Added E3D hotend and bowden extruder - now it won't center

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Shazam0527
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Added E3D hotend and bowden extruder - now it won't center

Post by Shazam0527 »

From first glance of my old direct drive and Hictop hotend, it looks like it lines up. But for the life of me, I cannot figure out why my print head won't center now when using the "Auto Home" on the printer.

Can anyone give me some suggestions?
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Re: Added E3D hotend and bowden extruder - now it won't center

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What firmware are you using.
Post a link to your new configuration.h settings, with the added information we may be able to help you!
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Re: Added E3D hotend and bowden extruder - now it won't center

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Yes

As he said, give us details.
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Re: Added E3D hotend and bowden extruder - now it won't center

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I'm using what came with it - unfortunately that part of configuration I'm very unfamiliar (read noob) with. Does it involve changing the configuration.h settings? Ugh, not even sure where to start with that part.
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Re: Added E3D hotend and bowden extruder - now it won't center

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After looking at and measuring where the old head was and the new head is.. there is a 16mm difference on the X axis. Would it be safer for me to just use the G92 setting in gcode?
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