Answered Manual leveling on Robo R1 Beta?

Hi,

I'm new to 3D printing and recently acquired a secondhand Robo R1 Beta (according to what the seller told me).

I started playing around and my first print is really off (around 1mm per layer).

Now I'm looking into leveling the bed to fix the issue, however, since the beta seems to be the only one to not have auto-leveling, I have a hard time finding any info. I understood the general concept applied to other printers but (and I feel bad saying this), I don't seems to find the screws/bolts or whatever I'm supposed to use to go through the leveling process.

Subsidiary question:
- Is there a way to determine for sure if I have a R1 beta or a R1? Since I will need to be certain before going through firmware upgrades.

Thank you for reading this and I hope this question hasn't been asked already (I haven't been able to find answers to those questions... But I might be 4 years late!)

Best Regards,
Bastian

 

Hi Geof,

Thank you for your answer! Okay, It seems a bit trickier than for other printers, I guess I was looking for screws at the four corners. Would you be able to redirect me to some tutorials with pictures? Just to find out what to fiddle with? I have a better idea, but pictures make everything easier!

Here are some pictures. I think the only upgrade was a heating bed.



Thanks again for your help!

 

Hi,

Sorry for the pictures. I started creating links to host the pictures, and I couldn't post. Ended up using the embedded image attaching feature and it didn't seem to work.

I had another look. It seems that I do have 4 screws, though they are not quite in the four corners, more like at the end of each rail. I have little holders for the glass bed that cover them. Now they seem to be surrounded by white "tubes" and there is no spring so it might complicate the process.

I will try to play around with those and see how it goes!

Thank you for your help guys

Bastian

 

Hi,

Cool, I'll try to print that. I'm really not happy with the glass holders I currently have anyway. The bed is moving all over the place when the printer fills up tiny areas and hence shakes a lot. That makes most prints fail badly.

I'll check where I can get springs and will print the tube thingy. Hopefully this will make the process easier. I still haven't leveled anything, and the simple prints come out decent (and I'm still messing around with settings anyway and printing with 2 years old open PLA that was given with the printer...)

Thanks again for your valuable insights

Bastian

 

Those are basically the bed clips I have. Unfortunately, they don't work well (Or they are not installed properly). Thank you though

Is there a detail of the upgrades needed somewhere for auto bed levelling?