I am new to 3D printing and as a first printer I choose the Snapmaker F350. Later on I plan to get the other modules from the Artisan (Dual Extruder, 200W CNC, 2W IR Laser and the 40W Laser).
First off I installed the beta software to speed things up, now I did all the calibrations according to the forum and every calibration print worked very well and looked great. I also did the extruder calibration, as it was off.
I tried to print something bigger for the first time (z=120mm) with my old laptop and after 20 minutes of slicing I started to print. It failed 3 times until I came up with the great idea to ask some professionals
My biggest question at the moment is what are the best speed settings to get the most out of the orca slicer? I did a VFW Test up to 150mm/s and it looked very good too. But here in the forum it said 120mm/s and 3000mm/s² with the 20mm linear modules. How and where can I input those settings? Thanks for your help!
I think 150mm/s is too fast, and can cause the 2.0 to jump threads. I don’t have a 2.0, but I remember seeing a post in the forums about that. It happens on my Original at 100mm/s, so my personal speed limit is 80mm/s. I was nearby, and it was a fairly loud “thunk”, and my print shifted 8mm on the X axis.
I’m unsure where those settings are in Orca. I would have thought the defaults would be good enough to start.
Yeah 150mm/s is too fast I just wanted to find out how fast it could go. In the post about the vibration compensation it said new specs: 120mm/s and my test calibration print looked really good at that speed running with the beta Firmware 2.4.
The first failed print was because of the magnetic print board moved and somehow (I was in the next room) it almost burnt a hole in the sheet. There are a few deeper scratches there now. I just turned it over for the next prints. After the first fail, I recalibrated the z-offset and set it a hinge higher, than it was (card doens’t always wrinkle when pushing it beneath the toolhead).
After that, my laptop had to restart, because it is too weak(2nd try)
3rd try it looked like there was no Extrusion, maybe a clog. So I took out the filament and cut it a bit and loaded it again. I will try again tomorrow.
It would be interesting if I adjusted the speed settings in orca correct or not
I personally follow filament manufacturer recommendation, if it says 70 mm/s I actually use 10% slower just to be safe. Most plastics I use quite slow like 20-60 mm/s so 120 mm/s limit works for me with some freedom.
That was a good tip, I selected the right Filament in Orca (using Polymaker Poly terra PLA) and saw that they recommended 30-70mm/s. I think that is weird because the Speed Tower Test looked astonishing good even at higher speeds.
