On the Lambda

Last time, I talked about a seesaw/lever effect when leveling a square bed with four posts. Today I’ll address dealing with a (slightly) warped printer bed. For simplicity sake, I will only examine warping on along one axis. You should be able to apply the principles here to examine the X and Y axis separately, […]

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3D printers come in a surprising variety of shapes and models, and this extends to the print beds as well. I’ve seen round beds, for printers that have a radial print size. I’ve seen triangle beds, which are supposedly easier to level, because three points determines a plane. I’ve even seen printers without any bed […]

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