Reprap Forum - Ormerod

Orca Slicer (2 replies)

Darathy — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 09:59:05 -0400

Hello ,
i just revived my Ormerod 2 after few years of it lying in a corner and i am wondering ,anyone still using Ormerod 2 and configured Orca slicer for it? if so can you post the configuration for it? i want to try it ,but seems a bit complicated for me,

5v regulator PCB for O2 - where to buy? (4 replies)

Sardi — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 05:52:12 -0400

The subject says it all.

I want to convert my O1 power supply to O2 power supply and I need this regulator.
I looked everywhere, but its nowhere to be found any more.

Anyone has any idea where I could get one?
Or if I even need it, maybe I can hook up everything without it?

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Fired up my old Ornerod 1 (2 replies)

Jonathan Steward — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 17:57:50 -0500

What a great machine.
Still performing well since 2014.

Me is back :) (1 reply)

TMD_RS436 — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 02:05:45 -0400

Hey All, been a while, so what's new with this printer?

Proximity Sensor - Fix (1 reply)

kr15_uk — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 07:12:49 -0500

Ladies and gents,

Long story short I've managed to send 12v into the sensor and of course I was greeted with celebratory fireworks here.

Hence only one component seems to be blown this should be 2min fix, of course if only I would be able to tell what was the component.

Anyone could point me into the right direction?!

Much appreciated in advance.

Kris

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Controlling 2 ormerods on 1 laptop (4 replies)

Sardi — Sat, 02 Oct 2021 05:18:50 -0400

Is that possible?

I own an Ormerod 1 that I control via web interface on my laptop, and I have recently purchased an used Ormerod 2..

Is it possible to somehow control both of them on 1 laptop via router or something?

Ormerod 2 part cooling fan (no replies)

Sardi — Sat, 03 Apr 2021 13:40:08 -0400

I got a hold of an Ormerod 2, so Im looking for a cooling fan.

What do you guys have?

Using a different board for Ormerod build? (no replies)

Sanscicondos — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 08:57:35 -0400

Hey,
So I’m about to begin building an Ormerod of my own to dip my toes into RepRap, but I was wondering if I would be able to use a different board (Than the Duet) for it? I’m not too sure what changes I would need to make to firmware, files, etc.
Thanks!

Ormerod 1 firmware 1.09 can't select tool (11 replies)

Amsterdamman — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 02:11:29 -0400

Hi, I'm still using my old Ormerod 1 but when I tried to fix the axis compensation found out my old firmware had a M556 bug so updated to 1.09 using the reprap page guide. But now the hot end won't work properly and I get a "no tool selected" error using Pronterface

Today the hot end did get hot even with giving the same the error, but when I tried to print an older gcode from the SD that had worked before I upgraded firmware the error says "Attempting to extrude with no tool selected." So the same issue as the hot end. Also the print head seemed to be moving inaccurately for the print, But with no filament being extruded it was hard to be sure, but seemed to be very thick layers.

I had to adjust all the home(XYZ All) for the proper bed corners and the bed leveling G32 or G29 give errors "Invalid G code"
So it won't do a four corner bed leveling either - but that is less important than the hot end and extruder not being selected tools.

Do I need a different firmware?
I looked at firmware 2.05 but I don't find any .bin file to use.

