# Critique my benchy boat! **URL:** \ **Category:** Hardware\ **Created:** [November 12, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/critique-my-benchy-boat/5319 "2017-11-12T03:29:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rcd-taz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@rcd-taz](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/rcd-taz)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/critique-my-benchy-boat/5319/1 "2017-11-12T03:29:06Z")
Hey all, I’m posting today to share the current print quality of my Taz 6. The machine has been running 24/7 since I received it 4 months ago, with incredible reliability. Quality has been mostly acceptable, so I didn’t do any benchmarking or make refinements to the stock profiles before today. Here are the Cura settings for my first benchy boat: \ ***Layer Height: .08** Shell thickness: 1.0 Enable retraction: Yes Bottom/Top thickness 1.08 Fill density: 20% Perimeters before infill: Yes Print speed: 50 Printing temp: 205 Bed temp: 60 No support No brim/raft Diameter: 2.85 \ ***Flow: 95%** Esun Cool White PLA, 2.85mm Print time: 5hr 21min The parameters shown in \ ***bold** are the only ones that were modified from the Lulzbot stock PLA high-res profile. Generally, my prints have always had a little more ribbing than I’d like. I would love to hear what you guys think; any comments/tips/feedback would be greatly appreciated! I’m hoping to get the best prints possible out of my machine. Images attached. (I also just received some PETG filament to try, that’ll come next) ![IMG_3956.jpg](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/lulzbot/original/2X/4/465dbc5f2059d7cbcefcc95fe22aa2ac49956c42.jpeg) ![IMG_3954.jpg](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/lulzbot/original/2X/8/8b5f7bc29858d24fc9845dd8743bd34aa8217973.jpeg) ![IMG_3958.jpg](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/lulzbot/original/2X/1/12961365b7a55f268f9491d91aa8a17f819bf4bd.jpeg) ![IMG_3957.jpg](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/lulzbot/original/2X/1/1a22e8d61488ae8784af09b75f87e14bc08caff9.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![rcd-taz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@rcd-taz](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/rcd-taz)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2017, 3:33am UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/critique-my-benchy-boat/5319/2 "2017-11-12T03:33:05Z")
Actually, I just realized that I started with the Lulzbot Polylite PLA profile, rather than Esun. The only difference appears to be that Esun profile has Bottom/Top thickness set at 1.12. ---
**Author:** ![rcd-taz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@rcd-taz](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/rcd-taz)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/critique-my-benchy-boat/5319/3 "2017-11-13T22:32:46Z")
Is anyone getting better prints than this with PLA? ---
**Author:** ![piercet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.lulzbot.com/piercet/32/12_2.png) [@piercet](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/piercet)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/critique-my-benchy-boat/5319/4 "2017-11-14T00:57:02Z")
Thats a decent benchy, You have a bit of first layer overextrusion (which is normal it’s built into the default profiles byd esign to promote good bed adhesion) The text on the transom is clear, the text on the bottom isn’t. Temperaturewise you’re doing pretty good, it could use a bit more fan on the window bridging operations. The hull zits are probably either starting layers set to random position and not set to internal perimiters, or you might have a bit less retraction than you would otherwise want. Overall not bad for a first attempt. ---
**Author:** ![rcd-taz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@rcd-taz](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/rcd-taz)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/critique-my-benchy-boat/5319/5 "2017-11-15T18:38:30Z")
@piercet thanks for the feedback! I’m currently trying to get PETG working, limited success so far.