Unfortunately the Pinda Probe experiment did not work out as I had hoped it would. The MK42 bed was really made to be used with the Prusa Pinda Probe in a MK2s. Meaning the offsets from the hotend and the Pinda Probe needed to match what Prusa is using. That is because the MK42 has nine probe points that the Pinda Probe will detect correctly when it is over them. Other areas on the MK42 bed don’t trigger the probe.
So I removed the Pinda Probe and installed a BLTouch probe. This is the new Smart version of the BLTouch. It took me a while to install it. I used an adjustable mount for a BLTouch that I got from Thingiverse.com. The mount was for a different printer, but I was able to use it with a little tweaking of the mounting holes. I used one of Thingiverse’s printer services (Treatstock) to have the mount printed for me. I would have liked to have had the BLTouch mounted closer to the hotend, but due to the design of the carriage I was not able to. It is about 52mm away from the hotend now. The minimal distance is 15mm. The mount was for made for another printer after all. Maybe in the future I can do something about that and get it a bit closer. Probable will have to design a new mount.
I made more changes to the Configuration.h file for my Marlin setup. Since I was already familiar with what I had to do, it didn’t take terribly long. I was able to set up the bed leveling using the BLTouch. The printer probes the bed with the BLTouch. Next step will be to try to print something.
I did make another minor change to the printer. I changed the LCD mount. This mount blends in more than the other one did. Note that the picture with the first lcd mount was taken before I made a lot of the prior changes.
