Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread)

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Auto Level Issues

My printer was printing GREAT and I decided to go auto level with it. After some help from a few folks here the sensor is installed, Firmware is setup and working and auto level works. But...My questions are...

Ive tried per Toms video but apparently you cannot send some g-code commands threw Repetier which I am using?? I tried to download the "octoprint" but that didnt work. Whats recommended to send g-codes?

Setting the Z_PROBE_OFFSET_FROM_EXTRUDER seems to be a "FW" adjustment. Its been jamming the hotend into the bed ONLY when trying to print so I have adjusted this value many times until I can print without the hotend rubbing the bed but im not certain the setting is optimum. (Currently -0.02). Is there a generic basic way to do the paper test?

After moving my x axis endstop to the left it seems it needs to be moved over about 1.5" so everything works. I would like this to be set all the way to the left and other settings changed in firmware. (see attached pic)

Lastly, after running g28 is the hotend supposed to be center on the bed or the probe?

Thanks a ton!

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I want to print multiple objects at once, some taller than others.. will the extruder "forget" one of the objects are there and hit it? Like at the end when it resets to default position?
Nevermind, the extruder will end up at the highest point of the print, duh


On a side note, would you guys let your printer run overnight?

I'm letting mine run right now. I'm about to go to bed, and it has another 7 hours to go on this print. The first time I did an all nighter, I woke up several times and each time went to check progress. I've had such great adhesion that I don't worry much any more. BUT I think it wise to have Thermal Runaway protection enabled. No sense tempting fate.

So I had to open my big mouth about "good adhesion..." I woke up this morning to this:
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There were 4 other items on the build plate that, thankfully, stayed stuck AND didn't get killed by this wandering piece. Note to self, on things without a lot of contact area at the base... Use a brim!

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I want to print multiple objects at once, some taller than others.. will the extruder "forget" one of the objects are there and hit it? Like at the end when it resets to default position?
Nevermind, the extruder will end up at the highest point of the print, duh


On a side note, would you guys let your printer run overnight?

I'm letting mine run right now. I'm about to go to bed, and it has another 7 hours to go on this print. The first time I did an all nighter, I woke up several times and each time went to check progress. I've had such great adhesion that I don't worry much any more. BUT I think it wise to have Thermal Runaway protection enabled. No sense tempting fate.

So I had to open my big mouth about "good adhesion..." I woke up this morning to this:
[attachment 71376 goof.jpg]

There were 4 other items on the build plate that, thankfully, stayed stuck AND didn't get killed by this wandering piece. Note to self, on things without a lot of contact area at the base... Use a brim!

I'd recommend not running your printer overnight until you're sure it's stable and even then I'd recommend some safety features. 3d printers are a potential fire hazard and until you have them, for certain, dialed in properly I'd always run it supervised.

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I thought you might like to see a moment of pure awesomeness. I am printing a large spiral spring. Cura tries to avoid travel moves which cross the perimeters of the object, unlike Slic3r which takes straight lines and so gives more spider's webs. And it does travel moves as fast as possible. Wait until about 1:10 in the video. [youtu.be]

Wow! Hang on! lol

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Not bad! No supports used, pla at 180, with bed at I think 70. Haven't even taken it off the bed yet, waiting for it to cool down.

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Sweet. I have been meaning to try that one in ABS.

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Not bad! No supports used, pla at 180, with bed at I think 70. Haven't even taken it off the bed yet, waiting for it to cool down.

fcExkjS.jpg

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I thought you might like to see a moment of pure awesomeness. I am printing a large spiral spring. Cura tries to avoid travel moves which cross the perimeters of the object, unlike Slic3r which takes straight lines and so gives more spider's webs. And it does travel moves as fast as possible. Wait until about 1:10 in the video. [youtu.be]

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How do I change my extruder speed? I think im under extruding. I didn't see anything in the slicer settings.

Also my extruder isn't super tight, did you guys tape yours on or something? Or just occasionally tighten it down?

