Questions tagged [bed-leveling]
Use this tag for questions regarding the manual or automatic leveling of the build platform.
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Why my DIY printer start printing in air?
I've built a DIY 3D printer similar to Prusa i3. It does homing and bed leveling very well with a PNP Lj12a3_4_Z_BY sensor using G28 and ...
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Automatic leveling probe offset; adjusting for one side ruins the other
When I adjust the probe offset to get the proper layer height and adhesion, one side is set right but the other doesn't work. If I decrease the probe offset (say -1.100 to -1.050) the right side seems ...
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How to set the boundaries for BLTouch probing
I have just installed the BLTouch on my Ender 3 running Marlin 1.1.9 and I want to set it up so the probing does the 9 points in a perimeter that uses most of the bed surface area. At the moment the ...
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Ender 3 Z-limit now unreliable - possible causes and solutions?
I had a couple of recent nozzle/bed crashes, so I now frequently do a manual bed levelling. I do these while the bed is heated to allow for expansion.
Today i found, after levelling, a subsequent ...
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Tevo Michelangelo nozzle below build plate?
I got a Tevo Michelangelo as first 3D printer today and already got a problem with the bed leveling: The extruder nozzle is way below the build plate. (When I auto-home the axes, which I've done ...
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How to set the Z home offset
I have what I thought would be a simple question.
I don't have an auto leveling probe, I do my leveling manually with 4 screws and a piece of paper (I measured the thickness to 0.1 mm).
For the ...
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How do I add auto bed levelling to my Marlin-based CNC?
I just finished a CNC that uses Marlin Firmware. The dimensions of it are quite large (3200 x 2000 mm) and the table is not perfect. I'm thinking of adding a proximity sensor to store a mesh in the ...
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Issues with Auto Bed Leveling
I have enabled auto bed leveling on my 3D printer. I have used a 6-36 V inductive sensor with a 7805 voltage regulator running the sensor at 10.78 V.
I am using Marlin 1.1.9. This is my configuration ...
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3DTouch sensor fails after probe deployment and triggering
I'm using a 3DTouch sensor (from Geeetech) on a self-build CoreXY printer (HyperCube Evolution). The sensor worked perfectly until not being used for a month.
The symptoms are that it fails to deploy ...
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Does auto leveling result in sheared prints?
I asked this question as a small question under an answer of another question (How bed leveling is achieved without table screws?), but have been asked to post this as a separate question to answer it ...
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What exactly does automatic bed leveling do?
I get the concept of automatic bed leveling...the printer moves around the bed and uses a sensor to identify high and low spots, then "software compensates for differences".
But what exactly does "...
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Will a glass bed warp as it is heated?
I purchased a glass bed to use with my still-in-transit Ender 3. Since the bed came in before the printer, I pulled it out and used a flat edge ruler to see how flat the glass surface is.
It appears ...
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How bed leveling is achieved without table screws?
I have seen printers with table screws and bed leveling sensor and printers that have only bed leveling sensor (such as Prusa).
So my question is how does the bed levelling work when there is only a ...
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BiLinear bed leveling
My G29 command reports
+0.178 +0.281 +0.830
-0.614 -0.012 +0.371
-1.208 -0.849 -0.351
So should I tighten up the screw of the bed, close to 0,0 position or ...
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Marlin Firmware Auto Leveling only re-centers the XY-axis (Delta printer)
I'm trying to get my printer to auto level its bed, with Marlin firmware using the following:
Printer: Kossel Linear plus (Delta 3D printer)
Board: MKS Base V1.5
Firmware: Marlin customized
I go ...
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Adhesion problem (heat bed or extruder issue)
I am having an issue with the transition from the first layer to the second. It seems that the first layer isn’t staying put on the hot bed and the extruder is dragging it around creating a ball of ...
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Z-Axis zero/home position is higher than the actual print starting position
I'm having an issue with my very first printer, a Monoprice Select Mini V2. After doing about 20 successful prints on it, the Z axis is suddenly acting very odd.
When I 'home' the Z axis and move the ...
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Delta printer nozzle not moving square with a perfectly level bed (as if the bed is bent… but it isn't)
I've been having this problem with my delta 3D printer where my nozzle isn't moving flat with my print bed (as if the bed is bent) but I have used the edge of my steel ruler and it seems to be ...
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Adding extra Z-offset to bed for PETG in Slic3r
Having printed exclusively in PLA for the past year, I'm now looking at trying out PETG in order to print a set of spare parts for my new Prusa i3 mk3.
I have bought a roll of PETG from Rigid.ink and ...
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Z Offset on autoleveling sensor setup
How does Z offset (M851) work with an auto leveling sensor? Does it add the Z offset to the offset of the G29 mesh? or the G29 value replaces the M851?
My printer is an Anet A8 with marlin firmware, ...
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Problem with print bed height on Creality Ender 4
I am a novice to 3D printing and have encountered an issue that I cannot seem to solve. Hopefully someone here can point me in the right direction.
I have a Creality Ender 4 that I purchased a few ...
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Marlin's bed leveling Mesh Validation Pattern ignoring home offset
I'm using a Prusa clone with Ramps 1.4, Marlin 1.1.5 and an inductive proximity sensor Z-probe. Due to the design of the printer, the X and Y end-stops and the Z-probe are not exactly aligned with the ...
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Auto bed leveling with BL Touch sensor crashing to bed
I'm new to 3d printing and I recently bought a Geeetech Prusa i3 Pro B along with a BL Touch (3D touch) sensor to do auto bed leveling.
I printed the sensor holder, mounted it and the sensor to the ...
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Tevo Tarantula incorrectly auto leveling of bed
I decided to try and setup the bed auto level sensor.
I downloaded this firmware: TEVO-Tarantula-I3-Marlin-Firmware and followed this tutorial, YouTube - Setting Up Auto Bed Leveling (Tevo Tarantula)....
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Auto leveling with Marlin and RAMPS 1.4 does not work
I configured Marlin 1.1.3 for auto-leveling with a fix mounted sensor connected to the Z end-stop pin.
I have the following settings in my config:
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Nozzle jumps off the bed when using Marlin Mesh Bed Leveling
I am using Marlin firmware with a RAMPS board on an Anet A8 printer.
The bed size for the printer is 220 x 220 mm and that is stated in the configuration.h file. ...
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Assisted manual levelling with Marlin
Marlin offers a bunch of different choices for auto-levelling and assisted manual levelling for bent build plates (mesh levelling), but for the moment I want to level things completely manually.
That ...
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Printrbot simple metal not auto leveling
I have a printrbot simple metal with the heated bed upgrade. Its been working fine until Cura updated, now, after the x,y, and z axis zeros, the print starts without moving to the other corners and ...
