New Ender 3 User Part 4 - Slicer Settings Continued - Chris's Basement

[@timf7354]

I really like this series of videos, because you can apply it to more than just an Ender 3 printer. Many of these settings can be tested and tweaked to make all your printers (if you have multiple manufacturers and/or nozzle diameters) print better. Keep going!!

[@ChrisRiley]

Thanks Tim, that's what I was shooting for. Hopefully, this will help others when slicing.

[@wforider4786]

Holy crap by far the best informative video to date in my honest opinion

[@ChrisRiley]

Glad you like it!

[@Skott62]

Loving the tips. Please keep the series going.

[@ChrisRiley]

Will do! Working on part 5 now.

[@Skott62]

@@ChrisRiley Sweet!

[@larsord9139]

Just one word needed: Outstanding!

[@ChrisRiley]

Thank you!

[@coreymac2381]

Excellent video. I’m looking forward to the next part.

[@ChrisRiley]

Thanks Corey!

[@andypodmore6721]

And Chris knocks it out of the ball park yet again. That's got to be the most in-depth video on any slicer that covers what the settings do and with visual prints. One thing I have noticed with using Prusaslicer with my Ender 3 is when it comes to dimensional accuracy. Parts just don't like fitting together without either trimming or sanding. Any chance you could do a video on that?

[@ChrisRiley]

Thanks Andy, that's interesting. Let me do some tests and see what I come up with.

[@JohnOCFII]

Fantastic PrusaSlicer configuration guidance. I don’t have an Ender 3, but primarily use PrusaSlicer with all my printers. While my configs seem pretty well tuned, I’m going to go back slowly with the configs up on my other screen and try a few of your tips. Thanks!

[@ChrisRiley]

Great to hear John, hopefully the next couple of videos I will have a solid config nailed down.

[@3djimmy252]

CHRIS .. WHAT A GREAT VIDEO ! VERY EDUCATIONAL ! I ENJOYED IT IMMENSELY !

[@ChrisRiley]

Thanks Jimmy!

[@TravisStamper]

Great video Chris. This will help newcomers to the hobby.

[@ChrisRiley]

Thanks Travis!

[@Druidus98]

Holy moly! What a helpful video. Thx a lot 👍🏻☕️

[@ChrisRiley]

Thanks for watching!

[@jetrenkel]

Awesome vid! Hey just FYI, you can change the retraction on the build plate. Set up the printer to have "multiple extruders". Then assign one extruder to each model on the build plate, ie multiple retraction towers. Each extruder can have its filament retraction settings dialed in independently.

[@ChrisRiley]

Thanks, that's an interesting tip, I will have to try that.

[@Yakena1]

Great job done with this series! My E3 is on the way!

[@ChrisRiley]

Nice! I hope to do more with this in the future.

[@OldCurmudgeon3DP]

Great video. Thorough as usual. You ticked a lot of the boxes that you needed to for a new printer/user. 👍Glad to see PrudaSlicer getting exposure in videos. Coming from S3D is was a bit of a learning curve in how "automatic" and percent-of values were calculated. For the newbies to aspire to after some hardware mods, I'm running 47min benchies now.

[@ChrisRiley]

Thanks man, appreciated, 47min sounds awesome.

[@tillburn]

Mr. Miyagi is proud! Chris Wipes on and Wipes off with his slicer settings :)

[@ChrisRiley]

LOL, I was thinking the same thing when I said it.

[@CheesePeesha]

Chris! Love your vids brother! Can't wait for the next one in this series! New user here! Ender 3 Pro!!

[@ChrisRiley]

Thanks Jack, I hope to get back to this at some point. Having issues getting all my videos done. ;)

[@CheesePeesha]

@@ChrisRiley understand. I've subscribed and will wait patiently

[@ruudb72]

Hey Chris. Wow!! This is gold man! Nice.

[@ChrisRiley]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@cfriedalek]

Very, very useful video. Trying to migrate away from S3D. Don't know if you were planning too but could I suggest you go over how to setup and store profiles for different filament types and how the filament overrides work. Cheers.

[@ChrisRiley]

Thanks! Great idea, will do.

