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For the sake of explaining this simply, albeit crudely, here goes....

I have a makerbot basis printer, plywood frame.

Assume I were to cut the entire thing in half horizontally and add material...

Rob,

I tried simply raising the object off the bed and the result was that it laid out a raft and then started printing my object up in the air, without support between the raft and object. ...

Here is another helpful tip... when using masking tape, use the edge of a credit card to scrape across the top of the tape to get better adhesion to the bed. I know I can actually see the difference...

Here is a diagram that might help make this a bit more clear. On top is the drawing of my part with a pin added then below is a diagram of how it all would look being printed.

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Yes, I am printing on a cold bed with masking tape added. If I heat the bed, the adhesive on the tape gets soft and allows it to pull away. The bond of tape is better with a cold bed. And yes, I...

I think I'm probably doing a horrible at being clear. What I am doing is simply adding a pin (any random minuscule object would do) so that something completely sacrificial exists between my object...

Hi Rob, not raising the raft, but creating support structure between the raft and the flat face of my print. I would only say this is usefull when printing something large and flat... normally it...

I am fairly new to 3d printing and have done a LOT of reading on how to best deal with curling. Printing with ABS plastic, I have found that masking tape provides a great surface for adhesion......