This was the best video I've seen for troubleshooting bad leveling

Hi Tim, thanks for the video! That second iteration gave you near perfect adhesion and flow for your print height - fantastic!

That was a great video that illustrated the point you were trying to make. I didn't think such a small setting change would make that big of a difference.

Great visual representation of these issues. very useful

Great visual comparisons! Definitely learned something today to apply to my 3D printer going forward!

To level the bed, I believe Creality tells us to home the hot end, then disable the stepper motors to move from corner to corner and raise or lower these as needed. Problem is, when I follow this procedure I can never get the bed level the first time. It was infuriating. Then, I read an article someone wrote on the net. He said to stop using disable stepper motors. So, to move from corner to corner, I had to use the Move command. Doing it this way, I was able to level my bed the first time around! My print is perfect.

@rickieprater3255

10 ай бұрын

You know when I leveled my bed the other day I thought about this because it seemed when I disabled the stepper I felt like the print head raised ever so slightly as I moved it around

You helped me a lot bro. Thanks for making this video

Great video and a new subscriber!

Nice video now to get my bed leveled for my first print

Great video!

This vas very informative!

Thanks Tim another informative video on 3D printing, and some important lessons for me to glean. PS. do you have the gcode for your test print? I'd like to try what you are doing.

@dorkytim

4 жыл бұрын

Ah good point, I should add that to the description. The print I used in the video is this one. www.thingiverse.com/thing:2177790

@richardswede

4 жыл бұрын

@@dorkytim Brilliant, many thanks. This gives me something to do today after following your video fitting a 3D Touch, i also have a new bed to fit, I am going to try out the FBS PEX plate from Wham Bam. I have the creality glass plate on now, but hate the hassle of cleaning the bed with warm soapy water each time to remove the glue.

@dorkytim

4 жыл бұрын

I found that Windex easily cleans the glue off and takes a couple of seconds. Sometimes, I don't clean off the glue between prints, unless there's a significant difference in what I'm printing.

@richardswede

4 жыл бұрын

@@dorkytim Ahh, a useful tip (Again ), thanks i'll try some, and i see good ole Amazon (UK) does sell this.

Fantastic video! Ypu just gained a new subscriber 😎👍 I just got a 3D printer and loving it so far however seem to spend a lot of time setting up and levelling the bed to get decent layers, when levelling the bed manually with a heated bed (i use feeler guages) is it best to do this when the bed is at running temperature or when cool? Any help is much appreciated thank you

@dorkytim

3 жыл бұрын

It's better when the bed has been heated to account for any changes.

@totrodder97

3 жыл бұрын

@@dorkytim brilliant thank you! I come from a mechanic/automotive background so when i use feeler guages for setting up engines etc i have to make adjustments at running temperature for a precise measurement too so thats nice and easy to remember 😎👍

@02:20 too close woth ridges right?

how you set the z-offset in printer by a fixed increments?

@dorkytim

10 ай бұрын

Programmaticly by gcode through connecting to the mainboard on a terminal

omg... so the bed leveling precision should be up to 2 points behind decimal... then what about the 3d printers who doesnt have auto bed leveling... thats why its so hard for the beginners..

+1

Do you have the stl

@dorkytim

Жыл бұрын

www.thingiverse.com/thing:2177790