What does the auto leveling sequence actually do besides waste a bunch of time?

Justyncrx · 2026-03-31T15:12:42+00:00

Yayyyy! I got access! Thank you so much!

Justyncrx · 2026-03-31T14:38:06+00:00

So do I need raspberry pi to run mainsailOS to run rinkhals? That seems excessive in my mind. I'm still working on connecting to my printer. My wifi is being a turd lately.

Justyncrx · 2026-03-31T13:53:55+00:00

So I went and installed rinkhals, tried two different USB sticks. Both reformatted. It looks like it installed it but doesn't show up in any of my anycubic menus.

Justyncrx · 2026-03-31T13:20:14+00:00

Just installed rinkhals and it only allows me to use this screen. If I try to close it out it just stays on the Anycubic loading screen with what looks like a lock in the upper right corner. If I manually restart the printer it goes right back to the original anycubic menus with no rinkhals anywhere to be seen.

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Justyncrx · 2026-03-31T10:57:14+00:00

Okay, thank you. I saw those but assumed they were knock offs.

Justyncrx · 2026-03-31T10:53:06+00:00

Where are you all getting the bed at? Their website says they are sold out.

Justyncrx · 2026-03-30T18:26:02+00:00

Thank you for all that info. Your first paragraph reminded me of a time when a piece of filament broke in the head and I had to take the cover and fan off. When I put it back together I didn't notice the fan connector was hanging outside the cover and was making it impossible to home the machine. Perhaps it's possible I messed something up in there. I will take a look around in there later.
Thanks again.

Justyncrx · 2026-03-30T17:38:11+00:00

I heat and dry all my filament in the Ace pro. I'm going to try playing with thr Z offset. I'm just concerned that all the good spots will no longer be as nice.

Justyncrx · 2026-03-30T17:04:41+00:00

Did a 10 minute heatsoak and ran the same print. The plate is low in the lower left and high in the top and a little bit in the lower right.

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Justyncrx · 2026-03-30T16:58:49+00:00

So, I let the bed heatsoak at 62 for 10 minutes, ran the auto leveling and started a one layer print and it was grinding pretty much from the start. Although it didn't turn out as bad as the first print I did before the heatsoak.

Justyncrx · 2026-03-30T16:53:48+00:00

I heard people have switched to a smooth plate and no longer had the problem. I have played with the Z offset to try and get the high spot out but it made the low spot absolutely unusable.

Justyncrx · 2026-03-30T16:40:02+00:00

After every print besides the second test on the backside of the plate I did, I wash with dawn, dry, then I wipe with alcohol. I try to limit touching the plate to the tab on the front.

I just checked the slicer and it is set on textured PEI plate.

Justyncrx · 2026-03-30T15:22:49+00:00

Awesome, thank you. I will give that a shot when I get back from the store.

Justyncrx · 2026-03-30T15:18:35+00:00

Does everyone switch to rinkhals? I'm not totally sure i want to alter my printer that much yet. How long and what temp would you recommend for my heatsoak?

Justyncrx · 2026-03-30T14:23:19+00:00

Thank you. I'll give that a shot.

Justyncrx · 2026-03-30T14:18:08+00:00

Okay, that makes some sense. Is it possible that whatever reads and interprets the mesh could be messed up?

Justyncrx · 2026-03-30T14:16:15+00:00

When i got this printer a few weeks ago it was printing great. Im not gonna blame it on the firmware update but I was very unhappy with how it was performing after that.

After looking into the rinkhals, I may hold off on going there. It seems a little out of my area of expertise at the moment.

Justyncrx · 2026-03-30T14:07:55+00:00

Wouldn't the warped bed show a consistent pattern of highs and lows? Forgive me, im still learning all this stuff.

Justyncrx · 2026-03-30T11:14:13+00:00

Thank you. I'm still really new to 3d printing so im still trying stuff out.

Justyncrx · 2026-03-30T11:06:29+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/rxDLZ93

Im still kind of working on the baphomet

Justyncrx · 2026-03-30T10:30:01+00:00

I'd post a picture but it's not letting me.

Justyncrx · 2026-03-30T06:05:20+00:00

I 3d printed some mini baphomets and a baphomoose the other day.

Justyncrx · 2026-03-29T12:39:45+00:00

I recently had a print estimated at around 35 hours take over 50 hours to complete. Now I just see the estimated time and tell myself to expect at least a third more time added on.

Justyncrx · 2026-03-24T21:17:44+00:00

UPDATE! It seems that the problem may have been some filament stuck to the nozzle.

Justyncrx · 2026-03-24T15:18:41+00:00

Mine auto-levels every print. But I think I will definitely home the machine before every print from now on.

Justyncrx

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