Anet A8 BL Touch Mount

Anet A8 BL Touch Mount

A mount to hold a BL Touch Sensor to an Anet A8

I needed a mount that would hold a BL touch sensor to my stock Anet A8 carridge. This design works using the fan mounting holes on the front of the carridge (the fan is then screwed back in place over the mount holding it on). It has some knock outs for cable ties etc for cable management.

The easiest way is to adjust the nozzle so that it is 27mm below the bottom of the carridge. Once thats done you can then use washers to shim the BL touch sensor down a couple of mm and then adjust the z-offset in software to get it perfect.

In Marlin I do the following to set the z offset. This may work for you, it may destroy your printer... use at your own risk.
1. Heat everything up and let it sit warm for 5 minutes.
2. Reset the offset.
M851 Z0
3. Home the unit.
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4. Go to the middle of the bed.
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5. Turn off the soft endstops.
M211 S0
6. Use the printer control panel to move the nozzle