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You can see where around corners and even some straight runs it is peeling up. I'm running first layer at an agonizing 15 mm/s. Using hatchbox pla filament, just dried in dehydrator. 200° nozzle and 70° bed. The glass is freshly cleaned with soap and water, I just did several atomic pulls, I've trammed at different heights using a feeler gauge, and absolutely nothing is working. Any one have any ideas?

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Looks to me like your offset is wrong, or your first layer height is too large

[–] EitherEther 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, agreed. It looks like it could use a bit more squish.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Seconded (or thirded?) I have a (textured) glass bed and my first layer is usually quite a bit more squished than this

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I was able to get it printing, but doing some calibration confirms that adjusting z offset made the bottom layer better. What's the point in z offset specifically, vs just changing the gap when tramming or the initial layer height?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

If your printer has a touch sensor, then raising/lowering the entire bed has no effect on the first layer. The Z offset defines the difference between the touch point and the first layer.

I think most people calibrate the Z offset for 0.2 mm, and then never change the first layer height.

Edit: oops, this thread is a month old.