So am looking for some suggestions to try. I am printing on an Ender 3 with a MS direct drive setup.

I am using Amolen wood filament and switched the nozzle to a .8

I did test prints for everything I could think: retraction, speed, temperature, etc and picked the ones that looked the smoothest of each.

I did the PID tuning as well on the nozzle.

However, I have never printed with a nozzle this size. I tried with this filament and .4 and got non stop clogging. Some reading online lead me to think that maybe it needed to be larger since it seemed to flow so easily.

Well I got it flowing great but the tops or where the layers change look a litttle rough as you can see. I don’t know if this is something I missed in my settings or if this is due to the size of the nozzle and wanted to get some input.

The sidewalks are perfectly smooth - if that makes any difference.

  • @DraupnirEnglish
    1•1 year ago

    Layer lines printing this direction can be troublesome… try printing vertical? Or diagonal since the layer lines will show up better. Or do the plaque behind it printing as you are flat on Z-axis and print the detailed parts separate as vertical y-axis and then use wood glue to glue them on

    • ErasmusOPEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      Seems like I have ran into those before but never this bad.

      I can turn it slightly as suggested but next question:

      I have never gone to a larger print nozzle. I assume a loss of detail and some other issues to be expected. Is that why I am seeing this so much worse? It really seems extreme.