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Topic: extruder gathering up abs

so after a few days of trying to set up my printer i am having major issues now. i have managed to do one successful print but now when the printer is laying down the abs its sticking to the nozzle and gums up around it i think this is a bed leveling issue but as far as i know its leveled i have done it many times and this still seems to happen. so what you do think is going on is the bed too high or too low?
When leveling the bed it says to adjust it so a piece of paper can slide under the nozzle but how much pressure should i feel in the paper?
thanks in advance rich

2 Reply by AZERATE

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Re: extruder gathering up abs

You just want a little "nip" between then nozzle and the bed.
http://vimeo.com/55450537 shows Solidoodle techs leveling the bed and at least will get you close if not spot on.

The extruded filament clinging to the nozzle points at too much of a gap.

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