Simple instant platform leveler by peacefrog
Peacefrog's instant platform leveler
Thingiverse user peacefrog posted a super simple and elegant method for leveling the build platform.
You can try to shim or shave the build platform or the XY stages that support it. One problem with this method (besides the shaving/sanding being permanent) is that you can’t have the platform on the XY carrage while you’re working. The result is you spend your time shimming/shaving/sanding, placing the platform back on, checking to see if it is level, and repeating.
Peacefrog’s method is devestatingly simple. Put the bolts holding the platform on upside down and add 3 nuts. One between the XY stage to hold the bolt tight, one above that to level the platform, and one on top to hold the platform tight. To level the platform, just remove the top nuts, adjust the middle nuts on the four corners until the platform is level, then replace the top nuts.
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2 Comments so far
makeme
You could get back some z travel (yay for mm’s) and keep the build surface smooth(ish) by tapping the holes in the heated bed.
colorbroken
Not for nothing, horn-tooting in-tact, but http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3453 doesn’t require anything to be removed.