I’m a newbie to 3D printers, going on six weeks. I’m finding it’s difficult to get help from a forum due to my lack of proper terms and phases. You videos seem to adapt to my leave of knowledge ( or lack of knowledge) to easily walk through each step. After my 4 week of small disasters on a dozen prints nothing seemed to work. My first fear was entering the world of Cura until I watched your video. Now after several successful prints I’m actually enjoying this new hobby. Really, thank you, keep the faith One Layer At A Time.
I'm glad you found the channel! Every year at Christmas, a lot of people get their first 3D printer and turn to the online groups for help. Most of them get nothing but harassment instead of help. That's the reason I started this channel. Knowing that they are helping makes it all that more worth while to me. Thanks for the kind words and thank you very much for watching! Your comment made feel good about doing this again!
At last someone giving clear and concise relevant information,one topic at a time. If like me you are crazy busy all the time then this type of content at this length is perfect to get me from “ just get the thing printed” to next step forward in the cura learning curve. You have come up with the perfect format to teach this stuff. Ultimtimaker should employ you to make a full series starting in order at the first settings heading and working down the list as they appear on the drop-down menu this would take the learning time down to weeks instead of forever or “I will get to that some day “. This is truly awesome and so rare in these days of massive information overload. Thank you very much for the time and effort you have spent on this. If you were to make a series I for one would be happy to pay per episode. I look forward to any other videos you will be posting.
Thanks for the kind words! I'm happy to learn that these videos are useful!! I really appreciate it and I appreciate you watching as well! Thanks again!!
You are a life saver. I have an order for gold silk prints with large top layers ..... Two spools later and your advice has saved me!! FWIW, I have an old Ender 3 that I got from a guy in NY back in 2020. It has worked almost every day since then. Great content!!
For an old guy that needs a haircut, wait a minute, I'm describing myself! LOL! Anyway, I've learned a lot from your channel, thank you. Please keep the excellent informational videos coming (yes, I'm old and DO need a haircut!!). Thank you for what you do.
Do you think it would be possible to show the settings in bamboo studio? Sometimes some of the terms are not the same between both slicers enjoyed the video very much give me a lot to think about.
A lot of useful information. Straight to the point, easy to follow, no going off on a tangent that is not related to the subject of the video. Going to give your suggestions a try on a print I'm having problems with. Subscribed. Thank you for posting.
I am going to set my top and bottom layers to 1.28 .. your logic checks out with what I have seen with other prints and the top layers having holes in it.
Thank you so much for this!! I have been watching a lot of videos and i had still been getting top layers that looked... off. The advice i got was "under extrusion" but it was only on the top layer so it was weird, but my top/bottom settings were very thin, and that's what's been causing my issues all along! Very simple, helpful video! I will be suscribing and bingewatching everything i can lol
Well done video presented in an organized manner. Kuddos. I don't use ironing in my prints as I just love the look of a nice top layer. My trouble has been getting rid of those drag marks running diagnally against the grain, GRRR. I'll try your tips on monotonic and "not in skin" combing. Thanks
Same here. I prefer the look of the lines. Ironing is nice, but you're still going to see the layer lines on the vertical surfaces anyways. I'm sure there will a project someday when I'll need ironing again. Thanks for watching!
Great info. I was updating my Cura as you were explaining things. FYI I find I need to turn up my speakers for this video. Not sure if all are recorded so softly, but if so...
Sorry about the audio. In the early videos I really struggled with it. I'm still trying to work out my audio. Getting better at it, but still need to improve! Thanks for watching!
thank you for informing me about Monotonic Order......I've been wanting the printer to do this forever - top surfaces around holes always have that weird striping because it skips the sections and goes back later.
In regards to Ironing, I actually found best results with FAST ironing. I iron at 110mm/s, 25% flow, 0.25mm Inset, 10% overlap, and .02 line spacing.. (on my AnyCubic Vyper). It's quick and my top surface is as smooth as a baby's bottom.
I don't do a lot of ironing, but I will have to give those settings a go! IF it works out, maybe I'll use it more often! Thanks for the tip and thanks for watching!
