Ender 3 V2 Bed Leveling : Quick Look at How to Level a 3D Printer Bed
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- Today we talk about the Ender 3 V2 Bed Leveling and I show you a quick look at how to level a 3D Printer Bed. This is a short version of the more in depth video I did a couple years ago. Check that one out for even more content!
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"Takes 5 minutes tops"
Me on day 6 still trying to get my bed leveled. . :')
Same here, I've spent quite a lot of time manually levelling the bed, even with BLTouch, there are always couple rebel circles when I run bed leveling print.. frustrating
Take a look to the excentric nuts on the botom of the bed, if yuo adjust , yuo change a little the geometry of the bed, resulting in a warpped or semi warped bed
What i do is use 2 pice of paper (not one), because i use 0.2 mm layer high, the point is use something similar to yuor layer high, for example, if yuo use 0.1 mm layer high, use just 1 paper(0.1mm paper)
@@noway8233 testing this now! .. will give updates.. i heard business cards are good also?
@@alexkurebis3907 i use a tipical pice of paper for printer, they mesere 0.1 mm aprox (yuo can check with a caliper), but for 0.2 layer high,i use 2 papers togerher, so the nozzle can touch them..when yuo fell some resistance, thats ok, the go to the other corner, always move a little cause when yuo change one corner, afect the others, so i do this a cople of time until they are more less the same(yuo can check the center too,and see how warped/flat is, an remenber, the eccentric can chage the geometry of the bed, good luck)
Something to keep in mind to make things go a little faster. Try to position the nozzle directly above the screw that you're turning. This will eliminate any of the extra rise or fall you get from being off from the pivot point. If you manage to be directly above the screw/pivot point, you will also eliminate the effects the screw adjustment will have on the other three corners.
That's what he said in the video.
Great advice. Thanks
Sounds genius, but still to be tested, will give my Feedback on this later, thanks
I started this and on my first pass around discovered the right rear corner was almost 5mm higher than any other corner. After a lot of troubleshooting I discovered the x-axis support was not square with the bed or z-axis supports. turns out one of the rollers was bent. once I fixed that looks like the bed leveling was working
dude i love you, thank you. this shits easy with practice but beginners like me need these dumbed down "5 minute" versions. you make everything much more understandable for someone who has no knowledge and bought a 3d printer for fun :)
Very handy! This isn't my first FDM printer but my previous one had auto-leveling so I never had to worry about doing it manually.
This is honestly my new favorite leveling guide.
Thanks so much. I've upgraded the springs using your video and after that my normal routine of leveling wasn't working out so I watched this video and it's perfect now.
great information, I've been printing for two years and still reference this video every time I change my nozzle.
Great video, re-set up my printer following this and now its printing perfect again, no more bed peeling !!
BRUH!!! THANK YOU!!!! This is the best single advice ever for a brand new beginner!!!!
I dont know why. I looked at many videos on leveling but i could not get it to work. Then I watched this video and I had it perfect after 30 min. Thank you!
I hadn't leveled my bed in a year (hadn't printed anything) and completely forgot how to do it, I got my bed leveled in less than 6 minutes (always was 10+ for me, as i want it perfect). Love the video!
Best bed leveling video. I'm a newbie and your video made it super clear. Thanks!
Thank you for this video I’ve tried so many times to level my bed and this video got me there.
Absolutely fantastic bed leveling tutorial!! It's perfect for beginners like me. You don't talk down to us but you don't talk over our heads either. Thanks for taking the time to make this for all of us noobs!!
I agree Dustin.
Dustin I agree.
I had been having issues getting a good level but your video helped. Now my prints are coming out a lot cleaner. Thanks
OMG, thanks so much! I think my Z stepper thing on the side had come loose! I loosened one bolt and the whole thing fell off. I had been leveling and re-leveling but my prints were coming out in dots and splotches. Thank you for the easy step-by-step, very well done! :) Looks like it's working great again!
Followed your method a couple of times now exactly and its worked both times thank you.
