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Instead of 1000's of words

Posted by acidrain 
Instead of 1000's of words
January 12, 2015 12:17PM
Dear reprapers!
Don't wanna talk much, as I nervous right now after 5 days of getting this (see attached shots, please).
Please, give me a hint, what is wrong?
Repetier 0.91 + repetier host
mendel like self made steel frame etc
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Re: Instead of 1000's of words
January 13, 2015 05:57AM
Looks awfull.

I have the impression that extrusion is not constant. Sometimes it seems to block and then you get more then you wanted. So first objective is to find why that happens.

You might want to clean your extruder in case it is clogged.
Also check if the temperature is right. For PLA you can go up to 220 if needed. Some want 200-210°C.
Clean feeder in case teeth are full of plastic.
Check if pressure of feeder is right.
Check thermistor type to make sure you see the temperature that is there. Different thermistors have different curves, so selcting the right one is important even if all have 100kohm at 25°C.

If the temperature is right and the feeder is not holding the filament (idler open) it should be possible to push filament quite easily through your extruder at a slow speed (still needs to melt so give it time for it).


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Re: Instead of 1000's of words
January 14, 2015 01:57AM
Oh, thanks! I believe, that is was my mistake, hope this evening I will check the stepper driver, as stepper getting very hot (60+ C) and it 'ticks' and should work flowlessly
All other items will check tonight too
I will provide a link for video on my extruder at work before and after

Cheers

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/14/2015 01:58AM by acidrain.
Re: Instead of 1000's of words
January 14, 2015 02:52AM
When a extruder ticks it is missing steps or slipping over filament. So the force is not enough to put it through the nozzle. Normally wrong temperature or clugged extruder.


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Re: Instead of 1000's of words
January 14, 2015 09:49AM
Collegues, looks a little better, but there is a lot of things to improve.
ABS, looks like tempreture is not calibrated, excesive plastic etc
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Re: Instead of 1000's of words
January 16, 2015 04:40AM
Those last ones looks like heated bed is set too high, try 90c
Re: Instead of 1000's of words
February 25, 2015 03:46PM
sorry, twice the same message

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/25/2015 04:07PM by acidrain.
Re: Instead of 1000's of words
February 25, 2015 03:50PM
Thanks everyone for your help! Its now printing quite well. But some problems still there.
So, some shots:
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First layer is always with excessive abs plastic, but second and others are good.

And few more - why some loses near holes? But near edges its okay?
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Re: Instead of 1000's of words
March 03, 2015 07:16AM
The printer drags the filament on direction reversal back. Can happen especially if it did not make some contact to the border. Slicers allow to set how much overshoot the infill to border should have. Increasing it might help for better bonding here.


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Re: Instead of 1000's of words
March 15, 2015 09:04AM
Thanks for a help, but I can not find where to setup this parameter. And I do understand, that's all my questions are not directly about repetier firmware/host. Sorry for this offtopic

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/15/2015 09:05AM by acidrain.
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