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Bed Perimeter Rectangle For Leveling and Calibrating your printer
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Use this rectangle to calibrate your 3d printer.
Stretch or shrink the rectangle in the x and y axis until it just fits onto the build plate, then turn the number of shells up as high as it will go.
Start to print it and watch the bead of plastic as it prints around the perimeter. Wherever the plastic looks "more squished" means the plate and extruder are closer, wherever the plastic looks "less squished" mean's the build plate and extruder are farther apart.
You can keep adjusting the
Stretch or shrink the rectangle in the x and y axis until it just fits onto the build plate, then turn the number of shells up as high as it will go.
Start to print it and watch the bead of plastic as it prints around the perimeter. Wherever the plastic looks "more squished" means the plate and extruder are closer, wherever the plastic looks "less squished" mean's the build plate and extruder are farther apart.
You can keep adjusting the
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