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Hot end spacing

Discussion in 'General Questions' started by Darren Ortego, Oct 13, 2015.

  1. Darren Ortego

    Darren Ortego New Member

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    After the Auto bed leveling runs am I suppose to be able to see a small gap in between the hot end and the bed. It seems really hard to get bed adhesion. If not how do I go about fixing it? (i'm printing with pla 220 hot end 60 bed temp.
     
    #1 Darren Ortego, Oct 13, 2015
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    The Z offset in the startup GCode.

    More negative (i.e. -.5 instead of say -.4) is further from the bed. More positive is closer to the bed.
     
    #2 mark tomlinson, Oct 13, 2015
  3. Mike Kelly

    Mike Kelly Volunteer

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    Yes you're supposed to see a gap. Otherwise the nozzle is pressed against the glass and would be unable to extrude filament
     
    #3 Mike Kelly, Oct 14, 2015

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