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I just finished putting in my v4 Hot end upgrade and discovered the most wonderful thing.

Their is a indicator mount built right in to the hot end holder.

if you take out the clamp screw and use a longer one you can mount an indicator right in the thread clearance hole.


A little better look

First Calibration cube with v4 hot end. Man is that thing stable.

Looks like the newer V4 mounts are anodized black. The first run of them were not anodized.

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Great idea. I have a dial like that, which is way more accurate than the one I have been using, going to give this a try, because I keep running into issues where I am not level.

That is another "poster boy" for calibration cubes! (Ed and Jin also posted a couple.) Looks great!

Great idea. These lever style dial indicators require less force than plunger style indicators, so they shouldn't compress the bed's springs and give a false reading.

Ryan_ wrote:Great idea. These lever style dial indicators require less force than plunger style indicators, so they shouldn't compress the bed's springs and give a false reading.

I removed the spring from the plunger in my cheapo indicator. Since gravity always works in the right direction, it's not needed here. It was just a small extension spring out in plain view behind the back plate.

Worked like a charm!

Would I need a high quality indicator for leveling the bed? I was hoping to just buy one of these:

http://www.amazon.com/Surface-Smoothnes ... =indicator