my journey building the anet A8 plus 3D printer

@codecage

honestly i have no idea i had other members of the forum telling me to use it and heard about it in some YT vids but i would assume just a fine layer to test and i would try applying it on a cold bed first (my thought is if its warm it might apply to much and make a mess) and i just try it with a normal paper drag as the glue heats up its should smooth out and make a fine layer 

ive done alot of studying just no experience but hopfully that will change tomorrow and i can start pulling my hair out playing with the printer  

@codecage

I add the glue after the bed is heated most of the time, but have done bot ways.

I level the bed with some drag on the paper, but I still can move the paper without it bending.

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@byron

How did you come up with the gcode for this "test print?"

@codecage - I did not come up with the gcode myself but it was linked to me by a helpful member of my printer forum (Prusa).  Its only gcode and not stl, and the slicer used was the one Prusa produces (I assume).  But I see you are delving into gcode so I attach the file in case its of use.  Good luck with your printer trials.  Note I could not upload a file type with .gcode so I renamed it to .txt

@byron

Many thanks!  I'll let you know how I make out.

@codecage - your avatar changes daily, but I suppose its better than my blank one ?.  I'll go on an avatar hunt for one I think.

@codecage

Having sent you a gcode file I looked at the gcode for the first time. (in fact the first time I've actually looked at a gcode file ever).  I think I see some code that maybe relates too much to my particular printer.  You probably know better than me about gcode but I suggest a better method is just to produce a small square of the thickness of your first layer in the design tool of your choice and to slice the stl file produced with your preferred slicer for your printer.  

@byron

Yeah, gcode can be very printer specific and make a non-like printer do some strange tricks! 

Edit and note: If the gcode sends the Z too far down, this can crack or damage a glass bed. 

@byron

Yes I have been playing around with my avatar for two days now.  Sometimes it seems to pick up a previous avatar when I change to a different one and then sometimes it seems to change later, like there is a delay before it gets accepted by the forum software or something.  I have one I want to use now, in fact it is showing on the reply where I thanked you for the gcode.  I think I'm going to stick with that one.  Or maybe a snarl of PLA spaghetti!  ? 

@byron

I'm seeing that the gcode seems to have quite a bit of printer specific things so I may have to design a 2mm "mat" with TinkerCad, then slice it with CURA.

@etinkerer

Pat, thanks for the suggestion!  A very good one at that.  The other variable is that I actually re-leveled the bed after my first and second failures, so it is different from my first ever print that was successful.

And now I'm going to try some glue on the glass bed!

I'm sure my results will be posted here!

This is a 20mm cube I did to test settings with. I know there are 5 million of them out there, so what's one more 🙂  

I print it with 3 layers (shells in cura)

Scott

@codecage

so hows the print going?

@pakabol

Sidetracked with other issues, hope to get back to it today!