Any way to improve surface quality on a simple "ring" ?
 
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frenchzed
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Any way to improve surface quality on a simple "ring" ?

Hi,

I'm very new to the 3d printing community and trying to improve 🙂

I've recently printed a lamp shade, which is essentially just a cylinder. It came out almost flawless in vase mode, so I was very pleased with it.

Then I printed a top and base, which are essentially just notched cylinders, to hold the previously made cylinder. Since the base had to have holes for the screws, I couldn't use vase mode. To have the same finish on both the base and on the top, I printed the top in regular mode too (even if it could have used vase mode).

In both pieces, the result was far from bad but I noticed a little "fuzz" on the surface which I'm wondering if it can be eliminated/improved. I don't know if that's VFA or something else, or simply a sort of an expected artifact of FDM 3d printed pieces.

I've attached the slicer project. Printed it using defaults from the 0.15mm BALANCED profile (although while I'm thinking about it, I believe I picked the wrong filament profile, I used Prusament PLA instead of Sunlu PLA+ 2.0, which is what I used, I'll try once more with the correct filament profile).

Any insight on this would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Posted : 01/12/2025 8:09 pm
frenchzed
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RE: Any way to improve surface quality on a simple "ring" ?

Quick update: I reprinted it with the correct filament profile, and it didn't change much (it looks a bit better maybe ?)

So, the question remains, is there a way to improve this to a level closer to vase mode surface quality ?

Posted : 01/12/2025 8:56 pm
gb160
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RE: Any way to improve surface quality on a simple "ring" ?

I could be wrong, but that looks like just too much filament is being extruded, and with over extrusion that filament has to go somewhere so it just pushes the walls out.
A quick test would be to use the prusament that comes with the printer, make sure you select the correct filament profile in Prusaslicer and see if the issue remains.
If that does solve the problem, you'll likely have to work out the correct extrusion multiplier for your filament.

If the problem persists then I'd get onto support. 

Posted : 02/12/2025 8:19 am
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