First print!

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I picked up a Duplicator i3 plus yesterday at Micro Center and set it up this morning. The instructions were fun, especially with stuff like not mentioning to plug in the cable to the print head. Anyway, after some time spent leveling it, I printed the smallest/fastest file it had, an M3 thumbwheel. It didn't come out perfect, but it doesn't seem too bad. What do you think? It seems like the first few rows weren't fully hot or something but after that it seemed to do a better job.
 

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I'm still an amature too but it looks like at the very least your bed needs to be raised some. The rows should be squished a bit resulting in flatter looking lines with no space between them.

I've had the best luck leveling properly by adjusting leveling live with the numerous leveling test prints on thingiverse.
 
I'm still an amature too but it looks like at the very least your bed needs to be raised some. The rows should be squished a bit resulting in flatter looking lines with no space between them.

I've had the best luck leveling properly by adjusting leveling live with the numerous leveling test prints on thingiverse.
Thanks, I'll try that.
 
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