Day 15: Still not able to Print the Big Stuff

I'm still not able to print the big stuff.  Something is going wrong when I try to print long lines on a first layer.  Dataman calls it the Venetian Blinds effect.  I leave these gaps, that balloon up and hook the print head when it tries to cross hatch.

The nice folks over at Makerbot forums are trying to help Dataman with this.  It's been driving him NUTS.

I did manage one decent printout today, a Heart Shaped box... The cover is not printing correctly though.  Just a bit too big and encountering the venetian blind effect.