Hi everyone, I’m extremely new to 3d printing, and have taken over a printer from a friend who doesn’t use his. I’m trying to get those smooth prints I see people having, and I understand I need to get a smaller layer height to achieve the details. However my stuff keeps coming out looking like the pictures below.

Any idea what’s going on and how I can start fixing it?

I’m printing PLA filament.

  • Nozzle temp: 215
  • bed temp:70
  • nozzle size: 0.3mm
  • Layer height: 0.1mm

Thank you!

  • @Cringe2793OPEnglish
    1•1 year ago

    Thank you for the reply!

    I’m using an old Tevo Tornado (gotten from a friend), printing at 60mm/s, and Cura 5.4.0.

    I’ve checked to make sure that the filament diameter is 1.75mm.

    I seem to have gotten better results after reducing the speed to about 30mm/s, and increasing the temperature to about 215c - 220c. I understand 220 is a bit too hot? But I assumed that my filament was causing some issues, because printing at 215 seemed to have the same issue.