What causes inconsistent ripples? Using latest Cura. Unsure why this pattern appears. Ender3 PRO. tightened X axis? Replace all belts?
Posted Jun 5, 2021, 5:44 AM UTC
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I’m thinking coast is on or maybe wet/moist filament?
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Extruded from a dry box. Thanks though.
the other side is almost perfect
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Does it only happen in certain places on the build plate?
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Hmm. I'm not sure. I'm confusion as to why the ripples are confined so precisely. I'll try printing on the other end of the print bed next. Maybe the y-axia is off
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I'm thinking resonant vibration occuring when the toolhead is in certain locations. Lowering the print speed may alter or correct the effect by disrupting the harmonics causing it.
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Are the ripples porous?
If so you might have clogging or bowden tube gap issues.
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I had this. Looks like under extrusion. For me the first wall of each layer would ripple like that. It happens because just before starting a new layer the nozzle would retract and move, and then the filament would extrude in small blobs (which causes the ripple effect) because the filament wasn't primed / retracted too far. A fix would be to play with your retraction settings and / or print slower.
I had this but my fix was to increase the nozzle temp so more plastic could get extruded.