STOP Bed Leveling Between Every Print! - 3 Surprisingly Simple Fixes For Your 3d Printer

[@OchoaMorganna]

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!

[@RickyImpey]

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👍

[@avtem]

What was your issue?

[@lakitu6422]

I wasted 10 hours on this just to realize it was an x axis problem. Thank you for freeing me with these pointers.

[@als1023]

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.

[@RickyImpey]

Awesome comment, thanks👍

[@fredstevens129]

This is hands down the best 3d printing troubleshooting video anyone has made. Good job.

[@j_abass]

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?

[@kiowablue2862]

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!

[@richardsimmons6470]

And you speak slowly and precisely THANKS

[@fredstevens129]

Right?! I'm soooooo tired of the snazzy intro music and video segment. This is a great video.

[@Lua_73]

THIS HELPED ME SO MUCH- i spent 2 days trying to fingure what was going wrong while leaving the bed and gantry

[@rogrevs]

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.

[@RickyImpey]

Wow, what an awesome comment! Thanks so much for letting me know you got some value out of the video.

[@KtosZPlanetyZiemia]

​@akashic seer you need UBL instead of ABL. Try Ender3V2S1 "professional" firmware.

[@KtosZPlanetyZiemia]

@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

[@KtosZPlanetyZiemia]

@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.

[@KtosZPlanetyZiemia]

@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

[@alperenozgur]

good to see somebody doesnt repeat what everyone says and tells different stuff

[@wlott1991]

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!

[@RealfishingNL]

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

[@vincentnguyen386]

no music, straight to the point, excellent videography.

[@poopoppy]

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.

[@kentellis5384]

As a new user of 3d printing I find your videos invaluable to my success as a beginner. I humble thank 😊you

[@Shamtastic86]

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. 🎉

[@sumaykun438]

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!

[@RickyImpey]

Perfect, that's the idea🙂

[@victorvai3077]

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 !

[@wilsonsantiago3095]

I said fuck it and got the auto level as an engineer saying fuck it can fix many issues

[@joeking433]

Get a Prusa.

[@striveupward]

Great tips and suggestions. Precisely aligning a large structure/gantry is not intuitively obvious. Your steps will prevent hours of frustration. Blessings.

[@d1299gator]

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.

[@RickyImpey]

Thank you for leaving a comment to let me know the video helped you. Really glad it helped.

[@af01waco]

@@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.

[@RickyImpey]

@@af01waco great to hear you are printing, thanks for the comment 👍

[@antoniodeluca4136]

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

[@sirbhutthurt798]

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.

[@Moparmorgan]

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!

[@loganmcfadden3110]

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.

[@brandondyzel130]

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.

[@-olli-]

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 ;-)

[@ROADHOG-69]

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

[@nunopenaspt]

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!

[@RickyImpey]

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👍

[@AnthonyCiancio-f1g]

Thank you for a great video. I was gifted an Ender 3 Neo a few months ago and have been fighting with leveling the bed since I got it. Thanks to your video I found out the gantry was loose on the drive side. I had almost 3/8" play on the opposing side. Just finished putting everything back together, and for the first time the level test print was almost perfect. Thanks again.

[@-Just_Justin-]

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

[@Jamie-cz2xu]

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.

[@RickyImpey]

Thanks for the comment Jamie 👍 Glad you've enjoyed some of my videos.

[@TohkaTakushi]

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.

[@Average-Joe]

Glad I found your video! Now I can fix my bed wobbling issue! Will be checking my gantry too! Thank you!

[@alexisgarza4839]

ive been building my printer off and on almost a year lol. it was honestly intimidating. then i get to this leveling issue. Thank you for the content im ready to try again today.

[@withUonPlanetE]

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

[@RickyImpey]

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!

[@dimitrisstratis7808]

Great analysis and fault isolation 👍🏼

[@bsuli76]

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!

