Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread)

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watlooazn
After some trouble shooting I confirmed that theres something wrong with my z motors. Ill just repost what I wrote before:

My two z motors vibrate but don't turn. I'm guessing this is because the stepper motor coils are wired to the wrong pair of wires?

(Newbie to electronics here) So after determining which coil goes to which pair, do I just cut off the connector, re-arrange the pair, and attach crimps, and then the connector? Or would there be another way to re-arrange the pair of wires. How do I get the previous wires out of the connector? (Silly question I know)



How would I physically re-arrange the pairs? Any tutorials on this?

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therippa

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watlooazn
After some trouble shooting I confirmed that theres something wrong with my z motors. Ill just repost what I wrote before:

My two z motors vibrate but don't turn. I'm guessing this is because the stepper motor coils are wired to the wrong pair of wires?

(Newbie to electronics here) So after determining which coil goes to which pair, do I just cut off the connector, re-arrange the pair, and attach crimps, and then the connector? Or would there be another way to re-arrange the pair of wires. How do I get the previous wires out of the connector? (Silly question I know)



How would I physically re-arrange the pairs? Any tutorials on this?

Going with Occam's Razor here - it seems unlikely that the two motors you used for the Z-axis have the coils wired to the wrong pair of wires, and your problem lies elsewhere.

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watlooazn
Alright guys my bad, I didn't read the previous posts, thanks for your help. Now regarding my Z motors Issues:

I found out that the Z motors work perfectly fine after connecting them to the x and y ports. Also, the reason they were vibrating and not moving before was because my threaded rods weren't installed properly.




But now I have a new issue:

It takes my z axis approx 30 seconds to move approx 1.5 inches. It is noticeably slower than the y and x axises. Im guessing that maybe there is not enough current supplied to them? Voltage? Regardless, I think I have to change some setting in the arduino code. How would I do this? How would I access the code from the IDE? (silly questions, but noob here who wants to learn )

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marc2912
Anyone order from Folger Tech recently? I placed my order about a week and a half ago and they printed the label the next day but nothing has shipped?

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animoose

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marc2912
Anyone order from Folger Tech recently? I placed my order about a week and a half ago and they printed the label the next day but nothing has shipped?

Don't worry, I think they always do that. My order showed as two shipping labels (one for the printer and one for the filament), and it arrived on two different labels.

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watlooazn
awesome I will try this, thanks!

Another question is shouldn't the Y endstop be placed near the front of the printer? The manual says to place it at the rear. But from my understanding, if we want the home position of the extruder to be at the back right of the bed, then the y endstop should be at the front so the heatbed can move foward and for the extruder to be at it's back right.

How can I change the direction of my y motor? When I press home, it moves back, I want it to move to the front.

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Mopar99

Anyone,

Whats a good way to edit an STL file. I have one that i want to make a small change to but haven't figure out how. I'm using 123d Design with Meshmixer.

thanks for any input.

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marc2912

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animoose

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marc2912
Anyone order from Folger Tech recently? I placed my order about a week and a half ago and they printed the label the next day but nothing has shipped?

Don't worry, I think they always do that. My order showed as two shipping labels (one for the printer and one for the filament), and it arrived on two different labels.

Yeah mine is like that too. The filament tracked right away and already delivered. The printer label is printed but hasn't shipped and is been over a week. I'm trying to get an idea how long their turnaround is.

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Mopar99
therippa,

What version of firmware do i need for the E3D-v6 HotEnd? I notices there is 3 different firmware for this on your github. I'm running a stock printer with E3D-v6 direct drive hotend upgrade only.



Anyone,

Whats a good way to edit an STL file. I have one that i want to make a small change to but haven't figure out how. I'm using 123d Design with Meshmixer.

thanks for any input.

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bstern

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marc2912

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animoose

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marc2912
Anyone order from Folger Tech recently? I placed my order about a week and a half ago and they printed the label the next day but nothing has shipped?

Don't worry, I think they always do that. My order showed as two shipping labels (one for the printer and one for the filament), and it arrived on two different labels.

Yeah mine is like that too. The filament tracked right away and already delivered. The printer label is printed but hasn't shipped and is been over a week. I'm trying to get an idea how long their turnaround is.