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I thought you might like to see a moment of pure awesomeness. I am printing a large spiral spring. Cura tries to avoid travel moves which cross the perimeters of the object, unlike Slic3r which takes straight lines and so gives more spider's webs. And it does travel moves as fast as possible. Wait until about 1:10 in the video. [youtu.be]

Is there a way to get it to do this in the settings that I'm missing? Mine has a tendency to do infill and cross over itself repeatedly...Using Cura on Mac as standalone and then uploading via repeter server.

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I thought you might like to see a moment of pure awesomeness. I am printing a large spiral spring. Cura tries to avoid travel moves which cross the perimeters of the object, unlike Slic3r which takes straight lines and so gives more spider's webs. And it does travel moves as fast as possible. Wait until about 1:10 in the video. [youtu.be]

Is there a way to get it to do this in the settings that I'm missing? Mine has a tendency to do infill and cross over itself repeatedly...Using Cura on Mac as standalone and then uploading via repeter server.

The setting I believe is called "combing" in cura. You can find it under basic > quality > enable retraction > "..." tab

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I thought you might like to see a moment of pure awesomeness. I am printing a large spiral spring. Cura tries to avoid travel moves which cross the perimeters of the object, unlike Slic3r which takes straight lines and so gives more spider's webs. And it does travel moves as fast as possible. Wait until about 1:10 in the video. [youtu.be]

Is there a way to get it to do this in the settings that I'm missing? Mine has a tendency to do infill and cross over itself repeatedly...Using Cura on Mac as standalone and then uploading via repeter server.

The setting I believe is called "combing" in cura. You can find it under basic > quality > enable retraction > "..." tab

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I thought you might like to see a moment of pure awesomeness. I am printing a large spiral spring. Cura tries to avoid travel moves which cross the perimeters of the object, unlike Slic3r which takes straight lines and so gives more spider's webs. And it does travel moves as fast as possible. Wait until about 1:10 in the video. [youtu.be]

Is there a way to get it to do this in the settings that I'm missing? Mine has a tendency to do infill and cross over itself repeatedly...Using Cura on Mac as standalone and then uploading via repeter server.

The setting I believe is called "combing" in cura. You can find it under basic > quality > enable retraction > "..." tab

Don't see that anywhere in the options, is that through repetier cura settings? I'm using Cura standalone on a mac.

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I thought you might like to see a moment of pure awesomeness. I am printing a large spiral spring. Cura tries to avoid travel moves which cross the perimeters of the object, unlike Slic3r which takes straight lines and so gives more spider's webs. And it does travel moves as fast as possible. Wait until about 1:10 in the video. [youtu.be]

Is there a way to get it to do this in the settings that I'm missing? Mine has a tendency to do infill and cross over itself repeatedly...Using Cura on Mac as standalone and then uploading via repeter server.

The setting I believe is called "combing" in cura. You can find it under basic > quality > enable retraction > "..." tab

Don't see that anywhere in the options, is that through repetier cura settings? I'm using Cura standalone on a mac.

Those are from standalone. If you are using quickpoint display, it will not show. Go to the expert and select "switch to full settings", this will show the advanced config.

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I thought you might like to see a moment of pure awesomeness. I am printing a large spiral spring. Cura tries to avoid travel moves which cross the perimeters of the object, unlike Slic3r which takes straight lines and so gives more spider's webs. And it does travel moves as fast as possible. Wait until about 1:10 in the video. [youtu.be]

Is there a way to get it to do this in the settings that I'm missing? Mine has a tendency to do infill and cross over itself repeatedly...Using Cura on Mac as standalone and then uploading via repeter server.

The setting I believe is called "combing" in cura. You can find it under basic > quality > enable retraction > "..." tab

Don't see that anywhere in the options, is that through repetier cura settings? I'm using Cura standalone on a mac.

Those are from standalone. If you are using quickpoint display, it will not show. Go to the expert and select "switch to full settings", this will show the advanced config.

