Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 27, 2015 08:38AM |
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I just got back from work and now im gonna config my printer, but the power supply wont ouput anything and the input it wired correctly i believe. The single circular prong is the earth ground correct, and the other two are interchangeable?I got it to work I had a cord mixed around. Now a new question what is the easiest way to make a belt tighter. The Y Belt is very loose now after I set everything to the home position.
I just went through tightening the Y belt the other day. The guides online say when it's tight enough, you should be able to pluck it and it'll sound like a cello bass string. No matter how hard I tried to get it tight by pulling on the belt, I couldn't get it tight enough. I ended up unscrewing the motor, installed and tied down the belt on the Y carriage holder at an eyeballed point where I knew it would be tighter than I could get it by hand (I marked off on the belt the tightest I could get it before), and then screwed the motor back on the frame rail. It's tight as a cello string now.
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 27, 2015 08:42AM |
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Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 27, 2015 08:44AM |
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I just got back from work and now im gonna config my printer, but the power supply wont ouput anything and the input it wired correctly i believe. The single circular prong is the earth ground correct, and the other two are interchangeable?I got it to work I had a cord mixed around. Now a new question what is the easiest way to make a belt tighter. The Y Belt is very loose now after I set everything to the home position.
I just went through tightening the Y belt the other day. The guides online say when it's tight enough, you should be able to pluck it and it'll sound like a cello bass string. No matter how hard I tried to get it tight by pulling on the belt, I couldn't get it tight enough. I ended up unscrewing the motor, installed and tied down the belt on the Y carriage holder at an eyeballed point where I knew it would be tighter than I could get it by hand (I marked off on the belt the tightest I could get it before), and then screwed the motor back on the frame rail. It's tight as a cello string now.
Wow which guide says that? I must have built mine blissfully unaware. I actually installed a tightener on the y belt but then it started skipping so I removed it. :confused:
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 27, 2015 10:19AM |
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I can get it "working" by changing settings or pin plug-ins. But what I can not figure out is why when I hit Y or Z they home like they should but the X just marks where ever it is sitting as the new "home" location.
Mine never seems to respond to the manual controls in repetier correctly but it prints just fine.
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 27, 2015 10:23AM |
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I can get it "working" by changing settings or pin plug-ins. But what I can not figure out is why when I hit Y or Z they home like they should but the X just marks where ever it is sitting as the new "home" location.
Mine never seems to respond to the manual controls in repetier correctly but it prints just fine.
I am in the same exact position you are in. My X-carriage does not work properly and I double checked everything that was recommended on this forum. Also, the X-carriage stepper motor get very hot compared to the other stepper motors. Do you also encounter this issue?
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 27, 2015 10:26AM |
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I can get it "working" by changing settings or pin plug-ins. But what I can not figure out is why when I hit Y or Z they home like they should but the X just marks where ever it is sitting as the new "home" location.
Mine never seems to respond to the manual controls in repetier correctly but it prints just fine.
I am in the same exact position you are in. My X-carriage does not work properly and I double checked everything that was recommended on this forum. Also, the X-carriage stepper motor get very hot compared to the other stepper motors. Do you also encounter this issue?
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 27, 2015 10:39AM |
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I can get it "working" by changing settings or pin plug-ins. But what I can not figure out is why when I hit Y or Z they home like they should but the X just marks where ever it is sitting as the new "home" location.
Mine never seems to respond to the manual controls in repetier correctly but it prints just fine.
I am in the same exact position you are in. My X-carriage does not work properly and I double checked everything that was recommended on this forum. Also, the X-carriage stepper motor get very hot compared to the other stepper motors. Do you also encounter this issue?
My X motor gets hot too but I don't think that's at all related to the issue with not listening to the manual controls. I turned down the stepper driver a little and the motor is cooler.
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 27, 2015 10:48AM |
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Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 27, 2015 10:51AM |
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I've done that problem comes in Repetier's home button on the X-axis. instead of bumping it off the end stops like Y, and Z it just sets the current position as home.
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 27, 2015 11:06AM |
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Accidently broke a blade off the cool block cooling fan it was too loud from being unbalanced to use at all so I replaced it with one from a external cd-rom enclosure. This new one is so much quieter than the one that came with I wonder it it's moving enough air. How would I know if it's not cooling enough?
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 27, 2015 11:13AM |
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Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 27, 2015 11:25AM |
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I did not get any extra end stops. I have placed the X one on the right, and on the left. I have checked the config.h and the pins.h files against what is listed on the forums and the manual. It's the way the X axis homes in Repetier that is making me nuts.
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 27, 2015 11:31AM |
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Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 27, 2015 12:13PM |
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My printer is still not printing well and is jamming up a lot. I was having problems with the hotend thermistor reading much higher than it actually was. I used some muffler sealer to get better contact between the thermistor and the brass tubing it sits in and that has helped a little. When I read the temp with the multimeter probe it's only about 5 deg. C less at the heater block, but at the nozzle it is about 35 degrees colder when the temp is set to 200 deg. C. I think the cold nozzle temp is what is jamming it up. The nozzle got a little loose so I tightened it up, but now there is a small gap between the top of the nozzle and the heater block.