Great video, thanks. Wondering if you have any experience with Orca slicer. Looking at these same issues when using Orca. If you do, any chance of putting together this same discussion using Orca?
@@pushingplastic7445 I watched a couple of your videos between last night and this morning and I really appreciate how clear and on topic your videos are it's so hard to find exactly the information you need sometimes I really can't thank you enough man
Hello I really like the way you and you do not talk a mile a minute so it's east to follow when you explain things. They are clear and easy to understand. I have a BIG request though you use Creality Ender printers and that's fine except for us who use Creality CR6-SE and CR6 Max where some of the required instructions cannot be preformed. It would be fantastic if you could videos that cover the same topics that reflect these printers. I have issues I can not seem to fix with the extruder and hot end that you solve in videos for the CR Series series.
I'll try to my best! I went with the Ender 3 since a lot of people got those around Christmas time and were struggling with them. I had one that was completely stock, still in the box. I'll see what I can do about working other printers into the series.
Say Bill I’m 69 so getting a late start to 3D printing Because of YOU Im light years ahead of where I would be without You I hope Everyone realizes Your Quality and Value!
Wow! I am truly humbled by those kind words! I appreciate them. Remember, you're never to old, in fact, I'm not far behind you. But you're not getting as late of a start as some. A few months back I got a message from an 83 year that just got his first 3D printer! How are you enjoying 3D Printing so far?
In Bambu Studio, Click on the Strength tab. It's under Top/Bottom Shells. Look for Top Surface Pattern and/or Bottom Surface Pattern. I hope this helps! Thanks for watching!!!
Thank you very much for teaching us this practical tutorial The reason why the object is misprinted is because of not using Curera's advanced options. Many options should be set according to the type of shape and we ignore it We would be happy if you could explain more about the other options of Cura for better printing. get better Thank you for your efforts, great master🙏🙏🙏🙏
You've been busy watching a lot of videos! Thanks for all of the kind words, they are much appreciated! I hope the information helped! Keep on the printing!
agreed with all you said (especially ironing) but I use CHEP profiles and he has most of the settings you talked about done (great minds think alike) :).....I did find that my Mono bottom layer was not checked so thank for that
I wish I could specify the layers I want to Iron from the slicer. I tried manually changing the gcode, but I got confused and didn't dare to run that code.
Oh, BTW, I just Subscribed (I'm always forgetting to do that) to your channel because being an old buggar myself (and nost likely needing a haircut too) you speak my language...and with patience. ALSO...for those out there using Orca Slicer you'll find the 'Monotonic Ordering' located under 'Strength'/ 'Top/bottom shells'/ and inside the 'pattern' multi-choice settings...HTH.
Thanks for those kind words! Forget the haircut, if you've got it, flaunt it! Someday we'll be a hot commodity in the nursing homes! The only geezers still sporting our own hair. Thanks for watching and thanks for subscribing!
@@pushingplastic7445 LOL. "...The only geezers still sporting our own hair..." Funny you say that because I was just having a conversation about that the other day, because when I was young, I always thought I'd be nearly bald by the time I was on the leeward side of 30-something, but I'm now pushing almost 70yo and I still have a (almost) full head of hair like you...life is a funny thing. I know you kinda concentrate on Cura most of the time but all of your pointers are definitely valuable, even if I have to 'translate' some of it over to Orca and Simplify3D for my usage...keep up the good work!
@@gordonrain7152 Thanks! Just a few minutes ago I was left a comment "Nice wig". I guess you can't be older with a full head of hair and a bad haircut! I started off with a lot Cura videos and have been trying to add some Orca and Creality Print as well.
Hello there. Very informative video, it helped a lot. I am very new to 3d-printing and still figuring it out. I am printing a testcube over an over again to get the best results. Everything looks fine by now but the bottom layer still has fine lines visible. Is there anything i can do to make the bottom layer as smooth as the top layer? Thanks!
