That’s a great article, thanks for the link. I had a suspicion that a ripple texture between lines is an indicator of too low, but it’s good to get that affirmation. I usually do a real-time final cal when it’s printing the skirt (micro up/down)
Usually just got water and soap.
I gotta say a big thank you to everyone that responded. Your encouragement for me to take a breather and regroup with a cool head was much needed. Thank you all kind strangers :-)
Someone else mentioned a G10 printing surface. Any idea what’s better for PLA? Or what’s the difference between the two?
Gahhhh same thing… I’m on day 4 of this bs. I’m gonna throw my printer out a window
ok ok, I’ll put the old bed on after I wash it real good…I do this periodically but maybe I was eating chips or something.
I’ve tried raising and lowering the z-offset…higher just makes it more angry and lower doesn’t get to the point that it fixes it
I’ve heard of using gluestick…but dang it sounds messy. Do you have a link to the stuff you tried?
I forgot that I had a spare glass bed, still in box…I put it on and tried the same print with the same results…the curl!! I tried printing at both 190 and 200 on the head, 55 and 60 on the bed…still the same.
Ok new symptom: the corners of a box that I’m printing are curling up
Thanks for that link. I wouldn’t be surprised if this is my issue. I replaced a nozzle very recently and it seemed to improve things, but it quickly degraded. I also replwced the PTFE tube and likely did it wrong…though the symptoms existed before I replaced the tube. I also have a fan that has been on its way out for a while, so I could be getting heat creep. It could be a combo of all things. Either way, I have new fans on order and will be doing the rebuild. Thanks!