Re: Folger Prusa i3 Kit from ebay September 23, 2014 10:07PM |
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sloppyprinter
Hi how do you find the people that you have commented on lol . anyhow I got some pics of mine now .
not sure I understand the above? was this directed at me? if so please explain... I dont get it... I'm guessing it was meant to be funny, which is cool, I'm not offended, just a bit thick and I dont get the reference?
If not directed at me, then that might explain why I'm clueless to it
either way cheers.
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I've been pretty busy with school lately so I haven't gotten around to setting up my RaspberryPi yet. If that doesn't end up working out I'll likely get that controller, it looks really cool.Quote
Waltermixx
Yes it's a great kit.
did you give the lcd more thought? I only print from the sd card via the lcd...
I'm trying to learn custom gcodes to add to gcode that is generated,
something to set the bed, then the fan on the extruder, then the hot end...
keeps the extruder cooler...
I asked the Folger guys what they had their Vref set to for their printers, and this is what they sent back:
"The larger bed motor I set it to 0.55V, the Z's are .35V, X is 0.33V, Extruder 0.35V
Thanks!
John"
man of few words... but then again most folks are compared to me
Re: Folger Prusa i3 Kit from ebay September 25, 2014 03:58AM |
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Re: Folger Prusa i3 Kit from ebay September 25, 2014 12:12PM |
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I paid about 300 something for mine and it were a compney in England mate, ill find where it were if ya want the service were crap but I got everything needed to build it and I did it in a couple of days just looking at the pic on ebayQuote
Steue
This kit looks very interesting, I am researching my 1st printer, and have been recommended to get a mendel90. this will cost me about £600 with tax.
looking on E bay this kit is less than half that, not sure what tax i might have to pay as I live in England, they have sold 110 now.
what would you guys advise me, are there any cons to getting this printer?
Thanks in advance
Steve
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@Btyder, yes I know that one, that is the same one I bought...
I was not refering to the Folger Prusa i3 kit... (I started this thread... )
I was refering to the kit that sloppyprinter purchased on ebay...
Re: Folger Prusa i3 Kit from ebay October 01, 2014 11:56AM |
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I've actually been dealing with the same issue lately and I'm not sure what the issue is. I agree that it seems to be the cold end getting too hot and causing the filament to melt too high up which causes a jam. It could also be the filament getting too warm near the extruder gear which softens it enough to loose grip. I might try lowering my vref, which is around 400 but I have a feeling that won't be enough.
If I get the chance soon I might try building a better cooling system or a bowden system. I like having the direct drive but attaching a hot motor to a hot piece of metal seems like a bad design.
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