Is there a certain way to put the hotend back together to get the nozzle in good contact and not have plastic oozing out from the top or bottom of the heater block?
Also, is anyone using something to insulate the nozzle?
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 27, 2015 12:36PM |
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Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 27, 2015 02:31PM |
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I just got back from work and now im gonna config my printer, but the power supply wont ouput anything and the input it wired correctly i believe. The single circular prong is the earth ground correct, and the other two are interchangeable?I got it to work I had a cord mixed around. Now a new question what is the easiest way to make a belt tighter. The Y Belt is very loose now after I set everything to the home position.
I just went through tightening the Y belt the other day. The guides online say when it's tight enough, you should be able to pluck it and it'll sound like a cello bass string. No matter how hard I tried to get it tight by pulling on the belt, I couldn't get it tight enough. I ended up unscrewing the motor, installed and tied down the belt on the Y carriage holder at an eyeballed point where I knew it would be tighter than I could get it by hand (I marked off on the belt the tightest I could get it before), and then screwed the motor back on the frame rail. It's tight as a cello string now.
Wow which guide says that? I must have built mine blissfully unaware. I actually installed a tightener on the y belt but then it started skipping so I removed it. :confused:
Must have missed that too.. I had to loosen my Y also as it was skipping
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 27, 2015 02:41PM |
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I'll look into that. How did you attach yours? Do you leave off the heatsink and attach it like the stock hot end or do you need something else to hold it?
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 27, 2015 03:38PM |
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Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 27, 2015 03:46PM |
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I'll look into that. How did you attach yours? Do you leave off the heatsink and attach it like the stock hot end or do you need something else to hold it?
I made one of these : [www.thingiverse.com]
It has a couple issues, and I am working on improvements, though for now, it seems to be working pretty good.
read earlier in the thread for more information. I posted a bunch in this thread about my clogging issues.
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 27, 2015 06:15PM |
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I'll look into that. How did you attach yours? Do you leave off the heatsink and attach it like the stock hot end or do you need something else to hold it?
I made one of these : [www.thingiverse.com]
It has a couple issues, and I am working on improvements, though for now, it seems to be working pretty good.
read earlier in the thread for more information. I posted a bunch in this thread about my clogging issues.
If you don't mind me asking, what issues are you having with the current design?
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 27, 2015 06:34PM |
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Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 27, 2015 06:57PM |
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Well after several days of great printing.. my extruder stopped heating up... has anyone else had this problem.. I can still home and move x,y,z manually.. when I check the contacts on the ramps board there is no voltage... Can anyone help,, can I hook up the Extruder heater wires directly to 12v to see if it is working ..and how can you check the thermistor.. and if these both check working .. what could be the problem? thanks mike
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Well after several days of great printing.. my extruder stopped heating up... has anyone else had this problem.. I can still home and move x,y,z manually.. when I check the contacts on the ramps board there is no voltage... Can anyone help,, can I hook up the Extruder heater wires directly to 12v to see if it is working ..and how can you check the thermistor.. and if these both check working .. what could be the problem? thanks mike
Have you recently started using your heatbed as well? I was printing PLA fine without the bed turned on, and decided try with it on. Repetier would report "Extruder Heating", but the temp wasn't rising on the hotend. Turns out your heatbed needs to come to temperature before the hotend starts heating up, and I wasn't being patient enough to realize this.
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 27, 2015 08:08PM |
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Well after several days of great printing.. my extruder stopped heating up... has anyone else had this problem.. I can still home and move x,y,z manually.. when I check the contacts on the ramps board there is no voltage... Can anyone help,, can I hook up the Extruder heater wires directly to 12v to see if it is working ..and how can you check the thermistor.. and if these both check working .. what could be the problem? thanks mike
Have you recently started using your heatbed as well? I was printing PLA fine without the bed turned on, and decided try with it on. Repetier would report "Extruder Heating", but the temp wasn't rising on the hotend. Turns out your heatbed needs to come to temperature before the hotend starts heating up, and I wasn't being patient enough to realize this.
no i have been using the bed all along... it didn't matter if the bed was up to temp... as soon as the extruder was ... it would start printing now the bed temp will go past its set value but the extruder never heats at all.. and printing never starts
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) July 27, 2015 08:55PM |
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Well after several days of great printing.. my extruder stopped heating up... has anyone else had this problem.. I can still home and move x,y,z manually.. when I check the contacts on the ramps board there is no voltage... Can anyone help,, can I hook up the Extruder heater wires directly to 12v to see if it is working ..and how can you check the thermistor.. and if these both check working .. what could be the problem? thanks mike
Have you recently started using your heatbed as well? I was printing PLA fine without the bed turned on, and decided try with it on. Repetier would report "Extruder Heating", but the temp wasn't rising on the hotend. Turns out your heatbed needs to come to temperature before the hotend starts heating up, and I wasn't being patient enough to realize this.
no i have been using the bed all along... it didn't matter if the bed was up to temp... as soon as the extruder was ... it would start printing now the bed temp will go past its set value but the extruder never heats at all.. and printing never starts
I reflashed the Arduino Board .. but it still dosn't heat up