[colug-432] Off-topic: 3D printer help

[Scott Merrill]

> On Sep 11, 2021, at 21:12, Stephen Potter <spp at unixsa.net> wrote:
> 
> Mostly what I understand you need to modify when moving from bowden to 
> DD is speed and retraction.  Because you've essentially gotten rid of 
> the bowden, you should be able to dial retraction down to pretty much 
> nothing.  Because of the weight of the extra motor, you'll need to slow 
> down your print speed.
> 

Thanks Stephen! That was helpful. I’d been fiddling with retraction and retraction speed,  but not print speed. I’ve slowed my prints down and have gotten noticeably better results. Still some tweaking to do, but it’s getting closer. Thank you!


>> On 9/11/2021 4:19 PM, Scott Merrill wrote:
>> Sorry for the off-topic, but I know there’s a strong overlap between this group and folks who do 3D printing.
>> 
>> I have an Ender 3 Pro onto which I have installed the official Creality direct drive kit. I’m having a devil of a time finding / setting the proper Cura configuration options to get good prints.
>> 
>> If anyone would be willing and able to talk me through the process of tuning this, I’d appreciate it! Feel free to email me directly, to keep the noise low on the list.
>> 
>> I’m a casual printer, without a deep understanding of all the options. Prior to installing the direct drive, I had decent success with the Bowden tube, mostly because the vast majority of tips and tricks online favor that config.
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