STOP Bed Leveling Between Every Print! - 3 Surprisingly Simple Fixes For Your 3d Printer
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 พ.ค. 2024
- One of 3d printing's biggest problems, especially when you are new, is levelling your bed.
In this video I'm going to give you 3 simple things you can do to put your levelling issues to bed once and for all.
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A 3D printing channel that actually applies basic engineering principles to getting the best from your printer. If I had watched this video rather than the 'lets just throw your printer together and get printing in 10 minutes' videos it would have saved me a lot of grief! Some lessons in here I have already learned the hard way, but some new stuff to check out too. This should be required viewing for all new Creality printer users.
Wow, what an awesome comment! Thanks so much for letting me know you got some value out of the video.
@akashic seer you need UBL instead of ABL. Try Ender3V2S1 "professional" firmware.
@akashic seer if your CR Touch is getting weird measurements sometimes, check floating voltage on Aluminium gantry you have; mine was ungrounded and that's problem minor for your tech (bricking electric things and bed) but serious hazard for your health
@akashic seer they, imho, are very wise. They sell what they think is achievable and easy to replace/redo and would not be (because they sell on the price nobody would like to beat, within same quality).
I think they have better quality design but in-house, for them. See space programme. Also some CNC measurement machines. They have great quality and accuracy, and as I know, we don't know how they achieved that. Kudos for doing chess moves with other world parts. Personally, I started learning Mandarin Chinese.
@akashic seer last thing, you could pretty easily fix this; prepare one small plastic tie and 30cm long 1mm^2 isolated copper wire. End it with spades or plate connector like in car connectors. Disconnect powersuppy, cut tie on power supply holding the cables to motors. demount power supply only with 4 biggest screws holding it to aluminium (you may need to watch Z steps cable as it is sometimes taped to top of the powersupply cover). Only need to scratch some emulsion from the aluminium gantry where the top right screw is (assuming your Ender is lying on the right side and you see the bottom on the front). Place spades connector under the one of the remaining silver screws on the shorter wall of the there. Check connectivity between the wire another end and pin in power supply socket with the measurement device.
Place the power supply back to this and put spades connector under the screw and supply body where you have scratched aluminium. Now check if any other place (near the black screws in aluminium) are 0 resistance to PE cable in the connector. And for sanity check if any other pin in power supply socket is not connected to PE, so to aluminium cage too. Best regards
I wasted 10 hours on this just to realize it was an x axis problem. Thank you for freeing me with these pointers.
I had literally given up 3d printing for a bit due to the pain of 'leveling' getting one good test print, then the next one ruined. I would spend hours on it! Then get mad and rage quit.
Now, thanks to your video, I've done 6 prints and only needed to tram my bed once!
You're a lifesaver, thank you!
Oh wow, that is a great message to read. My whole channel exists to help someone just like you. I'm really glad something I put out helped you get printing again👍
no music, straight to the point, excellent videography.
I agree. When tutorials are too full of unnecessary chatter, and unfunny jokes. I tend to fast forward and then miss vital info. I don't click on a tutorial, to hear about a youtubers day, or meet their dog, or their girlfriend. This guy knows his niche, and is very concise.
This is hands down the best 3d printing troubleshooting video anyone has made. Good job.
Hey when i adjust all four corners of my printer all 4 seem to be okay offering a little friction to the paper but at the middle of the print the nozzle seems to be too close to the bed what to do?
Staight to the point, NO BS / crappy background music, GREAT delivery, and lots of good info. Tightening my Y axis wheels solved
the issue I had. Thank you, sir!
And you speak slowly and precisely THANKS
Right?! I'm soooooo tired of the snazzy intro music and video segment. This is a great video.
THIS HELPED ME SO MUCH- i spent 2 days trying to fingure what was going wrong while leaving the bed and gantry
No BS, no music, no cartoons, no outlandish claims ,,, awesome !
This video really covers some essential checks we will all need to make periodically in our 3D careers.
I'm 2 1/2 years in and stopped by to comment and encourage new owners to pay special attention to the points made.
You WILL need this info at some point in time, I urge you to get comfortable with measuring and adjusting. It's where a lot of owners falter and fail. Great prints come from well maintained printers.
Great video.
