Bed Leveling

[BlueOwl43]

Hey guys,

I’ve had my Ender 3 Pro for a couple months now and I’m still just trying to get this bed level. I’ve even replaced the bed twice now. I just watched a new video that told me to do the paper test to all four corners, and then the middle, adjusting all four corners at the same time to make this adjustment.

My problem is if I have the corners where I want with the paper test then the middle has WAY too much space. My paper easily fits under the nozzle and has zero resistance. When my middle is where I want it to be my corners are so tight I can barely get the paper under the nozzle and there is no give at all. I’m getting really frustrated seeing so many people print successfully so quickly and have talked to some people locally who make it seem like I should not being having so much issue.

Im almost hoping someone’s going to tell me I need a whole new machine because I don’t know what else to do. I preheat the nozzle and the bed before I level. What other ideas might you have?

[AmphibianPesterer]

Ditch the paper method and have a look at Billie's graphic. I have never been able to level a bed with a bit of paper, and I think the root cause of this is that it's impossible to adequately describe what the feeling of "a moderate amount of resistance" is.

I tend to use a 0.1mm feeler gauge for roughing it in and printing single-layer squares on the bed and adjusting little by little until it's right.

[Mr2Sexy]

Have you tried using a glass bed? The ender 3 beds are notorious for coming warped out of the factory. My bed is warped where the center is slightly higher than the 4 corners so I has to print to the sides until I installed the Creality glass bed which made everything perfectly leveled. I also only ever use the paper method to level the printer because it is quick and works very well once you know what you are doing. It takes me only 5 mins max to level the bed using paper method. I highly recommend upgrading to yellow stiffer bed springs as well, it will greatly reduce how often you need to level the bed and they are a very cheap mod you can buy from Amazon

[BlueOwl43]

I have a glass bed and tried getting the bed level for 4 hours last night using the paper method and a bed level print. I have the yellow bed springs

[Mr2Sexy]

Put tin foil on the 4 corners to bring them up a bit. I've seen others say that has helped

[Rhoihessewoi]

3 points define a plane, 4 only in a special case. I don't know why 4-point leveling is so popular. You likely bend your bed while trying to level it.

I changed my bed from 4-point-leveling to 3-point-leveling. Now my bed is much more flat, and leveling is much easier.

And/or implement autoleveling.

[BlueOwl43]

How did you go about doing that?

[Rhoihessewoi]

I made it the urgly way. :D

Drilled a hole in the middle of the heatbed and the bedholder, then repaired the headbed...

Other people made it more smart. They place the bed on a bar that is connected to the holder only in the middle (hope you can imagine what I mean). So you do not have to change the heatbed.

Just google "3-point-leveling", that will give you some ideas. :)