.05 on my ender 3 s1 sounds perfect based on the tolerance tests I’ve run. Thanks!

Thats a very fair point. I’ve done tolerance tests with mine and can get away with 0 with some encouragement and .05 just fine. Thanks!

Just curious, when making this how much tolerance did you account for? I want to make some for baseball teams, but wasn’t sure how much to add.

Shouldnt be the filament then. I would make sure the probe is fully secured like the other comment suggested. Good luck, that sounds frustrating! I need to adjust mine, but usually after printing for a couple weeks.

What type of material are you printing? Could be the material is eating away at the brass nozzle causing you to need to adjust the z offset.

Similar results with my Ender 3 S1. Highly recommend!

Oh dang, I misread another comment you made. With regular stain the longer you leave on usually the darker it just makes it appear. But as long as you fully wiped off the excess after it should have worked out. That said I’ve only used stain on actual wood. Haven’t tried printing wood PLA yet.

I think that might be your issue. Gel stain from minwax should be wiped off after 3 minutes. Anything longer can cause the issue you are experiencing. I would try to wipe/sand off the finish and start again. On a side note, we need to do that to our banister/railing in this house. The previous owner of the house apparently liked the THICK look of the gel stain.

How long did you leave the stain on before wiping it?

We make a homemade version of the canes sauce. It’s just a bunch of standard condiments. Before that I had family mail me bags of it from Zaxby’s (same sauce). They would sell them massive camelback like bladders full of sauce.

If you live near a Microcenter you can get it for even cheaper: https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/specialoffer3dprinter3i.aspx
This deal is not always limited to new customers. I bought a month or so ago on sale at this price and I shop there regularly.

I appreciate the tips - I printed using the same settings you used and it turned out great! Ill get it mounted to the wall later today.

Thanks for sharing the files. I just found my skateboard from when I was younger and wanted a way to display it!