Level The Bed, Then Level It Again

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Verse

Step one: power down, let the frame come to room temperature.
Step two: wipe the glass with isopropyl, ninety-nine percent.
Step three: loosen all four thumbwheels one half turn.
Set the gauge. The bubble in the level sits off-centre by a hair.

Verse

Step four: home the axes, disable stepper hold.
Step five: slide the shim between the nozzle and the plate.
Zero point one millimetres. Slight drag, no scrape.
Lift a finger from the glass: the dust comes up with it.

Pre-Chorus

Front left. Front right. Rear left. Rear right.
Then front left again. The first pass does not hold.

Chorus

Level the bed.
Level the bed.
Level the bed, then level it again.

Instrumental solo

Verse

Step six: Z-offset, minus zero point zero four.
Save to EEPROM. Confirm the value written.
Step seven: first layer, two hundred and ten degrees,
bed at sixty, part fan disabled for the first three layers.

[Counter-Voice]
Adhesion failure is defined as partial or total separation
of the initial layer from the build surface.
Contraindicated: draughts, residual oils, unseated springs.
See manufacturer tolerance: plus or minus point zero two.

Pre-Chorus

Extrude ten millimetres. Watch the line go down.
Squashed and even, edge to edge. No gaps. No ridge.

Chorus

Level the bed.
Level the bed.
Level the bed, then level it again.

Bridge

Heater indicator: red.
Heater indicator: red.
Hold at temperature. Hold.
Heater indicator: green.
Print in progress. Do not open the enclosure.
Do not touch the plate. Do not interrupt the run.
File the calibration record in triplicate:
one for the log, one for the shelf, one for the next operator.

[Counter-Voice]
Recommended interval: every ninety hours of operation,
or following any transport of the machine.
See also: the first layer previewed on screen,
a flat blue field, no height data, scale one to one.

Chorus

Level the bed.
Level the bed.
Level the bed, then level it again.

Outro

Level the bed. Level the bed.
Level the bed, then level it again.
Level the bed. Level the bed.
Level the bed, then level it again.
Front left. Front right. Rear left. Rear right.
Zero point one. Slight drag, no scrape.
Level the bed. Level the bed.
Level the bed, then level it again.