Measuring hover height

Overview

To more accurately assess hover height, I 3D printed this small tool.

Essentially it is a staircase with each step 0.5mm taller than the previous.

Each step is 0.5mm in height.

Each step is a 5mmx5mm square.

At every 1.0mm increment the step is labelled.

I used a digital caliper to measure the thickness of the steps and found it is relatively accurate within +/- 0.1 for each step.

Printing details

• Printer: Bambu X1C

• Nozzle: Bambu Lab X1 Carbon 0.4 nozzle

• Filament: Bambu Basic PLA

• Layer height: 0.2mm

• Initial layer height: 0.2mm

• Plate: Textured PEI Plate

Accuracy

Because the layer height is 0.2mm:

• The whole number steps are very accurate

• The intermediate steps such as 1.5mm, 2.5mm are slightly thicker than they should be.

I measured the steps with a digital caliper and had these results:

• 1.0mm step = 1.04mm

• 1.5mm step -> 1.63mm

• 2.0mm step -> 2.04mm

• 2.5mm step -> 2.63mm

• 5.0mm step -> 5.04mm

• 5.5mm step -> 5.65mm

• 10.0mm step -> 10.04mm

• 10.5mm step -> 10.64mm