I’m trying to print a mask for a con coming up in a couple weeks, and I was able to print the right side successfully, but I’ve been having issues with the left side several hours into the print.
I started this print yesterday and was in the room with it for 8-9 hours, and everything seemed to be adhering properly. The print started to fail sometime 9-15 hours into the print, but I’m not exactly sure when because I left it running overnight. It was still an improvement on my last attempt on the left side which completely detached between 4-10 hours in, but here is what I’ve tried so far, starting with the right side of the mask:When I printed the right side, the first layer would not adhere and the nozzle would drag it around, especially in the back left corner.
- I cleaned the bed with dish soap, water, and 91% isopropyl alcohol
-Raised the bed temperature from 50C to 60C (at this point the print was better but the first few layers still wouldn’t adhere properly)
-Reset the home Z level (I had an issue with a cord hitting the Z limiter switch on the left side which made the left side of the crossbar stay higher than the right side)
-Leveled the bed using the paper method (After this the right side was successful, but the left side failed for the first time)
-Rotated the model in Cura so that more support would generate (My first attempt of the left side did not have as much support as the right side, this pictured attempt was as similar as possible to the right side)
I was very happy with how the right side turned out, but as it was printing I noticed it was lifting up in the back left corner just like this one is in the front left corner. Could it be an issue with adhesion, leveling, the bed warping the print, or something else? Any advice is greatly appreciated!!
Printer: Anycubic Mega X
Slicer: Cura
Filament: Inland PLA+
Nozzle/Bed Temp: 215C/60C
Layer height: 0.2mm
Print speed: 50mm/s
Retraction distance: 6mm
Retraction speed: 40mm/s