# New Taz 6 was great...now printing badly or not at all

**URL:** <https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/new-taz-6-was-great-now-printing-badly-or-not-at-all/6646>\
**Category:** Hardware\
**Created:** [April 11, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/new-taz-6-was-great-now-printing-badly-or-not-at-all/6646 "2019-04-11T16:30:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![abraly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b782af/32.png) [@abraly](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/abraly)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/new-taz-6-was-great-now-printing-badly-or-not-at-all/6646/1 "2019-04-11T16:30:06Z")

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Hi all,

I’m working with a brand new Taz 6 that was set up and several test prints of the octopus were turned out. I printed several parts that I needed, but then everything started to go badly.

I printed a taller part, perhaps 3-4 inches and there was significant “wobble” to the vertical layering of the print and it had to be tossed. I have been using ABS filament and high quality layer (0.15mm). I have also used standard (0.25mm).

Later that day during the 4 corner self-alignment before a print, the stepper motors on the Z-motors bound up and I found that the x-axis was off level by 1/4". I used the leveling instructions here in step 23: [https://ohai.lulzbot.com/project/squaring-taz-6-frame/service-bulletins/](https://ohai.lulzbot.com/project/squaring-taz-6-frame/service-bulletins/)

I tested the Z-axis movement and it was okay, but after trying to print again everything was poor. The nozzle was too high off of the print stage and there was overlapping + poor adhesion.

So I am not really understanding how it went from printing quality parts to not printing well at all over the course of a few days. From the factory everything was perfect, but somehow the settings have changed or it’s not set up right? I’m looking for advice on how to proceed because I am new to this and the terminology.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![nopick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7bcc69/32.png) [@nopick](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/nopick)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/new-taz-6-was-great-now-printing-badly-or-not-at-all/6646/2 "2019-04-12T13:05:17Z")

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If the machine is new, you should open a ticket with support.

Some pictures of the problem would help.