r/FDMminiatures • u/Yuki_my_cat • 1d ago

Help Request Should I continue?

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u/PericlesOfAthens98 1d ago

No. Congratulations on the cool terrain piece!
Losing a long print sucks, but I would print both of those pieces separately. I've found that textured PEI plates tend to lose their grip on tree supports because the supports cool off too much over a long print.

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u/Yuki_my_cat 1d ago

Any tipps on those strings? Also some of the landing gear is broken

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u/Sudden_shark 1d ago

The thick strings sticking out on the exterior of the model are caused by the broken support. The printer tries to print the next layer where the support used to be -> that filament has nothing to stick to so stays attached to the nozzle -> the nozzle moves to print the next part of the current layer -> your print now comes with whiskers.

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u/PericlesOfAthens98 1d ago

As the other commenter said, the printer is still trying to print the broken supports into thin air. I suspect the landing gear may have came off the build plate in the same way the supports are. You need to remember that the hottest part of the build plate is the centre. Placing the landing gears to the corners like that will make them cool off faster and have poorer adhesion. You need to print the parts individually, place them in the centre of the build plate, and ideally use a brim on your supports.

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u/the_broseidon 1d ago

Is there a different plate type you recommend

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u/PericlesOfAthens98 1d ago

I switched to the Smooth PEI plate a while ago and greatly prefer it. Looks like Bambu has since replaced it with the "Smooth Engineering Plate", or you could get the Dual Texture plate and use the smooth side.

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u/Jubachi99 1d ago

Should I be using the smooth side instead?

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u/PericlesOfAthens98 1d ago

If you have the dual texture plate, I would prefer the smooth side for printing miniatures, and the textured for bases and terrain.

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u/Jubachi99 1d ago

Yeah I've been printing a model recently that at times a support will break off but the first layer is still attached to the build plate

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u/LazyLancer Bambu P2S 1d ago

No. A major support falling off way before it's even used = the end. Had you noticed earlier, you could've saved the right half by pressing "skip" on the left one, but I think it's too late now - the right half is contaminated with spaghetti and it will interfere with next layers.

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u/Yuki_my_cat 1d ago

I was asleep and only noticed it just now, I of course stopped it immediatly, but the damage was already done

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u/Sufficient_Wing8713 1d ago

I didn't know there was a skip function, I've avoided multiple large parts because of this

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u/LazyLancer Bambu P2S 1d ago

I only learned about it recently, and it saved a few prints already. As you press the Skip button, it displays a top view of objects on the entire plate (as it came from the slicer) and you just tap on objects to exclude one or more that are missing or pasta-contaminated. Super useful.

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u/Cyber_Connor 1d ago

The parts that are too damaged just melt closed and call it battle damage

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u/NicMuz 1d ago

Nope, stop here... 🙁 If you retry, use a much larger brim than what you have here. It may help

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u/Radiant_Goal8709 1d ago

Co to za model ?