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[SOLVED] Gears Fill

Posted by pictux

pictux

[SOLVED] Gears Fill
September 02, 2012 09:34AM

Registered: 11 years ago
Posts: 30

Hi all,
i've tried to print this gear:
T5-8T-OD11.88
from here:
[www.thingiverse.com]

Well, even if i set fill density=1 (=100%), gear is not filled...

I'm using Slic3r 0.9.1 with Pronterface, and a Ramps 1.2 with Marlin fw.

DSCF0317.JPG

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-yQQ3F096_mc/UEEiT3IVx_I/AAAAAAAAEUs/KSHv8qIPaJQ/s800/DSCF0317.JPG

Any hints?
Regards!
M

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/03/2012 04:30PM by pictux.

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Polygonhell

Re: Gears Fill
September 02, 2012 12:00PM

Registered: 12 years ago
Posts: 939

In the advanced tab set the width explicitly rather than letting slicer calculate it.
You want to set it to between 1.5x the layer height and 1.7x the layer height, I use 0.5mm for 0.3mm layers.

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jbernardis

Re: Gears Fill
September 03, 2012 12:19PM

Registered: 11 years ago
Posts: 1,320

I'm not sure what gear you are printing, but one of the files I downloaded from thingiverse had instructions to use 0 extra shells in addition to the 90-100% infill. This created more room on the interior that the slicer (in my case skeinforge) could not overlook. My fill came out perfect.

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pictux

Re: Gears Fill
September 03, 2012 04:30PM

Registered: 11 years ago
Posts: 30

Hi and thanks for the replies!

@Polygonhell
i've followed your suggestion, here's the result!

DSCF0326.JPG

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FJ-giIYVJ8Y/UEUPf6Q68NI/AAAAAAAAEX8/KWl6k6yNW5Y/s912/DSCF0326.JPG

@jbernardis
now also my fill comes out perfectly!

Regards
M