Lines in the bottom layer are one of two things. The print bed might be slightly out of level. The worse the lines look, the more the bed is out of level. It could be a warp in the bed. The other could be the print bed material. I use glass on a lot of my printers and the bottom surface always looks better than the top since there is no texture on the glass. When you start a print, watch the first layer go down. If you're seeing gaps or blobs in your first layer, check the bed leveling. If it goes down fine, I would look at the print bed material. Post back and let me know what you see! Thanks for watching!
Some people swear by ironing. I've never been a big fan of it. Like you, I'm not getting consistent quality. Thanks for the comment & thanks for watching!
I honestly don't know. I've never run voxelmaker before. But monotonic ordering is becoming more and more popular among different slicers, it might be there under a different command name. Sorry I'm not able to help on this one.
do you think you should use concentric or lines for prints like a helmet? there are certain parts of the helmet that I am not sure will look more cohesive if they are concentric or with monotonic lines 😵💫 edit: Also, what do you think about using ironing on a helmet print?
My one job bottom dia 32 mm and 1 mm length middle dia 20 mm and 10 mm length after top dia 32 mm 1mm length total length for job 22 mm Cura default settings slice problem bottom 3 layer and top 5 layer so top and bottom thikness note maintain how solve
My top layers seem to be amazing, but my bottom layers are horrific. I've got them set up the same in terms of size and number etc... Been pulling my hair out trying to figure out what's going wrong. Also having major stringing all of a sudden.
The bottom layers could be as simple as the bed not being level or oil from your your hands getting on the print bed when removing the previous print. For the stringing, I would run a temperature tower, then do a flow cube and finish up by printing a retraction tower to dial it n your settings. I have videos for each of those items on my channel. Thanks for the comment & thanks for watching!
Everything you said worked for PLA... but PETG has been a problem for me and nothing seems to work except adding a ridiculous amount of toplayers. Strangely, the slower I print the toplayer, the worse it looks. It's almost as if the heat needed for printing PETG negatively impacts the toplayer quality when printing too long and slow on a small area.
Hi Bill! Thank you for your amazing content. You've literally saved me from giving up on 3D printing. Quick question: Is Ultimaker Cura free / open sourced? My printer came with software which seems to use Cura in the background, so I would rather just use Cura directly. Edit: typos.
Yes! Absolutely a free download and is open source. I’m not sure what slicer you currently have. Some brands, like Creality ship with a stripped down version of Cura. I hope this helps and thanks for watching!
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Love the content delivery style, straight to the point, positive, humble, no unnecessary entertainment. Thank you!
Thanks for the kind words and I thank you very much for watching!
I’m a newbie to 3D printers, going on six weeks. I’m finding it’s difficult to get help from a forum due to my lack of proper terms and phases. You videos seem to adapt to my leave of knowledge ( or lack of knowledge) to easily walk through each step. After my 4 week of small disasters on a dozen prints nothing seemed to work. My first fear was entering the world of Cura until I watched your video. Now after several successful prints I’m actually enjoying this new hobby. Really, thank you, keep the faith One Layer At A Time.
I'm glad you found the channel! Every year at Christmas, a lot of people get their first 3D printer and turn to the online groups for help. Most of them get nothing but harassment instead of help. That's the reason I started this channel. Knowing that they are helping makes it all that more worth while to me. Thanks for the kind words and thank you very much for watching! Your comment made feel good about doing this again!
At last someone giving clear and concise relevant information,one topic at a time. If like me you are crazy busy all the time then this type of content at this length is perfect to get me from “ just get the thing printed” to next step forward in the cura learning curve. You have come up with the perfect format to teach this stuff. Ultimtimaker should employ you to make a full series starting in order at the first settings heading and working down the list as they appear on the drop-down menu this would take the learning time down to weeks instead of forever or “I will get to that some day “. This is truly awesome and so rare in these days of massive information overload. Thank you very much for the time and effort you have spent on this. If you were to make a series I for one would be happy to pay per episode. I look forward to any other videos you will be posting.
Thanks for the kind words! I'm happy to learn that these videos are useful!! I really appreciate it and I appreciate you watching as well! Thanks again!!
You are a life saver.
I have an order for gold silk prints with large top layers ..... Two spools later and your advice has saved me!!
