Auto-level probe not lining in dashed circle
Hey guys and/or gals. I'm having an extremely horrid time trying to get my printer calibrated properly. I've probably spent 5+ hours just on trying to get it leveled properly so that the probe lines up in the dashed circle. There was one point where I had it in an acceptable spot, but when I tried doing the calibration.gcode the left side of the printer was fine, but it seemed like the right side of the bed was lower so it didn't print well, I thought the x-axis was level, so I started tinkering more and well it messed it up more. I'm just having absolutely no luck. I'll attach some pictures to show where it's currently sitting and I'm hoping you guys and/or gals can help me out.
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I ran into the exact same issue.
First, you need to adjust your Y-Axis so the probe is in the circle. Next, make sure the Y-Axis is completely square and level. Then reset your Z-adjust back to 0.0 and start the calibration over. This is what fixed my problems.
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Problem is I've done all that 10 times over, but I'll look into it. Thanks!
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Mine all line up perfectly however dont really see any difference except my printer seems useless now.Was perfect before i upgraded followed the online guide in the rebuild since i bought a upgrade kit probe circles first print great second overnight print............well i woke upto a damaged bed and tho it s calibration shows as perfect end cant get a decent print since that first one
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I've just rebuilt my printer from scratch, after a few good test-prints I couldnt get decent prints.
I've been soooo careful with making sure that the Y axis being totally square and that all 4 feets are standing on the surface.
My autocalibration looks like this (red is probe):
And its not excatly the same on all 9 circles either.
I've decided to dont care about it.. if I start to touch the nuts again, the bed will loose it shape and I will have issues again.
Testprinted the Prusa Logo now and it looks good, so I'll leave it as it is.
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I ve thought bout doing it over from scratch lol but i only added the upgrade kit yesterday and really double checked everything before moving to next step.Like i said circles and probe are near enough dead center perfect,I ve checked everything its just refusing to play ball lol it just cant seem to print at the right level from start
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I ve thought bout doing it over from scratch lol but i only added the upgrade kit yesterday and really double checked everything before moving to next step.Like i said circles and probe are near enough dead center perfect,I ve checked everything its just refusing to play ball lol it just cant seem to print at the right level from start
Sounds like the issue I had, which is solved at the moment, although I'm not sure what I did... 🙁
Is your probe leveled correctly? And is it perpendicular to the bed? I found once that my probe was leaning some, had to untighten it, and clean the area where the top bold sits in, after that it was aligned better.
Re: Auto-level probe not lining in dashed circle
I ve thought bout doing it over from scratch lol but i only added the upgrade kit yesterday and really double checked everything before moving to next step.Like i said circles and probe are near enough dead center perfect,I ve checked everything its just refusing to play ball lol it just cant seem to print at the right level from start
Sounds like the issue I had, which is solved at the moment, although I'm not sure what I did... 🙁
Is your probe leveled correctly? And is it perpendicular to the bed? I found once that my probe was leaning some, had to untighten it, and clean the area where the top bold sits in, after that it was aligned better.
Yup made sure the probe was leveled correctly and its perpendicular. Its really strange cleaned the area before i ran first calibration. I m playing around this morning with some test prints and live adjusts ill try upload some pics and vids for all to see.I own a few 3d printers including a clone prusa with auto calib (that one worked first time haha)But i ve always rated prusa i3 original as my top printer so am absolutely gutted haha was working beautifully before the upgrade
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Just spent 3 hours after taking the y-axis off the frame to make sure everything was squared. Did that put it back together and I'm not sure if it's the same or worse than how it was, though I want to thank everyone for their responses, I'll continue to try tinkering with it to see if I can finally get it aligned properly. Thanks again.
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same problem here. TBH my printer is completely worthless at the moment. wish i would have just left it alone. worked beautiful before the mark2 upgrade. I hope to get it figured it out be its extremely frustrating. the V2 calibration skips the 9 point probe cal and just starts printing.
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reverted back to the 3.0.0 FW and atleast i can calibrate. prints like shit. im very experienced with the original mk1 and i've printed hundreds of abs parts with tight tolerances. really hope they get some better FW and tutorial videos and try to get this thing dialed. i really want to like it, but as for now im very unhappy. my Y-axis is extremely noisy. a lot of vibration noise from the fixed heat bed.
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Justin
You have probably loaded the incorrect firmware. You need the one with MK2 in the name. Do not use 3.0.0 with the printer, it is quite faulty.
Peter
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Re: Auto-level probe not lining in dashed circle
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...................I DISCOVERED THE ISSUE I HAD !!!!
Dont actually wanna say cause its embarrassing as hell lol 😆
Turns out my issue was really simple to resolve the cooling fan was unplugged must of happened on that overnight print and i did nt notice till this morning!!! 🙄 🙄
As previously stated my probe is near enough dead center when collaborating so every print i ve done since plugging the fan back in is is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING EVEN BETTER THAN BEFORE.Large prints are superb.In fact im so happy with the quality im away to list my ultimaker,da vinci pro,zortrax m200 and replicator mini on ebay and buy another 4 prusa originals.Well done to everyone at prusa research you guys have nailed it !!!!!!!!! 😀 😀
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By adjusting the y carriage nuts I got it aligned on the Y axis. Mine was still off on the X axis and I couldn't push the endstop out much further so I added a little plastic piece on the x carriage like this 
. With this all calibration points are within the circle and prints no problemo. Josef said in another thread that this wasn't the right thing to do but I don't know of any better alternatives so..
Re: Auto-level probe not lining in dashed circle
With this all calibration points are within the circle and prints no problemo. Josef said in another thread that this wasn't the right thing to do but I don't know of any better alternatives so..
On my printer, the X axis was off by 1 mm. Your intervention part looks much bigger than that.
Please see if any information in this other thread, "Coordinates of calibration circles" is of use to you. In my case, the X axis belt wasn't tight enough - everything else was OK.
Please ensure everything is square - belts are tight & then I am sure everything will line up.
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On my printer, the X axis was off by 1 mm. Your intervention part looks much bigger than that.
Mine was probably ~2mm. The piece I've attached is very thin on the side that hits the endstop, I just made it like a cover that snaps on the protruding piece that's supposed to hit it.