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Re: Folger Tech Kossel 2020 Rev B: Complete Beginner December 12, 2015 09:44PM |
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KevinS
An inductive probe will not work on the Folger Tech kit because the RAMPS right under the plate makes the metallic footprint uneven. I may use FSR in the future.
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Re: Folger Tech Kossel 2020 Rev B: Complete Beginner December 13, 2015 07:04PM |
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nice concept dc42, so I bought one. Im hijacking, but do know anyone the make a metal effector for a kossel? One that works with e3d hot ends?
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Re: Folger Tech Kossel 2020 Rev B: Complete Beginner December 16, 2015 06:36PM |
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My main problem (as far as I can tell) is that Repetier can't process negative values, so I can seemingly only effectively use 1/4 of my print bed space.
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Re: Folger Tech Kossel 2020 Rev B: Complete Beginner December 16, 2015 09:42PM |
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Alright, so it looks more reasonable now, but I don't think that had an effect on the G29 command acting up (literally). The nozzle still moves towards the z tower and drags along the print bed momentarily (It would probably drag ALL the way across the radius were it not for my convex print bed shape) only to jump up and up until its running into the endstops (I learned after the first time to have my cursor on the Emergency stop button in Repetier when it starts to climb. I can't tell if I need to alter my Marlin firmware or the RepetierHost settings?
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Well I'm pretty sure Repetier is recognizing my z probe. If I hold a piece of metal to the inductive sensor, it goes off, and the reading shows as triggered (opposite of endstop readings, when not homed). I'm not entirely sure what you mean by z probe height. Are you referring to the homing offset in EEPROM? I know I have to set the z probe offset, but there's not much in the way of instructions for doing that. It says to define the X Y and Z probe offset from extruder (I think that's supposed to be effector, not extruder). I'm going to try a different .ido to see if it makes a difference. Hopefully it works better. The Z probe offset in the firmware seems to be for a deployed (I'm assuming mechanical) probe, as opposed to the inductive sensor that I have. Not that I think that makes a big difference.
Here's a link to the instructions for reference. The X and Y min/max in the marlin firmware are not far off from a reasonable limit (I think -80 to 80 is good, at least for now).
[drive.google.com]
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Are you sure you have the same printer as mine? Your configuration.h file looks wayyy different from mine. I also noticed you have an LCD, whereas I do not. I'm sure it wouldn't matter too much, I just don't want to enter anything too different. I see you have a different baudrate, and it mentions bluetooth. Are you certain this won't cause any different problems?
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If you want to fix this issue - just compare your config with mine. I'm sure your z-probe has wrong NC/NO condition...
PS: bluetooth is off (-1) and if you don't need LCD just disable it, but it doesn't matter. My current firmware is Repetier 0.92.6
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Are you sure you have the same printer as mine? Your configuration.h file looks wayyy different from mine. I also noticed you have an LCD, whereas I do not. I'm sure it wouldn't matter too much, I just don't want to enter anything too different. I see you have a different baudrate, and it mentions bluetooth. Are you certain this won't cause any different problems?
Re: Folger Tech Kossel 2020 Rev B: Complete Beginner January 24, 2016 09:23AM |
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paul_delta
I had to cover my aluminum bed with glass. To make inductive probe working again I designed this simple adapter that combines proximity probe stability and ability to use on any surface.
Thingiverse files: [www.thingiverse.com]
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