How to level your build plate (platform) on your 3D Printer

[greatestalive]

I found this video on Makergeeks.com and found it extremely useful so I thought I'd share

It explains how to level your build platform, for those that are wondering.

[Davo]

Good info; does this apply across the majority of manufacturers?

This is not how the Hyrel bed is leveled.

If this is specific to this brand of printer, it should be in a forum specific to this brand.

[greatestalive]

Hmm, I don't know. I thought it was mostly the same for all printers, but I do own the specific one in the video so I guess I could be wrong...

[old man emu]

The information about how to use the card is universal.

I notice that at the start of the video he talks about using the bed-leveling function of the machine. That sounds like it is a feature of the firmware. If you are using Marlin firmware, then there is a new version which a has a bed leveling routine. You have to fit some other components.

We are discussing this modification in the MakerFarm forum, but you will get the idea from these videos:


part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awsI9bMndJA
part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6msLOR_EfKc
part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpiOsetkIRg

Old Man Emu

[Geoff]

The information about how to use the card is universal.

I notice that at the start of the video he talks about using the bed-leveling function of the machine. That sounds like it is a feature of the firmware. If you are using Marlin firmware, then there is a new version which a has a bed leveling routine. You have to fit some other components.

We are discussing this modification in the MakerFarm forum, but you will get the idea from these videos:


part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awsI9bMndJA
part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6msLOR_EfKc
part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpiOsetkIRg

Old Man Emu

I found the card a bit thick, it had my nozzles off the print bed. I use an 86gsm piece of A4 paper, seems to be good for high res calibration.

[3dkarma]

I found the card a bit thick, it had my nozzles off the print bed. I use an 86gsm piece of A4 paper, seems to be good for high res calibration.

I too use paper instead of card to get the right bed height. I find card too thick, although a lot is dependent on your layer height.

[Davo]

We use a sheet of paper to set the Z height for the tool we have loaded, but first we load a dial gauge in the tool slot to level the bed.