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The drying table and the first-layer checklist

The filament presets, the first-layer checklist, the spool math — from Fabrication Bench

The drying table

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PLA50 °C8 h
PETG65 °C8 h
ABS80 °C8 h
TPU70 °C8 h
PC80 °C8 h

PCL pen filament: not oven-dried (softens at 60 °C).

The checklist

Wash the plate · Level · Squish · Slow · Dry filament · Brim

The spool math

1.75 mm PLA ≈ 2.98 g/m (a kilo ≈ 335 m). 2.85 mm = 2.6×.

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