Hey,

Still fairly new to this hobby and have lots of ideas but I’ve got a snag with a few prints now and was hoping someone could help me work out what I’m doing wrong.

The project is small trays for a custom advent calendar but as you can see the corner on the second picture has lifted massively.

A 3d printed tray in grey with a handle.

This has happened before with a different print too and I never solved that issue either.

Using an Ender 3 Pro with some generic filament from amazon, hot end at 200C (goes stringy any higher), bed was 50C for this print I think.

Any help would be wonderful :)

  • j4k3@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    7·
    9 months ago

    Pointy corners like to lift. Try designing with a small radius if possible. A brim helps a lot. Also print so that the long edge of the part is on the X axis for bed slingers.

    This is an example I am currently printing with a 10mm brim: image of a 3d print in progress

    • Psymonkee@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      I’ll try to work that into my next iteration, not sure if rounded corners will help with the plan in mind but that’s all part of the challenge and fun I suppose! Thanks for the response.