Thanks, I'll give it another try tonight. I do have a practice sandwich that we made and that's what I spent last night working on (after I finished ripping out on my good piece)and just didn't expect so much of this step to rely on me I guess. My machine is sitting on a table so it's not a level surface all the way across. Thanks for letting me know it's atleast a "normal" part of the process.
I just thought it was me and not "getting it".