[@RickyImpey]

Great, glad you find the videos helpful 👍

[@SamuelAdjepong]

Cheers mate, this is one of the most informative KZbin videos I have ever watched. Thank you

[@phil-phildc483]

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.....

[@RickyImpey]

I'm really glad the video helped your sanity🙂

[@angry_zergling]

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.

[@charalamposkiokpasoglou5204]

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

[@RickyImpey]

Glad you liked it, thanks for the comment 👍

[@CIVILWARISHEREtks2KYIASTARMER]

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.

[@falconlawndart9597]

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.

[@site19s_finest]

i have spent 3 days "levelling" the bed. thank you so much for this

[@hectorpascal]

Finally! - somebody on a YT 3D printing channel that I feel confident knows what he's talking about... 🙂

[@logowatchman]

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.

[@secretagb]

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!!

[@dracosummoner]

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.

[@hopelessnerd6677]

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.

[@AkashCherukuri]

if only more channels on youtube were this concise and to-the-point, the world would be a better place Thank you so much!

[@viperbri]

Thanks Ricky...this is very helpful. I've been fighting with mine.

[@MakerFabio]

Super clear video. Thanks

[@HakanKoseoglu]

Good advices here, clear, succint and no bollocks.

[@alanw5879]

This is by far the best advice on youtube about keeping these printers going. You mentioned having to remove the Extruder bar to level it out on the bench separately. I just realized i had one wheel on the driveside that was not even touching the side bar. Having a tough time figuring out how to get all the wheels on both sides to sit firm and the bar staying level? After seeing the first couple of minutes of one of your videos, I knew there was more to this than just trying to level the bed for hours and pulling my hair out. I love the feeler gauge idea, thats perfect.. that stupid piece of paper idea never worked once. Do you just recommend the assembly video about getting the Extruder bar level, Ive tried the tricks in your video, but I can pick up just abit on the non-drive side of it.. Thanks again for making these videos, saving us from hours of headaches..

[@RickyImpey]

Hi Alan, if the roller that isn't touching the vertical extrusion is not adjustable, that says to me that the bracket that holds the rollers is not completely straight with the X axis gantry. Assuming you have an Ender 3, have a look at this video where I go into a little more detail on aligning everything kzbin.info/www/bejne/goeUf6Glndykn80

[@alanw5879]

@@RickyImpey Thanks for getting back to me. I was able to make some adjustments and get the Extruder bar much more level. I didnt even notice that wheel not touching the vertical bar. And then working in the automotive industry I had plenty of feeler gauge sets around, so I started messing with that. Moving the extruder up 0.1mm and using a feeler gauge makes so much more sense. Theres no instructions that tell you the machine will move it up by itself for the printing. So I was always just guessing with the piece of paper at how the printer would make the final adjustment. Man you should write a little book, these are by far the best instructional videos on these printers Ive seen. Yes I do have the Ender 3 pro. I do think my bed is warped in the middle pretty bad. Is there something in particular that causes this? I think it needs to be replaced. It might be more than 0.4mm off. And I think it actually came like that. Not sure where to get a decent bed besides amazon,,, but thank you again for the amazing help..

[@RickyImpey]

@@alanw5879 Unfortunately some of the beds do come with a warp apparently. I assume you have the original aluminium bed with the Creality stick on print surface? The V2 comes with a tempered glass bed which stays very flat but the adhesion is not quite as good in many situations. If you want a quick improvement, try to find a mirror the correct size to place on your bed. Mirrors have to be flat to provide a correct reflection so it removes a variable. I did this for a while with my CR10S Pro and it worked really well.

[@alanw5879]

@@RickyImpey Well I have the bed that takes the magnetic stick on bed surface, which is great for getting prints off. The glass bed was just a pain for me. I mean it still prints great, I just noticed a difference at the center of the bed being abit lower. Im used to checking slight tolerances. How difficult is it to replace the entire bed and is there anything specific that causes bed warp? I always let my machine cool down properly before shutting it off. Ive been into adding upgraded parts and such, so I dont mind replacing the bed. My only wonder was the wiring, I assume the harness for it just unplugs underneath. I didnt assemble this machine. I bought it as a gift for my step father, and he used it once and I just grabbed it and started printing, So im adjusting some of what he did a couple years ago. Now Im down the rabbit hole of 3D printing.

