Manual and auto bed leveling explained in 2D

On my workplace, I noticed, for some of my students it is hard to understand the mystery of bed leveling. I figured out that explaining the bed leveling process in 2D is easier for understanding. In this presentation I will explain manual and auto bed leveling processes in two dimension presentation.

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Contents:
0:00 Introduction
0:53 Manual bed leveling
3:12 Assisted manual bed leveling
3:51 Automatic bed leveling
5:22 Manual+Auto bed leveling?
7:11 Final words

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[akashpatel]

Thank you for the clear and concise explanation.

[davidg]

So clearly stated in only 7 minutes!
If this video existed when I first started with 3D printing, it would have saved me a lot of time.

[josemolina]

THANKS . I have 3 printer and 3 year in this hobby. Just start 3 weeks ago to auto leveling. This tutorial answers many questions and other points of view. Very informative Very good

[MisterkeTube]

When I started with 3d printing I also used the term "leveling". Only now I understand why most people dislike that term and prefer "tramming" for what you called "manual bed leveling" and "mesh-based z-offset correction" (or something similar) for what you do using a probe or even by manually defining such a mesh. Although their function has some overlap, they are totally different things. Hence I would suggest making that clear to your students by using the corrected terminology.

[danielbourke]

Awesome vid, the best teachers are those who can get their message across to everyone.

[BennyTygohome]

This was helpful even today with my Bambu Lab A1 which required manual bed leveling when I recently replaced the heatbed. After setting the bed screws, I ran a full mesh abl calibration. Perfection. I did have to cycle through each of the four courners of the bed about 3 or 4 times until I finally had the equal distance using paper as a feeler gauge

[AchuCSGO]

thank you for that short but very informative video

[morifpv]

I like the idea of having this small robot doing the automatic bad leveling! Let´s see if it comes affordable soon! 😁

[pedrocaballero]

thank you so much. now I know how it works

[rogerleung]

Thank you so much! I am new to 3D printing. Your explanation helps me to understand the process and hopefully help me to print better!

[Inventorsquare]

There is a feature in ABL that can fade out the effect of a poor tram before it reaches a certain height, such that the top surfaces will be true to the machine.

[SantiagoLuz]

Excellent video! Concise and clear.

I just would add about nozzle distance to the bed. It doesn't need to be 0.1mm. The important thing is the distance to be the same in all the points, then you should set the offset in the firmware.

[Knuddel]

Thanks for the enlightenment. 🙂
I think your filament test videos are great. 👍🏼

[GUCR]

Thank you for all you do. I really like your videos. Peace

[JoseArevalo-Fester]

Nice video as always. I have an ender 3 V2. Do you think is a good idea to install silicone spacers without having ABL? Cheers from Venezuela.

[baljazz]

Wish someone would explain how to read the mesh when probed. I'm assuming everything should match? If not what is the ideal difference

[rsmgaming]

Hi do we need z endstop if we use automatic bed leveling?

[GarranGossage]

Thank you for the explanation, but I am still a little confused. With automatic leveling, I understand that the bottom layer will follow the curved surface of the bed. However, how many layers will follow this curved surface? Will the second layer follow this curved surface? Will it propagate all the way up to the top layer being printed?