Ahhh darn, going strong with 3 prints then on the fourth this happens.

Ahhh darn, going strong with 3 prints then on the fourth this happens. It was fine doing its bed leveling when it never came back up then went down into the bed more and started printing. Gotta retension all my belts, and check if it was the z couple at tge back again. Should i get a new teflon sheet or just tape it over

Sorry for my ignorance, why do you have both teflon and painters tape? I thought the idea was to print directly on (heated?) teflon OR to use painters tape…

I use it to protect from scratches (how ironic). When i peel off my print i use a crapy kitchen knife so it scratches the hell out of the teflon (i tried it b4)

It’s kapton tape, not Teflon :grin:

I’d recommend replacing the kapton and the painters tame with a sheet or pei that’s taped to a piece of cheap pane glass. Should cost you less than $25 total and will last you for thousands of prints if well taken care of. Use the 3M 465MP tape to attach the PEI to the glass.

@Matthew_Kelch well thanks for the correction😂. Ill look into the pei stuff as well

But the induction sensor range is limited, make sure it will detect the bed through the glass/PEI in case it cracks the glass…

@Ian_Lewis2 that’s a fair point. You can add a layer of aluminum tape to the glass (under the PEI).

I think adhering the PEI to glass is essential because aluminum beds are never perfectly flat.

What I ended up doing on my Simple Metal is to add a small square of aluminum tape on top of the PEI in the home position so I can still use the induction probe.