So I’ve been struggling to get one particular part to print while many others did with the QU-BD extruders. After numerous tests and tweaks, I discovered that when the flow is very low, the PLA hardens in the filament tube. While it sounds simple, this was one hell of a revelation. Now I can print without issue. The prints come out beautiful. The trick for this part was to use a .28 layer height instead of a .2. I print at 212C at 80mm/s. I’m going to build a calculator to determine the min flow rate in a gcode file, but its working. More to come later. Check out the quality
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How about lowering the fan rpm on lower layer heights to increase the filament tube temp.
Maybe even more complicated that that, a thermister registering the temp tube and controller the heatsink fan?