First PETG print, is it ok?
Just finished the PLA spool that was induced and decided to move onto PETG.
Used the default PET settings in slicer for PET and .20mm fast printing.
Having never printed anything before last week and nothing in PETG im not sure if this marvin is good or bad so please let me know, thanks guys.
Re: First PETG print, is it ok?
well the bottom of marvin and any overhangs will be the tricky parts with petg, but its not a molten blob so offhand I'd say it looks okay. slic3r doesn't have a coast settings, so you may be able to use a bit more/faster retraction.
Re: First PETG print, is it ok?
it looks very good to me. btw, I think "coast" is obsolete and replaced by the feature called Linear Advance.
Re: First PETG print, is it ok?
Overall, it doesn't look bad at all for an early print. You might try a closer picture from below, since that's where most of the challenges are. You could try tweaking retraction to deal with the stringing if it bothers you.
Definitely tag and keep some of your early prints as you learn. It can be useful to go back and compare later, both to see your progress and avoid making the same mistakes later.
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Re: First PETG print, is it ok?
it looks very good to me. btw, I think "coast" is obsolete and replaced by the feature called Linear Advance.
if he's on slicer then he's already using it. but its more for very sharp accelerations and corners.
coast and/or negative restart would be tricky on short layers like that so the easier solution would just be to blast it with a heatgun or torch 😀