Greetings fellow printing enthusiasts,

This is a calibration tower designed to determine the optimal printing temperature and speed for various filaments. This is especially crucial for silk filaments, significantly impacting the final result. I primarily use it to achieve the best possible prints with transparent filaments.

Furthermore, you can use the tower to assess over- and underextrusion, layer adhesion, stringing, and surface quality. You don't need to print this for every filament; one per filament family should suffice.

I've included print profiles for standard PLA, PETG, and ABS. For other types, you can use the temperatures as a guideline. That is, the ABS tower settings are also suitable for ASA, PC, and similar materials :-)

Important Note!

Since the G-code for temperatures isn't included in the profiles after uploading to the website, you'll need to download the raw files and open them with your slicer. For those unfamiliar, this can be done in the "Download STL" section. There you'll find a folder containing the raw files for the towers. 3mf files are also included, but these function with temperature-changing G-code.

Update:

With certain filaments, it's possible that the temperatures become too low at a certain layer, resulting in insufficient layer adhesion. This renders the tower unprintable, and the print may be aborted. However, you'll now know the limitations of your filament :-)

Should anyone be looking for a TPU profile, I recommend using the silk profile. The parameters are identical. Feel free to leave any feedback in the comments.

Happy printing!