3d Printer Bed Level Test Print

Includes a greater number of test points spread evenly across the bed.

3d printer bed level test print.

Let s torture your machine. If there is no resistance dragging the index card back and forth between the nozzle and the bed adjust the closest bed leveling screw to tighten the gap. Download free and paid 3d printable stl files. Stick the gcode on the sd card and have a sheet of paper ready.

To keep all3dp free and independent we finance ourselves through advertising and affiliate revenues. I ve created this for my cr 10 500x500 to test and level the bed. Push the button on the printer after testing each corner the printer says something like. Updated test print for bed leveling or bed warping.

Parametric version of bsutton s excellent bed level test object. Check out the 10 best 3d printer test print models to liven this process. Default size is for the cr 10 or the cr 10s. The main sensor used to position the hot end correctly away from the build bed is the z axis end stop.

Move the print head to a corner of the bed and put the index card between the nozzle tip and 3d printer bed. Then run the chep bed level print gcode file and live adjust or adjust on the fly the bed level knobs to get as close to a level bed as possible. The lines may or may not print for you depending on your slicer and settings but this is perfectly fine. Borrowed jfearnside s code to stop at each corner twice so you can check the bed level and injected it into my test of printing five single layer 20mm discs.

It prints nine super thin squares in each corner of you printer bed. This object is designed to help you check that you are correctly leveling you printer bed. Calibrating your 3d printer can be a pain. Hope it will help.

Editorial content on principle can not be bought or influenced. It s a massive bed and i found this very helpful to level and test if the whole plate is perfectly aligned so here it is for all of you guys. To use simply print and check that all four corners and middle square stick to the bed and all look similar to each other. The objects should appear even with a smooth surface.

The print will continue multiple layers but you can stop the print at any time and then you are ready to 3d print without worrying about bed level.