Yeah, I edited my post, guess too slow What settings would you recommend?

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I thought you might like to see a moment of pure awesomeness. I am printing a large spiral spring. Cura tries to avoid travel moves which cross the perimeters of the object, unlike Slic3r which takes straight lines and so gives more spider's webs. And it does travel moves as fast as possible. Wait until about 1:10 in the video. [youtu.be]

Is there a way to get it to do this in the settings that I'm missing? Mine has a tendency to do infill and cross over itself repeatedly...Using Cura on Mac as standalone and then uploading via repeter server.

The setting I believe is called "combing" in cura. You can find it under basic > quality > enable retraction > "..." tab

Don't see that anywhere in the options, is that through repetier cura settings? I'm using Cura standalone on a mac.

Those are from standalone. If you are using quickpoint display, it will not show. Go to the expert and select "switch to full settings", this will show the advanced config.

Yeah, I edited my post, guess too slow What settings would you recommend?

Don't sweat it, we all do it sometimes I would probably go with the "all" setting

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How do I change my extruder speed? I think im under extruding. I didn't see anything in the slicer settings.

Also my extruder isn't super tight, did you guys tape yours on or something? Or just occasionally tighten it down?

Did you calculate and set the proper steps/mm for your extruder in your firmware? When I was using the stock direct drive setup, I had to tighten my extruder motor with a power drill because of how misaligned the X carriage holes were with the motor.

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How do I change my extruder speed? I think im under extruding. I didn't see anything in the slicer settings.

Also my extruder isn't super tight, did you guys tape yours on or something? Or just occasionally tighten it down?

Did you calculate and set the proper steps/mm for your extruder in your firmware? When I was using the stock direct drive setup, I had to tighten my extruder motor with a power drill because of how misaligned the X carriage holes were with the motor.

I did not calculate the steps, not exactly sure what your talking about... Currently at work, when I get home I can look into it.
Thanks for letting me know how you tighten your extruder, mine is slightly stripped so it makes it hard...

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How do I change my extruder speed? I think im under extruding. I didn't see anything in the slicer settings.

Also my extruder isn't super tight, did you guys tape yours on or something? Or just occasionally tighten it down?

Did you calculate and set the proper steps/mm for your extruder in your firmware? When I was using the stock direct drive setup, I had to tighten my extruder motor with a power drill because of how misaligned the X carriage holes were with the motor.

I did not calculate the steps, not exactly sure what your talking about... Currently at work, when I get home I can look into it.
Thanks for letting me know how you tighten your extruder, mine is slightly stripped so it makes it hard...

You could try swapping your extruder motor with the X or Y axis motor, since the both the X and Y axis motors are mounted from the front while the extruder motor is mounted from the back. It may work better doing it the second time since the X carriage piece has been worn away abit.

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How do I change my extruder speed? I think im under extruding. I didn't see anything in the slicer settings.

Also my extruder isn't super tight, did you guys tape yours on or something? Or just occasionally tighten it down?

Did you calculate and set the proper steps/mm for your extruder in your firmware? When I was using the stock direct drive setup, I had to tighten my extruder motor with a power drill because of how misaligned the X carriage holes were with the motor.

I did not calculate the steps, not exactly sure what your talking about... Currently at work, when I get home I can look into it.
Thanks for letting me know how you tighten your extruder, mine is slightly stripped so it makes it hard...

You could try swapping your extruder motor with the X or Y axis motor, since the both the X and Y axis motors are mounted from the front while the extruder motor is mounted from the back. It may work better doing it the second time since the X carriage piece has been worn away abit.

I might have to do that, althoug I did drill a better hole in the x carriage, after I stripped the motor -_-
How much is a new motor?

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How do I change my extruder speed? I think im under extruding. I didn't see anything in the slicer settings.

Also my extruder isn't super tight, did you guys tape yours on or something? Or just occasionally tighten it down?

