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Retraction Dual Tower Test

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I liked Stephen Albert's retraction test, but wanted something smaller that printed quicker (6-9 minutes rather than 15+). With rounded corners and only a thin strip of plastic connecting the two towers, it reduced the amount of plastic without reducing the stability of the part. And, I found that any of the printing artifacts (stringing, blobs, or "residue spikes" were evident within the first 1cm, so no real need to make it taller than that.

The base are 5mm radius 1mm tall cylinders and the two towers are 2.75mm diameter 10mm tall cylinders separated by 22.5mm.

I believe the Cura 3.6 settings that helped me the most print this without stringing or little "residue spikes" were:

Shell
Shells: 2 (I think higher would be even better)

Material
Printing Temperature: 180 C (printing PLA)
Enable Retraction: Checked
Retraction Distance: 6 mm
Retraction Speed: 20 mm/s

Speed (I believe Outer Wall Speed and Travel Speed were the most important here)
Print Speed: 150 mm/s
Source
Thingiverse
What you need to print this: Beginner Low confidence
Single piece
Supports 1/3
Assembly 0/3
Settings 1/3
Bed size 0/3
Post-process 0/3
Printer
FDM / FFF
File format
STL
Material
PLA
Software
Cura, PrusaSlicer, or similar
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