frobot

I have been 3D printing daily for the past 3 months (Ender 3 pro) and it has been a nightmare. Getting the first layer right was near impossible. Getting a successful print was a process of very meticulously leveling the bed, trying to print, stopping it to scrape off the failed layer, releveling and repeating until I get the lucky run where it somehow sticks. I tried 3 different bed surfaces (original, glass, and another magnetic one), 4 different filaments, all ranges of temperatures, a new nozzle, changing nearly every slicer setting, and every possible bed height with no change at all. Finally I changed the first layer height to 0.25 and the first layer width to 120% (width of 0.48 after first layer) and not only does it print perfect every single time, I can't get it to mess up. I went back and tried all the different beds, settings, nozzles, filaments, etc. and I can't find a combination that doesn't print flawlessly. The default layer is just way too thin to adhere. And changing your layer height doesn't change your first layer height which I didn't realize. Hopefully this helps someone. And hopefully if others have the same problem we can get the default changed and save some people from what I went through.