Adjust the V Slot Wheels on your 3D Printer for Better Prints!
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- čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
- Hello, 3D Printing friends! Today we're going to learn how to adjust the V-slot wheels on your 3D printer!
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
00:50 What are V-Slot Wheels, and Why Adjust Them?
03:06 Adjusting the Y Carriage’s V-Slot Wheels
04:22 Adjusting the X Carriage’s V-Slot Wheels
05:30 Closing - Věda a technologie
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You're definitely on a roll with this video.
This comment definitely has a bearing on the subject. 😉
One of the most important steps next to bed leveling
Thats a detail often gets forgotten! 👍
I’d like to add roll your carriage manually all the way to the stops to check for smoothness; a couple of times I’ve found gunk of the v-groove that I had no idea how it got there.
If your turning the eccentric nut with ease, you should tighten the bolt/nylon lock nut assembly until there's a decent amount of pressure to prevent it from loosening and getting wobbly again.
Love his hair! Bryans a straight up rock star. I wanna see him head bang heavy with those awesome locks while beltin out an insane solo on a 3d printed electric guitar.
When you first said eccentric nuts, I thought hey just like Brian 😁 Nicely explained.
This is a must watch. So many videos going through step by step maintenance and never mention this rather important step. My prints are solid, but ended tightening a few things!
As a new Ender3 owner, you have just got another subscriber. Great videos thank you!!
I like that when you showed the wobble you intentionally went really slow and shook it, but when you tightened it you were extremely fast and didn’t even attempt to shake it to show how tight it became.
You beautiful bearded man! I did not realise the screw hole was not centred in the nut, so I can adjust it!
Just what I needed and in a simple to understand quick video! Thanks as always!
This is a good reminder, I haven't checked my wheel adjustment for about 6 months.
Thanks Bryan! I have been printing since February 2022. I started with an Artillery SW X2 new from Amazon. I have since increased it to 4 different machines. The latest being a used SW X2. I have been watching your channel for the last 3 months or so and really enjoy your knowledge and presentations. I was having issues with the print quality of the used SW X2, I thought I had done all the checks but missed the eccentric nut on my X axis which is way loose. Thank you for taking me back to the basics and you sound like Casey Kasem to me.
I can't tell you how you made my day!!! I have messed around with trying to stop the wobble for days. I'm new to this and it was really frustrating. After watching your video, was up and running in a snap. THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This video explains the eccentric nut and how these V-slot wheels operate better then others I have seen! thanks for this awesome video!
As a beginner almost none of the setup video's mention the v slot wheels or they don't show and explain properly how and why you are doing this, thanks for the great explanation!
Glad it helped! 😊
Awesome info, need to go and buy size 10 wrench first thing tomorrow
There were so many dad jokes and puns and i enjoyed every single one of them.
I personally have had issues with the wheels on the z axis. ill tighten the nut on either side and i find, it affect the tightness on the opposite side. i haven't really found a good system for fixing the z axis tension, just alot of back and forth on both sides until its good.
Thanks I never new about the offset nut thing on the wheel mount spent frustating day untill i saw your video
Another excellent and clearly articulated video from the BV3D channel.
amazing video, well narrated, truly professional
concise and informative, great job! Worth a subscribe.
very cool, taking the mystery out of all these confusing parts, thank you
Thanks for the basic explanation with obvious visual confirmation. 👍 And the 'wheel good time' joke got you my sub.
Just the video I needed. I could find plenty of places online that would tell me to adjust my wheels and tell me how, but no one would tell me what an adjusted wheel was supposed to be like. I get the same with belts. Dozens of people telling me to make them "tight" but you'd think with all the engineers out there someone would quantify what "tight" means.
Bro THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! This is the third video I’ve watched today. Literally anytime I need help you have a video on it. I couldn’t do it without man keep it up
Thanks Bryan for all the tips. Love your channel. Keep up with the amazing clips and all of the best, Regards from South Africa, Cape Town.
Great jokes, puns, and information.
Thanks very helpful
Thx this helped alot, i was worried that i had to buy new wheels but i just adjust it and it was fixed.
Thanx Bryan! I never knew that adjustment existed. Fixed my problem in about 5 minutes.
Thank you again sir, great info as always.
Great tip, thanks for sharing.
wonderful video thanks, really appreciate the tips !
Excellent video, dude!
Thanks that's really helpful.
I got to thank you for how the V Slot Wheels works. I was trying to figure out why one side of my bed was slightly higher than the other. It turned out that when I changed the wheels, I turned the adjustment nuts (right side print bed) the wrong way, not in the holes. I spent two days trying to figure this out until I watched this video. Thank you!
Wheelie good info. Thanks for sharing. 👍🏻
Haha! You bet! 😀
Great vid!
Just what I need, thanks
You’re freaking awesome, thanks man!
AHAHAHA I liked the third wheel joke! Thank you for a fun, informative video!
