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BL Touch Tevo Tornado Install

I wanted to create this Tevo Tornado Blog to help people who are into modding the Tevo Tornado. One of the popular and useful upgrades is to add auto bed leveling. There are many probes out there, but one of the popular ones in the community is the BL Touch. The BL Touch is easy to install and can be very useful once it is set up correctly. It is recommended that you purchase the kit with the 1m extension to avoid buy additional wires and tools. You will need to print and mount. I currently use the fan fang on my Tevo Tornado along with a blower fan for better cooling. Once you have it mounted you will need to wire it. In my case I am using the MKS Gen L v1.0 board shown below. After you set up your wires correctly you will need to flash your Tevo Tornado with your desired firmware. I used Marlin 1.1.9 and made my changes accordingly. You will need to do a PID Tune and add those settings to the firmware prior to flashing it. You can download a copy of my 1.1.9 here but ma