[@RickyImpey]

@@alanw5879 There a few things that can cause a warp but it seems to main cause is just lower quality aluminium. As I'm sure you know, aluminium expands and contracts quite a bit with heat changes so some can warp over time. Others are just a little out from new which I assume is due to manufacturing processes. You could try to shim yours but it would mean removing the magnetic sticker from the bed and placing shim steel or even paper under the low spots and then sticking the magnetic sheet back on. Unfortunately this is not a very accurate process. You could try something between the magnetic layer and the print surface but you will lose some of the hold it has. Alternatively, have you considered a bl/cr touch? If you have a 32 bit board then you could add the bed probe that can then take a bed mesh and adjust accordingly.

[@Zwaser]

Thank you, finally got my bed entirely level! Now i just found out the nozzle is clogged lol, but after that ill be printing things like my life depends on it!

[@AndySmith-m5i]

Absolutely brilliant contents my go-to place if I get problems. Keep up the good work Ricky 👍👍

[@TravisMcAllister-t6n]

I didn't know you can tighten the rollers, I've been messing with this thing for weeks. Thank you

[@malkyprijemny7077]

You are a gift, Mister. Such a talent, thank you very much!!!!!!!!!

[@Nishandh_Mayiladan]

You got a sub. Quite a lot of true concerns addressed, qnd attempted to solve.

[@owenps6944]

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!

[@craigharris266]

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.

[@maxbarnat3633]

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

[@RickyImpey]

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.

[@israelmata8286]

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

[@RickyImpey]

Thanks👍

[@Maverick02GT]

Seriously your videos are amazing for a beginner like myself. Thank you

[@Mario-nh7rv]

Thanks .. .. .. you video was a big help to me. Your knowledge and inside has educated me.

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.

[@coreymartin9630]

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

[@michelleholden5180]

I desperately needed this!! Thank you!!

[@solidsn8k3]

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

[@jeffcooney7590]

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

[@sSsamize]

Thanks dude. Got the issue where i couldn't level my printer. Too tight Z rollers were the problem.

[@BuntersYard]

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!! 🤔

[@jimfreda4468]

this video is very informative . I recommend to all beginners.- thanks

[@RickyImpey]

Thanks, hopefully it is helping people with some of the common issues.

[@Hydrox685]

Thanks for this video. It give me hope that I can get my bed leveling issues behind me.

[@thomartinthroat]

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!

[@RickyImpey]

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.

[@olafhannappel698]

Perfect example of "Eliminate the CAUSE of problems to get rid of symptoms" 🤟Thank you sir

[@rent2ownnz]

By fare one of the best - Simple and logical methods and explanations. A huge thanks from me! keep up the stellar work! Cheers Westy

[@lightningcode7603]

After watching this video I realized that my X gantry was terribly misaligned. Thanks for the helpful breakdown! It made troubleshooting a lot easier :)

[@RickyImpey]

Glad I could help👍

[@dodgersfnshepard8673]

Dude youve helped me so much i could never ask but if you help me problem solve right now ill give you anything i own. Its been 5 days trying to level the bed and i never had problems before

[@georgerobozrecursivedigita207]

These tips are just invaluable. Thank you for making these tutorials

[@MrSshagster]

2:08, I didn’t even know I could adjust this. Great videos!

[@razorsaber2287]

Good video, shows you know what you’re doing, incredibly helpful

[@TOMA21207]

Only difference between your video and others on the subject (that I watched) others suggest that rollers should be tighten until you can't move them. Your explanation have more sense long term. Thanks

[@RickyImpey]

It's a fine line and depends how hard you twist them obviously. I think most people overtighten them more than leave them too loose. The important but is that they don't restrict movement and also don't allow play.

