/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>2608921
>Why even buy it when for around 5 bucks USD a piece, you can get an inductive probe that has .005 accuracy
Because then you have to adjust Z every time you change from PEI sheet to glass to something else. What is the point? If you always use the same surface you don't need an ABL sensor, you can do the mesh once manually and save it in the firmware and that is it.
>Even if the person is using a glass bed, I would use *-touch that has a optical sensor, whether its cr-touch, or bfptouch (poor man's bl-touch but in reality its setup is the same as a cr-touch
It's astounding how one can talk such nonsense with such confidence.

>>2608925
>I have a glass bed, but to be honest I didn't investigate much.
Then i don't see a need for a sensor at all, set up your Z manually once and call it a day. Recalibrate Z when you take something apart or move the printer around.
>The item I bought was from their official website and comes with a firmware and all parts required to attach it to my printer, so it is a lot easier for a newbie like me, even if it was a bit more expensive
Except that the instructions are wrong. So now you paid more, got wrong instructions and have the worst sensor of them all. You got chinked my man, they chinked you good.
>I bought a cr touch, not bl touch. Isn't it basically just a sensitive button? Why are you saying it has an optical sensor (or are there different kinds of cr touch?)
There is nothing optical in it, that guy is a clown. BL-Touch and it's clones are fairly complex as far as bed sensors go, it's a microcontroller, a solenoid switch, and a pushpin probe. To trigger, it uses a hall effect sensor.

>I meant "photoelectric" I believe is the correct term
How does that describe a hall sensor, smooth brain?