Thanks for this video, man. Took me probably way too long but I was able to level my bed.
Pointed this out only couple weeks ago as not 1 video showed you need to load up the bed adjuster springs to begin with and next is to take the bed amd nozzle up to operating temps as heat makes them expand so then they are different measurements again , so firm up bed springs then heat then level , FIRM HEAT LEVEL jobs done 👍😊
I'm really new to 3d printing but my best tip is level right above the 4 screws first. (like in the video)
The skirt print helps as well. If it's thin the bed is too high, if it isn't squished but round, the bed is too low
thank you so much, this was one of the best tutorials i could find, keep up the good work!
Thanks for the video. Got the printer leveled on my first attempt post you video. (failed twice before trying to do it by myself without guidance)
The only tutorial that worked from the first time. Big thanks 🎉
After a ton of video on how to level my 3d bed................your the BEST, Thanks
Awesome! I'm glad it helped and I hope your printing good now!
One of the best levelling tip
Hey thank you for this tutorial. Very much appreciated and very much needed.
Thanks You Sir you are a life saver ive been up 6 hours until i saw you video it level perfectly thanks you so much
Thanks for making videos man.
Glad you like them!
Thankyou so much for this tutorial, i copied it step by step and was done in 4 mins tops.
Finally someone is showing how to do it . thank you
Thank you, this was very helpful when I installed my magnetic build serface. 1st print seems to going very well.
This tutorial is simply awesome, thanks a lot!!!
Thank you so much! I didn’t know I had to adjust the z axis stop
Just perfect thanks a lot for your time and well explaining lesson, Thanks a million !!!
I read that disabling stepper motors can result in slight changes to the nozzle's z position when moving the head around the surface. That's why I use the move option and use the screen to move the nozzle.
This can happen, and a lot of firmware is now including the Leveling option to move the hotend to the specific points on the build plate for you! Thanks for watching!
This happened to me. Somehow when I disable the stepper, the z-axis motor turns a little bit and that really ruins my leveling. I use different method by the way. Once I do autohome the nozzle, I move z axis by 0.2 or 0.4, then instead of paper I use feeler gauge with the corresponding thickness between the bed and the nozzle.
Cheers for that - helped a lot get over the teething problems.
Oh my god thank you so much my friend and I were going nuts trying to level it LOL you are a literal lifesaver
at the end you talk about baby stepping to get that perfect first layer, but i wish you described what to look for and how to tell if you need to go up or down as it's starting. it's cool to know we CAN do minute adjustments, but we need to know what to look for to make a decision.
Imagine a cross section where the filament in a line is a slightly squished oval. That's what you are aiming for. If you look at the underside of your parts as you print more and more objects, you can keep dialling it in to get a nicer lower surface finish
great levelling video, worked perfect. thanks a lot🤘
Very useful thank you it worked for my adjustment that was the issue I was having.
Having huge issues now with my ender 3 v2 Bed Leveling, I get all 4 corners perfect (with bed heated and also without makes no difference) Middle always too high and doesn't stick at all, using Z-offset at -0.07 I get perfect first layer but every layer after gets closer and closer to the print and I have to set the Z-Offset to +0.15 then its perfect what am I doing wrong or is there a way to set this in Prusaslicer so its automatic
Thank you, you have helped me so much!!!
Excellent video bud. Been having problems with my z homing at different levels. I will give this approach a try before I by a BLtouch
Great Tips, Thanks!
Thanks so much adjust the z stop for me helped a ton!!!
I was ready to trash my ender. Works like a charm now. Thx a lot!
makes me really appreciate my Sidewinder x1, thou i just purchased a ender 3 v2 for an additional printer
Thankyou for making this helpful video, liked & Subscribed, Thankyou, Kenneth
V helpful. Still not sure about adjusting z axis as you print!
Thanks so much for you time and efart into this video that helped me so much
Is there a way to zero-out the z axis adjustment, so I don't have to end up adjusting the z axis in tune for every print ?
