I ended up using up to three layers and haven't had any issues since. Will explore lower temperatures for the bed. I got the PLA from voxel factoryby hobbean - Huxley
I too recently got some new PLA and was surprised by the differences in adherence compared tot he fabberdashery PLA. Though, I got mine from voxel factory. I tried a few things. * 1/8th inch acrylic, 140mm x 140mm. This worked too well. It adhered beautifully for the first layers. I simply clipped it to the whole bed assembly and didn't heat the bed. However, because it was so thick / small Itby hobbean - Huxley
Nevermind, the y axis stepper motor controller is dead.by hobbean - Huxley
Should I expect any issues with moving the axis around without the extruder motor connected? Or the heat bed? I was slowly adjusting the pots up on the x axis to get it running without stutter... happily I was able to use pronterface to move the x and y from center through each of back and front left and right - without any skips or stutters! Then, after moving the bed out of the way of the nozby hobbean - Huxley