How to apply simple offset to nozzle on a delta printer?
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Hi, I just noticed that on one of my delta printers, location 0,0 isn't in the centre of the bed, it's a few mm off in X. I tried to work out which gcode to use to offset the nozzle but got confused. So the question is, what's the simplest way to offset the print on the bed?
Thanks.
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X Y nozzle offset in slicer is easy. Are you using auto calibration? I would think the endstop correction would make your effector be in the middle of the machine geometry. Could the bed have slight misalignment in X?
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@jmjcoke , thanks for the reply. I realise I could offset the print in the slicer but I would prefer to get the printer to print where I expect it to. I have been using the printer for years quite happily so I don't know where the offset is creeping in. I have measured the centre line on the bed and it is exactly half way between the towers but the printer thinks the x = 0 position is about 3mm to the left of that centre line. Weird.
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you could add a
g1 x3( could be -3 depending on which way it is off)
g92 x0 to the end of your home file.Joshua Coke
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@burtoogle Look at this also.
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@jmjcoke said in How to apply simple offset to nozzle on a delta printer?:
@burtoogle Look at this also.
Thanks for the suggestions. Does that M206 work with delta printers? Is the offset applied to the tool position or the carriage positions?
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@jmjcoke said in How to apply simple offset to nozzle on a delta printer?:
you could add a
g1 x3( could be -3 depending on which way it is off)
g92 x0 to the end of your home file.That won't work on a delta, it will mess up the geometry.
RRF defines bed centre as the point that is equidistant from the 3 towers. But if the towers are not perpendicular to the bed then this won't be accurate.