Me too - I got a tracking number for the printer (or at least I assume it's the printer) last Tuesday, with no updates yet. If I don't have an update soon, I'll ask what's going on, but I'm not worried yet.

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Mopar99
therippa,

What version of firmware do i need for the E3D-v6 HotEnd? I notices there is 3 different firmware for this on your github. I'm running a stock printer with E3D-v6 direct drive hotend upgrade only.

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therippa

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Mopar99
therippa,

What version of firmware do i need for the E3D-v6 HotEnd? I notices there is 3 different firmware for this on your github. I'm running a stock printer with E3D-v6 direct drive hotend upgrade only.

You should just use the Release branch. The other branches I have there are specific to my setup, and they are just changes to the configuration.h file, but all use the same version of Marlin (except for the E3D_V6-1.10 branch, which is using the latest release candidate of Marlin and has a lot of changes for my very customized printed, use at your own peril)

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Mopar99
looks like tinkercad will work, was kind hoping for something to install on my mac as i dont have internet at home. life in the stick

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Mopar99
therippa,

What version of firmware do i need for the E3D-v6 HotEnd? I notices there is 3 different firmware for this on your github. I'm running a stock printer with E3D-v6 direct drive hotend upgrade only.



Anyone,

Whats a good way to edit an STL file. I have one that i want to make a small change to but haven't figure out how. I'm using 123d Design with Meshmixer.

thanks for any input.

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marc2912

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bstern

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marc2912

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animoose

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marc2912
Anyone order from Folger Tech recently? I placed my order about a week and a half ago and they printed the label the next day but nothing has shipped?

Don't worry, I think they always do that. My order showed as two shipping labels (one for the printer and one for the filament), and it arrived on two different labels.

Yeah mine is like that too. The filament tracked right away and already delivered. The printer label is printed but hasn't shipped and is been over a week. I'm trying to get an idea how long their turnaround is.

Me too - I got a tracking number for the printer (or at least I assume it's the printer) last Tuesday, with no updates yet. If I don't have an update soon, I'll ask what's going on, but I'm not worried yet.

They shipped the 2020s this morning. The Kesslers are this afternoon.

M.

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built350camaro
Anyone have any ideas on what I can do to fix me computer getting Firmware unresponsive error messages? I have replaced the USB cable already. Made sure my computer isn't turning the USB off. Really sucks when it dies mid print. Sometimes it will recover but others it just sits there and melts a hole in the print.

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built350camaro
Anyone have any ideas on what I can do to fix me computer getting Firmware unresponsive error messages? I have replaced the USB cable already. Made sure my computer isn't turning the USB off. Really sucks when it dies mid print. Sometimes it will recover but others it just sits there and melts a hole in the print.

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animoose

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built350camaro
Anyone have any ideas on what I can do to fix me computer getting Firmware unresponsive error messages? I have replaced the USB cable already. Made sure my computer isn't turning the USB off. Really sucks when it dies mid print. Sometimes it will recover but others it just sits there and melts a hole in the print.

Mine worked better on some USB ports than on others. In particular, my monitor has a USB hub built into it, and it was less reliable with that than a USB port directly on the PC.

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sonnylowe
Updated my Marlin firmware to 1.1.0 RC2...everything seemed to be working fine. But while running a few calibration prints I got a "HEATER FAILED" fault. Is this a thermistor issue, or has something changed in that release that could be causing it (Thermal Runaway Protection)!?!?

I'm going to put a new thermistor in when I get home today, just wondering what else could cause the fault...

Thanks,
Sonny

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sonnylowe
Updated my Marlin firmware to 1.1.0 RC2...everything seemed to be working fine. But while running a few calibration prints I got a "HEATER FAILED" fault. Is this a thermistor issue, or has something changed in that release that could be causing it (Thermal Runaway Protection)!?!?

I'm going to put a new thermistor in when I get home today, just wondering what else could cause the fault...

Thanks,
Sonny

I'm running the same firmware, 1.1.0 RC2. HEATER FAILED is not something I've seen. I did have some problems with thermal runaway protection on the heated bed though. It is enabled on default, and has a fairly narrow deadband that caused it to trip and spoil a few prints. I ended up disabling the heated bed thermal runaway protection. Even if the heaters stayed on 24/7, I doubt the MK2B heated bed would rise above 110. Hardly a dangerous situation, and not worth the ruined prints.