3D Printing: Holes/ missing layers (after retraction) in 3d printed objects
Channel: Roel Van de Paar
Date: 2019-06-24

3D Printing: Holes/ missing layers (after retraction) in 3d printed objects


The Question: My printed objects have horizontal holes in them (as seen I the picture below):
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This doesn't only look bad it also makes the object break at the seems.
Looking carefully at the printing process I can see that after a retraction
there's a small amount of time the hotend isn't extruding plastic.
Material: PLA, Printer Robo 3D R1+, Slicer: Cura

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