😁 you made me smile and learn keep it up.
great vid bryan, this helped me with my jerk issues 🤙
EXCELLENT video!!!!
Great presentation style.
Can you do a video on installing and setting up Klipper on a 3V2
On point video, also on the advice ...
Thank you Sir you have really helped me so much i greatly appreciate it
Thanks again
Thank you.!
Thank you! It was the middle nut that I needed to adjust. On mily Ender 5 s1, I had to put an Allen wrench on the front and lossen the lock nut at the back, 7mm I think, but just a bit so you can move the middle nut you see in the thumbnail above. Then tighten down the lock nut on the back of the carriage while holding the bolt at the front with an Allen wrench. It's a pain when it's the bottom right wheel, yes two bottom wheels on the Ender 5. This video helped solve my prob.
They are called V slots because if you continue the angle of each side it will show a V, the wheels are not the exact profile of the extrusion which is why you get some wear on the POM wheels (this has been physically tested) once this has worn to the profile of the V slot it wont wear any further
They also wear out because of radius difference in contact area
POM wheels? is the wear a breaking in period, how does it affect the quality?
On it!! Appreciate it
Very informative and entertaining! I for one thoroughly enjoy your jokes!Seriously keep them coming! Third wheel....just great!! 😂
who you calling an eccentric nut, buddy? great explanations Bryan!
you're silly. It works. Thanks
Thanks
👍 very cool 😎
Thanks!
i was just talking to my coworker about how my bed is wobbly.
found this video and viola! no more wobbly bed!
I've been printing on my CR10 for the last month looking like there's an earthquake going on. I just tightened everything, so my extruder doesn't shake off the x axis. Can't wait to see the improvement. lol Thanks for putting out this information.
I really need to try and print that Mando Helmet.
Ha need to send you a pic , sure you'll enjoy this print.
HI John, send it to bv3dchannel@gmail.com 👍
I was wondering if I did it right. Of course I didn't yoo tight. Thanks for sharing
Thanks! People often say to adjust them but rarely show the process... that's why mine are now "adjusted" with an Allen key so basically too loose in a different sense.
awesome shirt man
Great video as always.
Could I ask you a question regarding the eccentric wheels on the bed. I'm new to the 3d printing world and I've just bought my first 3D printer. It has 6 wheels. It's an anacubinc kobra plus, but guess it's the same for most printers. I'm having an issue, should all 6 wheels be slightly gripping the runners as no matter how hard I try the centre wheel on the left keeps gripping really tight although it's as loose as I can get it. Adjusting the outer wheels the centre left still gets really tight. Any help or suggestions you can give me would be greatly appreciated.
This explains why I kept trying to tighten the wheels and they kept being loose again haha. Didn't realize how the tightening process works.
the third wheel joke had me rolling
Super practical explanation.
But in addition to those x axis and y axis rollers you should have included the rollers on the z axis as well!
same procedure
SO @BV3D: Bryan Vines, I just wanted to drop you a note saying I've really enjoyed your videos over the last few years. But I need to ask. How many times to you get compared to KC Kasem because of your voice?
Haha! It's happened a few times. 😉
I like your background
Thanks for this great tip. Will the different angles cause the track to be not exactly perpendicular to the “dolly”?
No, as it pulls the entire bed closer or futher away using tension. A to loose nut can cause your bed to swivel, as demonstrated in this video. So a correctly tensioned nut will give a straight and smooth movement.
Loved those dad jokes
Over time my slot wheels got loose on my ender 3 and started impacting my print quality. This process is 100% how I tightened them all.
4:18
You forgot to say that there must not be any binding when you move bed forward/backward.
If you feel even slightest binding, then fix it. Very often the wheels have flat spots. And need replacing to brand new.
Even brand new wheels are bad sometimes. So better to buy 20-30 of them in sets, take good ones and throw away old ones or use them for other projects
Thanks! I assume you need to lock it down with the other nut and screw after you're done?
Do you tighten or loosen the non eccentric nuts??
so how often do you think that you have to replace the wheels as suppose to just making the tightening adjustments .?
so if the wheels develop flat spots, is there any recourse but to replace them?
thanks boss.
Could you please make a video of the replacement of these wheels for the ender 3v2 and proper recalibration? I have had mine super tight not knowing any better and have ran the wheels for a long time like this…
If your Z axis ones are too tight it will affect your layers. Some will over extrude because of flat spots preventing the carriage moving up. Too loose and you will get the same effect. The Z axis ones are the most crucial to get right because the layer height needs far more precision for good quality. You have to be able to turn every wheel by hand, with a little force and see it slide against the V slot without making the carriage go up or down, but not move too freely.
well my z axis came crazy right already and wont slide against . it's hard for me to bring the carriage up manually but the printer seems to be fine with it
Great video man. I am using Ender 3 S1 pro and I have an issue with the Z-axis V wheels. They are unbalanced. 2 can spin free and the other is too tight. can you please make a video on correctly adjusting the V wheels on the Z axis? Thanks
Very good video. I could have used that a few months ago! haha I have the Sovol SV-01 and the bed was SUPER stiff on arrival. The Y axis uses 6 wheels with 3 of them eccentric. I found that the hole for one of the standing wheel was mis-drilled to close to the extrusion. Once I removed that wheel, thing got WAY better. I found it interesting that your Ender only needs four wheels. Gives me ideas.
