<p>I'm new to 3D printing. I've made some projects before just fine, but this project is giving me problems.</p>

<p>I 3D printed a trumpet mouthpiece, and the printer made supports inside the mouthpiece funnel. I can easily remove the exterior supports, but I don't know how to get to the supports inside. Does anyone know how I would do that?</p>

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<p><a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1539908" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Here is the link to the model</a>
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[{'answer_id': 11465, 'author': 'fred_dot_u', 'author_id': 854, 'author_profile': 'https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/users/854', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>Based on the photo provided, there\'s a strong possibility that you can print that model without internal supports. The angle of the walls falls within the limits of just about any FDM/FFF printer. An exception to this would be if you had a structure internal to the cone of the mouth piece which needed support. </p>\n\n<p>ERROR: I neglected to note that your print is created "laying down" rather than vertically. This certainly complicates the printing/support problem. I typically print cylinders without internal support, although it does result in a small amount of droopies within the cylinder. Those are easily cleared away as required and much more easily than a full support forest.</p>\n\n<p>Is it impractical for you to consider to cut the model in half, print both segments, remove the supports more easily, then glue them together?</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 11466, 'author': 'Tim Li', 'author_id': 18867, 'author_profile': 'https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/users/18867', 'pm_score': 4, 'selected': True, 'text': '<p>That model didn’t need supports. Most of the time you can break the connections with the supports to the model by inserting a knife or flat object into the cavity. In this case you could use a probe to loosen the joins then wedge it out. If that doesn’t work you can use needle nose pliers to remove prices. </p>\n\n<p>Your best and cleanest option would be to reprint the mouthpiece without supports at all. Print it so that the wide section(the section touching your mouth) is on the buildplate.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 11482, 'author': 'Carl Witthoft', 'author_id': 2191, 'author_profile': 'https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/users/2191', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': "<p>&quot;Don't use supports&quot;&lt;-- that is the best  answer.</p>\n<h2>Warning</h2>\n<p>Sadly, if you print vertically, you end up with an extremely fragile piece -it'll snap between layers.  The OP properly printed horizontally for strength, and possibly by using a very &quot;thin&quot; layer height he can get by without supports.  That's the only way to succeed.</p>\n<p>I guess I should state that this answer assumes you want to use the print in a trumpet.  If it's purely for decoration, then definitely print vertically.</p>\n"}]
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