
So referring back to our original diagram here what you're going to see is that we're going to move our print head to exactly the position that's on the bed itself you can also use the front panel Metal Corner Brackets for this to adjust where the print head needs to start printing now this will only take effect when you're actually printing so when you home it's going to still home off the bed but what will happen is once you start printing it will use this offset to know where the start of your print bed actually is and one more restriction you have with this is that you have to be within 10 millimeters of the actual home position otherwise marlon will say that you're too far from the home offset so you can see here i've navigated to exactly the start position that i want for my print bed so now in procter face we're going to enter m428 and it's going to make that position zero.
Position and then we're going to use m 500 to store it as well once it's stored our printer will remember this position every time as the zero position for starting any 3d print now our printer's still going to home to the same position but when we go ahead and tell it to move to the zero zero zero position it's going to go ahead and move it to that new spot that we just configured now you can also use the marlin m206 command if you know where these positions are but i find this process works considerably easier for someone that's new to 3d printing so you can see setting this offset is pretty simple i thought it was a really simple process when i discovered this command i use it for everything so if i'm changing my build.
I go ahead and use this often Metal Corner Brackets to just know what the difference is in the thickness of my build area so if i'm using a piece of glass i can go ahead and say that glass is three millimeters thick replace the build surface and then just change this offset by navigating directly to that location and then using m428 and then to set it back i just have to subtract those values and use m428 again when my print head is exactly where it needs to be on the bill plate itself so with that is going to be the end of today's video if you enjoyed this quick tip make sure you mash that like button and don't forget to share and subscribe so you don't miss another great quick tip coming up if you'd like to help support the channel consider checking out our patreon page our patrons get early access to a lot of content especially our 3d printer builds and a lot of other really great information so check that out if you'd like to help support.