There’s some cura prints you can get that’ll automatically position the nozzle over the four corners for leveling. POG
or use jyer's firmware
@@youraveragemetalhead226 whats that?
Regarding the z-offset how much should I keep it at? Also should I activate it only for the first layer?
Thanks so much! This helped!
I often come back to this video asnits very helpful. Never, ever has it taken me five minutes. I mean, it's still a great video, I may just be an idiot!
great vid! keep it up
Thanks for watching!
Good job. Since all I have are Ender 5's I had no idea how to level an Ender 3.
Hahaha It just about the same but not! Lol
Forgot to thank you for your video, very helpful.....
I like your channel, and your voice
Thanks so much I am New to 3D printing and i was having trouble levelling the bed on my ender 3 and after watch I was off printing again..
Hello, just bought a ender 3 v2 (kinda late now ,I know) but when I lower the bed all the way it hits the y axis motor at the back. This means I can't follow the steps in the video, do you have any ideas what may be wrong? Or is this normal, its my first ender hahaha. thanks for your other videos about the ender 3 v2 theyre great!
this helped me - thank you 🤖🤘
lefty uppy (loose) - righty downy (tight)
Finally, I leveled it while it was printing. Back was okay but front left just didn't want to play nice.
Thank you so much.
Thanks...Very helpful video... what's the bed you are using on this printer?
It's a TH3D bed of some kind
Like David said, it's the TH3D EZFlez 2 bed. I think I did a video on it in the Ender 3 V2 playlist. There are links there!
Thanks again.
Great video. Now I need to buy a desk to put my printer on, and a laptop to model a slice . Thanks.
So does all the wheels underneath have to be tight till you can turn them no more right
Thanks. I was able to get it level. I was going insane. Had the z stop messed up
@3:00 that's my AHA! moment! I kept trying to "auto home" and the directions said to make the extruder tip 0.8mm from the bed but mine kept hitting the z axis limit switch and stopping like 10mm away from the bed! I never thought to just manually screw it down using the z motor haha THANKS!!!!
*HOWEVER!!!
my z stop switch plate has a tab that keeps it from being mounted any lower, so I can't really "cheat" like this?? Should I remove the tab with a dremel??
Any help for this n0oB is highly appreciated!!!
(And yes I have adjusted the bed up until it runs out of threads, still too far away!!!)
I purchased an Ender 3 as my first printer. Never again will buy a printer that is not self leveling. I used a Bambu P1P self levelling printer last weekend and it was a dream. Fast setup with zero calibration. Yeah, more money but well worth it.
DOES EXPLAIN HOW GOT THE HEAD IN THE FIRST POSITIONS
If you disable steppers, your z-axis will be free to drop down. Its better to leave it enabled and move XY with menu. And always move your nozzle right above springs, so you dont need to relevel 5 times.
it isnt going to drop because the z-axis rod is threaded
if you dont disable the steppers you are going to be putting wear on them and eventually burn them up
@@InZayne Thats not true. Do you think that z-axis stepper is disabled while you are printing? Its enabled whole time during print. And try to move the axis down with stepper disabled and you will be surprised how easy it is.
@@sviccc your z axis will not be able to drop down, because it is at lowest point possible due to the Z stop. Disabling makes bed levelling so much easier and faster, at least in my experience.
@@Mariuz9 i have bed leveled in one minute. When you drop your axis on endstop, you are actually beyond its switch point. And also putting stress on it...
@@sviccc autohome makes it touch the stopper.
1 minute with menu option? 😁 thats a lie, sorry. Or your bed has to be leveled at the beginning. If the bed is unlevelled you are risking to damage nozzel when setting it to move to other corner, because it would not stop when it starts touching the bed.
I was trying to do this again but my end stop was already all the way down as far as it could go. Things got confusing from there.
OK I got a question- is it just me or does the nozzle feel like it's vibrating when moving the paper back and forth? I have the bed set to 60 degrees and Hotend set to 200 degrees while tramming, and steppers off but definitely feel a vibration either in the nozzle/ Hotend, or at least the paper for some reason. Makes it hard to get "that feel. "
Jim, If you were going to buy a 300x300 printer without any budget constraint which model would you buy?
