@dc42 Is there an option to just buy the electronics in the meantime and print our own less-fancy housing?

@dc42 Is there an option to just buy the electronics in the meantime and print our own less-fancy housing?

I found it. Researching the answers for @Phaedrux , I realized I was resetting M558 in my homeall.g file which was overriding my M558 from config.g.

I am using the following for my BLTouch:

M558 P9 H3 F120 R0.2 T6000 A5 B1 ; Set Z probe type to bltouch and the dive height + speeds

My understanding is that the A5 means it should probe up to 5 times or until two results repeat, but whenever I probe it just does one and then moves on. Am I misunderstanding something about how this is supposed to work?

@mike BLTouch

I have it do a tilt level before each print just to be safe.

You can see this offset difference clearer in this photo. On the left side the line of the ring is very narrow, and on the right it's smooshed down into the glass. 0,0 is the upper right BTW.

@veti Here you go,

@veti said in Compensate for Z-Offset Inconsistencies?:

that is for delta printers.
you might have a tilt as well but that wont work on Cartesian printers.

I was wondering about that as I was reading about it just now. I wonder why the equivalent isn't available for cartesian printers?

@phaedrux Maybe! I’m going to check it out!

Despite using mechanical bed auto leveling (with two independent Z steppers) and mesh bed leveling, I find the right side of my bed is "closer" to the nozzle than the left side as I print.

After some investigation, I have found my z-offset to my probe is about .2-.3 mm less on the right side than the left side. I'm not sure why - I use a dual linear rail system so there is little to no "jog" in the head, but it's clearly happening as I believe the data.

A thought occurred to me though - is there a way (or could there be a way) to take a series of known z-offset values and apply those to the mesh grid to compensate for z-offset inconsistencies? While such a process would take manual guidance at initial setup, it feel like it would take auto bed leveling to the next level as it would help with printers that are not 100% consistent in their build (much like how auto bed leveling itself helps with printers not 100% consistent in their build surface).

Great! Thanks!