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by Warren
Mon Aug 01, 2016 3:07 pm
Forum: Resoures Sharing
Topic: Z-Axis Issues
Replies: 7
Views: 19477

Re: Z-Axis Issues

as for calibrating the height of each z axis screw I use my digital calipers. I get the carriage down to my bed level.(really almost any level would do. Then I measure the distance from bottom of the linear bearing to the motor mounting plate. Then I turn off the motors in Repetier and manually ...
by Warren
Sun Jul 31, 2016 1:26 pm
Forum: Resoures Sharing
Topic: Making sense of Zero
Replies: 0
Views: 5336

Making sense of Zero

Making Sense of Zero

After having added an automatic bed leveling sensor. I was surprised to find myself confused, because when I would tell Repetier Host to Go “All home”, I was finding that the print head was not close to dead center of the heated bed anymore. After a head knocking hour I ...
by Warren
Sun Jun 19, 2016 6:41 pm
Forum: Resoures Sharing
Topic: GT2560 and getting the print centered
Replies: 1
Views: 11723

GT2560 and getting the print centered

Having only just finished building my Prusa I3 pro B. I've been thrown in the deep end of learning 3d printing. But it has sort of triggered a bit of OCD in me. In my initial prints I had the common issues, getting the bed level etc. The one that snookered me though was getting the print centered on ...