Ender 3 Neoteck Digital Dial Indicator Bracket

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<b>Featured on 3D Geek Show</b> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL9gZxS2LGU ------------------------------------------------------- Edit 03/29/2019 - Added a new bedlevel.gcode for people who need to level on a cold heatbed. bedlevel_hot.gcode (60 degree celsius) bedlevel_cold.gcode (room temp) ------------------------------------------------------- Ender 3 Neoteck Digital Dial Indicator Bracket I suggest printing this at 101% scale and the Neoteck digital dial indicator (8mm) slips perfectly into the bracket. However, I have added a sticky point on the backside of the bracket so that it sits tight around the fan shroud of the Ender 3 (late 2018 Model). Printing at 100% size was a too tight fit for me, but your mileage may vary. I also added a bedlevel procedure and improved it to support the Ender 3. Put the gcode on your SD card and follow these 10 steps: 1. Start your printer and select the file "bedlevel procedure" from your SD card. 2. The printer will auto-home and heat up the heatbed to 60 degree celsius. Meanwhile, install and switch on your Neoteck dial indicator. 3. After bed has reached 60 degree, press the button on your Ender 3 display. 4. The nozzle will move into the first measure point at the front left corner of the heatbed. Use a piece of paper to manually set the nozzle height, but only with the bedlevel screw on the front left! 5. Press the button again and the dial indicator probe will move onto the same spot you've just leveled. Now press the Zero button on the dial indicator! This front left corner is now your reference point (0.00mm). 6. Press the (printer) button again and the dial indicator will move into every other corner and stop there, waiting for you to level each corner with its corresponding bedlevel-screw, so that the dial indicator shows 0.00mm. After each point, press the (printer) button. 7. The dial indicator will move into the center of the heatbed every now and then. Don't move any of the bedlevel screws here! This center measure is just for your information, so you can get an idea of how much the heatbed is bent in the middle (I get values around 0.05mm using a glass/mirror). 8. After all measure points are done, the printhead will move into the front left corner again. Don't use the bedlevel screw here; it's just your reference point again, and it should still be in the area of 0.00 - 0.01. 9. Repeat the bedlevel procedure one more time to make sure everything is fine. 10. Your heatbed is leveled now as perfect as possible for your setup! Neoteck digital dial indicator (0-25.4mm/1'') used for this thing: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B01H035DRO https://www.amazon.com/Neoteck-Indicator-0-25-4mm-Indicators-Electronic/dp/B01JYCVHLK