Awesome comment, thanks👍
Very good concise info! Over the years I've seen many talk about each of the issues, but not always at once or as clear. It's not new information, but so often still overlooked. And often misunderstood!!
if only more channels on youtube were this concise and to-the-point, the world would be a better place
Thank you so much!
good to see somebody doesnt repeat what everyone says and tells different stuff
Another great video from Ricky packed full with useful information, I should have watched this before my last “bed levelling” which literally took 1 and a half hours, I can’t state how much I hate BLTouch, my previous setup with Z-Switch was simple and easy to level.
My ender 3 s1 is now printing a 90 plus hour print of a full zise helmet. Just downloaded the file. Sliced it wit the basic support settings. Its now at 65% done and its looking amzing
Thanks for a bullocks free and quick to the point video assisting with constant bed tramming. I've had loads of trouble with the enders l own due to the every other print needing to level business. Cheers!
These tips are just invaluable. Thank you for making these tutorials
As a new user of 3d printing I find your videos invaluable to my success as a beginner. I humble thank 😊you
Thank you. After many weeks (and countless spools of wasted filament) i've finally set up my Ender 3E and getting perfect prints. Your video made everything so clear, and obvious! It all makes sense now.
I'm off to watch more of your content to see what else i didn't know!! 🤔
Glad I found your video! Now I can fix my bed wobbling issue! Will be checking my gantry too! Thank you!
Not sure if you are going to get this but I was in the same boat as a lot of these folks. Hour+ of leveling getting a good test print than the actual print failing. 3 different beds, paper trick for 3 times each level, tape to level the bed (wtf this was dumb lol). It was my X axis after moving the unit a few times. Bless you sir and I thank your parents for bringing you into the world. 🎉
Thank you for the straight forward logic, the last suggestion did cross my mind but I didn't know how to verify it. I'll try this later
Good video, shows you know what you’re doing, incredibly helpful
I desperately needed this!! Thank you!!
I have watched a lot of videos trying to fix an issue in my layers and spent a lot of money trying to upgrade to fix it. I'm very new to 3D printing and didn't realize you could adjust the spacer looking nut on the ?tram? wheels. All those nice upgrades with a firm smooth pressure on the wheels... Thank you. The print looks like the ones I've seen on professional 3D print pages now.
Another great video packed full of useful information. Thanks Ricky!
Ricky, I love your series. Full of userful information, straight to the point, no unnecessary talk.
I finished setting up my S1 Pro based on your instructions and got a perfect first print. Great channel!
Great, glad you find the videos helpful 👍
Thanks Ricky...this is very helpful. I've been fighting with mine.
This dude is epic, you are epic dude. Seriously i wish more people spoke about these issues and brought as much attention to them as you do. I also enjoyed your makeshift filament dryer using a box and heat bed. So simple, yet so effective.
Thanks for the comment Jamie 👍 Glad you've enjoyed some of my videos.
Cheers mate, this is one of the most informative TH-cam videos I have ever watched. Thank you
oh my god you literally are showing me how to fix my X axis gantry. Which i had no idea what to even call it. I love you so much.
Longer LK5 Pro user here. I watched 10+ other videos on this, asked in a big 3D printing FB group and a big 3D printing discord and got nowhere. I was still leveling my bed going around to every spot 10+ times, finally just saying "okay this has to be good", trying it, and getting bad adhesion. Finally found your video and around 2:20 you talk about tightening the wheels to compress the springs more, so I did that and moved my Z stop down a bit to compensate. Since I did that I haven't had to re-level my bed in at least 5 big prints. Thank you SO much!
This video is spottt on, i watched this video and made the changes, havent leveled my bed in a week or longer and i print almost constantly, before i watched i ordered a cr touch not realizing i needed a mainboard upgrade with it, but now im contemplating wheather i need it or not? This trick keeps evergthing close enough in line you can live tune your bed while the outline of your print is printing makong small 1/4 turn adjustments, simply put, do this before you order that extra bs this is the ticket.
Very informative, gotta try some of this out on mine, having problems with my ender 3 v2 not wanting to get a good print starting out
Hi there..iam a newbie on the 3d printer side and everything you have shown on the video gave me more insights than a text book so thank you very much for you time and very helpful advice staysafe.
