Drudge

2 movies immediately come to mind, and I think it's because I went in with an expectation that the movie is gonna suck.

1. Pacific Rim
2. District 9

It's probably been 10 years since I watched either of those movies so I'm not sure how they have aged...

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

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!

agh - I miss-clicked on edit and hit delete...I hope this repost doesn't mess with something or someone. Sorry!

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?