Man that's a great question! Shoot me a chat or email and I'll think about it in the meantime! Thanks for watching!
Jim,
I installed a EZABL sensor on my Ender 3 V2, and have been experiencing frequent need to 'babyset' the z offset. I know you've done a video on the installation of this same Auto leveling technology. I followed the setup as specified in documents and an youtube video, including calibrating the sensor. I was wondering how your experience has been with the EZABL Sensor. Are you finding that the z offset has to be adjusted frequently?
Thanks
DT
Good question! I normally don't need to mess with it to much after doing it the first time. Are you saving the config on the printer after you dial in the baby steps? By that I mean going to control and clicking the save option. That should save the config and you shouldn't have to mess with it unless you move the printer or are still using springs that can move. I like using the solid bed mounts as them don't move and that's a variable that I don't have to worry about.
@@TheEdgeofTech Yes, I still have my upgraded "yellow" springs on the bed as insurance policy for me so if my print head come crashing down on it I'll at least some some accident forgiveness.. perhaps this is why I am experiencing my issues with leveling. I believe EZABL includes a STL file that has the solid bed mounts. I'll get to those today and give it another try. Another thing, I noticed that you are using a Magnetic printing surface from TH3D, how do you like it? I still have my original Ender Glass on my setup and I am seriously thinking about making the switch.
DT
Would you be able to do a video on the BLTouch for the E3v2. Start to finish. Install, Calibration, First Print for some one who is new to all this.
I've watched a bunch of BLTouch videos but it seems like things get skipped over in the videos that I've seen. I think a lot of this is due to the person who is making the videos already having it setup, level and ready to print.
They are always like, "mine is already set but you just do this" but don't really show you.
Thank you!
Great Idea!
I put one on my V2 recently and, yeah, between guides with people running 3rd party firmware, using random brackets and other mods, or skipping over vital steps like setting the z-offset, it can be a bit of a minefield. A straightforward, start to finish guide on stock hardware would be very valuable.
Could you make a video on how to do this with the bltouch on your Ender 3 v2? I just can't seem to get it to stay level with mine.
Try dual z axis kit from Bangkok, worked for mine, change bed springs too.
did you remove the z axis stop ? i did that, used a custom framework from smith3d and for almost a year now i did not have to relevel my printer
Edit Banggood
@@pandaterminator007 I removed z axis switch and installed BL touch aswell as the z axis kit, brilliant now.
Wait, so what do you do once you find the Z-offset that you want? Is this value saved to the printer when you set it?
3:12 There a manual Z stop switch.
Well explained and easy to follow. Thanks!
Thanks! And thank you for watching!
Personally I don't like to disable steppers and move it by hand. I find that it adds the issue of slightly misalignment things with the force. I just use the move function and move the extruder like that. I'll go directly over each spring about 3 or 4 times around checking the center at the end
Is there a reason that you swapped out the glass bed on your Ender 3 v2?
Bro I’m about to pay someone to do this!
Well done thanks
Thanks for watching!
@@TheEdgeofTech No problem, this caught my eye after installing EZABL I saw your vid with Tim from TH3D it help out ALOT. Do you have one that shows how to home at max instead of min using marlin at the front left my X hits the frame I made some adjustments in the FW with no luck so.. I thinking about using the 210,210 for home.
I’m a little confused, at 1:09 are you turning them all the way counter clock wise ? Wouldn’t that be extremely loose to the point where the knob falls off ?
Hi, when you say paper dragging in-between the nozzle and build plate is it like a scratching feeling? or is that too much?
Yes, exactly! But not tight enough where you can't push it back in with one hand. So you should be able to slide it both ways back and forth without the paper wrinkling. If the paper wrinkles it's too tight. But it will feel like a light scratching between the nozzle and the paper.