This is the config.g since the update - I just changed the Z probe P number

; Configuration file for RepRap Ormerod 1
; RepRapPro Ltd
;
; Copy this file to config.g if you have an Ormerod 1
; If you are updating a config.g that you already have you
; may wish to go through it and this file checking what you
; want to keep from your old file.
;
; For G-code definitions, see [reprap.org]
;
M111 S0 ; Debug off
M550 PMy RepRapPro Ormerod 1 ; Machine name (can be anything you like). With DHCP enabled connect to (example) [reprapproormerod1] (machine name with no spaces).
M551 Preprap ; Machine password (currently not used)
M540 P0xBE:0xEF:0xDE:0xAD:0xFE:0xED ; MAC Address
;M552 P0.0.0.0 ; Un-comment for DHCP
M552 P192.168.1.14 ; IP address, comment for DHCP
M553 P255.255.255.0 ; Netmask
M554 P192.168.1.1 ; Gateway, comment for DHCP
M555 P2 ; Set output to look like Marlin
G21 ; Work in millimetres
G90 ; Send absolute corrdinates...
M83 ; ...but relative extruder moves
M906 X800 Y1000 Z800 E800 ; Set motor currents (mA)
;M305 P0 R4700 ; Set the heated bed thermistor series resistor to 4K7
;M305 P1 R4700 ; Set the hot end thermistor series resistor to 4K7
M569 P0 S1 ; Set X axis direction
M92 E420 ; Set extruder steps per mm
M558 P1 ; Use an unmodulated Z probe (change to P2 if you update to the modulated probe)
G31 z0.7 P419 ; Set the probe height and threshold (deliberately too high to avoid bed crashes on initial setup)
M556 S75 X0 Y0 Z0 ; Put your axis compensation here
M201 X500 Y500 Z15 E500 ; Accelerations (mm/s^2)
M203 X15000 Y15000 Z100 E3600 ; Maximum speeds (mm/min)
M566 X200 Y200 Z30 E20 ; Minimum speeds mm/minute
M563 P0 D0 H1 ; Define tool 0
G10 P0 S210 R210 ; Set tool 0 operating and standby temperatures
T0; I added this to try to select the tool
;M563 P1 D1 H2 ; Define tool 1 Uncomment if you have a dual colour upgrade
;G10 P1 X19 S-273 R-273 ; Set tool 1 operating and standby temperatures Uncomment if you have a dual colour upgrade

Revamping my 6yr old Ormerod 1 (2 replies)

Sardi — Sat, 03 Apr 2021 13:46:44 -0400

My Ormerod 1 is 6yrs old, so Im doing some remakes to it

First one is this extruder, had it as spare for Tevo Tarantula but never used it, now I wanna try it on my Ormerod.

Any changes needed to config.g? Or just the steps calibration will do?

Cracked PLA parts on Ormerod (5 replies)

Vertikar — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 14:06:19 -0400

Hi All,

Have had a look at my printer after a couple of years of not using it and a house move in between, and quite a few of the PLA parts have cracked.
I suspect I may have overtightened some of the screws, but am I better off reprinting in ABS or something else to avoid similar problems in the future?

Twin nozzle (3 replies)

sinnedwrong — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 01:32:47 -0500

I'm in the process of upgrading my ormerod 2 to a twin nozzle and I've a fairly simple question. In the single nozzle configuration the active nozzle (tool 0) is farthest from the Z axis. My question is in a twin configuration is that still the case? The reason for my question is in the original reprappro supplied config.g there is the following:

M563 P0 D0 H1 ; Define tool 0
G10 P0 S-273 R-273 ; Set tool 0 operating and standby temperatures
;M563 P1 D1 H2 ; Define tool 1, uncomment if you have a dual colour upgrade
;G10 P1 X19 S-273 R-273 ; Set tool 1 operating and standby temperatures, uncomment if you have a dual colour upgrade

which I read as the second tool (tool1) being 19mm from Tool 0 in a positive direction, i.e. towards the front of the machine. It's not clear to me whether G10 would even allow negative values (i.e. -19)

TIA

sinnedwrong

Upgraded Ormerod for sale, complete or in parts (no replies)

dc42 — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 04:24:22 -0500

Due to lack of space I am selling my Ormerod 1. It has many upgrades:

- Dual extrusion
- Duet Maestro electronics (makes the stepper drivers much quieter, drives dual extruders without an expansion board)
- PanelDue
- Dual nozzle hot end board
- Aluminium arm
- Aluminium bed plate
- Dual spring-loaded extruders
- Enclosed LED power supply

My preference would be for the purchaser to collect the whole machine from me in Langport, Somerset. Failing that, I will sell the parts individually. Offers by PM please.

