I just this week got mine up and running and have made two prints. I too had the problem of the print not sticking to the bed or raft (my first one I used a raft, not knowing that it wasn't necessary. The raft would come loose and of course mess up the print so I finally taped the corners down and it worked. I used the honey clear ABS for that print and it required a lot of cleaning up afterward but I am pretty happy with the print. Did not use the slowest or best resolution as it was a trial run. I then learned I did not need to use a raft but didn't have any glue stick. Learned about using blue mask tape too late for this one. I did a flat design of a dragon head, this time using deep crimson PLA and I too had some problem with delamination, pretty much as did garitheous did. I finally watched it printing and when the plastic started to come loose I held it down while the machine played more material. I had to do this a number of times until the first layer was done but afterward it mostly worked okay and I got a completed print. I was not particularly happy with the red PLA as it skipped a few times and as I was doing the finish work on it the base layer totally delaminated in bits. I now believe it was meant to d that. The piece required a lot of trimming for which I used an xacto knife, a Dremel tool and even a fingernail clipper! If anyone has suggestions on cleaning up a print I would love to know what you do.
IMG_1758.jpgIMG_1765.jpg The first is the item as it came off the printer and the 2nd one is mostly cleaned up. A lot of work!

I am wondering if those of you with experience have a preference for PLA or ABS on the M3D printer? Also is it better to feed the plastic ink from the bottom or from outside the printer? Will higher res and longer print times give me a much smoother print with less cleaning up? I want to design and make miniature furniture and other items.