[@richardmorizen1831]

Chris. Great series of ender 3 newbie videos! The profile link would not open. Thanks for all your videos.

[@ChrisRiley]

Thanks, not sure what happened, try this. drive.google.com/file/d/1lpv6xv7DUWddHW7_F11f8CAUcdYAtawm/view?usp=sharing

[@markriley690]

Nice job chris! I have my ender 3 sitting next to me. I ordered the pro but got the reg version... Trying to wait and see what the seller is going to do... I paid 195 for the pro... But got the reg... I told him I would keep it for a 45$ refund.... I love your last name! Lol. Thank you for the info I can't wait to get started

[@ChrisRiley]

2 Rileys make a right. LOL, thanks for the comment.

[@mycinemax2653]

this is very detail information, i love it, next =>> best upgrade for ender 3 from bed surface, hotend, nozzle, extruder, the last is motherboard because it can be used for a long time.

[@ChrisRiley]

Thanks for watching! More to come.

[@thomasmroz]

Another great video, Chris

[@ChrisRiley]

Thanks Thomas!

[@Alan-hc4jx]

Many thanks for both videos, really learned a lot very quickly am just about to start using Prusa Slicer (just starting 3D printing) but do have G Code knowledge as have a CNC Router and a CNC Mill, looking forward to the next videos.

[@ChrisRiley]

Thanks Alan, I am glad these are helpful.

[@OldCurmudgeon3DP]

Did you notice the link above to "part five" is the same url as this video?

[@ChrisRiley]

Copy and paste problem, fixed.

[@kevinmahoney9205]

Chris, I've heard guys talk about storing their rolls of filament in zip-lock bags with desiccant in them for fear of moisture. You've just got yours hanging open on the wall. Is moisture not a concern?

[@ChrisRiley]

Hey Kevin, it depends what it is. PLA/ABS I don't really worry about, it doesn't impact the printing of it much. PETG doesn't like it much, but when it starts to print badly, I dry it for 4 hours or so and it's good a new. They ones I really worry about are nylons and flexibles. I keep all these in dry boxes.

[@KyleAndersonMusic]

I wish I would have known about these videos 2 months ago! Where's part 5?

[@ChrisRiley]

Working on part 5 now.

[@plazmax]

after slow down to 20mm/s i think u need to do stringign test after rthat too

[@ChrisRiley]

That will be coming up, stay tuned.

[@wernerdriehorst6459]

Hello Chris, I have a technical question for you! I am building the ABL that you showed in your video during the modification of the Ender 2 and also on my Ender 2! What are the values of the 2 resistors you used for it! Are they coal or metal film resistors and what percentage (tolerance)? I would be very happy to hear from you! best regards: Werner

[@ChrisRiley]

You will need a 10k and a 1k to make the voltage regulator. They are metal film, here are the ones I use. www.amazon.com/ARCELI-100Values-1000pcs-Resistor-Assortment/dp/B07PXYVP3J/ref=sr_1_13?crid=21NPS2V8AB9AT&keywords=resistors&qid=1582755649&sprefix=resistors%2Caps%2C208&sr=8-13

[@wernerdriehorst6459]

Hallo Chris, Thank you for your information, I was very happy about it !!!! Your videos are absolutely great !!!!!! When it comes to software (Marlin) such as the Ender 2 modification video, I also have an absolute software muffle understand that !!!!! Looking forward to your next videos !!!!! Greetings Werner

[@markferrick10]

Great video. Looking forward the the next one in this series. Question on one of the settings, the extrusion/wall width, why one a 0.4 nozzle is the desired wall width .45?

[@ChrisRiley]

It comes down to how well the lines will bond together, take a look at this doc. manual.slic3r.org/advanced/flow-math

[@JoseBerruezo]

GREAT VIDEO !

[@ChrisRiley]

Thank you!

[@matteos.6712]

Chris!! Be careful! You've exported the configuration bundle from prusa slicer with all your presets. This includes log presets with your ip (internal) and your private keys!

[@ChrisRiley]

Ah carp, thank you, I will change that up.

[@-martintheengineer-7465]

Well done! For me the main question is, what settings are the highest print speed possible with a neat result to take down the print time? Best regards Martin

[@ChrisRiley]

Hey Martin, that is what we will look at next.

