I have tried several times to
print a replacement pulley, but never succeeded until now. I needed one as the
current PLA pulley is warping while printing ABS.
It took some creative thinking as
the other remedies I read online didn’t work for me.
The magic slicer settings where set as follows
- Nozzle size 0.25 mm
- Extrusion multiplier x 1.5
- Fill 100 %
- Layer height 0.2 mm
- Perimeters x 5
- Cooling, on, minimum 15 seconds
My nozzle is really 0.5 mm and I
have never had trouble with three perimeters or the usual flow rate. I made the
nozzle smaller to force an increase in the X-Y resolution. The extra perimeters
add more detail and build that detail in multiple iterations. The flow rate multiple
was to really ‘pack in’ the plastic into the pulley.
The result was a really nice pulley,
it didn’t come out oversized or bulgy, and is as solid as they come.
I drilled out the very centre and
used it for that last couple prints. Now all I have to do is replace the
larger one, and the extruder block, and the… ( see previous post).
