Up until recently stringing was a problem faced by most users of 3d printers. Improvements in the performance and default settings of the major slicers; Cura, Simplify 3d, and Pruse Slicer, have dramatically reduced the occurrence of stringing for standard prints. However, complex prints, print such as the Kickstarter 3d Printer Test, require fully optimized profiles.

This video teaches the viewer about the key parameters that impact stringing in a print. While it shows examples in Cura the concepts apply to any slicer. Furthermore, in the video I discuss the difficulty in printing features that are less than one millimeter in diameter.

Example prints were produced on Ender 5 and Monoprice Ultimate 2 printers. These concepts apply to all FDM style printers from the Prusa i3 Mk3 to the Anet ET4 and more.

**** I am going to continue to make updates to the results in this video, post images of prints, and share what I learn at the MakeWithTech discussion forum. You can follow along at:

http://forum.drvax.com.

Here is a link to the temperature tower used in the video designed by gaaZolee on Thingiverse:

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:272...

Here is a link to the Google slide deck referenced in the video:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/...

Here is a link to the Cura 4.6 profile discussed in the video:

https://forum.drvax.com/forum/3d-prin...

Please feel free to comment here on YouTube or on the new MakeWithTech community forum at:

https://forum.drvax.com

Let's continue to learn together.

Irv

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