Help with bridges -- bridges are stringy

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Thanks for that. I tried both of those. I used Aux speeds of 0,25 ,50, 75 and 100 and saw no difference.

My issue is a little different than yours but related. Visually, mine looked really good. And if I didn’t touch anything you’d never be the wiser. But if I dug around the bottom, I’d find all those nice and straight filaments were separate and not adhered to each other.

It looks fine and if in an area where strength wasn’t an issue and it didn’t get handled in everyday use, it will be fine. But if it got brushed or touched now and then, eventually those strings would start to start appearing and make a mess.

From a lot of reading I did online, what was said over and over was that, “bad bridges were because the pulled span didn’t have time to cool so the next layer would stick.” My thoughts are that they’d stick better if just a bit tacky or uncooled. Maybe not. It seems to me that the filaments aren’t sticking to “each other” because they have cooled too much. I do realize if the pulled span cools too slowly, then sagging can occur. And that would definately inject a gap so the next layer never touched and could stick if it wanted to.

But, my logic might be flawed. Maybe filaments, bridges or not, stick better if they cool inbetween each other regardless.

The solution is going to be a very tricky delicate balance of speed, sag, temp and flow. Of course, no duh, but I still can’t find a good setting. For now, I just won’t allow bridges over 40mm or so.

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