I like to start with 70mm (assuming you're using a 100x100x100mm printbed). In Repetier tell your printer to move its X-axis. Take a piece of tape (less flexible tape is preferred, so it doesn't sag) and place it on the printerbed parallel to another point of the printer that won't move when you move the X-axis. Start by homing your X axis and raising the Z axis out of the way. A pencil and a pad of paper can come in handy too. This instructable assumes you got your printer running, it just needs fine tuning. I'll be using a Printrbot simple and Repetier for this instructable, but you should be able to follow along with any printer and software combination. The following instructable shows you how to accurately calibrate your printer using minimal filament (filament is only needed to calibrate the motor that feeds the filament through the hotend). The good news is that once you know how to calibrate one motor of the printer, the rest are pretty well the same. One of the steepest learning curves when starting with 3D printing is learning how to calibrate all the motors accurately. So once you read through this one and understand the process, check out the follow-up HERE Instead of using tape to mark a location, a laser pointer can be used to achieve a higher precision calibration. I've made another Instuctable that builds off this one.
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