there is a slightly modified version of the current makergear extruder on thingyvers that was altered to make printing tpu easier.. That along with a new drive gear make all the difference in the world with TPU and other soft filament.

Sounds worse than the old manual method of printing the appropriate 2 walled square, measure and make z offset change with M206 and M500.. Why in gods name would you need to run a mesh level with every print.. manually level the bed, run mesh and be done with it for the year.. My simple M2 does not ...

Ah I see now.. Glad you figure it out!

In order of most likely, Z offset too high, nozzle partially clogged, Filament drive slipping, all assuming same gcode that printer correctly before you messed with the glass as you said nothing changed.

what are we looking at????

broken wire that only looses connection when the Y axis is moving??

I would also recommend the M2 but I am even considering a Prusa just to try it out.. I am active on a UK based 3d print forum and the junk that people buy and expect to work just amazes me.. I don't even mention the M2 as the remarks I get are "That is over priced machine and nothing special.. no be...

You will learn a lot printing small items! :D Also, this is a product I swear by.. https://www.intservo.com/products/new-clearning I bought this same amount 2 years ago and have most of it left..you only use about 8" per cleaning.. there are several posts where I explain how it is used and a few fol...

One of the problems new users have is overly high expectation of finish quality, I know I did for quite a while. The rest of your benchy looks really good from what i can see, but when using really thin layers like you are, and you hit really small areas like those 4 posts, the plastic gets over hea...

I would highly suggest calling support and ask them to send you a new bed as well as help you understand why this happened..