Trying to dial in my settings on my X1C. The first print I worked but the finish looks horrible. I know I had the speed way to high then the recommended for Polymaker PLA Pro. This is what I have it dialed down to for my 2nd attempt. Looking for some insight from other X1C users to help tweek what I have. Thanks!
In 2025 there is almost no reason to manually adjust all the speeds in your print profile. If you want to slow things down, go to your filament settings and under “Volumetric speed limitation” there’s a field for “Max volumetric speed”. If you reduce that, it will automatically “cap” your max speed. Each filament will have it’s own setting for “Max volumetric speed” so if some can print faster you won’t have to go muck around with all your print profile settings each time you switch filaments.
To compute the number based on the max speed you want to run, use this calculator: https://advanced3dprinting.com/pages/flow-rate-calculator. You can also run a volumetric flow calibration test (under the “calibration” menu) to figure out the highest flow your hotend can handle with a specific filament. Reduce that number by 20% for margin and you’ll have a speed limit that will give strong prints without slowing things down more than necessary.
Thanks for the info. Ill give this is shot and run my print tonight and report back in the morning on the results!
So reprtinted over night. Still had some of the same issues. I did notice that the desk I am using it on does wobble a shit ton when printing. Not sure it would have that much affect but I do have a decent amount of z banding going on it seems. Went out and bought a concreate slab to put it on and will see if that helps a bit.