Understanding and fixing stringing in 3d prints
Includes the MOST important setting in your slicer. Stop 3d prints stringing or at least know what settings to look at if you get it on your prints.
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Why do you get stringing? 🤔 We've all been there! Stringing, hairs, unwanted plastic where you don’t want is. I'll go through why it happens and what you can do about it, including the most important setting you can use to get rid of it.
SPOILER ALERT! It's all about retracting the filament when you move between points, or even avoid moving between points at all.
WARNING: these are all things that work for me and my setup. You should always test in your own circumstances what works and I take no responsibility for you damaging your own equipment.
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Retraction tests
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00:00 Intro
00:22 Why stringing happens
00:54 Ways to test
01:32 Rule these 2 out first
02:57 2 most important settings
04:17 If nothing else check Retraction
08:10 In case those don’t work
09:51 Test comparisons