[@TOMA21207]

@@RickyImpey That is exactly how I did (now) on my printer, I guess I was wrong assuming that manufacturer when assembling also properly tighten everything. I put my printer a part after this video and recheck everything over 50% was over tighten, lead screw for Z is off because of the motor bracket also tip from your video, send it and man it moves by its own. And belts are all over tighten, now I know for the rollers to slowly tighten and check for play when there is no play check them to move. Fortunately I saw your videos and did this before any serious damaged is done. Thanks again.

[@CANONinDEVIN]

This helped me understand that it is OK but needs some tweaking. Thanks!

[@alphacode5]

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

[@JeremyDismukes225]

you are literally a Godsend to my Ender 3 Issues

[@kylebrown7878]

I HOPE THIS CHANNEL BLOWWS UP, its the best printing channel

[@RickyImpey]

Thanks Kyle, really appreciate that.

[@Extner4]

In the beginning I was getting perfect prints, but then I got a new roll of filament tried it and it would not stick to the bed. I tried everything: re and re leveling the bed, cleaning it, now suddendlly my other roll of filament would not work too. After that I gave up. About a month later I tried it again. leveling, cleaning, ... and sometimes it would print and somtimes it would not. then I stumbled upon this video. It was very useful, I found out my rollers were very loose. So thank you very much for this video!

[@RickyImpey]

I love hearing how my videos helped, thank you👍 Really glad you are able to use your printer again.

[@joshgriffin2987]

Thank you for the information. We do appreciate it.😊

[@jamesdavies6751]

Amazing videos as always. Rick knows!

[@purpletrauma]

Okay, good to know. I got a new printer, and it was giving me some trouble getting a clean print out. Turns out a single bed roller was loose. I probably wasn't tramming the bed correctly either. After watching your video, I finally got a solid print made.. well, it's of the test print, but still, it succeeded at it.

[@RickyImpey]

Great, glad it helped

[@Me-tm5wd]

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.

[@RickyImpey]

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.

[@rosque569]

i feel dumb when it comes to 3d printing and this helped me understand it a bit more thank you

[@yeroca]

This is a fantastic video! Very succinct, thorough, and useful.

[@RickyImpey]

Great, really glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the comment 👍

[@stefanolagna4480]

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.

[@PaulLemars01]

I've found that having a removable build plate helps to maintain the 'level' on my Ender 3. I use a 3mm thin piece of glass and hairspray (I know, 'old school') as my print layer and when a print is finished I don't try to pull on the print while it's still attached to the printer. Rather I release the glass and either let it cool naturally or stick the whole thing in the freezer. Either way my E3 doesn't go out of alignment while using a removable print bed. Just an FYI the glass in question is picture framing glass. Yes, it's delicate but it transfers heat very quickly and weighs less than half of the old traditional mirror. Highly recommended. My bit came out of a thrift store picture and I cut it to size. It cost me about $3 I seem to remember. Of course, Aqua-Net is becoming scarcer as old ladies and hair spray seems to be less of a thing.

[@RickyImpey]

Thanks for your comment. It's good to hear what has worked for others.

[@ArturArtur-nr6uv]

thank dude i spend a lot time to fix and z adjust help

[@charleschristianson2730]

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.

[@vincentwelch7286]

Thanx bro. You the man!

[@mcangelesv]

Thank you very much!!!!!!!

[@LargeKid]

I got a Ender 3 V2 just before Xmas. Have one issue with it. For some reason the right side of the bed when printing does not put a layer down for some reason. Going to try these suggestions.

[@twonkit]

all i can say is Thank You ,your a Star .

[@benkressdesign]

Another great video packed full of useful information. Thanks Ricky!

[@TechieSewing]

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.

[@RickyImpey]

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.

[@petejansen8098]

Thank you so much. What thickness feeler guage do you use under the nozzle?