Ormerod Mk1 Aluminium Arm, Bed support + Original Acrylic//wood/3dprinted Parts For Sale (1 reply)

Pointy — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 15:53:57 -0400

I have broken down my old Ormerod MK1 for parts and have the following available..

Aluminium Arm and bed support
Original 3d printed parts, which I think is complete but I haven't checked. The only part I know for sure that is broken is the adjustable z-runner-mount (front piece in photo 3)
Original acrylic and wooden parts
ATX PSU board
Bag of misc 3d printed replacement parts

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If someone wants to throw me £25 for the lot, including postage, send me a PM.

I also have available

Duet v0.6 controller with enclosure @ £35.
4 x Nema17 stepper motors with cables @ £25
A used hotend assembly with dc42's hotend board and wiring loom, a brand new hotend kit with original wiring loom and sensor board @ £35
Mk2a heated bed with ribbon cable, thermistor, glass clips and 3 pieces of glass @ £15

Regards,

Les

Ormerod 1 firmware update to 1.26 (3 replies)

b-irwin — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 02:43:57 -0400

Hi,

I am trying to upgrade to the latest firmware version for my Ormerod 1, but I am having trouble figuring out what files to use. It has been a while since I have last updated the firmware but I have just checked and it is on Firmware Version 1.09.

I have found what I think is the latest Firmware but I don't know which of these is the correct file. None of them say 1.26 on them. (https://github.com/Duet3D/RepRapFirmware/releases/tag/2.05 )

Is there a document which has instructions on updating the firmware?

Thanks

Slow Heating of Hotend (10 replies)

b-irwin — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 07:35:45 -0500

I am having an issue with the hotend not heating up quickly enough.

I start the Printer and then set the hotend temperature to 200 C. It starts to heat up but after some time I get a message saying "Heating fault on heater 1, T = 196.8 C; still not at temperature 200.0 after 150.484131 seconds." I can get past this by resetting the hotend while it is still hot and setting the temp again but this doesn't fix the issue.

During printing, it is also dropping the temperature by 10 to 20 C when it starts to print quickly. But the prints seem to come out fine despite this.

I think this is caused by the hotend heating up slowly and not being able to keep up with the amount of material that it is extruding.

I have had this printer for a while and it has only started doing this recently. Could it be a firmware issue? Is there anyway to change the hotend temperature check so it can heat up quicker?

FYI, I have just changed the hotend and the whole heatsink assembly because the same was happening to the old one so I don't think that was the issue. Also, I am not sure when I updated the Firmware last or if this started after a firmware change.

Octopi on Duet - issue heating hot end (1 reply)

PaulHam — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 08:09:45 -0400

Hi guys,

Its been a while since I have used my Ormerod due to the LAN chip failing on the duet board, I have decided to get Ormerod working again and rather than replacing the duet board I have decided to go down the Octopi route.

I have set it up and XYZ controls work however I have an issue with commanding the hot end to active at any temperature. heated bed and hot end standby temps are fine.

I know Duet firmware is old but it worked last time I used it
FIRMWARE_NAME: RepRapFirmware for Duet FIRMWARE_VERSION: 1.12 ELECTRONICS: Duet 0.6 DATE: 2016-05-07

If I send M104 S210 ; set temperature
the new temp displays on my LCD screen as active however it doesn't heat, the only way to get it to heat is to set the standby temp high, this will start heating immediately.
It sounds like i am missing a vital gcode to tell the printer to enable heating to active temps.

Does the RepRap firmware work differently to marlin when setting active temps?

Any help/ideas appreciated.
Thanks
Paul

Hot end not getting hot (5 replies)

b-irwin — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 16:27:00 -0400

I have just upgraded my Ormerod 1 X axis, which included swapping out a new hotend cartridge. I have made all of the connections exactly as before, but now the hot end won't heat up. I have checked the thermistor and it doesn't seem like that is the issue. I have also checked the wiring and can't see an issue with that. I don't know if it is a dud heater cartridge but I also don't know how to check.

