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ok i got my extruder to work (manually) and everything seems to work, such as homing xyz. I can't for the life of me figure out how to start a print through repetier. I sliced a file and pressed print, and even though it says "heating extruder" the temperature was going down instead.
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 11, 2015 08:40AM |
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Pics from my original build. [imgur.com] She looks much better now! [i.imgur.com] (the green spool holder is Sainsmart green PLA i linked above. Not the hatchbox green ABS thats on the spool, the hatchbox is a lot lightert in color and looks nowhere near as good!) and I just finished printing the last peice of my custom cable chain. I will be tearing my Y axis apart tomorrow and installing a cable chain. Stay tuned for a thingiverse upload of my stl files!
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Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 11, 2015 01:46PM |
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Pics from my original build. [imgur.com] She looks much better now! [i.imgur.com] (the green spool holder is Sainsmart green PLA i linked above. Not the hatchbox green ABS thats on the spool, the hatchbox is a lot lightert in color and looks nowhere near as good!) and I just finished printing the last peice of my custom cable chain. I will be tearing my Y axis apart tomorrow and installing a cable chain. Stay tuned for a thingiverse upload of my stl files!
I am printing the second upright of the spool holder you put together maybe after that I will do something with the wires. I will be waiting to see the cable chain.
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 11, 2015 02:43PM |
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Pics from my original build. [imgur.com] She looks much better now! [i.imgur.com] (the green spool holder is Sainsmart green PLA i linked above. Not the hatchbox green ABS thats on the spool, the hatchbox is a lot lightert in color and looks nowhere near as good!) and I just finished printing the last peice of my custom cable chain. I will be tearing my Y axis apart tomorrow and installing a cable chain. Stay tuned for a thingiverse upload of my stl files!
I am printing the second upright of the spool holder you put together maybe after that I will do something with the wires. I will be waiting to see the cable chain.
did not work for me.
can still move things around manually homeing xyz etc, can heat extruder manually and i do see my pla filament come out of it, canNOT seem to heat the bed at all, and no matter what i do, i can't get this damn thing to print!
I'd put a file on the sd card but again, i can't find any guides on how that works either
this is getting pretty frustrating. As of now, i have a 300$ paperweight on my desk.
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Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 11, 2015 04:24PM |
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I think you're having two separate problems...
1. Something is wrong with your heatbed or with the connections you've made to it. Triple check everything. Maybe post a picture of the solder joints you did.
2. If you have slic3r configured to heat the print bed before printing, and your heatbed is not working, the print will not start. If you're printing PLA, try generating some gcode that does not turn on the heat bed, and see if the print starts.
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 11, 2015 05:09PM |
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Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 11, 2015 07:33PM |
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Was looking forward to putting this kit together w/my boy today, but alas it was not to be. I got M3 T-nuts instead of M4, meaning we couldn't even do the first step. Oh well, fired off an e-mail to support, hope to get the right parts soon...
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hobbes - it's not supposed to light up, it's just the thermistor. Did you get the bed heating up, or did you just print with the bed turned off?
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 11, 2015 07:41PM |
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Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 11, 2015 09:31PM |
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Cool, I made this one : [www.thingiverse.com]
It fits the bearings tightly and I found that replacing spools is kinda a pain without removing one of the mounts from the printer. I see yours locks into the rails, let me know how your spool changing process goes! I havent cut my threaded rod shorter yet as I am still debating weather or not I want it to hold 2 spools.
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 11, 2015 10:02PM |
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One concerning issue i'm having right now is that my X-axis motor is overheating like crazy after just a few minutes. I noticed this while calibrating the printer last night for leveling. It's the only one that gets really hot. I saw posts from Devil inc in the first pages having the same symptoms, but i didn't quite understand his solution. Some help, please?
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Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 12, 2015 09:37AM |
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awmyhr
Was looking forward to putting this kit together w/my boy today, but alas it was not to be. I got M3 T-nuts instead of M4, meaning we couldn't even do the first step. Oh well, fired off an e-mail to support, hope to get the right parts soon...
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 12, 2015 11:06AM |
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Here's a question hopefully someone can answer: on step 5, attaching the upper frame, are the two vertical pieces of 2020 supposed to be 90 mm from the very back outside edge of the printer or from the inside back edge? The photos in the guide make it look like it's from the inside back edge, or 110 mm from the very back outside edge.
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Here's a question hopefully someone can answer: on step 5, attaching the upper frame, are the two vertical pieces of 2020 supposed to be 90 mm from the very back outside edge of the printer or from the inside back edge? The photos in the guide make it look like it's from the inside back edge, or 110 mm from the very back outside edge.
It doesn't actually matter since there is enough Y travel to cover the full heated bed regardless. I did aproximately 90mm inside, 110mm outside.
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Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 12, 2015 12:53PM |
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Hey, would either of you guys that got M3 T Nuts like to part with them? Folger used M3 in the Kossel, and I need a few more for ongoing changes/improvements, and all that I have found for sale are bags of 100 . . .
- Tim
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 12, 2015 12:57PM |
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Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 12, 2015 01:01PM |
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Hey, would either of you guys that got M3 T Nuts like to part with them? Folger used M3 in the Kossel, and I need a few more for ongoing changes/improvements, and all that I have found for sale are bags of 100 . . .
- Tim
Sorry buddy, I already redrilled and retapped them because I didn't want to wait on shipping.