# 1+ "retirement" **URL:** \ **Category:** Form 1/1+\ **Created:** [October 16, 2018, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/1-retirement/20819 "2018-10-16T11:19:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_McLoughlin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea5d25/32.png) [@John\_McLoughlin](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/John_McLoughlin)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/1-retirement/20819/1 "2018-10-16T11:19:05Z")
My company 1+ gave good loyal service but I’ve had confirmation from Formlabs that the print problem I’ve described to them is a sign of galvanometer malfunction and the fixed price repair service is no longer available. The symptom is that Y axis is grossly distorted (just over 2:1!). The question is whether it’s realistic to think that I can squeeze more life out of the old critter by carefully scaling models accordingly in my CAD models? I’d have to be careful that I orientate the STL model in Preform, of course. The downside, I guess, is that the best orientation for printing will only rarely coincide with the lop-sided scaling. ---
**Author:** ![John\_McLoughlin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea5d25/32.png) [@John\_McLoughlin](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/John_McLoughlin)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 1:16pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/1-retirement/20819/2 "2018-10-16T13:16:12Z")
Further to my earlier posting, I just thought through and realised that the curing process is likely to be compromised, as I presume the laser beam will be travelling faster in the Y direction than it ought to, thus diminishing the actual-versus-intended energy levels. There have been adhesion problems, probably attributable to this malfunction. Maybe I should just quietly retire the machine after all? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/formlabs/original/3X/5/b/5bc2bdf993ff27c2e0eecab5010b25626fbb327a.png) [@system](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 1:16pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/1-retirement/20819/3 "2018-10-23T13:16:20Z")
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