Awesome video thank you so much. All makes sense now.
Absolutely brilliant contents my go-to place if I get problems. Keep up the good work Ricky 👍👍
Good advices here, clear, succint and no bollocks.
Thank you for the information. We do appreciate it.😊
Very good video my friend. I'm a newby and you are my go to guy. I now have a much better understanding of how this all works and where the problems may lie. Really appreciate you sharing your knowledge.
2:50 Ooooh! Take a wrench to those things! I finally assembled my first 3d printer today, but the prints are having big issues some of which are related to leveling. I noticed there was a bit of play and kept messing around tightening and loosening the springs but it seems it was loose around the tracks. Looks like that's exactly the problem! Thank you.
By fare one of the best - Simple and logical methods and explanations. A huge thanks from me! keep up the stellar work! Cheers Westy
Perfection! This guide was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!
Thanks, glad it helped
Thanks .. .. .. you video was a big help to me. Your knowledge and inside has educated me.
Great tips and suggestions. Precisely aligning a large structure/gantry is not intuitively obvious. Your steps will prevent hours of frustration. Blessings.
Seriously your videos are amazing for a beginner like myself. Thank you
Nice video. thanks for the tips. I am going to watch your leveling video and im hoping that solves some of the problems im having w my ender 3 v2
I have to admit this video is really helpful even for advanced users at it contains knowledge and tips someone might not even have thought of. I especially loved the trick with the tape on the leveling wheels
Glad you liked it, thanks for the comment 👍
Thanx bro. You the man!
very informative and straight to the point no selling out or mentioning amythinv out of topic your video helped me a lot now i found perfection on my prints you are a good teacher
Thanks👍
THANK YOU!!
excelent vid! thank you!
You are a gift, Mister. Such a talent, thank you very much!!!!!!!!!
I've been having a lot of issues with my printer here lately and of all the videos, this one has been the most helpful. You covered an area that I've yet to hear about (tightening up the bed). I'm new with all this so it's nice to finally get an answer to my problem. Thank you very much.
Thank you for leaving a comment to let me know the video helped you. Really glad it helped.
@@RickyImpey I agree with @d1299gator your video helped me to get the bed levelled and printed the test cat. There are some flaws but overall looks good. Now on to watching your video for installing CR touch. Thank you for your time on these videos.
@@af01waco great to hear you are printing, thanks for the comment 👍
Wow great tips! Just put Ender S1 together and did some of these tips but not all of them. Definitely going to tinker before my next use as it prints fine but first layer has been iffy
I never actually knew how to “level” my bed, I didn’t have to adjust anything except the leveling knobs and it worked great😂 thank you!
Your video helped me notice that the tightener on one of my axes (the one that's positioned from left to right but rises and falls up and down) was too tight, and the little holder clip was refusing to hold onto the right-hand side because of this. Thank you for the video.
Wonderful video. Thank you
Really good explanation! Thank you!
I got rid of all my Ender 3 problems (with glassbed and BLtouch and hours of "bed leveling", taking thinks apart, ....) easily quite different: by replacing it by an Prusa i3 MK3s ;-)
Yup thats why i dumped my old printer spent way to many hours trying to re level my bed and brought a Prusa i3 MK3S+ LOL
thank dude i spend a lot time to fix and z adjust help
Thanks for this video. It give me hope that I can get my bed leveling issues behind me.
Best instruction I've seem so far. On My ender 3 v2 every time a print starts i hear a hard knock on the Z drive, the bracket above the stepper was loose, tightened it up and still does it. I will try the whole Z and X alignment you mention to see if it works. I'm utterly frustrated on how random this stuff is. THANKS
Recently got my 3d printer, and I would go 1 maybe 2 or if I'm really lucky 3 prints with the Ender 3 V2 before I needed to spend at least 5min to "tram" the bed again in order to get a good starting print, and I think once my current print is done I'm definitely going to be spending some time to check the rollers of the X axis. Thank you for a very good video. No time wasted and very to the point.
Hello Ricky, thank you so much for this video, I'm just starting into 3D printing (Creality Ender 3 S1 Pro). I'm a big fan of your lessons, I'm a Scuba Diving Instructor and use same skills for teaching, talking in a calm way, making sure I don't teach something that I don't fully know and always show practical and visual examples, just like you do. Sending you a Big Hug from Portugal!
