How do you avoid the slicer running your gears together like this?

How do you avoid the slicer running your gears together like this?

Was using Slic3r in this case.

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You could move the gears further apart or reduce the extrusion width.

Gear teeth made with that fine a pitch compared to extrusion width seems like asking for trouble anyway — have you tried printing these gears solo to see whether they match your strength expectations even without the glitch?

Changed the extrusion width

@Peter_Hertel ​ I did both and got slicer to work. Still getting teeth running together during the print, so may need to take it back even further.

@Jasper_Janssen ​ I suspect I may need to go up a size in teeth.

Another trick I found is using dental floss for separating printed teeth.