FlashForge Adventurer 5M - Get Better Bed Leveling - Simple.

[@420treeenthusiast]

So the reason it heats up and does that wipe at the beginning, then cools back down, is to do exactly what you just did. If anything, its undoing what you just did, just to do it again. Just check the "leveling" box before every print and youll have zero issues.

[@jeffmcclain]

I'm CONVINCED my model is SCRATCHING the bed plate during that initial "scrub" where it scrubs, then sits there while the temp is CHANGING. FF has HORRIBLE bed leveling FW inits, and I have visible scrapes in the back scrub line area as well as the back right corner in a T shape. It has already ruined ONE nozzle (while doing this during the initial printer setup brand new). How do they expect to "scrub" the nozzle on the back bed, at the start of the bed level calibration, WHEN IT HAS NEVER BEEN CALIBRATED (or after changing nozzles if things aren't quite the same or a new bed plate is put on that might be slightly thicker or smooth PC vs. powder coated). Seems like FF has some work to do there.

[@OldandFatExploration]

Thanks, this was super helpful

[@Игорь-ч6ф3и]

The bed actually has 4 screws to level it. Program bed leveling must be done after bed was leveled physically.

[@dubik3e]

Which four screws are these? This is not described anywhere

[@Игорь-ч6ф3и]

@@dubik3e Look under the bed, you'll see them. Also, printer allows you to turn vertical rods separately, in case if bed is tilted from the factory.

[@heisenbug3542]

how do you know the bed is not levelled? is there a bed mesh view somewhere?

[@Игорь-ч6ф3и]

@@heisenbug3542 1. You can just manually measure distance from nozzle to bed in all four corners and see if it has discrepancies. 2. Also, long press on the header in printer config menu opens debug mode (press on the "Machine info" for 30 seconds). There you can download klipper config with bed mesh and visualize it using online tools.

[@dubik3e]

@@heisenbug3542 When printing large object and you have skirt around them, you can peal it off and measure it with calliper in every corrner. I have reading between 0,13 to 0,26 with 0,2 first layer.