Thanks very much, I like to try and explain things in the simplest way, it's good to hear I'm on the right track👍
This is a fantastic video! Very succinct, thorough, and useful.
Great, really glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the comment 👍
Great instructional video ! I bought an Amazon liquidation "Anycubic Kobra" and had issues with the extruder feed and bed not leveling. Your leveling video shacked it for me. Moving on to the bed extruder feed now and if you could create a video for this I believe it would very useful. The Anycubic Kobra feed drive is a plastic joke, whoever had this machine rammed the extruder nozzle into the bed and the plastic gears moved in every direction. I fixed it and it took over 2 hours since I fabricated the parts that were causing the problem. I'm a talker so I'll move on, and Thank you for this highly educational video.
Wow! I just followed your guide and it's just like getting a new printer! You just got yourself a new subscriber! Thanks for the help! Been pulling my hairs out over my ender 3 v2 neo.
So glad the video helped you, welcome to the channel 👍
So helpful!
Thank you very much!!!!!!!
Absolutely correct. I bought an ender printer with upgrade parts and never fitted them. As an electronics eng, I have an appreciation for mechanical engineering too. I spent the time to set up my printer on assembly and have never had to make adjustments from first print. It's absolutely imperative to not just throw your printer together and hope for excellence.
After doing my first few prints and noticing the gantry sagging a little bit on the right side, I immediately bought the dual-z-axis kit with 2nd lead screw. It was the very first upgrade I did on my printer, and 30 bucks well spent. I almost never have to level my bed.
Good tips here Rick. I’ve been somewhat out of the loop for a few years so just watching some new content and came across this video. Always curious how other people solve their problems.
On the topic of end stop sensors misbehaving. This IS a big one. I spent a fair amount of time fighting inconsistency issues at one point until I figured that out. It’s potentially an easy fix too. Just swap your z axis end stop with one of the others. The other axes don’t need to trigger as precisely and consistently as the z axis does, as long as the switch triggers and in my case the end stop from the Y axis triggered much more consistently. I had to figure that issue on my own so it’s good to see people talking about it now. It’s been a few years now but thinking back to when I was getting into 3d printing, watching videos and reading I don’t recall anyone mentioning the end stop switches when talking about troubleshooting problems. At one point after solving my issues with the end stops I had replied to a poster having similar issues, suggested the same, and the response that got seemed to indicate the end stops were very much an overlooked problem. I couldn’t believe it. Out of all these people, all these posts and all this experience, nobody thought of this.
Also on the bed adjustment wheels moving I think that’s a fair one worth mentioning too. I designed a simple solution for this. Basically a cap that slides over the shaft part of the wheel and interlocks with the spokes to add friction where the wheel and bed carriage touch. While maybe not necessary, I don’t want them to move and they don’t need to move for any reason unless choose I move them.
Not sure how it is for other printers but for my Ender3 Creality provides the open source cad files for the printer which you can use to model around the wheel and cut the part to get a perfect fit.
Thanks for the comment. I hear so many stories of 3d printer owners solving their own problems like the end stop switches, but also so many of people giving up as they don't have the experience to troubleshoot. I'll keep trying to make videos to help those that feel frustrated with this 'hobby' because of the complexities of setting up and running a machine.
You couldn’t have had better timing with this video! I just got my ender 3 v2 and I’ve been having trouble getting a good print! Got a perfect calibration cube and benchy but now my first layers are coming out 💩. Your videos are single handedly fixing my printer and I am grateful for you! Keep up the great content!
Perfect, that's the idea🙂
Same here ... I'm still pretty surprised that user guide is not mentionning those critical points. My hot bed was indeed absolutely not tight, as well as the horitontal guide. Thank you Ricky !
I said fuck it and got the auto level as an engineer saying fuck it can fix many issues
Get a Prusa.
Thanks dude. Got the issue where i couldn't level my printer. Too tight Z rollers were the problem.
I'm going to add dual linear rails so it also adds more weight. There is something to be said for machinists' lathes and mills weighing around 1000#s. And glass bed has fixed 90% of my issues.
