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ENSONIQ5:
Screenshots of the extrude method:

Old Codger:
Ensoniq5 wrote "this can be addressed with 'edge reinforcing' prior to smoothing."

Okay, man, you totally lost me there. How do I go about "reinforcing: the edges? I can see WHAT you did, I just have no earthly idea HOW you did it. Care to share?

Oh my new (used) 3D printer came in yesterday and the assembly and setup weren't nearly the hassle I was expecting. It even printed okay when I printed the test articles. But I had the devil's own time getting the printed pieces off of the print surface. I had to attack the result with a very sharp knife and wound up breaking one of the two pieces. Then I saw where it left a residue of PLA filament material behind where one of the two pieces (the broken one) which I tried cleaning up but now seem to have messed something else up. I might have made the surface too slick. Whatever is going on I know it's all my fault. Unfortunately I'm running low on print filament (there was a small amount included with the machine) and have to wait on the wonderful U.S. Postal Service to deliver the spool of filament I ordered when I bought the printer. Got questions on cleaning the print surface and what might have caused it to be so hard to remove the printed articles. I'm hoping that they're not going to tell me I have to snatch the printed pieces of the print table as soon as the piece is printed. Two little 1.5" high figurines took almost an hour and a half to print. I'd hate to have to watch the printer to catch it quick when it's finished. I was kind of thinking that if I had something of substantial size I'd start it printing near bedtime and get the results in the morning. I hope like the dickens that method is viable. Watching that thing print was cool at first but then it came to be almost as much fun as watching paint dry. You with me?

2020 Hindsight:
The usual problem is getting the print to stick - so you are sort of ahead of the game there! The tool I use for getting prints off is an artist's palette knife. Another popular tool is a decorator's scraper tool. Try not to damage your print bed! My print bed isn't so good for adhesion, so I put packing tape on it (PLA sticks to the plastic tape better than to stainless steel). Some recommend rubbing a pritt stick over the bed to help adhesion, or spray it with cheap hair spray - I expect that will reduce adhesion in your case.

It is a pain to come back to a bird's nest if something goes wrong part way through a long print. And if you are leaving it unattended you need confidence that it will detect an overheating hot end, and not catch fire. (e.g. if the temperature sensor connection breaks, and the software isn't smart enough to realise that if the sensor is reading cold, the sensor is probably faulty.)

2020 Hindsight:
"...Then I saw where it left a residue of PLA filament material behind where one of the two pieces (the broken one) which I tried cleaning up but now seem to have messed something else up. ..."

The print head will probably just re-melt any residue PLA on the bed when you print there again.


BTW what make and model printer have you bought?

2020 Hindsight:
Another option is to get a flexible print bed like this (expensive example - but shows the idea):
https://www.3djake.uk/buildtak/flexplate-system?sai=3853&gclid=CjwKCAjw-ZCKBhBkEiwAM4qfF7VpH2VNJXKUUGBp16rEHz-1Ae94d48gJWNd-2t8IRyld3Puga1RDxoCRSIQAvD_BwE

The print will pop off when you flex the bed. Prusa introduced them, theirs is held on by magnets.

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