My party?? Uuh yeah… I have a plan.

What a stupid name. Until I saw “Jeremy Corbyn” at the end of the title I had no idea what they were talking about.

That’s how it works yeah. The problem is measuring that distance is really hard to do, especially consistently. They used to advise putting some paper between the bed and the head but I never could do it right.

I’m certain this is one of the biggest problems I’ve had. I do have a touch sensor and custom firmware to accommodate it but I still couldn’t get it working. I might try a new bed also to see if that helps. A new printer, even a cheap one, is definitely out of the question right now unfortunately.

Oh I understand now thanks for explaining. Yes this has been a consistent issue that I’ve had. I’m really having trouble making the levels consistent across the bed.

Thanks for replying. It gives me hope that I might be able to make something of this.

I have a bl auto leveller attachment. It didn’t work because I couldn’t attach it when the bracket it came with didn’t fit my printer. So I was reliant on printing one with a printer that didn’t work. I kinda just ended up zip tying it to the printer head and hoping for the best but to be honest I don’t understand how it works or how to use it.

I do really need to replace the bed on it. It’s in poor condition and it’s still the same bed that it came with 6 years ago. I’ve heard glass is great and adhesion definitely is an issue I keep having.

As for that last one I don’t know how I’d check the extrusion rate. I know it isn’t physically broken because I’ve pulled it apart several times and nothing looks cracked or broken internally.

Thanks for responding.

I think the biggest issue I ever had was being unable to accurately level the z axis evenly across the whole bed. It uses four of these frustrating little metal circles each located on a corner of the bed you have to twist that give no real measure to how much you’re turning them at all. I’m attaching a picture of them with this comment. It’s the round part attached to a spring.

I did check the temps and adjusted them at times based on the filament manufacturers suggestions and online comments. That only really was a problem when the nozzle clogged because it wasn’t getting hot enough.

I wouldn’t know how to measure the steppers but I know the temps are quite accurate from measuring them externally.

I’m not sure what you mean by the heat bed needing to be level relative to the X and Y.

Thank you for responding. I had a feeling that would be the case.

Can I ask what it is about the older models that make them so difficult for beginners compared to new models?