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I used to be able to print things. Now for the past 6 months or so I've wasted spools upon spools trying to print anything and this always happens. I'm just about ready to sell this machine and give up on the whole thing.

Is there anything glaringly obvious that springs to any of your expert minds?

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[–] dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de 9 points 23 hours ago

And honestly, with modern build plates, there is absolutely no reason to use glue. At least for PLA.