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I will update the post later with config files

I am running a Bowden direct drive extruder and my results might surprise some people but I can attest these settings work very very well.

So Gecko have you changed your slicer settings as well? I do not have a part cooling blower and have successfully completed several benches like this one with PLA: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1619976 and 3dbenchy…. I do not have any stringing, oozing or blobbing like when I started.

Warning, I need to tame some of these back as some of them cause my printer to bang around depending on what is being printed but the prints come out amazing

M566 X9000 Y9000 Z12 E9000 ; Set maximum instantaneous speed changes (mm/min)
M203 X12000 Y12000 Z375 E12000 ; Set maximum speeds (mm/min)
M201 X9000 Y9000 Z150 E6000 ; Set accelerations (mm/s^2)
M906 X850 Y950 Z950 E950 I30 ; Set motor currents (mA) and motor idle factor in per cent
M572 D0 S0.1

My Slicer is simplify3D and the bridging in it sucks, most overhangs in these models never get bridge mode enabled but I was still able to get amazing results none the less.

Slicer settings:

62mm/s print speed
115mm/s retraction speed
1.85mm retraction
0z hop
Outline direction: Outside in
Outline overlap: 10% (too much overlap on a well tuned printer will cause bulging like you see I found 10% to be ideal for well tuned estep and filament temp)
Only retract when crossing open spaces is unchecked
force retraction between layers is checked
perform retraction during wipe movement is checked

You might also try (if you have S3d) putting a negative number in extra restart distance if you find blobbing just after a retraction such as -0.02… this will keep less filament from being primed after the retraction. (personally I do not like to solve issues with the slicer and would hunt down the issue causing what you are facing but if all else fails try this setting.

My kids ran off with my benches but the results with snappy XY and snappy extruder completely eliminated any stringing and successfully connected non bridge parameter outlines (S3D bug, they should be treated as bridges) and it did so without the assistance of cooling and a 205c temp on PLA.

Now I just need to find the best jerk settings so my printer does not sound like its banging with every movement of the axis.... I am finding fast moves are the best way, it makes for ultra sooth quality prints with no defects but I need to find the sweet spot for jerk settings to make it maintain the quality that the high speed is giving

Well to me its not duplicating functionality…. Simplify3D already supports this on printers that have built in wifi printing.

To me i find it more of a pain to save sliced file, open browser tab upload file oopse first layer failed rinse repeat when instead i could just push the print button from Simplify3D. that and its far easier to send prints to multiple printers from simplify3d then to repeat this process for each printer.

The web panel serves a great purpose for managing the controller/firmware but for prints especially with many machines using simplify3d is just quicker.

Would be nice if this was a dropdown option in the web interface instead of having to write macros…. there should be a whole section dedicated to tuning and tweaking the printer but can be hidden via a checkbox so kids are not messing with the settings