I printed a plant box, as shown in the attached image. On the front, there’s a step on the lower white section, and on the back, there’s a similar step but on the upper white section. I also noticed that the surface along the X-axis is not as smooth as along the Y-axis. The filament was dried and the flow rate calibrated. What could be causing this issue?
Those bulges are likely a result of the scarf seam. So far, there’s no magic to fully eliminate the seam that I am aware of, but extending the scarf around the entire wall (there’s a simple checkbox for that) and using the seam painting tool to have it only one side may improve things though.
As for the roughness, that is difficult to see in the pic’s. If it is a regular pattern with 2mm pitch, it may be related to belt tension.
Cleaning the carbon rods at the same time is also a good idea.
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Thanks for your answer. Here are more images to see what I mean. Along the x axis they are vertical „shadows“. On the y axis (smaller width) it so perfect for me. So why that happens. Of course I can check the belt but the printer is 2 month old with just 5 prints.
Is the any settings on bambu studio for that?
I am afraid that it does look like VFA’s. No (easy and) reliable solution as of yet.
But you should tighten the belts regardless. The machine can get quite a few shocks during transport, so if you haven’t done it yet, it would be prudent.
I have also found raising the nozzle temps to 204 over 220 has made cleaner prints with less stringing. My first few PETG prints looked like it was covered in spider webs.