# Printing small gear

**URL:** <https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/printing-small-gear/1270>\
**Category:** Hardware\
**Created:** [February 12, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/printing-small-gear/1270 "2015-02-12T15:11:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![inaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7993a0/32.png) [@inaki](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/inaki)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/printing-small-gear/1270/1 "2015-02-12T15:11:44Z")

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I am printing this one:

herringbone\_small\_gear-1.1-highres.stl (from Lulzbot ftp)

It prints well on all sides except the back side (the side that looks to the back of the printer). There the gear threads look fuzzy and dirty. The part is not usable at all.

I have repeated the print two times with identical results.  
I am using Simplify3D TAZ 4 default profile, ABS, with no FAN.

What can be wrong ?

inaki.

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**Author:** ![edlink](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.lulzbot.com/edlink/32/29_2.png) [@edlink](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/edlink)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/printing-small-gear/1270/2 "2015-02-12T17:43:17Z")

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Try using the fan.

We made these using Slic3r and Pronterface. Fan helped immensely.  
We also used the Fine ABS setting supplied by Lulzbot. Infill was set pretty high too.

We tweaked back the first layer height so it wouldn’t squish out so much too.

We’ve been printing a few months now with a gear we printed.

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**Author:** ![jebba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9e8a1a/32.png) [@jebba](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/jebba)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/printing-small-gear/1270/3 "2015-02-12T20:06:53Z")

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Also, print a plate of multiple ones may let it cool better, if you aren’t using a fan.