An annoying issue has cropped up while printing the parts to build my I3. It seems that the extra shells that print are not touching the perimeter and there is a noticable gap. I'm using skeinforge with 1 extra shell. I've attached a picture of the most recent object I printed (an adapter for the wade extruder to the I3 x-carriage). If you'll notice, the problem is mostly on circles (especially tight circles) and that the actual perimeter of the object is unaffected. I did notice that skeinforge treats extra shells as infill, rather than perimeter so it prints at a faster feed rate (don't know if that's the cause, but I'd rather it print at the perimeter feed rate). When I print with no extra shells I don't have this problem. It's worth noting that I'm printing ABS at between 209 and 215 degrees depending on the layer time ("cool" plugin) and 210 for my first layer since it prints slower. Also, you can't see it very well in the pics, but the hotend cutout in the middle is connected just fine on the bottom of the object, but there is noticable seperation on the top. The part is very sturdy and certainly usable, but I'd like to get this issue resolved.
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