What’s one 3D printing mistake that taught you a valuable lesson, and how did you improve from it?

I 3D print pretty often as a hobby. The most common failure that I experience with my prints is bed adhesion around curved perimeters. When 3D printer filament cools, it shrinks. When filament cools around a curved perimeter that is not properly adhered to the build plate, it contracts and straightens out which can ruin a 3D print early on.

To correct this, I have found calibrating my bed level and Z offset distance can drastically improve bed Adhesion. Increasing the temperature of the extruder or build plate can also help the first layer to adhere. As I'm sure many of you are aware, the first layer is the most important layer to get right!

I'm curious to hear your thoughts and opinions on this in the replies below!

-Ben, 3D Exchange Applications Engineer