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Now you got me a little worried.
I have a 4 yo son who's always around me when I'm printing (he probably thinks everything I print is for him) Looks like this is just too risky
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Or maybe I can just keep him out when I'm working on lasers.Have to do a lot more reading on this.
How fast does it cut stickers anyway?
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I've been thinking,(yea, I know... dangerous!), but I see no reason why one couldn't just mount a 2+ watt laser on the Smartrap just like I am with a second hotend and run with it. Use the Z probing for setting focal length of the fixed lens. The ideal thing would be to use some spare output on the RAMPS for controlling the laser, but someone much better at programming would need to figure that out in Marlin.
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how about using this board for a simple laser thingy?
http://www.schmalzhaus.com/EBB/
It has everything that you need:
2 stepper drivers (X and Y)
a solenoid (Laser ON and OFF)
a servo (focus?)
And it might be an idea to look into how eggbot works together with Inkscape.
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What i find interesting is how they use Inkscape to control this board.
I'm also planning to order this board but my main focus is on the SmartRap for now
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Would be nice if there was a Inkscape extension for RAMPS and 2D (2.5D) control.
Is it still possible to run Marlin on an Arduino Uno or has Marlin gained to much code weight for that?
I have looked into the LCD code if there is a way to change the rotary encoder direction , for some parts of the menu it feels odd when turning to the right it lowers the values...
(is that perhaps Chinese logic?)
I've had a look in ultralcd.cpp tough changing the menu's is way over my head.
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I read somewhere that a Russian website has a plugin for Inkscape that will do what we want and send out G-code. I need to find that site again now that I need to use it.
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Would be nice if there was a Inkscape extension for RAMPS and 2D (2.5D) control.
Is it still possible to run Marlin on an Arduino Uno or has Marlin gained to much code weight for that?
I have looked into the LCD code if there is a way to change the rotary encoder direction , for some parts of the menu it feels odd when turning to the right it lowers the values...
(is that perhaps Chinese logic?)
I've had a look in ultralcd.cpp tough changing the menu's is way over my head.
Yeah! I have the same problem with a couple of LCD screens, it is even worse when you have some that work clockwise and the others anti-clockwise. I grind my teeth a few times because of that.
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Would be nice if there was a Inkscape extension for RAMPS and 2D (2.5D) control.
Is it still possible to run Marlin on an Arduino Uno or has Marlin gained to much code weight for that?
I have looked into the LCD code if there is a way to change the rotary encoder direction , for some parts of the menu it feels odd when turning to the right it lowers the values...
(is that perhaps Chinese logic?)
I've had a look in ultralcd.cpp tough changing the menu's is way over my head.
Yeah! I have the same problem with a couple of LCD screens, it is even worse when you have some that work clockwise and the others anti-clockwise. I grind my teeth a few times because of that.
You have no idea how many times my glass almost broke because of this.It's Just unnatural that the values decrease when you turn it clockwise. I tried searching for a fix before but there's not much info on it.
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MelT
Oh I was able to fix it. Just swap the pins for the encoder in pins.hI can't believe it took me so long to figure out.
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Oh I was able to fix it. Just swap the pins for the encoder in pins.hI can't believe it took me so long to figure out.
Hey that can't be right! that's too easy ha..ha.. Problem is that I have a few machines and some are CW and others ACW, Be nice if I could just swap some physical pins and fix them.
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Re: Madmike8's Smartrap Build July 11, 2014 07:05PM |
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I don't know how it is for the other controllers, but the full-graphic-smart-controller this fixes the X Y and Z controls but it 'breaks' for instance the LCD contrast control, that worked 'right' before.
Now this change is actually better as like MeIT already mentioned, it's less risk that you damage something due to counterintuitive directions.
But sure thank MeIT, this improves things 50% already.
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MelT
Yeah, I would think so, Reg.
I only have one printer so I can't really tell. But if you are using a lot of LCDs and everything else is the same (same brand, same firmware, same type of knob, etc.), and some of them work backwards, then I would think it may have to do with the way it was wired.
Some high-end LCDs may even have it's own firmware for controling the brightness and stuff that the marlin firmware does not control anymore. The brightness in my LCD has a separate potentiometer at the back so I don't control it via the encoder.
Oh well...
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Yeah, I would think so, Reg.
I only have one printer so I can't really tell. But if you are using a lot of LCDs and everything else is the same (same brand, same firmware, same type of knob, etc.), and some of them work backwards, then I would think it may have to do with the way it was wired.
Some high-end LCDs may even have it's own firmware for controling the brightness and stuff that the marlin firmware does not control anymore. The brightness in my LCD has a separate potentiometer at the back so I don't control it via the encoder.
Oh well...
Yeah, mine are the same too.I have a couple of printers that sit next to each other on my work bench and each moves a different way. I might try changing the cables from one to the other and see if they still move the same direction on each LCD or if it is coming from the Marlin electronics setup. If they both still work in the same direction then we will know if it is from Marlin or the LCD.
Or I have a spare LCD that I can try on both as well and see if there is any difference, that might be easier to do. I would like to get to the bottom of this, it has a few problems the way it is now..
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I don't know how it is for the other controllers, but the full-graphic-smart-controller this fixes the X Y and Z controls but it 'breaks' for instance the LCD contrast control, that worked 'right' before.
Now this change is actually better as like MeIT already mentioned, it's less risk that you damage something due to counterintuitive directions.
But sure thank MeIT, this improves things 50% already.
What I can't understand is why some are CW and others are ACW. Maybe some are wired differently or something? Whatever, it is a real pain in the bum.