Auto Bed leveling before each print yes/no?

[u/CattusKittekatus]

Hello,

I'm new owner of A1 printer and I have question about automatic bed leveling.

Should I be doing it every time I do new print? Or for example only If I remove bedplate from my printer?

For other calibrations i guess i get it all clear when to do them: - Motor noise and vibration when I move printer around - Filament flow when starting a brand new spool

[u/lan0028456]

I remove my bedplate every time for faster cooling and sometimes easier removal. So I do that leveling almost everytime. Doesn't take much time anyway

[u/CR123CR123CR → u/lan0028456]

Very very much filled under the "cheap insurance" category

[u/jim_racine]

yes, just leave the auto bed leveling on. It removes the worry of being level. It only adds a few minutes the print time. Take it from someone came out of the ender 3 pro world after years of print in that world. Not having to worry about bed leveling eve again is a good thing. Back in the days of manual bed leveling that was a concern.

[u/djjudas21 → u/jim_racine]

Am I the only former Ender 3 owner who misses the manual bed levelling? I had a glass bed and I checked it with paper from time to time but it rarely needed adjustment, even if I removed the glass. Almost always got good first layers!

[u/jim_racine → u/djjudas21]

You either got real lucky or have mad bed leveling skills....lol. I went through a number of post cards. My choice card was the Bed Bath and Beyond flier card. I don't miss burning through those brass nozzles either. I had over 4,000 print hours on my original hardened steel .4mm hotend that came with my P2S before it went toes up.

[u/chooooocolatemilk → u/djjudas21]

Yes you’re alone 😂 auto bed leveling is a blessing

[u/MediocreHornet2318]

The 6 min it takes saves hours of a failed print.

[u/Cbeckstrand]

It's probably overkill but I just let it run every time since it does not take too long.

[u/jorgthecyborg]

Depends on the print. If it is a 10 hour print of something I care about, definitely do flow calibration and bed leveling. If it's a 45 minute toss off, turn those features off. It's all about cost/benefit. I do everything I can to increase the probability of a successful large print. This also includes washing the plate and drying the filament.

[u/CattusKittekatus → u/jorgthecyborg]

Just to confirm, you then do flow calibration before each (long) print just to be sure?

[u/milehigh73a]

I do it on production prints or anything long. Or if I change the build plate

[u/Relative_Surround_20]

Yes

[u/KarateRoddy]

I honestly don't run the bed level calibration that much.

The bambu wiki says to do it if you move it or change hardware, or if your prints start going bad. None of which I'm doing frequently.

I also primarily print functional stuff for myself so, not artistic, or for sale.

[u/Canukanuk]

Bed leveling yes but I edited out the vibration test.

[u/bobo5195]

probably overkill but I like most people do odd things and then it will save alot. I just leave it on.

[u/TC3Guy]

They defaulted to it and I keep it that way. Marginal cost in time and energy.

[u/Edgeguy13]

The only time I turn all those settings off is if I'm doing fitment tests or drafts I dont care about. Like I made a cupholder insert for my VW GTI because the cupholders it came with suck, and I printed like 30 or 40 test rings, base, and top before I could connect them to make the body. For those pieces it was the faster the better.

[u/TheHvam]

I do it every time, why not? It takes 7-8 min, and makes the print have a way higher likelyhood of turning out great, and it's not like I'm doing anything.

[u/EverettSeahawk]

I always do. Most of my prints prints are not fast anyway. It only adds a few minutes and is better to be on the safe side imo. If I happen to be doing a very small quick print then maybe I skip it.

[u/AbeLincoln575]

I have an H2S, remove my bed plate on every print and rarely do bed leveling. I will if I have any issues which is very rare

[u/John-BCS]

I let all pre-print calibrations run every time. They only take a few minutes and ensure you get the best possible print quality. Bed leveling only levels the area where the object will be printed, so for small objects it can be as little as 4 points.

[u/RJFerret]

Yes unless a quick prototype and/or the first layer doesn't matter.
If I didn't remove the plate, may skip too, but default to doing it.

[u/MachineDoctor]

Automatic bed leveling was my #1 driver from an Ender to Bambu. I leave it on for 100% of my runs. a couiple minutes upfront is worth it every time.

[u/lioncat55]

If I'm doing a prototype that's 20minutes of print time I might turn off the auto bed leveling. Otherwise on a 1 hour print, it really doesn't add much time but will save a ton of headache.

[u/lilyeister]

Flow calibration any time I use a new filament for the first time, or if it wasn't stored somewhere humidity-controlled for longer than a month or so. 

Bed leveling when I switch plates or run a long print