FWIW, I have an old Ender 3 that I got from a guy in NY back in 2020. It has worked almost every day since then.
Great content!!
Awesome! I'm glad this helped!! Thanks for watching!
For an old guy that needs a haircut, wait a minute, I'm describing myself! LOL! Anyway, I've learned a lot from your channel, thank you. Please keep the excellent informational videos coming (yes, I'm old and DO need a haircut!!). Thank you for what you do.
Rock on!
Do you think it would be possible to show the settings in bamboo studio? Sometimes some of the terms are not the same between both slicers enjoyed the video very much give me a lot to think about.
A lot of useful information. Straight to the point, easy to follow, no going off on a tangent that is not related to the subject of the video. Going to give your suggestions a try on a print I'm having problems with. Subscribed. Thank you for posting.
Thanks for the kind words. I hope this video helps!!! Thanks for watching & for the sub!
This makes way more sense than ironing.. Thanks for the help, what a world of difference this has done over ironing for me.
Thanks for the kind words. I have to admit, I'm not a fan of ironing myself. Thanks for watching!
Monotonic order, there's a new setting to play with, and line direction too! great vid
Fantastic video, this channel deserves a lot more subscribers.
Thanks! I guess I'm not entertaining enough for more subscribers!!!
@@pushingplastic7445 No quite the contrary. Just need to keep at it and be blessed by the algorithm. :D
I am going to set my top and bottom layers to 1.28 .. your logic checks out with what I have seen with other prints and the top layers having holes in it.
Awesome! Those will some thick top & bottoms!!! Thanks for the kind words and thanks for watching!
very helpful info in this video, thank you for what you do!
Thank you for watching!
Thank you so much for this!! I have been watching a lot of videos and i had still been getting top layers that looked... off. The advice i got was "under extrusion" but it was only on the top layer so it was weird, but my top/bottom settings were very thin, and that's what's been causing my issues all along!
Very simple, helpful video! I will be suscribing and bingewatching everything i can lol
Awesome, I'm glad this helped! I appreciate you watching and thrill that you subscribed!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Hey, it is what I have been experiencing too, but on the bottom laher. What you did to fix that?
Fantastic Video! Your script and presentation are very professional. Subscribed. Keep up the great work.
Thank you very much! I'm still new to this, earlier videos has some serious audio issues! Thanks for watching and thanks for subscribing!
Well done video presented in an organized manner. Kuddos.
I don't use ironing in my prints as I just love the look of a nice top layer. My trouble has been getting rid of those drag marks running diagnally against the grain, GRRR. I'll try your tips on monotonic and "not in skin" combing. Thanks
Same here. I prefer the look of the lines. Ironing is nice, but you're still going to see the layer lines on the vertical surfaces anyways. I'm sure there will a project someday when I'll need ironing again. Thanks for watching!
Great info. I was updating my Cura as you were explaining things. FYI I find I need to turn up my speakers for this video. Not sure if all are recorded so softly, but if so...
Sorry about the audio. In the early videos I really struggled with it. I'm still trying to work out my audio. Getting better at it, but still need to improve! Thanks for watching!
Thank you very much for your shared deep knowledge.
Thank you for watching!!!!
thank you for informing me about Monotonic Order......I've been wanting the printer to do this forever - top surfaces around holes always have that weird striping because it skips the sections and goes back later.
Awesome! I'm a big fan of monotonic ordering myself! I'm glad it helped. Thanks for watching!
In regards to Ironing, I actually found best results with FAST ironing. I iron at 110mm/s, 25% flow, 0.25mm Inset, 10% overlap, and .02 line spacing.. (on my AnyCubic Vyper). It's quick and my top surface is as smooth as a baby's bottom.
I don't do a lot of ironing, but I will have to give those settings a go! IF it works out, maybe I'll use it more often! Thanks for the tip and thanks for watching!
Excellent video, thank you for the explanations.
Thanks! And thanks for watching! I hope it helped!
Great video, thanks. Wondering if you have any experience with Orca slicer. Looking at these same issues when using Orca. If you do, any chance of putting together this same discussion using Orca?
