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anyone else forget to level the bed first try

Boyd LemmonMay 8, 11:03 PM

Ok so week 1 down and I definitely skipped the leveling step becuase I was too excited to just print something. Ended up with a print that looked like a bird's nest ๐Ÿ˜Ž in hindsight the instructor did say this is like 90% of the battle. Anyone else jump the gun on this one before it clicked? Trying to not make the same mistake week 2. ๐Ÿ‘ ~boyd ๐Ÿ˜Ž

Landon BarnesMay 12, 10:01 AM

Bird's nest, yep, that's classic first layer squish being way off. Auto bed level helps but I still check with paper at four corners plus center before anything else. Saves filament.

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Boyd LemmonMay 29, 11:04 AM

Paper trick is smart, Landon. Still doing mine by feel like a caveman ๐Ÿ˜Ž gonna steal that five-point method. ๐Ÿ‘ ~boyd

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