Thanks for the upload. I'm new to printing, but my prints are doing pretty well. It looks like I have to tighten my bed. I have it so the bolt just comes through. I'll tighten them up to 2/3'rds before the next time I use it.......(probably tomorrow :)
Absolute 3D print hero!!
This is such a fantastic video, well done
Aside from the smart content, you present it in a way that's so respectful of our time as viewers. Love it
What I nice comment, thank you. I've never heard anyone put it that way but I really like it. It's something I will remember going forward. Be respectful of the viewer's time, love it!
My old TAZ 5 has 2 z-axis motors, at first I thought it was a little goofy given that is the axis that moves the least but quickly came to appreciate it when actually cranking out prints. I've only adjusted the bed once and it's been running flawlessly (with occasional non-bed related hiccups) ever since
2:08, I didn’t even know I could adjust this. Great videos!
Amazing videos as always. Rick knows!
you are literally a Godsend to my Ender 3 Issues
OMG!!!!! This video saved my sanity!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was so tired of trying to "level my bed" the traditional way.....yet I could never get anything to print right....turns out my bed was crazy wobbly, and my levelling knobs were way too loose.....
I'm really glad the video helped your sanity🙂
I spent 3 hours levelling my bed, and I still fell out. Thanks for the informative video, and for not trying to yell over a rock concert.
A really useful video. I used to have this unleveling problem, and after some maintenance, mostly loosening all the eccentric nuts and then tightening them just enough to remove wobbling, and then switching to PEI (which is thinner so the springs are compressed more now), I have been printing without adjustments for more than a months, and I've moved the printer around the room several times during that time period.
Not compressed enough springs is probably the source of many problems. I wish manufacturers would give a proper measurement, like 'compress them to measure 2cm' or so.
100%👍 The reason so many people say that changing to stiffer bed springs 'fixed' their levelling issues, is because they just didn't add enough tension to their original springs. I'm trying to think of a clear way to show this in a video but it's not a very easy thing to demonstrate visually.
You're amazing! Thank your for the video, it is helpful and easy to follow! Now my prints are perfect!
Awesome! Glad you liked the video.
Some great tips there.
Excellent
good job thanks
Thanks for the tips
I finally have my bed “leveled” Timmed
i feel dumb when it comes to 3d printing and this helped me understand it a bit more thank you
Awesome video!
Well done video. 👏
this video is very informative . I recommend to all beginners.- thanks
Thanks, hopefully it is helping people with some of the common issues.
Omg you’re a savior my parents told me if there are any problem with my new printer I’m never allowed to get one again and we whould return it now I can do whatever I need
Everything can be fixed Max. It just sometimes means you need to learn a bit more or maybe replace a part. Glad my video helped you.
I discovered your channel recently. Your videos are very good, concise and easy to understand.
I really like your pronunciation, makes it very easy to understand for those of us whose mother language is other than English.
May I ask for a guide on bed surfaces? My original ender 3 bed is asking for replacement and there are a lot of diverse opinions about that. Some love glass, some say PEI coated steel is the way. I couldn't find garolite available for me...
Thank you and keep the good work! Greetings from Uruguay!
Thanks for the great comment and support 👍 Yes print surfaces is a video I need to do. There is no perfect surface for all types of filament, they all have their pros and cons. The closest I have found to an all-round surface is PEI.
great video, i just bought my first 3d printer and i'm going insane with the leveling, sometimes a print comes out perfectly, other times it fails inmediatly and others (the most frustrating times) it fails halfway, also the clips of the bed flew out twice mid printing and started dancing above the bed i have no idea why, i'm going to try adjusting this
Perfect example of "Eliminate the CAUSE of problems to get rid of symptoms" 🤟Thank you sir
Your video is enlightening however, I found that after a failed print it's often necessary to tram the bed again. When the head knocks down a print it may get misaligned. Switching off/on and running the auto-bed leveling and the Z-axis adjustment is sufficient. Ender 3 s1 pro here.
After watching this video I realized that my X gantry was terribly misaligned. Thanks for the helpful breakdown! It made troubleshooting a lot easier :)
Glad I could help👍
Great instructions, sad that I could not understand most of it!
Thank you so much. What thickness feeler guage do you use under the nozzle?