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  • Hey man, your first layer isn’t getting enough squish by the looks of it. It likes a decent amount of push into the bed compared to some other materials. PETG doesn’t like as mush mash down as PLA. So if your printing PLA, try increasing your squish. You can do this via your z offset.

    But do you really need your bed at 70? Mine runs and sticks just great at 60. 70 seems a bit warm for pla, as it keeps it just a bit too close to the glass transition temp for my liking. But if 70 has worked for you, then stay there.

    But as another suggested, maybe raise your first layer temp by 5 or 10 and see if that helps. It might be that it needs a bit higher temp to flow better.







  • Well, hello fellow X2 owner. I’ve had mine for almost 2 years. Still tweaking settings, but I just swapped it over to klipper about 3 months ago. Still not going too fast with outer perimeters running 40mm/s. Inner perimeters at 80-90mm/s. Travel at 200mm/s, supports at 150mm/s. Still have a slight stringing issue with pla with small detail layers. But I’ll get you a picture later today of how my seams show up.

    But yes, you can assign the position of your seams in most slicers. Basic settings are random, aligned, and back. (Most of the time these are in relation to print bed front/back, not object, so rotating the object can effectively ‘move’ the seam)

    Also, most slicers have an option to paint on the seam.



  • Looks like a nice, quick print for petg on my sidewinder. Don’t currently have anything I need to hang. But added this to a collection so I can definitely find it later.

    Love the idea of printing it split like this. Accomplishes both the spread for anchoring, and decreases layer weakness in the structure.

    Thinking of either of these facts makes it seem like a better idea than any other anchor I’ve seen for printing so far. (Used to work in a hardware store, so I know of a few ways to anchor into drywall) Of course I’ve yet to see a print for a toggle anchor (usually have a spring and folds open once you put it through a hole in the wall). Nor have I really looked into finding anchor files. Just came across a few over my 3 years printing experience.