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Tim G
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Temperature Tower gcode?

Is there a gcode for a temperature tower for PETG somewhere?

 

Posted : 17/09/2020 12:01 am
jsw
 jsw
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RE: Temperature Tower gcode?

Try this one: https://www.prusaprinters.org/prints/4667-all-in-one-temperature-bridging-tower-pla-petg-gco

Posted : 17/09/2020 12:12 am
Tim G
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RE: Temperature Tower gcode?

Thanks.  Trying to find a good temperature for matterhackers PETG filament.  what they recommend is very different from prusa's "generic PETG".

Posted : 17/09/2020 12:20 am
jsw
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RE: Temperature Tower gcode?

When you use those towers, you will get a good idea on what temperatures will give you the least stringing, the best bridging, and the best detail in the peaks.

Posted : 17/09/2020 9:55 am
fuchsr
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RE: Temperature Tower gcode?

@jsw

Good suggestion. It's the one I'm using. I remixed it to have the higher temp at the bottom, to avoid clogging: https://www.prusaprinters.org/prints/39810-all-in-one-temperature-and-bridging-tower-high-to-

 

Posted : 17/09/2020 6:40 pm
Tim G
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RE: Temperature Tower gcode?

So, I ran the tower.  There was definitely delamination of layers at the lowest temperature.  Some of the bridging looked suspect above that, but overall there was a lot of stringing.  really hard to tell which of the little cones looked better.

 

Posted : 17/09/2020 6:54 pm
fuchsr
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RE: Temperature Tower gcode?

@tim_gallagher

What are your settings? I just accept that I'll see a bit of stringing with PETG that my heat gun can take care off but this looks excessive. Maybe you can upload your 3mf file.

Posted : 17/09/2020 7:01 pm
Tim G
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RE: Temperature Tower gcode?

I just ran the gcode that @jsw linked to.

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Posted : 17/09/2020 7:03 pm
Tim G
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RE: Temperature Tower gcode?

ok, I ran your gcode and got very different results.  Can you tell me what you used for your slicer settings?

 

 

Posted : 18/09/2020 6:14 am
fuchsr
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RE: Temperature Tower gcode?

@tim_gallagher

Sure. Just go to the Files tab on the model's website, look for Model Files and load temp-tower-petg.3mf into PrusaSlicer. The 3mf file has all the settings.

Posted : 18/09/2020 11:06 am
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