Dial Indicator Stand to Assist Bed Leveling & Dual Z-Motor Setup

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Here's yet another Dial Indicator Mount! I did not want to permanantly mount an indicator to the carriage so I came up with this 'generic' stand that just sits on the bed and can be used with any printer. My Tronxy X5S has two Z-motors to drive the bed height. Even through I have implemented Auto Bed Leveling that will compensate for changes in bed tilt, I find that I must periodically reset one of the Z-motors as the two will get out of sync and begin to tilt the bed a significant ammount. This can lead to items which when printed, are 'out of square'. In order to reset the Z-motors, I manually adjust one motor or the other until the bed is flat with respect to the carrage. To help, I purchased an inexpensive ($12) dial indicator from SHARS and designed this simple stand that allows the indicator to just sit on the bed and measure the relative distance from the bed to the carrage (or carriage frame). By just moving the stand from side to side, I can easily and quickly re-sync the two z-motors.