# BLtouch alternative , under $10

**URL:** <https://3dprintingspace.com/t/bltouch-alternative-under-10/3767>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [February 15, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://3dprintingspace.com/t/bltouch-alternative-under-10/3767 "2022-02-15T18:03:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Jason](https://3dps-assets.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/3dprintingspace.com/jason/32/6148_2.png) [@Jason](https://3dprintingspace.com/u/Jason)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://3dprintingspace.com/t/bltouch-alternative-under-10/3767/1 "2022-02-15T18:03:02Z")

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[![](https://storage.3dprintingspace.com/original/2X/3/335b82f8c05d6bac54609e23d5e847f2f0be2956.jpeg "I Made a Self Deploying Allen Key Probe To Rival The BLTouch") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqttz2IZ6ko)

Saw this and thought it was worth a post.

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**Author:** ![Redracefpv](https://3dps-assets.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/3dprintingspace.com/redracefpv/32/1056_2.png) [@Redracefpv](https://3dprintingspace.com/u/Redracefpv)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 7:37pm UTC](https://3dprintingspace.com/t/bltouch-alternative-under-10/3767/2 "2022-02-15T19:37:49Z")

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ive seen it just the othere day, intresting.

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**Author:** ![Loosenut](https://3dps-assets.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/3dprintingspace.com/loosenut/32/3612_2.png) [@Loosenut](https://3dprintingspace.com/u/Loosenut)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://3dprintingspace.com/t/bltouch-alternative-under-10/3767/3 "2022-02-15T21:43:21Z")

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I watched that a few days ago. Will it actually do what he says it will ???

I’ll stick to my CR touch, it works great.

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**Author:** ![mykepredko](https://3dps-assets.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/3dprintingspace.com/mykepredko/32/4027_2.png) [@mykepredko](https://3dprintingspace.com/u/mykepredko)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://3dprintingspace.com/t/bltouch-alternative-under-10/3767/4 "2022-02-15T23:01:24Z")

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Hey @Jason

Annoying rants from that guy and I have no idea how his probe works - with all that talk about “open source” I’d like to see the design and some idea of the theory about how it works.

Anybody have a better link?

myke

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**Author:** ![uturnski](https://3dps-assets.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/e56c9b/32.png) [@uturnski](https://3dprintingspace.com/u/uturnski)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 12:43pm UTC](https://3dprintingspace.com/t/bltouch-alternative-under-10/3767/5 "2022-02-16T12:43:13Z")

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looks like this will require additional research… looks great…  
found some info another alternative, touch mi…

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**Author:** ![Glenn](https://3dps-assets.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/3dprintingspace.com/glenn/32/728_2.png) [@Glenn](https://3dprintingspace.com/u/Glenn)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 1:46pm UTC](https://3dprintingspace.com/t/bltouch-alternative-under-10/3767/6 "2022-02-16T13:46:18Z")

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there are lots of ways to do this but seems like a lot of work fleshing them out if I can instead just bolt on a BLtouch and be finished. this would be helpful if there was no such thing as BLtouch

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**Author:** ![Loosenut](https://3dps-assets.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/3dprintingspace.com/loosenut/32/3612_2.png) [@Loosenut](https://3dprintingspace.com/u/Loosenut)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://3dprintingspace.com/t/bltouch-alternative-under-10/3767/7 "2022-02-16T14:00:17Z")

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BL/CR Touches are not so expensive that a second rate alternative is necessary.

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**Author:** ![Jason](https://3dps-assets.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/3dprintingspace.com/jason/32/6148_2.png) [@Jason](https://3dprintingspace.com/u/Jason)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://3dprintingspace.com/t/bltouch-alternative-under-10/3767/8 "2022-02-19T22:12:04Z")

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it does take some digging around to get it going but I do like the alternatives are out there.

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**Author:** ![ALPHAPRINTS](https://3dps-assets.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@ALPHAPRINTS](https://3dprintingspace.com/u/ALPHAPRINTS)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://3dprintingspace.com/t/bltouch-alternative-under-10/3767/9 "2023-01-22T22:51:19Z")

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Oh this is cool alternative, would it be better than using manual mesh making?