[SOLVED] Getting started failed prints

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Re: [SOLVED] Getting started failed prints

Postby reify » Fri Jan 29, 2016 2:46 am

Your base looks too thick too.
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Re: [SOLVED] Getting started failed prints

Postby mongerdesigns » Fri Jan 29, 2016 2:54 am

We suggest keeping the bases maximum of 0.3 - 0.5 mm thick. Also, make them reasonably small. You don't need a base the size of the build area, because that will create too much vacuum forces and stretch out the film.
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Re: [SOLVED] Getting started failed prints

Postby Archerm » Fri Jan 29, 2016 9:18 pm

I wont make mine any larger than the shadow of the item being printed. If you are looking at the model from the top view the base will normally be a oval just big enough to cover the edges of the model on the X and Y axis. I also don't like any bases with sharp corners. Very rarely you will see a rectangle or square base on a piece I print. In fact I think I have only done one sharp corner base since I started printing.
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Re: [SOLVED] Getting started failed prints

Postby mongerdesigns » Fri Jan 29, 2016 9:37 pm

If you have a large base, it's also a good idea to put some openings in it. That will reduce vacuum forces.
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Re: [SOLVED] Getting started failed prints

Postby AV Designs » Sat Jan 30, 2016 4:09 pm

Good idea on the base. Bad habit from printing on the Pegasus.
I really do need to learn to calculate supports better :)

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