Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 24, 2015 03:03PM |
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I have that bounce as well. I assume it's deliberate (hypothesis: it does a fast move for the homing, then the bounce is to get a slower or shorter one with greater accuracy) and I decided not to worry about it.
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 24, 2015 03:10PM |
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I have that bounce as well. I assume it's deliberate (hypothesis: it does a fast move for the homing, then the bounce is to get a slower or shorter one with greater accuracy) and I decided not to worry about it.
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 24, 2015 05:54PM |
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Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 24, 2015 06:28PM |
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Got the metric stuff.. you were right you need the larger washers.. I also had to use the socket head screws on the larger T-nuts as nothing else would fit... other pan heads were too long for there purpose.. anyway got the thing together,,, And since you are up and running .. some pictures would be great .. I am at the wiring stage.. On the where the steppers plug into the Ramps.. in the pictures it shows the wiring colors looking at the board right to left green on the left except on the third its reversed .. is that correct.. thanks
Everything is at the location of their pictures, but some are reversed. The x axis endstop is moved one pin to the left, and then in your slicer settings x home is set to max instead of min.
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 24, 2015 06:31PM |
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Sorry to hear about the blown electronics - it's really frustrating to be so close. One of my steppers didn't work, and I think it was the one that I was adjusting when I blew the board. However, it didn't seem to harm the replacement RAMPS or Mega. Once I found it wasn't working (because the extruder motor didn't run), I replaced it with the spare one in the kit and life was good.
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Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 24, 2015 09:31PM |
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Does anyone know what might be causing this waviness? I can't find it documented anywhere online...
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 24, 2015 09:40PM |
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Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 24, 2015 09:46PM |
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Well day three and couple headaches. I did not get enough socket head screw so I had used Philip head screws for the motor brackets now I can not tighten them. So tomorrow I will take some of the socket head screws out from the Y-axis rods and trade places with the mounts so I can get in and tighten them.
Also cracked the left Z-rod brace under the motor not bad and just in one spot but guess I'll be trying to print a new one soon.
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 24, 2015 10:42PM |
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Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 24, 2015 10:53PM |
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quick question i accidently bought a piece of glass 9.5" x 9.5" for the heated bed. Is that too big or could I make it work?
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 24, 2015 11:03PM |
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quick question i accidently bought a piece of glass 9.5" x 9.5" for the heated bed. Is that too big or could I make it work?
The difficulty will be attaching it to the heated bed. It's about 8.5" x 8.5" so the glass will stick the edge by half an inch in each direction. It will be hard to clip in place.
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 24, 2015 11:05PM |
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quick question i accidently bought a piece of glass 9.5" x 9.5" for the heated bed. Is that too big or could I make it work?
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 24, 2015 11:08PM |
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quick question i accidently bought a piece of glass 9.5" x 9.5" for the heated bed. Is that too big or could I make it work?
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 24, 2015 11:12PM |
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quick question i accidently bought a piece of glass 9.5" x 9.5" for the heated bed. Is that too big or could I make it work?
Glass is pretty easy to cut. They have the cutters at most craft stores and places like Home Depot for 5-10 bucks. Probably take you all of 30 seconds to cut it to 8x8. At that larger size it wont fit right between the bed adjusting bolts at the corners. Even at 8x8 the glass is right up against the bolts, at least on mine. It will sit on top of the bolts and you won't be able to adjust it, which is an imperative operation to using the printer. It also won't heat right because it will be a few mm above the heat bed.
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 24, 2015 11:19PM |
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quick question i accidently bought a piece of glass 9.5" x 9.5" for the heated bed. Is that too big or could I make it work?
Glass is pretty easy to cut. They have the cutters at most craft stores and places like Home Depot for 5-10 bucks. Probably take you all of 30 seconds to cut it to 8x8. At that larger size it wont fit right between the bed adjusting bolts at the corners. Even at 8x8 the glass is right up against the bolts, at least on mine. It will sit on top of the bolts and you won't be able to adjust it, which is an imperative operation to using the printer. It also won't heat right because it will be a few mm above the heat bed.
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 24, 2015 11:22PM |
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quick question i accidently bought a piece of glass 9.5" x 9.5" for the heated bed. Is that too big or could I make it work?
Glass is pretty easy to cut. They have the cutters at most craft stores and places like Home Depot for 5-10 bucks. Probably take you all of 30 seconds to cut it to 8x8. At that larger size it wont fit right between the bed adjusting bolts at the corners. Even at 8x8 the glass is right up against the bolts, at least on mine. It will sit on top of the bolts and you won't be able to adjust it, which is an imperative operation to using the printer. It also won't heat right because it will be a few mm above the heat bed.
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Can I use the printer without the glass while I wait to get glass cutter?
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 24, 2015 11:37PM |
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That is what I did somewhat, I bought a 8x8 picture frame but didn't notice that the glass piece was bigger, aka 9.5x9.5. my printer comes tomorrow and that is why i'm asking all this because I bought everything before hand.Quote
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Can I use the printer without the glass while I wait to get glass cutter?
I would just buy a cheap 8x10 picture frame from the dollar store and use the glass from that. 8" is enough to fit between the leveling screws and there's enough clearance for the extra 2" on either side of the bed. I've never gotten a super clean cut using glass cutters, maybe because I have shaky hands.
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 25, 2015 12:58AM |
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Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 25, 2015 02:04AM |
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Thanks for the pix .. One question I see the extruder stepper is also plugged in reversed .. is that right and why is that..finally got everything wired.. almost ready to go. also I don't see anything in the Folger manuals about setting up the steppers I assume there must be a procedure .. Thanks .. Mike
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 25, 2015 05:08AM |
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Does anyone know what might be causing this waviness? I can't find it documented anywhere online...
Mine does that too and I'm using Cura. Its pretty symetrical and looks kind of like carbon fiber so I don't care, I won't spend any time trying to "fix" it.
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 25, 2015 07:59AM |
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Thanks for the pix .. One question I see the extruder stepper is also plugged in reversed .. is that right and why is that..finally got everything wired.. almost ready to go. also I don't see anything in the Folger manuals about setting up the steppers I assume there must be a procedure .. Thanks .. Mike
It was pushing it instead of pulling so I switched it around, and you are supposed to set up the stepper's? I just felt my x axis motor get really hot, so I turned the voltage down until it was much quieter which made it run cool.
Also how does everyone get their abs to stick? I got 2 1kg spools for $6 each from amazon, so I have plenty to waste. So far it doesn't want to stick to glass, and it doesn't stick to hairspray on the glass.
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