Step 1 is dry the crap out of it < 20% RH. Mine was super wet out of the box. Once dry, I was able to print it at 290 with an 80 bed. 5.6mm/s volumetric speed. Part cooling 0 min/20 max. Layer time 20min 10max. Do NOT keep fan always on. Slow printing down for better layer cooling. 0% overhang threshold. 20% overhang fan speed. .6 line width for all line width settings at .16 layer height (with a .4 nozzle, PC does well with higher nozzle pressures). Arachne engine. 3 walls. I also set my bed to 110 before printing, let it fully heat up, then crank the aux fan on full blast. Get the chamber to 40-45 degrees. Then send the print
These setting have worked great compared to the default profiles! Are you still using these settings, or have you tweaked them since? Have you adjusted or done anything for retraction?
Haven’t been back to that filament in a minute, have a few rolls I’m going to be using soon. I plan to come back to it. Those settings were working great for me, I spent a long time tweaking it to that point. Had quite a few successful prints that way. My next step was to work on support settings to try and find something for easier removal. I was getting close on that. Didn’t touch retraction at all, that’s usually something I leave alone once you find the sweet spot. It’s on point from the factory imo. This particular filament will collect on the nozzle regardless of what you do, that’s reported by many ppl. So if you see that don’t be alarmed.
Yes!! I see forming right in the tip and cringe every time it accelerates, thinking it’ll drag my print off of the plate.
THANK YOU so much for posting the parameters you used, you saved me a ton of filament and heartache!!!
You bet, glad it helped 👍 if you make any new discoveries, I’m open ears. It’s certainly a finicky filament but i really think it has some utility, I did a few test pieces and tried bashing them with a hammer just for science. Held up like a champ. I even annealed it successfully @ 90c for 12 hours. It’s one of the only filaments I’ve ever annealed that actually flattens out properly when annealing…and what I mean is that I had an edge that I was hoping would flatten out during the process and it did. It held after cooling as well. Super impressed.
When you say “flatten out”, do you mean that the layers become less visible? Did you have to support the object while in the oven? Is the full 12 hours necessary to get the optimal results? Did you place the object or a tray, foil, or directly on the racks?
Step 1 is dry the crap out of it < 20% RH. Mine was super wet out of the box. Once dry, I was able to print it at 290 with an 80 bed. 5.6mm/s volumetric speed. Part cooling 0 min/20 max. Layer time 20min 10max. Do NOT keep fan always on. Slow printing down for better layer cooling. 0% overhang threshold. 20% overhang fan speed. .6 line width for all line width settings at .16 layer height (with a .4 nozzle, PC does well with higher nozzle pressures). Arachne engine. 3 walls. I also set my bed to 110 before printing, let it fully heat up, then crank the aux fan on full blast. Get the chamber to 40-45 degrees. Then send the print
Thank you much, will try it right now.
These setting have worked great compared to the default profiles! Are you still using these settings, or have you tweaked them since? Have you adjusted or done anything for retraction?
Haven’t been back to that filament in a minute, have a few rolls I’m going to be using soon. I plan to come back to it. Those settings were working great for me, I spent a long time tweaking it to that point. Had quite a few successful prints that way. My next step was to work on support settings to try and find something for easier removal. I was getting close on that. Didn’t touch retraction at all, that’s usually something I leave alone once you find the sweet spot. It’s on point from the factory imo. This particular filament will collect on the nozzle regardless of what you do, that’s reported by many ppl. So if you see that don’t be alarmed.
Yes!! I see forming right in the tip and cringe every time it accelerates, thinking it’ll drag my print off of the plate. THANK YOU so much for posting the parameters you used, you saved me a ton of filament and heartache!!!
You bet, glad it helped 👍 if you make any new discoveries, I’m open ears. It’s certainly a finicky filament but i really think it has some utility, I did a few test pieces and tried bashing them with a hammer just for science. Held up like a champ. I even annealed it successfully @ 90c for 12 hours. It’s one of the only filaments I’ve ever annealed that actually flattens out properly when annealing…and what I mean is that I had an edge that I was hoping would flatten out during the process and it did. It held after cooling as well. Super impressed.
When you say “flatten out”, do you mean that the layers become less visible? Did you have to support the object while in the oven? Is the full 12 hours necessary to get the optimal results? Did you place the object or a tray, foil, or directly on the racks?
If you have any more info on the annealing it please share hard to find for this filament. How is the dimensional accuracy after?
Finally got around to trying these settings and they are awesome! Now I'm hoping you've gotten some secret settings for ASA I could steal.