One thing that might be is that the new one is slightly different to the old one. The old one had red wires and the new one has orange wires(not sure if that helps). Is there a difference between the old and the new heater cartridge which might prevent the new one working?

Weird problem with Z driver - Ormerod 2 (no replies)

mrrgstuff — Sat, 13 Jun 2020 16:23:14 -0400

Hi,

I've been away a long time - but my Ormerod 2 has been (mostly) kept in use - though I am by no means a heavy user of it

I just encountered a weird problem during a print. It was ok for the first 20 layers or so - but then the Z axis starting clicking and the not moving up anymore. I did fairly recently suffer from a broken bracket at the bottom (the big one which holds the end of the Z axis rod) - but it printed fine after that - at least a couple of small prints

Now I find that I cant properly home the machine. X and Y home fine (and the Z axis moves up and down as expected) however the motor always seems to get stuck when it is trying to move the sensor to the white patch (I use white tape on the bed).

I've completely removed the Z lead screw and the problem happens even when the motor is not actually driving anything. It also happen when I connect the extruder motor instead of the Z motor

Now I don't want to jump to any conclusions - but this sounds like a controller board issue (its a Duet 0.6 from a 1st revision Ormerod 2), However it seems odd that it is so repeatable

I have been running on 800ma for the Z driver but have boosted it to 1000ma as initially I thought it might be related to the Z lead screw

I've put a couple of very short videos showing the problem here:
[youtu.be]
[youtu.be]

Any ideas? Thanks :-)

Thanks

Ormerod 1 cant communicate via Pronterface or Web interface (2 replies)

robbycar — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 02:09:49 -0400

I have not used my printer in about 3 years.

I cleaned and oiled the slides and replaced a couple of cracked PLA parts.

When I connect via Pronterface it reads the bed and hotend temperatures, but I cannot control them, they both just keep rising.

Web interface reports Duet Firmware 0.59a-dc42

I can connect via Web interface, but once again no control.

Have been working on this for 6 hours today with no joy.

Can anyone give me an idea of what to try to get this working???

MORE INFORMATION:

motors do not lock and cannot jog
all wiring looms checked

Thanks in advance,

Rob.

Need Printed Parts (2 replies)

robbycar — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 02:47:06 -0400

I have not used my Ormerod for a few years.

I dusted it off, cleaned the surface rust off and lubricated the slide rods, but found a couple of cracks on the printed parts.

Is there anywhere I can buy a complete set of printed parts?

I spent the past hour looking on the net without success.

Rob
Sydney, Australia

Ormerod with PrusaSlicer? (4 replies)

auser — Sat, 23 May 2020 10:26:28 -0400

Has anybody tried their Ormerod with PrusaSlicer? If so what have been the results, and could you maybe share your settings? Will the ini files from slic3r work? I did a short experiment but seem to have done something wrong, the printer was moving so slow it was painful to watch. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Home Z leaves nozzle 5mm above bed! (2 replies)

PeterSimpson — Wed, 13 May 2020 15:09:10 -0400

I have an Ormerod 1 (first edition from RS) which I have recently upgraded to use firmware version 1.23 and using the Mini Height Sensor from David Crocker's MiscSolutions (bought from E3D)
I followed the setting up instructions described in [miscsolutions.wordpress.com] which went well.
The results copied into congig.g were:
G31 Z1.805 P500
When I execute Homez.g (listing below), after psitioning the nozzle to X=100, Y=100, the nozzle moves down to about 2mm from the bed, then moves up by about 5mm and it is this position which is being set t Z=0 (i.e 5 - 7mm above the bed
The probe type is set to M558 P1.

