Isaac Mendel build
Posted by jkelso
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Re: Isaac Mendel build September 21, 2010 08:40PM |
So EMT says that he was able to power up his gen 3 electronics by adding this code in
to the fived_gcode_interpreter.pde file and uploading the firmware to the motherboard. I tried this but it wouldn't compile....I get this message:
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Re: Isaac Mendel build September 21, 2010 10:12PM |
I could not get anything at all to upload to the tech zone motherboard all night. Finally, I went and pulled out my arduino mega to see if it was a problem with the usb cable. I could upload to the mega just fine so I went and tested the wires on my usb to ttl cable I made. All the wires worked. So I was almost ready to report that there is a confirmed problem with the motherboard or the usb to ttl board when I plugged it back in one last time and finally started seeing the red light blinking on the board. One more time compiling and the upload worked without having to press the reset button. Maybe it was a loose wire or something and the taking it off and testing it made it work again, I don't know. This could be a breakthrough.
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Re: Isaac Mendel build September 22, 2010 12:25AM |
It's time to pop the bubbly! Once these things start replicating it's gonna make the Lacerta plague look like a....
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/22/2010 12:51AM by jkelso.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/22/2010 12:51AM by jkelso.
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Re: Isaac Mendel build September 22, 2010 12:41AM |
I am happy to report that I now have all the stepper motors working through the reprap console.
Yay!
-Sebastien, RepRap.org library gnome.
Remember, you're all RepRap developers (once you've joined the super-secret developer mailing list), and the wiki, RepRap.org, [reprap.org] is for everyone and everything!
Yay!
-Sebastien, RepRap.org library gnome.
Remember, you're all RepRap developers (once you've joined the super-secret developer mailing list), and the wiki, RepRap.org, [reprap.org] is for everyone and everything!
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Re: Isaac Mendel build September 22, 2010 01:59AM |
getting the reprap software to work was probably the most frustrating thing for me too... pretty bleeding edge stuff so the documentation is all over the place and everyones setups are slightly different... anyway good luck with calibration fingers crossed for you.
Hmmm ... how do you want to fix up the wiki pages for it?
And for bug fixes / feature requests, definitely go to http://lists.reprap.org/mailman/listinfo/reprap-dev
-Sebastien, RepRap.org library gnome.
Remember, you're all RepRap developers (once you've joined the super-secret developer mailing list), and the wiki, RepRap.org, [reprap.org] is for everyone and everything!
Hmmm ... how do you want to fix up the wiki pages for it?
And for bug fixes / feature requests, definitely go to http://lists.reprap.org/mailman/listinfo/reprap-dev
-Sebastien, RepRap.org library gnome.
Remember, you're all RepRap developers (once you've joined the super-secret developer mailing list), and the wiki, RepRap.org, [reprap.org] is for everyone and everything!
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Re: Isaac Mendel build September 22, 2010 02:18AM |
Congratulations. Now looking forward to seeing pics of parts made 
Your thread has been great to watch. Thanks for posting your progress so regularly. I have been checking twice daily.
Your thread has been great to watch. Thanks for posting your progress so regularly. I have been checking twice daily.
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Re: Isaac Mendel build September 22, 2010 12:34PM |
Thanks to everyone, even if the answer wasn't the right one it's nice to know people want to help. Just knowing there's support for the project kept me inspired even when I was stuck at times. Today I've installed the X belt, it went just fine. After cutting 2 belts on the little white line I hastily cut the 3rd belt which apparently did not need to be cut. I'm going to attempt to repair it with heat.
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Re: Isaac Mendel build September 22, 2010 01:12PM |
I found some search results on ebay using "5mm belt" that could possibly be the right size belts. I see that hobby vendors are offering the belts, which makes me curious to go check out the hobby store for these as well. I tried melting the washer into the belt with heat but it didn't work so I decided to try locktite on there with a washer.
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Re: Isaac Mendel build September 22, 2010 03:55PM |
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/22/2010 07:51PM by jkelso.
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Re: Isaac Mendel build September 22, 2010 09:33PM |
I've identified the X travel problem as a loose belt. There is a problem trying to tighten these belt clamps because one of the top screws is completely inaccessible and the other one on the top bent the plastic surface when I tried to tighten the belt clamp so now the plastic is deformed. I think I could drill a hole through the existing hole and into the next piece of plastic so that I could fit a longer bolt in there.
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Re: Isaac Mendel build September 22, 2010 10:22PM |
OK the problem wasn't the belt being loose it was the way that I had wound the belt through the pulleys on one end that was causing the problem.....now it's working fine.
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Re: Isaac Mendel build September 23, 2010 12:26AM |
I noticed that the bottom of the ribbon that connects the 10 pin header on the motherboard to the extruder had been fried. I'm thinking that this may be good news that the white smoke I saw may not have fried the extruder board as I had thought. I'm going to replace this and see if I can get the extruder working and if not I think I have a backup plan that may work here to get rid of the extruder board. Maybe I don't have the code for the board written correctly or the preferences wrong, I'm not sure why it doesn't extrude but as soon as I get a new cable made up I'm going to test the makerbot board and see if I can get anything going with it.
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Re: Isaac Mendel build September 23, 2010 01:30AM |
What I've discovered now is that the extruder board doesn't work.
Poop.
You may want to ping techzone (or was it botmill in your case?) directly.
I think they're boothing for NYC Maker Faire, so you may not get an answer until Monday or Tuesday. I hope you do not go nuts in the meantime if that is the case.
On a more pragmatic note, do you have a DMM? Is the extruder board getting power?
-Sebastien, RepRap.org library gnome.
Remember, you're all RepRap developers (once you've joined the super-secret developer mailing list), and the wiki, RepRap.org, [reprap.org] is for everyone and everything!
Poop.
You may want to ping techzone (or was it botmill in your case?) directly.
I think they're boothing for NYC Maker Faire, so you may not get an answer until Monday or Tuesday. I hope you do not go nuts in the meantime if that is the case.
On a more pragmatic note, do you have a DMM? Is the extruder board getting power?
-Sebastien, RepRap.org library gnome.
Remember, you're all RepRap developers (once you've joined the super-secret developer mailing list), and the wiki, RepRap.org, [reprap.org] is for everyone and everything!
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