Did you calculate and set the proper steps/mm for your extruder in your firmware? When I was using the stock direct drive setup, I had to tighten my extruder motor with a power drill because of how misaligned the X carriage holes were with the motor.

I did not calculate the steps, not exactly sure what your talking about... Currently at work, when I get home I can look into it.
Thanks for letting me know how you tighten your extruder, mine is slightly stripped so it makes it hard...

You could try swapping your extruder motor with the X or Y axis motor, since the both the X and Y axis motors are mounted from the front while the extruder motor is mounted from the back. It may work better doing it the second time since the X carriage piece has been worn away abit.

I might have to do that, althoug I did drill a better hole in the x carriage, after I stripped the motor -_-
How much is a new motor?

FT sells the 2.6kg motors for $8.99.

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How do I change my extruder speed? I think im under extruding. I didn't see anything in the slicer settings.

Also my extruder isn't super tight, did you guys tape yours on or something? Or just occasionally tighten it down?

Did you calculate and set the proper steps/mm for your extruder in your firmware? When I was using the stock direct drive setup, I had to tighten my extruder motor with a power drill because of how misaligned the X carriage holes were with the motor.

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How do I change my extruder speed? I think im under extruding. I didn't see anything in the slicer settings.

Also my extruder isn't super tight, did you guys tape yours on or something? Or just occasionally tighten it down?

Did you calculate and set the proper steps/mm for your extruder in your firmware? When I was using the stock direct drive setup, I had to tighten my extruder motor with a power drill because of how misaligned the X carriage holes were with the motor.

Wait, what is the setting to increase the extrude rate? Or do I need to calculate it?
The folger tech software guide did not have me calibrate it.

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How do I change my extruder speed? I think im under extruding. I didn't see anything in the slicer settings.

Also my extruder isn't super tight, did you guys tape yours on or something? Or just occasionally tighten it down?

Did you calculate and set the proper steps/mm for your extruder in your firmware? When I was using the stock direct drive setup, I had to tighten my extruder motor with a power drill because of how misaligned the X carriage holes were with the motor.

Wait, what is the setting to increase the extrude rate? Or do I need to calculate it?
The folger tech software guide did not have me calibrate it.

Gotta calculate it. It is on the same line in your firmware as your steps/mm for your X, Y and Z axis.

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How do I change my extruder speed? I think im under extruding. I didn't see anything in the slicer settings.

Also my extruder isn't super tight, did you guys tape yours on or something? Or just occasionally tighten it down?

Did you calculate and set the proper steps/mm for your extruder in your firmware? When I was using the stock direct drive setup, I had to tighten my extruder motor with a power drill because of how misaligned the X carriage holes were with the motor.

Wait, what is the setting to increase the extrude rate? Or do I need to calculate it?
The folger tech software guide did not have me calibrate it.

Gotta calculate it. It is on the same line in your firmware as your steps/mm for your X, Y and Z axis.

I didn't calculate that either! Maybe I should look into this lol

Is it a parameter file that I can revert back to the old one if I don't like the new one?

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Im confused about how to calibrate my extruder, when I measure 150mm is that before I even insert any plastic into the extruder? Or do I have some inserted then measure from the top of the extruder.

Thanks!
Sam

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Im confused about how to calibrate my extruder, when I measure 150mm is that before I even insert any plastic into the extruder? Or do I have some inserted then measure from the top of the extruder.

Thanks!
Sam
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Im assuming the second from looking at the video a second time.
Now I have a new question.. If I re upload the firmware do I need to add the folgertech setting's again?

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Im confused about how to calibrate my extruder, when I measure 150mm is that before I even insert any plastic into the extruder? Or do I have some inserted then measure from the top of the extruder.

Thanks!
Sam
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Im assuming the second from looking at the video a second time.
Now I have a new question.. If I re upload the firmware do I need to add the folgertech setting's again?

As long as you are using the same file from before, everything will stay the same as the last time you saved it. Control + S is a helpful shortcut for saving things in files