; homez.g
G91               ; set movement to relative mode
G1 Z5 F200        ; move Z up 5mm
G90               ; set movement to absolute mode
G1 X100 Y100 F2000   ; move X and Y to probe point. ADJUST X and Y values to get Z probe over target.
;G30 X75 Y0 Z-99999
G30               ; home Z, using values from G31 in config.g
G92 Z0            ; set this position as Z=0

config.g
; Configuration file for RepRap Ormerod 1
; RepRapPro Ltd
;
; Copy this file to config.g if you have an Ormerod 1
; If you are updating a config.g that you already have you
; may wish to go through it and this file checking what you
; want to keep from your old file.
; 
; For G-code definitions, see [reprap.org]
; 
M111 S0                             ; Debug off
M550 P3D Printer                    ; Machine name (can be anything you like). With DHCP enabled connect to (example) [reprapproormerod1] (machine name with no spaces).
M551 Preprap                        ; Machine password (currently not used)
M540 P0xBE:0xEF:0xDE:0xAD:0xFE:0x14 ; MAC Address

;M552 P0.0.0.0                       ; Un-comment for DHCP
M552 P192.168.1.14                  ; IP address, comment for DHCP
M553 P255.255.255.0                 ; Netmask
M554 P192.168.1.1                   ; Gateway, comment for DHCP



M555 P2                             ; Set output to look like Marlin
G21                                 ; Work in millimetres
G90                                 ; Send absolute corrdinates...
M83                                 ; ...but relative extruder moves

; Axis and motor configuration
M569 P0 S1       ; Drive 0 goes forwards
M569 P1 S1       ; Drive 1 goes forwards
M569 P2 S1       ; Drive 2 goes forwards
M569 P3 S1       ; Drive 3 goes forwards
M569 P4 S1       ; Drive 4 goes forwards
M574 Y2 S1       ; set endstop for Y axis to high end Active High (PS 1/2/2020)
M574 X1 Z1 S2    ; Set endstop for X and Z axis to low end Z probe (PS 1/2/2020)

M208 X220 Y230 Z180 ; set axis maxima
M208 X-10 Y-10 Z-3 S1 ; set axis minima
M564 H0 ; Allow axes to move before they're homed

M906 X800 Y1000 Z800 E800           ; Set motor currents (mA)

M305 P0 T10000 B3988 R1000 H0 L0 ; Bed thermistor resistance (PS 1/2/2020)
M305 P1 T100000 B4138 C0 R1000 H0 L0 ;  Nozzle Thermistor series resistance (PS 1/2/2020) 
M307 H0 A96.8 C833.2 D3.7 S1.00 V0.0 B1 ; From auto calibration by PS after sending M303 H0 S60  13/04/2020
M307 H1 280.3 C54.0 D3.1 S1.00 V0.0 B0 ; From auto calibration by PS after sending M303 H1 S210 13/04/2020

M92 E408                            ; Set extruder steps per mm (PS 5/5/2020
M558 P1                             ; Use a modulated Z probe (change to P2 if you update to the modulated probe)
G31 Z1.805 P500                       ; Set the probe height and threshold (PS 12/5/2020)
M556 S75 X0 Y0 Z0                   ; Put your axis compensation here
M201 X500 Y500 Z15 E500             ; Accelerations (mm/s^2)
M203 X15000 Y15000 Z100 E3600       ; Maximum speeds (mm/min)
M566 X200 Y200 Z30 E20              ; Minimum speeds mm/minute
M563 P0 D0 H1                       ; Define tool 0
G10 P0 S-273 R-273                  ; Set tool 0 operating and standby temperatures
;M563 P1 D1 H2                          ; Define tool 1 Uncomment if you have a dual colour upgrade
;G10 P1 X19 S-273 R-273                ; Set tool 1 operating and standby temperatures  Uncomment if you have a dual colour upgrade

M84 S30 ;powers off motors after 30 seconds of inactivity
M143 H1 S230 ; (PS 19/02/2020)
M557 X50:200 Y0:200 S25  ;Define the mesh for mapping the bed
; M501 ; set active parameters to those stored in config-override.g

Can anyone help please!