[@yossiz7332]

great video, i'll try setting those settings tomorrow and test a question, when you do your test print, do you usually copy the file to the sd card and print from it or print from octoprint?

[@ChrisRiley]

I do a little of both, but with the videos I try to always use the SD card.

[@trickygaming773]

hey chris! thanks again, great video as usual :D could i make a video request? i just ordered a skr 1.4 turbo and it lets you connect closed loop steppers (BTT just released their S42B) without the adapters. there are no video's yet that really test the steppers (specially sound) and i was hoping you would consider doing it.

[@ChrisRiley]

Those close loop stepper boards are pretty cool, I will do some testing with them.

[@michaelvolmer7641]

Thank you for a great and very informative video! I have struggled alot with inconsistent layer lines, and this helped me understand the problem. Cant wait for the next video!

[@ChrisRiley]

Great! I should start working on this again soon.

[@AndrewAHayes]

fellow viewers, what's the fastest print speed anyone has printed wood PLA on an Ender 3?

[@ChrisRiley]

I am not sure on speed, but I usually have to up my retraction, seems to get kinda stringy.

[@douglasrohman6191]

Chris, Im getting weird issues with prusaslicer and my Ender 3. On retract moves, not all the time but most of the time the extruder will sit there and force a bunch of filament any idea what could be causing this? Has anyone else had this issue?

[@ChrisRiley]

So it extrudes on retract moves? Is it just Prusa slicer doing it?

[@douglasrohman6191]

@@ChrisRiley Thanks for the reply Chris. I switched to Cura and everything worked great after estep and flow configuration. I'm not sure what was causing that issue other than prusaslicer not jiving with my ender 3 firmware maybe?

[@ChrisRiley]

@@douglasrohman6191 No clue, I use it on my ender3 all the time, that's crazy.

[@scottsound4711]

Vase Mode sends my ender 3pro nuts with prusaslicer its runing skr mini 1.2 with marlin ..Its fine with Cura loool ..

[@jere2300able]

I have auto bed leveling and I put a what do I need to do to make it work? I put a G29 after the hearing script and it say I have an error in my start gcode. Thanks for the help

[@ChrisRiley]

Not sure, please paste your start gcode.

[@jere2300able]

M104 S[first_layer_temperature] ;set hotend temp M140 S[first_bed_temperature] ;set bed temp M190 S[first_bed_temperature] ;wait for bed temp M109 S[first_layer_temperature] ;wait for hotend temp G28 ; home all axes G29 ; auto bed level G1 Z5 F5000 ; lift nozzle

[@jere2300able]

@@ChrisRiley M104 S[first_layer_temperature] ;set hotend temp M140 S[first_bed_temperature] ;set bed temp M190 S[first_bed_temperature] ;wait for bed temp M109 S[first_layer_temperature] ;wait for hotend temp G28 ; home all axes G29 ; auto bed level G1 Z5 F5000 ; lift nozzle

[@ChrisRiley]

@@jere2300able Here you go " M104 S[first_layer_temperature] ;set hotend temp M140 S[first_layer_bed_temperature] ;set bed temp M190 S[first_layer_bed_temperature] ;wait for bed temp M109 S[first_layer_temperature] ;wait for hotend temp G28 ; home all axes G29 ; auto bed level G1 Z5 F5000 ; lift nozzle

[@jere2300able]

@@ChrisRiley thanks I see where I went wrong now.

[@jacksoni349]

Very informative, I've read that you should be doing the single wall extrusion print with two perimeters. What are your thoughts? www.desiquintans.com/flowrate Also when examining the benchy, the first inconsistent layer you point out supposedly can be fixed by printing the benchy rotated on a 45 degree angle. This was a tip that came from FilamentFrenzy, I have yet to try it myself but it seems to be an artifact of the 3D model.

[@ChrisRiley]

The two perimeters can be good if there exterior issues. I will get into more of this in later videos I hope. Turning the model can change up somethings, but it depends a lot on the slicer. Tom knows his stuff, so I trust what he says. I have had no luck with that trick in this case.