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in your slicer add another top layer. That will help reduce those pockets you see between the infill on large area top layers. It will add a noticeable but not terrible chunk of time to your prints but that top layer will look a lot better and be stronger, especially around through holes for screws and the like. I usually use 4 wall layers, 4 bottom layers, and either 4 or 6 top layers depending on how large of a flat surface the top layer is.
eSun makes good enough cheap filament. iirc Overture is made on the same factory/machines as Hatchbox.
Two observations you may wish to look at
I'm also seeing some under extrusion. If you haven't yet, look into tuning your extrusion rate on the machine. It's usually a matter of marking on your filament something like 100mm, telling it to extrude 100mm, then verifying the measurement on the filament that 100mm and not 95mm was extruded. Do the math and input the new value. If that machine supports it, can also look into pressure advance/linear advance depending on which flavor of firmware that printer is based on. That can help a lot for compensating for under extrusion at the beginning and end of individual runs (the gaps you see where the top layer runs into the outer wall/edge of the part).
Have you tried Prusament? Pricey but it’s really nice. Their diameter is always perfect. Not something I would use all the time due to price, but my buddy does. He has over 100 rolls of it, every filament color and material they make. I’d only use it on a project I wanted perfect, like your pc customization there.
He likes their software better too. He said it’s more a matter of just getting used to it, not that he dislikes Cura, just Prusa does things differently and he likes it better. I haven’t spent the time to check it out yet but plan on it some day. I just haven’t printed much lately.
There is at least one out there. I saw them talk about it on something, probably critical role. The stuff is absurdly fucking expensive though. Like you'd end up spending thousands. It has me tempted to get into playing with this stuff though. I click on this thread entirely too much
Oh I totally get it. You'd end up needing a lot of printers going non stop even for not large orders to fill them in any reasonable amount of time, which is why the cost on stuff is still so high, you're paying for time. If I was to dabble it would more be on the hobby side, much like you guys. Seeing what kind of cool shit I can make
