My prints come out very well but I’m noticing on larger prints that one corner of my bed prints tighter than the opposite. What’s causing this?

Printing on an Ender 3 Pro with upgraded metal extruder, beefier bed springs and metal levelers, and upgraded hot end. Not direct drive yet and no auto bed leveling.

  • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Probably an unlevel bed, it’s thinner there because the bed is higher.

    I highly recommend a CR touch add on for ender 3s, probably the best upgrade I ever made. Not only will it fix stuff like this, but it will also let you plug the printer into your computer and you can use octoprint to render a 3d depth map of your bed which makes bed levelling super easy.

    • MinorLaceration@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 months ago

      100% agree on the bed level sensor. I have a BL touch and it is far and away the best upgrade for my ender 3v2.

      I’d definitely recommend anyone adding a touch sensor play around with different firmwares. I was running a very buggy firmware for about 2 years and didn’t realize I could just find something that works better. My new firmware works so much better and has so many more features, all in a $0 upgrade.