Hi folks, wondering if someone can give me some advice. I've had my Mendel for about a year and things have been going fine using the FiveD GCode Interpreter firmware and RepSnapper. I started having problems with globs of filament on prints so I thought I'd take a look and see what the big kids are playing with now. Updated the firmware to Marlin and I'm now trying to get my head around Skeinforge (so many buttons, ARGH!) and Pronterface. Anyway, what's happening is that when i try and print with Pronterface, the X,Y and Z axes are mighty speedy but my extruder just cant keep up. I've tried printing at a higher temp, which seems to help a little, I also adjusted the STEPS_MM_E to 650 but that had no effect. Also, in Pronterface when I click on the extrude button it moves 1mm of filament rather than 5mm. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. Cyb3R https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?151,167762,167762#msg-167762 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 02:17:30 -0400 Phorum 5.2.23 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?151,167762,167793#msg-167793 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?151,167762,167793#msg-167793
I'm taking a look at Slic3r now, it does look a lot simpler than Skeinforge plus it has friendly tutorials. The only thing it could do better is have 'Don't Panic' written on it in big friendly letters!

p.s really glad skeinforge freaks other people out 'cause it scares the bejeezus out of me!

Cyb3R]]> cyberminion General Mendel Topics Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:23:03 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?151,167762,167792#msg-167792 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?151,167762,167792#msg-167792 MotoBarsteward General Mendel Topics Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:09:12 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?151,167762,167787#msg-167787 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?151,167762,167787#msg-167787
Thank you so much for your help, prints starting to look much nicer now.]]> cyberminion General Mendel Topics Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:44:41 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?151,167762,167783#msg-167783 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?151,167762,167783#msg-167783 Karlberg General Mendel Topics Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:23:05 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?151,167762,167762#msg-167762 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?151,167762,167762#msg-167762
I've had my Mendel for about a year and things have been going fine using the FiveD GCode Interpreter firmware and RepSnapper. I started having problems with globs of filament on prints so I thought I'd take a look and see what the big kids are playing with now.

Updated the firmware to Marlin and I'm now trying to get my head around Skeinforge (so many buttons, ARGH!) and Pronterface.

Anyway, what's happening is that when i try and print with Pronterface, the X,Y and Z axes are mighty speedy but my extruder just cant keep up. I've tried printing at a higher temp, which seems to help a little, I also adjusted the STEPS_MM_E to 650 but that had no effect.

Also, in Pronterface when I click on the extrude button it moves 1mm of filament rather than 5mm.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.
Cyb3R]]> cyberminion General Mendel Topics Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:20:54 -0500