Triple Z Bed Leveling on a TronXY X5SA 

Hey John, thanks for watching! Unfortunately the M503 GCODE command is not supported in klipper and I don't have a Marlin-based printer available at the moment - however I thought that M503 only displayed settings in the console and not on the LCD. If the only issue you're having is that the settings are not all displayed on the LCD that might a functions-as-designed kind of situation. When it comes to LCDs it seems like most manufacturers tend to select LCDs that only work with their control boards so I wouldn't expect to be able to use the TronXY LCD on other boards or other LCDs on their proprietary boards. I haven't done a lot of work with LCDs so there might be other folks that can offer better direction.

Great catch on the threaded rod! I am using T8x8 and incorrectly stated and linked to T8x2. I'll update the description and link to match. If you've already purchased the T8x2 I would recommend returning/exchanging for the T8x8 just so everything matches and it doesn't cause confusion down the road however if that's not an option I would think that supporting a T8x2 would just be a matter of multiplying your full_steps_per_rotation by four for the T8x2 rod. You are correct that the link takes you to 12x3mm magnets and the design calls for 15mm magnets. However, those 12mm magnets measure 15mm diameter on the calipers. I'm hesitant to link to a different '15mm' product as I'd hate for someone to get even larger magnets in the order. If you or anyone else has purchased a 15mm version and it measured out at 15mm I'd love to know so I can link to reliable source. I'll update the description to note this discrepancy and that a 15mm OD magnet is required.

Hey Dave. I'm using a standard 1/4" tempered glass sheet - although I'd recommend 3/16. I happened to find the 1/4" on sale. Check glass shops, not printer shops for better deals - but be sure to get either tempered or borosilicate glass. My whole setup is TronXY aluminum plate - cork insulation/buffer layer - silicone heater - glass pane - PEI sheet. There's a bit more information on my silicone heater video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yhzWj-oaikk.html Good luck!

@@LilMikeysBigPlans thanks for the reply, I'm off to watch your other video now and going to subscribe.

Hey PY2BND, glad you found some inspiration from the videos! Are you going 100% with the RatRig gantry? I love the setup but lots of rails and relatively expensive extrusions.

Hey John, I'm using standard m3 button head bolts and boat nuts for the rails. I'm not in the UK but here's the US versions:amzn.to/3De85uM, amzn.to/3D9YrID.

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Actually, it prints just fine stock. Most of us just like to tinker and make improvements. I've never had any issues with my X5SA. Even with cracked UU bearings. The chitu board does kind of suck though and moving it to marlin from stock was essential to get things like volumetric e and more controls.

Great to hear! For a printer of this size to still use a single Z stepper driver with no linkage is a bit embarrassing.

Hello Colin. Sorry to hear you've had so many issues with the TronXY and I hope it doesn't permanently turn you off of FDM printing. I have a resin printer as well and it's a different beast. Resin is quite a PITA for each print with removal, cleanup, and curing but the results are amazing. Where-as with a properly tuned FDM it's pretty much fire-and-forget for large parts - and just rip the from the plate and go about your merry way :) Either way, best of luck with the hobby. It's a lot of fun when it's not a huge PITA.

@@LilMikeysBigPlans Hi Again.. Thank you for replying. I have a update for you. I tried again to redo the Tronxy X5SA to level it and maybe print n the original flat aluminum metal bed as the rubber ultra flex Tronxy one was rubbish it would not stay stuck down to the magnetic base once the bed heated up to around 70 C. So I will now have to just give up on having a big xy core printer. I have the new Elegoo Neptune 3 printer and it is great since it has auto leveling bed system. And PEI bed sheet. In fact Elegoo just released two new versions of the Pro version of this Neptune 3. They have direct drive extruder and PEI bed and even better leveling. But they are bigger bed sized. The Elegoo Neptune Plus has a bed size of 320 mm and a build height of 400 mm. ( so the bed is only 10 mm smaller than the Tronxy X5SA ) www.elegoo.com/en-gb/products/elegoo-neptune-3-max-fdm-3d-printer-massive-printing-size-of-420x420x500mm The Neptune 3 Max, it is a whole another level. with a bed of 420 mm x 420 mm and build height of 500 mm www.elegoo.com/products/elegoo-neptune-3-plus-fdm-3d-printer-with-larger-build-volume-of-320x320x400mm at $350 for the plus and $470 for the Max they look great value I hoping to get the Max or if my limited money can't reach that I get the plus? As for the Saturn 2 by Elegoo I did get it just before Christmas 2022. I also manged to get their bigger wash and cure stations too. and used some of their Elegoo Water Washable Resin. I did some stuff But now hit a big problem? I can't dispose of the left over resin that is in the water of the wash station, To dispose of the resin waste the idea is to place it in a clear container out in the sunlight to set the resin left in there. Then throw the resin solid waste part away! The water left should be filtered through carbon filter like a water filter jug. I did the filtering but no improvements. as for the solid part I can't set it as sadly the UK has not the sunlight it seems to do so? So I had to store it in a plastic container of 10 liters size with clamp on lid as there is 7 liters each time from the washing unit to do the bed plate and models fully! Someone said maybe use a big UV lamp to set the resin in the washing water, But I looked them up and they are very pricey in hundreds here in the UK. I have now 14 liters of the waste water ( two washing full loads ) The resin system was very price.. So I will clean it up since it is almost new and sell it. Shame I know! But even if my local council does dispose of this waste water, I will still need to transport this toxic water to their site without a car to do so! They are many miles form me. So sadly this resin good as the models it did are, it will have to go then later on I maybe can get the council to dispose of the resin water! So I sticking with FDM now on. As you said more easy to deal with than resin. ( okay if you live in a very hot place the resin setting be easy ) So there you are, A total pain. hopefully the Elegoo new bigger bed printer I get will solve big printing needs? Hop you keep doing well? 😉

Hello Grzegorz. I tried each of the links and they appear to all be working. Which ones specifically were having an issue? Maybe it was a temporary problem at printables?

I still cannot acces the Specific Gantry link, It throws me 404 :(

Hello Alberto. Yep, it should work with the 330 as I don't believe they changed the Z gantry on any of them - and even if they did the kit is designed for any cube printer so it would at worst be some minor modifications. If you hit any issues let me know.

@@LilMikeysBigPlans i want to buy an tronxy x5s 330, to upgrade It to vzbot, and your triple z is just what i want, easy an chep triple z. Voron trident have It but its need 3 linear rails, and i dont think that this rails will ley you any improvement

Hey Anti. I know the Pros have upgraded rails but I'm not sure what else may have changed. If you set this up in your 500 I'd love to hear how it goes and see some pics! Good luck!

Klipper supports this, the command should be Z_TILT_ADJUST

Hey Wayne, the motor mounts are part of the main Z Gantry: www.printables.com/model/240093-three-motor-z-gantry-big-plans-printer-system/files. Good luck and shout if you have any issues!

@@LilMikeysBigPlansI'm embaressed!! I totally overlooked those parts! Thank you. Looking forward to starting my build.