I do have another question however, unrelated tho. When bed leveling, how loose do you start the leveling wheels? Do you adjust them for middle range before you start? Fully tighten, spinning loose? I find I have issues leveling the rear of the bed. Front and middle do great but back always seems too high and I can't tighten the nuts any further. So I start over with all of them loose but seems I end up in nearly the same situation. I have a BL Touch and I am able to print but I would really like to have my bed more level for the BL Touch to read. Would this suggest that my gantry is not square with the base? (If that's the case, how do you adjust for that?) Any suggestions? Thank you for your time and great videos!
Last year, I replaced the bed springs with a set of those silicone rubber spacers. After resetting the bed level, it stayed level for about a month!
No joke. But when I tightened up the x gantry, I had to adjust the bed level again. That was last week. Havent had to readjust, so far. ABSOLUTELY the best upgrade for my printer and I bet it will be for yours as well. The spacers are inexpensive and easy to replace.
By the way, I print things daily on this Ender 3 using only petg.
Question: once adjusted can it, and should it be locked in place? Thanks for the tutorial
Hi! They're usually not going to rotate on their own. The bolt that goes through the eccentric nut (and through the wheel) has a Nyloc nut on the other side, so it stays reasonably tight. You can tighten the bolt & Nyloc nut if it seems super easy to turn the eccentric nut, though. (That part of it all is typically pretty tight from the factory).
I’ve always seen locknut used on these, but just wear and tear makes for the occasional need for adjusting
@@BV3D That's right but you still need to adjust the excentric nut by rotating the way that you are tightening the bolt. This way you make sure you are not losening the connection!
hi, thanks for your video. in my printer, the front of the bed is lower than the back, ender 3 v2, what can I do?
Hey Brian, after watching your review I decided on a Sidewinder X2. Is there any way to fix the flat spots on some of the wheels, or do I just have to replace them? My printer's wheels came locked down tight and nearly all the wheels on the Y-Carriage and X-Carriage feel like they have flat spots even when loose. Any solution?
I think the flat spots eventually work their way out; in other words, once the wheel isn't being pressed super hard against the aluminum extrusion, the part that was flat will go back to its regular shape. But it can take a long time. I haven't tested to see HOW long, but that's an interesting question. I would maybe give it a week after having been adjusted to a more normal tension and see if they've gotten better.
@@BV3D Alrighty thanks, will try!
and suddenly, one year later, a bearded man changes my printing life
Great advice! What about that rubber boot on the hot end. Is it needed? Mine was damaged and I’ve left it off for the time being. Seems to still print ok. Just wondering. Thanks.
That thing is a silicone sock that fits on the heater block. It's two main uses are providing a little bit of thermal insulation to help the hot end maintain its temperature, and also to help keep filament from getting too gooped up on the heater block. They're pretty cheap, you can get like a 5-pack (or larger) on Amazon for under ten bucks. Searching for "silicone sock ender 3" or whatever printer you've got will probably turn up several. 👍
Thanks! Your video was such a help assembling my Voxelab Aquila X2! Keep up the great work!
Could you do I video of on the sovol sv05 cubic . Wheels on inside have nut but one on out side are to loose and have to tighten to tight to get them right I can't find a good middle 😊l
I think it’s worth mentioning that tightening the wheels on the Z-axis should also be checked. I wonder why you didn’t mention that? This literally ended many sad days of failed prints and a mysterious, wobbly z-offset.
May I ask where you got that t shirt you are wearing?
What is the sequence for beds with 6 Y axis wheels where the centre eccentric nut is on the opposite side to the others?
May I ask here if I can put jyersUI firmware on my ender 3?
Thank you for your complete guide
I have a question
I have a (Creality CR6-MAX) printer
There are 12 wheels on the (Y) axis, which are separated by two rails
My problem is that the bad heat plate moves back or forward too hard and this has caused the (Y) motor to overheat too early.
Although I adjusted the wheels well, it still does not run smoothly
Dear teacher, please guide me what should I do
Hi were is the excentric nut on the ender 3 v3 ke please xx
Hi, it looks like the Ender-3 V3 KE uses smooth rods and linear bearings, instead of wheels and V-slot aluminum extrusions. So, no adjustment needed on that printer. 👍🏻
Hey reli need some help my x axies on the right side needs to be half a mm up to be level any ideas how I can do this
What happens if tightening the eccentric nut still results in a wobble? I have experienced with my cr-10s
When adjusting the extruder wheel shouldn’t you make sure the extruder is straight up and down before making those adjustments?
If one roller is pitched higher or lower than the other it will cause the nozzle to not be plumb correct?