Hatchbox PLA Settings
Hello,
I recently ran out of the PLA that came with my MK2 which worked amazingly well. I bought some hatchbox pla of amazon and am having a few problems with it. Mostly it looks like it might be over extruding. I am using the same profile as for the prusa pla and an wondering if anyone on here has a tweaked slic3r profile for the hatchbox brand and would be willing to share what worked for them.
Thanks,
Nathan
Re: Hatchbox PLA Settings
Did you check filament diameter? If it is bigger than 1.75mm, you will get overextrusion very easily.
Re: Hatchbox PLA Settings
If the plastic is slightly harder, that can also cause over-extrusion.
Ideally each filament make and colour should be separately calibrated, although practically that is not the norm.
Peter
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Re: Hatchbox PLA Settings
The diameter averages to 1.75, I tried to reduce the print temps from 210 down to 205 which helped a little, I may try to go even lower. I created a new profile so I will continue to tweak until it prints perfectly was just hoping someone would have some starting numbers since hatchbox seems to be fairly popular.
Re: Hatchbox PLA Settings
I use 195 for most of my Hatchbox filament. Bed temp is the same as for Prusa filament.
Re: Hatchbox PLA Settings
I typically use 200 and 55.
Love Hatchbox PLA 🙂
Re: Hatchbox PLA Settings
Thanks for the replies, did you have to change anything other than the temperature like the extrusion multiplier or any speeds?
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I used to like Hatchbox PLA, but in my recent experience, their quality seems to be lacking the last few months + they have had major issues actually keeping it in stock on Amazon (were i get it) and i go through ALOT of filament (15+ rolls a month)
When i did use them though yea, I got the best results setting the temp a little lower than standard, (205ish)
RE: Hatchbox PLA Settings
I've been printing Hatchbox PLA a bit lately. Here are the settings that work for me on my MK3s:
- Hotend: 200
- Bed: 55
- Extrusion multiplier: 1.03
- Fan: off for first 2 layers
- Print speed: 50% for first 2 layers
- Brim: 5mm (not sure I need this, just being cautious)
Enjoy!