Have you tried power cycling your router?

Hopefully it’s not too much of a pain in the ass, or at least leads to a fix. Good luck!

Yeah I got the same thing where it seems to pull when it’s switching direction but it’s nowhere near as bad as how it is on yours. I’m thinking it might be a physical issue with your printer.

Actually noticed my settings were not “default” at all because I had selected options in the calibration test section. I just started an actual default print with a top, bottom, multiple walls and infill hahah.

I’m printing with grid infill. Gonna cancel and try with gyroid.

Well, I just printed a cylinder and my seams are just fine with “default settings”.

I say “default” because originally I saw some weird stuff in the preview but it turned out to just be because for some reason spiral vase mode was on by default.

Could you tell me where in OrcaSlicer you found this cylinder? I can’t seem to find it in the calibration tests.

Edit: Nvm found it hahah

Yeah that’s definitely a possibility. I’m just finishing up my start g-code, gonna see what happens if I try to print that cylinder. Hopefully my printer doesn’t blow up or something 🤞

Hmm, I’ve never tried OrcaSlicer. I’m curious, installing it now.

Is there a way I could see the file you’re trying to print?

Actually yeah, you might be on to something there. OP could try adjusting belt tension.

If you do end up adjusting belt tension though, make sure to recalibrate your e-steps after.

Did you notice this kind of thing happening before you switched your hot end? I’m assuming you’ve tested printing at a higher temp already but I have to ask anyway. 200C is kinda low for some PLAs.

Have you ever done a PID tuning?

Yeah I thought that might happen too. I’ve never seen seams like that before. What temp are you printing at?

That’s a really weird looking z-seam, something is going on there that I’m not quite sure the cause of.

However, in this case I think you could try randomizing z-seam position. It’s not gonna fix the issue completely but it might help you with this particular part.

In case you’re curious to hear how mine is shaping out to be, here’s a quick demo:

Ratchet speaker enclosure test

I’m actually SO surprised with the results, it completely blows away what it used to be in the original enclosure.

Yeah I did remodel it completely from scratch. Although I know I didn’t do it properly it still taught me a bunch and it will make noise. That part should be done printing in about 2 hours, I’m excited to hear how bad it sounds and to find out how many mistakes I’ve made in my design hahah.

Oh, yeah no that will be a deal breaker for me hahah. I’d rather stick with FreeCAD in that case as I’m not a fan of web-based for things like that. I want my work to be local and I want to own my designs until I decide to share them.

It’s an open relationship. I’ll have a look! Thanks!

Yeah I will keep that in mind for future parts I make. For now though since this is my first time using CAD software I’ll stick with good enough hahah

Oh yeah I don’t doubt that for a second. This project is basically just me trying to learn how to use CAD software and I figured this would be a good exercise.

I’m curious to see how bad it’ll sound but the enclosure the speaker originally came in was so bad I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s not any worse, just a different kind of bad.