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Partially Solved Autolevel going through the bed

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  1. Dan Ershen

    Dan Ershen New Member

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    I cracked my bed, and ended up replacing it with glass that is thicker than the original bed. Now, when my printer attempts to do the autolevel routine, it will go down on the z axis, hit the bed and engage the z axis stop switch, and then continue to go. If I didn't hit the emergency stop button on Simplify3d, the extruder would have went straight through the bed.

    What gives? I thought the whole point of auto level was so that it wouldn't do this?
     
    #1 Dan Ershen, Dec 6, 2016
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    One or both of the Z home switches are not working (out of position, stuck open, stuck closed, wire disconnected, etc.)
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    Look at them closely and if they are correctly mounted/positioned then trace the wires back tot he RAMPS and make sure they are not disconnected. When the extruder hits the bed the X crossbar will start to raise, at that point one (or eventually both) of the Z switches will (or should) open to tell the arduino that the Z is 'homed'.

    Autoleveling failure is always an issue with the Z switches in some form or another.
     
    #2 mark tomlinson, Dec 7, 2016
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    Geof Volunteer Moderator
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    yep them switches are a real booger sometimes. if you need a 2nd set of eyes on them upload a few clear pictures of how they are sitting.
     
    #3 Geof, Dec 7, 2016
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    I am begining to have issues with my z switches too. While I am awaiting parts I found that if I manually "jiggle" the cross bar up and down a few times rapidly to work the switches my auto level then starts working correctly again.

    My issue is the opposite, the nozzle doesn't go all the way down on one or two points until I do the "jiggle" thing. I'm sure in my case new switches will fix it.
     
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  5. Dan Ershen

    Dan Ershen New Member

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    Ended up sorta solving it by going to the machine settings in Simplify3d and raising the z in that.

    Still having issues with the extruder being slightly too far from the bed while printing now.
     
    #5 Dan Ershen, Dec 8, 2016
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    That is not the best approach. If you are certain the Z home switches are correctly positioned then the M565 command in the startup GCode script is the correct way to set the offset.
     
    #6 mark tomlinson, Dec 9, 2016

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