# Taco bed (new style)

**URL:** <https://forum.sovol3d.com/t/taco-bed-new-style/9697>\
**Category:** Sovol SV08\
**Tags:** bed-leveling, leveling, advice\
**Created:** [March 5, 2026, 7:37am UTC](https://forum.sovol3d.com/t/taco-bed-new-style/9697 "2026-03-05T07:37:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![H2026](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f07891/32.png) [@H2026](https://forum.sovol3d.com/u/H2026)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.sovol3d.com/t/taco-bed-new-style/9697/9 "2026-03-08T18:12:02Z")

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Update:

So the middle was not actually bolted down to the printbed frame as I thought. You can actually push it down and it will ‘spring’ back up just like at the corners. It just needs a lot more force. I could not see a way to adjust the height in the middle other than by adding more tape there so I continued with that.

I was getting some heightmap measurements that would vary a lot, even if I did not change anything to the plate or bed, for repeated measurements at the same temperature. I saw a comment on youtube from someone claiming that with the new sv08 bed all you had to do was loosen the screws, heatsoak at 100% and adjust until flat enough. That did not help me directly but maybe the heatsoaking stabilized the magnetic sticker and my tape a bit.

After that I changed my bedmesh temperature to 0 to be able to change/measure a bit faster. I thought I was getting closer to 0.2 but the measurements were still varying a lot.

Then I noticed the `horizontal_move_z: 5` and changed that to the 2mm I was using before, changed the bedmesh temperature back to 50C and got more reliable measurements. I also made sure to run the front fan of the toolhead at 100% and park the head at Z=200 while I was making changes. The eddy coil is supposed to be more accurate at that height but the Sovol Eddy has no temperature compensation so I tried to improve the accuracy this way and it seemed to work well.

So I got to the point where the Z height difference is now at about 0.2mm and was finally able to print a 350x350 first layer for the first time. Not a great first layer but I think I can probably still improve this.

 ![img2](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/sovolforum/original/2X/6/6d6e4fef02303c2128a8e098e43d1ab19b5d18a0.jpeg)

 ![Screenshot from 2026-03-08 17-14-41](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/sovolforum/original/2X/7/738d61a202ada8a5bdca837968634775e17c198a.jpeg)

Thanks!

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