# Inconsistent layer problems **URL:** \ **Category:** Snapmaker 2.0 (3-in-1)\ **Created:** [December 29, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/inconsistent-layer-problems/34324 "2023-12-29T18:42:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![prdejong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@prdejong](https://forum.snapmaker.com/u/prdejong)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/inconsistent-layer-problems/34324/1 "2023-12-29T18:42:41Z")
I have been successful for some time but problems have cropped up. I see these in the initial layer, and i don’t really let it go on more. I have re-leveled the bed and i have tried all sorts of combinations with the heated bed. I have also slowed the print down. I am not sure how to describe the problem so i included pics as well. I am wondering if i have a nozzle problem? ![20231229_132613](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/snapmaker/original/3X/e/f/ef8cc22d54654867960f4b99d2981187191344a6.jpeg) ![20231229_133015](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/snapmaker/original/3X/e/6/e6a29973a6cb44a0e41385ee8b8cf02d78805eb2.jpeg) ![20231229_133019](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/snapmaker/original/3X/3/a/3aba8094390756cc64c8f2b9099a5796897416ac.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![xchrisd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.snapmaker.com/xchrisd/32/1503_2.png) [@xchrisd](https://forum.snapmaker.com/u/xchrisd)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/inconsistent-layer-problems/34324/2 "2023-12-29T19:56:57Z")
If the first picture is the downside of your print, you are too near to the printbed. Adjust your live z-offset on the touchscreen. But as you know, it’s hard to tell anything with this pictures. Printing a greater area would give more insight. ---
**Author:** ![prdejong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@prdejong](https://forum.snapmaker.com/u/prdejong)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/inconsistent-layer-problems/34324/3 "2023-12-31T19:08:14Z")
I went and tested ESteps and it was out a bit so I recalibrated and it seemed to help. But there are still some weird thing’s happening. The flow seems inconsistent. Now full disclosure I did have some clogging issues some time back. I cannot correlate to this problem cause i have printed some thing since then. But some time back i had clogging in the head for other un-related issues and the nozzle was clogged pretty bad. I pulled it all apart and had to literally cut the the clogged mess out of the nozzle. I think I may have a nozzle issue, I am going to buy a new one online and try that. In the mean time this was the last print, i did not let it go long. The print is supposed to be a circle and at one end it appears to almost overlap and at the other end its wavey. ---
**Author:** ![prdejong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@prdejong](https://forum.snapmaker.com/u/prdejong)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/inconsistent-layer-problems/34324/4 "2023-12-31T19:08:55Z")
![20231231_135850](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/snapmaker/original/3X/2/e/2e5333c15f031b44bc71ee4fc406b873b865a1c4.jpeg) ![20231231_135859](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/snapmaker/original/3X/5/5/55fb244ee208f2dcccdc47776e25960897050ffc.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![xchrisd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.snapmaker.com/xchrisd/32/1503_2.png) [@xchrisd](https://forum.snapmaker.com/u/xchrisd)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2023, 8:35pm UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/inconsistent-layer-problems/34324/5 "2023-12-31T20:35:21Z")
With this pictures is no further assistance possible… Maybe print a large brim to see what you mean? Or print a calibration surface,… ---
**Author:** ![Mxbrnr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.snapmaker.com/mxbrnr/32/27569_2.png) [@Mxbrnr](https://forum.snapmaker.com/u/Mxbrnr)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 1:02pm UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/inconsistent-layer-problems/34324/6 "2024-01-01T13:02:58Z")
The second set of photos show that either your z-offset is too far from the bed, or your bed is not properly level, or both. ---
**Author:** ![prdejong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@prdejong](https://forum.snapmaker.com/u/prdejong)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/inconsistent-layer-problems/34324/7 "2024-01-01T23:27:27Z")
Thanks, yeah i had leveled the bed. Just in case i tried a bunch of levels of z offset. from 0.00 to -0.5 in steps of -0.05. No discernable difference. ---
**Author:** ![Mxbrnr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.snapmaker.com/mxbrnr/32/27569_2.png) [@Mxbrnr](https://forum.snapmaker.com/u/Mxbrnr)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/inconsistent-layer-problems/34324/8 "2024-01-02T13:58:01Z")
> [@Bed Leveling - Revisited & Detailed](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/bed-leveling-revisited-detailed/30508): > > Intro Lots of people have had issues with the bed levelling for 3D printing on the Snapmaker 2.0, most specifically with the 350-series model machines. Being the most popular size of the SM2 machines, as well as having the largest build volume lends to more places and occurrences of the issues appearing, so to a certain degree that is to be expected. Nearly as many people have their suggestions for how to improve it. Out of curiosity, I wanted to know just how much difference these various reco…