ==== 3. Print it SLOW ==== | ||
| Keep the speed for your first layer slow, to prevent parts being pulled off the bed. | Keep the speed for your first layer slow, to prevent parts being pulled off the bed. | ||
| - | 10-15mm/s is a good starting point for the first layer speed. | + | A first layer speed of 10-12mm/s is a good starting point. |
| ==== 4. Let it PREHEAT ==== | ==== 4. Let it PREHEAT ==== | ||
| - | The first time you print, you may want to set the print bed manually to the desired temperature (60-70C | + | The first time you print, you may want to set the print bed manually to the desired temperature (67C for pla), and wait 5 mins, in order to give the heat time to fully soak through the glass bed. |
| - | ==== 5. Check the layer height | + | ==== 5. Adjust |
| - | Regardless of whether you're printing with a coarse or fine layer height, you want the layer height of the initial layer to be set between 0.1mm to 0.25mm, presuming you are using a sheet of paper (~0.09mm typical thickness) | + | Regardless of whether you're printing with a coarse or fine layer height, you want the **initial |
| If the print is still not sticking, try loosening all four levelling thumb screws by 1/8th of a turn, and try again. This will reduce the first layer height very slightly. Repeat this until the print starts to stick well. | If the print is still not sticking, try loosening all four levelling thumb screws by 1/8th of a turn, and try again. This will reduce the first layer height very slightly. Repeat this until the print starts to stick well. | ||
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| + | You may need to use [[a5: | ||
| + | ==== 6. Turn the fan speed down ==== | ||
| + | In most slicers there is the option to turn down the fan speed just for the first few layers that are printed. This may be good to try if your prints are curling in the first few layers. | ||
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