Ok so this is the second attempt, with support as recommended, and variable layer height.
2 Issues:
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I cannot seem to remove the support, it sits there really tight. I tried to remove the outer support with a knife, and as you can see, I already damaged the part with this. How do I get the support off of it?
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Theres still a vertical line which looks ulgy. I think this is the point where the extruder is going around in circles, and then returns. So this is the start/end point of the circle. For a single layer circle, this might barely be noticeable, however it seems that for all layers, the circle start/endpoint is at the same position, resulting in a vertical line. For some reason, at the widest layer, the line also gets bigger. This looks a bit weird.
Ok, maybe even 3) issue: At the top it seemed to have printed a couple of layers thicker, which results in a visible roughness. I guess this was because of the variable layer height. Maybe I should revert this setting?
So maybe I should have printed the support in PLA, but the support interface in PETG. I heard that PETG does not stick to PLA, and thus the whole support comes of easily without damaging the part. I didn’t have PETG, but I’m gonna order a new spool of PLA as well as PETG.
@Olias I don’t want to change the shape of the lamp if possible, I try to resemble the original as closely as possible.
So if it was doable, I would prefer to keep the model shape.