Sure do and I'll add it to list of upcoming videos!
hey man I really appreciated this video you've been a great help dude
Thank you, I really do appreciate those kind words and thanks for watching!!
@@pushingplastic7445 I watched a couple of your videos between last night and this morning and I really appreciate how clear and on topic your videos are it's so hard to find exactly the information you need sometimes I really can't thank you enough man
THank you so much. I fixed top layer.
Awesome, I'm glad it helped! Thanks for watching!
Hello I really like the way you and you do not talk a mile a minute so it's east to follow when you explain things. They are clear and easy to understand. I have a BIG request though you use Creality Ender printers and that's fine except for us who use Creality CR6-SE and CR6 Max where some of the required instructions cannot be preformed. It would be fantastic if you could videos that cover the same topics that reflect these printers. I have issues I can not seem to fix with the extruder and hot end that you solve in videos for the CR Series series.
I'll try to my best! I went with the Ender 3 since a lot of people got those around Christmas time and were struggling with them. I had one that was completely stock, still in the box. I'll see what I can do about working other printers into the series.
Excellent dissertation
Glad you think so! Thanks for tuning in!!
Say Bill I’m 69 so getting a late start to 3D printing Because of YOU Im light years ahead of where I would be without You I hope Everyone realizes Your Quality and Value!
Wow! I am truly humbled by those kind words! I appreciate them. Remember, you're never to old, in fact, I'm not far behind you. But you're not getting as late of a start as some. A few months back I got a message from an 83 year that just got his first 3D printer! How are you enjoying 3D Printing so far?
Great video! I'm new and running Bambu Studio and can't find Monotonic Layer Ordering. Is that on by default or don't have it?
In Bambu Studio, Click on the Strength tab. It's under Top/Bottom Shells. Look for Top Surface Pattern and/or Bottom Surface Pattern. I hope this helps! Thanks for watching!!!
Thank you very much for teaching us this practical tutorial
The reason why the object is misprinted is because of not using Curera's advanced options.
Many options should be set according to the type of shape and we ignore it
We would be happy if you could explain more about the other options of Cura for better printing. get better
Thank you for your efforts, great master🙏🙏🙏🙏
You explain things very well 👏👏
You've been busy watching a lot of videos! Thanks for all of the kind words, they are much appreciated! I hope the information helped! Keep on the printing!
@@pushingplastic7445 Yess! Lots of vídeos to enjoy 😁😁😁
agreed with all you said (especially ironing) but I use CHEP profiles and he has most of the settings you talked about done (great minds think alike) :).....I did find that my Mono bottom layer was not checked so thank for that
Glad you agree! CHEP's a good guy to the 3D Printing community and puts out some great profiles! Thanks for watching!
Great information. Thank you!
Thank you! Hope it helped! Thanks for watching!
Great video, thank you! I learned a lot. You just earned a new subscriber here!
Awesome! Thank you and thanks for watching!
I wish I could specify the layers I want to Iron from the slicer. I tried manually changing the gcode, but I got confused and didn't dare to run that code.
That would be awesome, but unfortunately it's only the top layers that can be ironed....
Oh, BTW, I just Subscribed (I'm always forgetting to do that) to your channel because being an old buggar myself (and nost likely needing a haircut too) you speak my language...and with patience. ALSO...for those out there using Orca Slicer you'll find the 'Monotonic Ordering' located under 'Strength'/ 'Top/bottom shells'/ and inside the 'pattern' multi-choice settings...HTH.
Thanks for those kind words! Forget the haircut, if you've got it, flaunt it! Someday we'll be a hot commodity in the nursing homes! The only geezers still sporting our own hair. Thanks for watching and thanks for subscribing!
@@pushingplastic7445 LOL. "...The only geezers still sporting our own hair..." Funny you say that because I was just having a conversation about that the other day, because when I was young, I always thought I'd be nearly bald by the time I was on the leeward side of 30-something, but I'm now pushing almost 70yo and I still have a (almost) full head of hair like you...life is a funny thing. I know you kinda concentrate on Cura most of the time but all of your pointers are definitely valuable, even if I have to 'translate' some of it over to Orca and Simplify3D for my usage...keep up the good work!