Hi, I just wanted to say thank you so much for making this as I got a ender 3 v2 this Christmas but after I assembled it the bed wouldn’t level as the top of the printer would touch the bedding hand when I pull the bedding it would scrape. I think I found the problem as this video has helped so I thing the problem was that the x axis went down to low and as you showed that we could move up the stopper this is probably going to make the printer able to move around the bed comfortably, thank you for making this.
I'm glad it could help! I hope You love your printer! Thank you for watching!
@@TheEdgeofTechNo problem thank you !
@@TheEdgeofTech happy new year man, have the best year!
@@drazo691 You too! Happy New year!
@@TheEdgeofTech sorry to bother but I have a bit of a problem. When I start a print it always messed up by the print not staying on the bed when the printer moves. It’s starts the print and then when it moves the print moves with it and it’s not sticking to the mat properly, if you have any idea what’s causing this please tell me as I’m trying to print some stuff for my brothers birthday which is in 2 days.
My ender 3v2 right out of the box was an absolute beast. Easily my best prints to date. I then went and upgraded my springs, Bowden tube, couplers and added a BLTouch and I can't get the bed to level worth a damn. Ive tried different methods and firmwares and even if I get the first layer to go down OK, it ends up dying about halfway through. So unbelievably frustrating.
same for me
@@ImranKhan-lx3fi check your extruder for cracks. Mine ended up broke, which was the reason for my poor prints. I upgraded to a metal extruder and have had no problems since.
I have never touched the Z Offset control on my 3V2 and I always get good first layers, lucky I suppose :)
Awesome!!!
my ender 3 v2 does something like z banding but very random, i check everything is square and x axis is on level, 90 deg plate is exactly 90deg, hotend is nice and clean, capricorn tube sits nice, no wobble in Y no Woble in X all medium tight, slicer settings seems not causing it, after upgrade to bondtech extruder same happen, after 2 spool of prusament using for calibration cube and benchy im done with this printer
I’ve been through the process with good success and great prints. I recently had a print fail, however, and when I tried to level the bed again, it doesn’t want to go level for me. Specifically, i get though the process, everything feels great, I auto home, and the nozzle hits the bed every time. What is the best way to trouble shoot this process?
What plate is that? Can you link it please
Is it normal for the rear left knob (the one closest to the heat connection to not have a spring in it? I noticed that there was only three springs on my bed when I assembled it. The rear left corner knob didn't have a spring on it.
any tips on z - endstop inconsistencies?? sometimes its consistent but there are tendencies where the nozzle would stop too far from the bed. should i replace my z - endstop?
Is it the same endstop that came with the machine ? If so...try two things 1st..check the bolt on the z ends top if loose tighten them snugly but be careful not to break the plastic, 2nd thing check if the z rod cuppling if it's loose, tighten if needed....for an extra check the extruder bearing wheel try moving the wheel bracket up and down, if it's wobbly then it's need tightening, but not too tight, that will make the rubber on the wheel wear off faster then intended.
Hope this works out, hit me up if your problem is solved.
Hi what do I do if the bed is to high and the z is at the lowest point please help
My fist printer is working well following your instructions, but I have the above issue with nr 2. I have Ender 3 vs 2 printers
Thanks for a very clear and well described video, having spent over 6 hours now with no luck I am going to follow your video by the second. Im not new to 3d printers in fact this is my 5th but this one is a headache. As a point when I disable the steppers the head moves fractionally which I am unsure if this is right ??? Anyway will try tomorrow fingers crossed ;-)
That's just the wound tension in the rod being exerted by the motors being released. It's nothing to fret about.
A weird thing that i had as in issue today was that i leveled my bed. But when it started printing. It was extrusing pla amount 1cm higher than what i set it to when leveling. any idea why?
For me, I just move the axis with move function on the screen. when disable stepper motor the x gantry will freely move down and difficult to level that bed
That's a good tip, I wonder why more people don't do this??
@@kaylor87 yeah but now ender 3 v2 latest firmware by Jyersm already provide manual mesh bed leveling function. Finally 😁
@@nhmaker2899 Oooo, good, that's awesome to hear! (: Yay for improvements!
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