First long print (35 hours) PETG stringy and gaps in print

[Chris1974]

Now that you know that the source of your problems was stacking the models in order to save time…

Looking back, how much time did you really save?

The counter productive pursuit of speed

This is something I needed to get off my chest. I know it is a thing to get the most speed out of your printers and cut corners to save printing time and fillament. I am just here to say: DON’T! To clarify why I say that, here is where I come from. I was first introduced to 3D printing through my job at a medical device company. In 2013 we bought an Ultimaker 2 and some rolls of fillament. At first I wasn’t that interested in the machine, but soon I recognized it had some great potential! Un…