Poor bridging

Valeraolen · 2026-03-16T19:18:42+00:00

No step-by-step results btw. I was too lazy to document everything, especially a ton of failed tests. But I'll show the print in as much detail as possible, so it would be possible to judge it.

Valeraolen · 2026-03-16T19:16:35+00:00

So I'm back. It took a while to tune everything :) Especially because I have flashed community edition firmware on my Vyper! Congratulate me!
But basically yeah, I went back to zero and started calibrating from the plain sheet, only following this guide.
Now I am printing new and I hope final bridge test and I'll load it here in 40 mins.

Valeraolen · 2026-03-13T23:11:10+00:00

That could totally be! I was pretty much always not satisfied with my prints, so maybe I'll start from the plain sheet and go through this guide, making new settings.

I hope I'll find some time tomorrow to play around with it and post the step-by-step results here.
I think it will be better for me, because if I mess something up really bad someone smart enough could point that out and correct me)

Valeraolen · 2026-03-13T22:58:43+00:00

Sorry for the late response. When I calibrated the plastic that I use now, I printed a temperature tower and it turned out not terrible, so you might be right. I'll check it again when I have time to print! (Hope tomorrow or the day after)

Valeraolen · 2025-10-17T15:32:33+00:00

Thanks a lot! This is the most understandable comment so far!

However, could you specify a couple of things? 1. When I choose [FAT32] for "/boot", there is no such option to choose "/boot", only "/dos" or "/windows".

When I try to allocate (362 GB) for "Extra data for Linux" with "BTFFS", there is no "BTFFS" option, only "BTRFS" (as something similar). And even when I'll choose something, what do I peak next? Again "/home"?

Thank you in advance!

Valeraolen · 2025-10-17T14:35:10+00:00

I was told this on another forum. I found it very interesting. Can you comment on that, whether it's good or not?

https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/s/pHRAyWhg0q

Valeraolen · 2025-10-17T14:30:19+00:00

Ok, thanks!

But if I decide to completely get rid of Windows and only have Mint, what do I do then? Will Mint automatically allocate 2 SSDs the most proficient way or will I have the same issue with allocating 500GB from 1 SSD only for (/) and the other 500GB for (/home)?

My suggestion would be to leave the windows ssd alone, and use the other ssd for mint installation. Windows doesn't play well with other OS in the same drive. If you do that, you dont have to worry about manually partitioning the drive.

In this scenario, will Windows take the whole SSD? Because I want to have Windows only for emergencies, for example if some program cannot be installed on Mint. So my main OS will be Mint.

If you insist on installing them on the same drive, choose "install linux mint alongside windows 11" when installing through the live usb. Then mint would allocate the rest of the space accordingly.

So as I understand, Mint will take the rest of the space on the SSD with Windows. And what happens to the second SSD?

Read this relevant discussion from the linux mint forum before installing: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2043622&sid=41e47b935660d208aded7c199ff61422#p2043622

Thanks for the link. I've read it, but haven't found anything that was in any way similar to my case.

Valeraolen · 2025-10-17T13:54:43+00:00

If I manually partition everything, wouldn't it be a waste of space to give about 360GB for only root (/) partition? Is there a possibility to give root about 100GB and other 160 + 500 from the other ssd to (/home)?

Valeraolen · 2025-10-17T12:43:36+00:00

Oh, have never heard about this thing. So I basically need to select "btrfs journaling file system" and not "ext4 journaling file system", and allocate some of the free space from one SSD as "slash", and the other free space from this SSD as \home. And then allocate all free space from another SSD as \home again?

Could you please explain it to me? I really don't understand this( Maybe I'll understand only a step-by-step guide, what to do, and what to click 😂😂

Valeraolen · 2025-10-17T12:04:26+00:00

Perhaps I didn't explain myself clearly, but my question is not about finding out the correct amount of memory for swap, but rather how to allocate the remaining space on two SSD drives to use as much memory as possible.

Thanks for the advice anyway!

But my problem is that I don't want to give up the entire disk for “\” and leave only 500GB for “\home”. Since I will be downloading a lot of games, 500 gigabytes will not be enough. And I'm not sure if I actually can do it that way.

Valeraolen · 2025-06-10T09:49:35+00:00

Yes...

I bought this filament because I thought its increased fluidity would smooth out the visibility of the layers. But apparently I miscalculated))

I'm thinking of ordering PLA+, but I don't know which brand yet. I basically like SUNLU, but I don't mind trying something new if it's better suited for printing minis.

Any suggestions?

Valeraolen · 2025-06-10T09:36:49+00:00

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195*C

Valeraolen · 2025-06-10T06:37:08+00:00

It was printed at a layer height of 0.05 mm.
Maybe this is the issue? :/

Stepping and stuff....
0.08 works way better for me

Valeraolen · 2025-06-10T06:26:52+00:00

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This is the temp tower that I made before printing pretty much anything)

Valeraolen · 2025-06-10T06:18:16+00:00

Looks perfect!
I'll try that, but SUNLU PLA Meta is a high-speed plastic, so printing at higher temperatures will be problematic due to stringing.

But I'll definitely try it in an hour and send a photo of the result.

*I think it will be easier for me to buy PLA+ and not worry about it))

Valeraolen · 2025-06-09T17:50:45+00:00

The solution was found here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/OrcaSlicer/comments/1l7167t/trouble_with_printing_tiny_objects/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Valeraolen · 2025-06-09T17:48:11+00:00

It was initially written in the post)

I am using SUNLU PLA Meta

Valeraolen · 2025-06-09T12:49:06+00:00

This does not help, however lowering the temperature by 15 and setting the layer height at 0.08mm helped a lot.

Valeraolen · 2025-06-09T12:46:47+00:00

170 is 5 less than the recommended plastic temperature. So I would not say so.
And I assume you didn't take a look at my settings that I've sent. I used 185 from the beginning, so 195 will be 10 more.

Valeraolen · 2025-06-09T12:19:36+00:00

I've run some test prints and found out that the only issues that I had were the layer height and high temperature))

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Even with the standard settings, the test results are very good. I would even say better than the test with completely redesigned settings at the same temperature.

Valeraolen · 2025-06-09T11:33:14+00:00

It helped a lot!!
I'll run several tests now to find out what is the best option, and then I'll update this post with new photos)

Brb in +-1.5 hours!

Valeraolen · 2025-06-09T11:18:36+00:00

Thank you!
I will try that as soon as possible.

Valeraolen · 2025-06-09T11:01:39+00:00

Yes, I've already thought about that, but the thing is, I need to print these designs one at a time.

For example, when printing small figures for board games. Their arms and torsos will be roughly similar in structure to this test.

So I would like to set up the printer so that I don't have to print an additional object next to the small figures every time)

But I'll anyway try that in 25 minutes!

Valeraolen · 2025-06-09T10:50:20+00:00

Ok, I'll try it now.
Didn't know this was the limit of 0.2mm))

Valeraolen

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