@@gordonrain7152 Thanks! Just a few minutes ago I was left a comment "Nice wig". I guess you can't be older with a full head of hair and a bad haircut! I started off with a lot Cura videos and have been trying to add some Orca and Creality Print as well.
Does Creality Print auto update the amount of layers of if I manually put 1.2mm on the top and bottom?
me encanto el video, un saludo desde Argentina
Gracias por sus amables palabras y por seguirnos.
Hello there. Very informative video, it helped a lot.
I am very new to 3d-printing and still figuring it out. I am printing a testcube over an over again to get the best results. Everything looks fine by now but the bottom layer still has fine lines visible.
Is there anything i can do to make the bottom layer as smooth as the top layer?
Thanks!
Lines in the bottom layer are one of two things. The print bed might be slightly out of level. The worse the lines look, the more the bed is out of level. It could be a warp in the bed. The other could be the print bed material. I use glass on a lot of my printers and the bottom surface always looks better than the top since there is no texture on the glass. When you start a print, watch the first layer go down. If you're seeing gaps or blobs in your first layer, check the bed leveling. If it goes down fine, I would look at the print bed material. Post back and let me know what you see! Thanks for watching!
I’ve always found ironing to produce inconsistent quality across larger surfaces. I don’t really use it at all anymore.
Some people swear by ironing. I've never been a big fan of it. Like you, I'm not getting consistent quality. Thanks for the comment & thanks for watching!
Good INFO THANKS!
Thanks and thanks for watching!
Does voxelmaker have a similar setting as monotonic ordering? Appreciate video. I may have to switch slicers
I honestly don't know. I've never run voxelmaker before. But monotonic ordering is becoming more and more popular among different slicers, it might be there under a different command name. Sorry I'm not able to help on this one.
do you think you should use concentric or lines for prints like a helmet? there are certain parts of the helmet that I am not sure will look more cohesive if they are concentric or with monotonic lines 😵💫
edit: Also, what do you think about using ironing on a helmet print?
I found that z hop leaves spikes on the flat surfaces and disabling it didn't have any downsides either
Great video. Thanks. Liked and Subscribed.
Thanks so much!!!
My one job bottom dia 32 mm and 1 mm length middle dia 20 mm and 10 mm length after top dia 32 mm 1mm length total length for job 22 mm
Cura default settings slice problem bottom 3 layer and top 5 layer so top and bottom thikness note maintain how solve
My top layers seem to be amazing, but my bottom layers are horrific. I've got them set up the same in terms of size and number etc... Been pulling my hair out trying to figure out what's going wrong. Also having major stringing all of a sudden.
The bottom layers could be as simple as the bed not being level or oil from your your hands getting on the print bed when removing the previous print. For the stringing, I would run a temperature tower, then do a flow cube and finish up by printing a retraction tower to dial it n your settings. I have videos for each of those items on my channel. Thanks for the comment & thanks for watching!
@@pushingplastic7445 Will do. Thank you!
Could you upload a file leaving the configuration files please?
Please add to your Video Topic that u handle Cura
Everything you said worked for PLA... but PETG has been a problem for me and nothing seems to work except adding a ridiculous amount of toplayers. Strangely, the slower I print the toplayer, the worse it looks. It's almost as if the heat needed for printing PETG negatively impacts the toplayer quality when printing too long and slow on a small area.
Great info, thanks
Hi Bill! Thank you for your amazing content. You've literally saved me from giving up on 3D printing. Quick question: Is Ultimaker Cura free / open sourced? My printer came with software which seems to use Cura in the background, so I would rather just use Cura directly. Edit: typos.
Yes! Absolutely a free download and is open source. I’m not sure what slicer you currently have. Some brands, like Creality ship with a stripped down version of Cura. I hope this helps and thanks for watching!
Thnx boss, appreciated
Thanks for watching!!
Great video! New sub.
Awesome! Thanks for watching and subscribing!