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The leveling procedure only gets you so far. It's time to stop doing it and just turn the screws.
What's happening is your nozzle is too far from the glass. The bottom layer is almost cold before it touches the glass and barely sticking. At some point the part comes loose from the glass and gets dragged around by the nozzle and the filament keeps coming out in a big blob.
The fix is to first make sure your glass is at 50C to 60C (no cooler, no hotter). But the main problem is that you need to loosen the 3 leveling screws by the same amount. About a full turn. Just turn all 3 counter clockwise as seen from below right now. Then start a new print and watch the initial traces being laid down. If they aren't pushed flat like a pancake then loosen by a 1/4 turn WHILE IT'S PRINTING. Turn all 3 the same amount because you probably levelled it pretty well. Although if one side is more squished or less then you could do it accordingly. If you get confused about which way to turn don't panic - take your time. You may have to restart the print but so what.
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The leveling procedure only gets you so far. It's time to stop doing it and just turn the screws.
What's happening is your nozzle is too far from the glass. The bottom layer is almost cold before it touches the glass and barely sticking. At some point the part comes loose from the glass and gets dragged around by the nozzle and the filament keeps coming out in a big blob.
The fix is to first make sure your glass is at 50C to 60C (no cooler, no hotter). But the main problem is that you need to loosen the 3 leveling screws by the same amount. About a full turn. Just turn all 3 counter clockwise as seen from below right now. Then start a new print and watch the initial traces being laid down. If they aren't pushed flat like a pancake then loosen by a 1/4 turn WHILE IT'S PRINTING. Turn all 3 the same amount because you probably levelled it pretty well. Although if one side is more squished or less then you could do it accordingly. If you get confused about which way to turn don't panic - take your time. You may have to restart the print but so what.
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