Ormerods to help the key workers (no replies)

kwikius — Sun, 03 May 2020 11:35:43 -0400

Hi All,

Long time since I was here. My Old Ormerod has been working well for the last few years( just prototyping mainly rather than day in day out), though I havent followed most of the upgrades, still using Pronterface! (though I did upgrade to dc42's firmware, since it does curves much more elegantly). One day I will get around to upgrading everything, but meanwhile I decided to try helping out printing some PPE masks for the NHS.
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Here is a link in case you havent seen it.

[www.rs-online.com]

The standards of printing required are quite high to make sure surfaces are clean and structure is sound so I thought it would appeal to users here ;)

Anyway, it is good to see the Ormerod forum is still busy!

regards
Andy Little

Dustin off My Ormerod. Insulating bed in med is bad (5 replies)

Bobb — Sun, 03 May 2020 12:28:13 -0400

Hello.I am looking to find a upgrade for my Ormerod.I Bought it in april 2014; I have been Trying to start it up.it take some time due to I almost forgotten how I did.
Where can I find the new insulating bed? Can I get the aluminium bed somewhere?
Another thing, is it possible to upgrade the parts from Ormerod 2? How do I use web instead of pronterface
Thanks from Sweden.
Stay safe

Lost heat on extruder. (4 replies)

tim_h — Sun, 03 May 2020 12:31:34 -0400

After a number of months of very little activity, my poor old Omerod 1 has been pressed into hard service making face shields I have been donating to local doctors surgeries and care homes, after producing almost 150 shields, and with demand for many more, my Ormerod has stopped heating the extruder.
Temperature reading appears to be correct and on the thermistor I have around 80k Ohm. On the E0_HEATER terminals I'm only getting 1.5v when the heater should be on.
Any help to fix this would be greatly appreciated.

Bowden clip (2 replies)

tim_h — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 09:47:14 -0400

Can anyone point me in the direction of an STL for the bowden tube retaining clip?
I had a look on Github, but can't seem to be able to find the individual parts.

Fluctuating Temperature on Ormerod 1 (3 replies)

b-irwin — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 13:34:45 -0400

I was printing some models and I was having issues with the temperature fluctuating wildly throughout the print. I am using Pronterface (Version 2014.03.10) and Firmware 1.09.

The start of the print would go well but eventually the temp would start to bounce back and forth by 10-20 degrees. By the end of the print, It could be dropping down to room temp or on some occasions -273 degrees. This doesn't stop the print though and it is able to finish (with some issues of under extrusion)

This only seems to be happening recently (in the last 3 or 4 prints) and it doesn't affect all prints (I printed 4 small items yesterday only 3 were affected). I am not entirely sure that the heater is broken or if it is just the temperature reporting that is at issue. I tried looking at updating the Firmware to 1.26.1 but cannot find the .bin file for this. Otherwise, I haven't changed anything else in a while.

Heat Bed Issue (2 replies)

KTM80 — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 17:33:25 -0400

Hi guys, I have an ormerod 1 at work to play with hooked unto a ramps 1.4 board. In pronterface one of the setting for the bed (PLA i think) is set at 110c. If i click set, the bed slowly heats up, Im talking slowly! It seems to stop at a maximum 65-70c the LED on the ramps and mat is on constant so its calling for power all the time but hits a brick wall of being able to get hotter.
The mat is hooked up to the 11A line on PC PSU whilst the board is on 5A.

Any guidance would be great so i can iron out the bugs 1 by 1.

Cheers

Phil

Ormerod fell down, need acrylic parts (4 replies)

Sardi — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 05:43:31 -0500

The topic says it all.. The fillament roll was tangled, pulled the ormerod down from the table about 80cm high.

Both acrylic parts of the Y axis (one near the motor bracket and other the idler bracket) are smashed into pieces and cant be glued any more.

Any stl anywhere for them? I cant seem to find them.

And if not, any suggestions on what I should do? I am in the middle of an order and need a solution asap.