# Bed seems to be not flat... **URL:** \ **Category:** Hardware\ **Created:** [January 20, 2015, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/bed-seems-to-be-not-flat/1163 "2015-01-20T18:20:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![reduck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8baadc/32.png) [@reduck](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/reduck)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/bed-seems-to-be-not-flat/1163/1 "2015-01-20T18:20:30Z")
Hi everyone, I have a big issue with my printbed since it seems to be not flat… I mean, I calibrated the whole day the 4 corners and all are at the same height (same feeling when I apply force on a paper sheet ) but the force increase when I travel from one corner to another to reach the maximum in the middle. I have really no idea how this can be possible and all the parts I try to print need to be scrapped since the printbed is higher in the middle and decrease height when approaching corners. I thought that I was perhaps applying too much pressure on the springs but even when I remove any pressure on the corners, the problem is the same. If anyone of you has any idea, this would help me a lot ! Thank you ---
**Author:** ![edlink](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.lulzbot.com/edlink/32/29_2.png) [@edlink](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/edlink)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/bed-seems-to-be-not-flat/1163/2 "2015-01-20T18:34:39Z")
There are about a dozen threads on this already. Please search around. The issue is the bars that the extruder head travels along for the x-axis droop under the weight of the extruder. The bed is flat and level. The x-axis bars bend. Everybody’s TAZ does this. You are not alone. Level the four corners. Set the z-axis height in the center of x and y, then just print away. Happy Printing. ---
**Author:** ![reduck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8baadc/32.png) [@reduck](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/reduck)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/bed-seems-to-be-not-flat/1163/3 "2015-01-20T19:26:35Z")
Dear Edlink, Thank you a lot for your answer that helped me a lot. This make sense! But it should be possible to avoid this therefore for instance by rotating the bars to 90°. I found the topic, thanks! I will read it! ---
**Author:** ![vitormhenrique](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.lulzbot.com/vitormhenrique/32/9222_2.png) [@vitormhenrique](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/vitormhenrique)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/bed-seems-to-be-not-flat/1163/4 "2015-01-20T22:11:22Z")
> [@reduck](#): > > Dear Edlink, > > Thank you a lot for your answer that helped me a lot. This make sense! But it should be possible to avoid this therefore for instance by rotating the bars to 90°. I found the topic, thanks! I will read it! reduck, can you link the other thread that you found information pertinent to this discussion? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![reduck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8baadc/32.png) [@reduck](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/reduck)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 11:17pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/bed-seems-to-be-not-flat/1163/5 "2015-01-20T23:17:18Z")
> [@vitormhenrique](#): > > > [@reduck](#): > > > > Dear Edlink, > > > > Thank you a lot for your answer that helped me a lot. This make sense! But it should be possible to avoid this therefore for instance by rotating the bars to 90°. I found the topic, thanks! I will read it! > > reduck, can you link the other thread that you found information pertinent to this discussion? > > Thanks! > [@Show off your Printer and Printing station!](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/show-off-your-printer-and-printing-station/48/1): > > Show us what your printing station looks like! [image] This is how it all looked about 6 minutes after delivery! [image] Everything set up about 30 minutes after delivery! [image] Added a custom clip-on webcam mount for my LifeCam Studio! If link does not work, search “linear bearing backlash, big X axis issues”