Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) February 09, 2016 08:53PM |
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I've been running my BLTOUCH off of an external wall wart; however, I bought a 12V/5V regulator at Radio Shack and was going to install it on the back of the plexiglas where the Arduino is mounted. I think I remember reading that someone was using one of these 7805's and, for some reason, switched back to the external supply.
Whoever that was > why did you switch back? Like to know before installing mine.
That was me but I didn't switch back. I'm still using the 7805 regulator connected directly to the power supply and feeding +5v to one of the unused servo +5 pins. I removed the jumper at the ramps board. I noticed that without the extra 7805 regulator I would see some flickering of the LCD screen whenever the BLtouch pin cycled. Maybe I just have a wimpy 5 volt regulator on the Arduino but I had a 7805 in stock so it was a cheap fix. I did go back and forth a few times but I've decided to leave the regulator in place.
Thanks, Dave! I knew someone mentioned that they had stopped using it. That gives me something to do tomorrow! I'll have to dig through my electronics stash for a couple of caps.
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) February 09, 2016 09:09PM |
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What is the printers actual height? I homed the z axis then set it to go to 150mm up and it was going to run into the piece of metal that attaches the threaded rod to the motor so I did an emergency stop. In my printer settings the height is set at 185mm.
Ideas?
Thanks!
-Sam
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) February 09, 2016 09:50PM |
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What is the printers actual height? I homed the z axis then set it to go to 150mm up and it was going to run into the piece of metal that attaches the threaded rod to the motor so I did an emergency stop. In my printer settings the height is set at 185mm.
Ideas?
Thanks!
-Sam
Mine only goes up to 146mm. Someone made some extensions to increase the height and put them on thingi.
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) February 09, 2016 11:04PM |
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What is the printers actual height? I homed the z axis then set it to go to 150mm up and it was going to run into the piece of metal that attaches the threaded rod to the motor so I did an emergency stop. In my printer settings the height is set at 185mm.
Ideas?
Thanks!
-Sam
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) February 09, 2016 11:33PM |
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So i'm trying to calibrate my setup and I'm running into a boat load of problems. For some reason, when I'm in manual mode and I'd like to level the bed, the output in repetier tells me that it's hitting an end stop but it's not touching an end stop nor is the light on the end stop on. I'm using therippa's Marlin code and I believe I have all of the settings right, the settings in the configuration.h file is already setup for the x to be swapped, I have the end stop on the left hand side, opposite of where the power supply is, the end stop plug has been moved to be next to Y (min), and the end stop is set to max yet it's trying to go to the right side of the board.. I have all of the motors having the right cable to the left except the far one on the top right, then the red cable is on the right side. Am I missing something? I assume whenever I hear the high pitch hum, it means it's low on power? I haven't messed with the driver boards yet as I'm scared that I'm going to end up fry it but I think that's where I'm falling short on some of it from working.
If you moved the X endstop to the left, then make X MIN in Repetier. AND move your endstop plug back to where it was, all the way to the right. That's your problem. Also in config.h, you need to make
#define X_HOME_DIR -1
#define Y_HOME_DIR -1
#define Z_HOME_DIR -1
Also, enable the pullup resistors for the offending endstops. This can be done in the config file. One of these days, I'm going to add this bit of advice to the wiki, because it seems to come up every few pages on this thread...
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) February 10, 2016 02:27AM |
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What is the printers actual height? I homed the z axis then set it to go to 150mm up and it was going to run into the piece of metal that attaches the threaded rod to the motor so I did an emergency stop. In my printer settings the height is set at 185mm.
Ideas?
Thanks!
-Sam
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) February 10, 2016 07:46AM |
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Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) February 10, 2016 10:17AM |
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What do you guys with proximity detection z-probes get when you do an M48? That's the Marlin Z-probe repeatability test. I'd be real in interested in seeing results for capacitive and inductive probe types. Anyone have one of the 8mm distance inductive probes? How much less accurate are they?
I use this:
M48 P5 V4
08:05:52.455 : 1 of 5 z: 3.840000 mean: 3.840000 sigma: 0.000000 08:05:57.182 : 2 of 5 z: 3.837500 mean: 3.838750 sigma: 0.001250 08:06:01.909 : 3 of 5 z: 3.837500 mean: 3.838333 sigma: 0.001178 08:06:06.637 : 4 of 5 z: 3.837500 mean: 3.838125 sigma: 0.001082 08:06:11.363 : 5 of 5 z: 3.837500 mean: 3.838000 sigma: 0.001000 08:06:13.133 : Mean: 3.838000 08:06:13.137 : Standard Deviation: 0.001000
08:10:34.284 : 1 of 5 z: 3.200000 mean: 3.200000 sigma: 0.000000 08:10:39.006 : 2 of 5 z: 3.197500 mean: 3.198750 sigma: 0.001250 08:10:43.733 : 3 of 5 z: 3.197500 mean: 3.198333 sigma: 0.001179 08:10:48.461 : 4 of 5 z: 3.197500 mean: 3.198125 sigma: 0.001083 08:10:53.184 : 5 of 5 z: 3.200000 mean: 3.198500 sigma: 0.001225 08:10:54.958 : Mean: 3.198500 08:10:54.958 : Standard Deviation: 0.001225
08:13:32.695 : 1 of 5 z: 3.195000 mean: 3.195000 sigma: 0.000000 08:13:37.418 : 2 of 5 z: 3.195000 mean: 3.195000 sigma: 0.000000 08:13:42.141 : 3 of 5 z: 3.195000 mean: 3.195000 sigma: 0.000000 08:13:46.864 : 4 of 5 z: 3.195000 mean: 3.195000 sigma: 0.000000 08:13:51.587 : 5 of 5 z: 3.195000 mean: 3.195000 sigma: 0.000000 08:13:53.356 : Mean: 3.195000 08:13:53.361 : Standard Deviation: 0.000000
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) February 10, 2016 10:22AM |
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Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) February 10, 2016 01:45PM |
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My Pikachu I printed turned out alright, but some of it isn't so great... Printing at 210C PLA and 75C bed & 10% infill, no cooling fan on plastic coming out, only the stock folgertech fan. Would lowering my PLA temp and getting a cooling fan help?
Shell Thickness ETC
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) February 10, 2016 01:46PM |
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My Pikachu I printed turned out alright, but some of it isn't so great... Printing at 210C PLA and 75C bed & 10% infill, no cooling fan on plastic coming out, only the stock folgertech fan. Would lowering my PLA temp and getting a cooling fan help?
Shell Thickness ETC
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) February 10, 2016 01:47PM |
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Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) February 10, 2016 04:50PM |
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What is the printers actual height? I homed the z axis then set it to go to 150mm up and it was going to run into the piece of metal that attaches the threaded rod to the motor so I did an emergency stop. In my printer settings the height is set at 185mm.
Ideas?
Thanks!
-Sam
I have my max Z set at 145mm. 185 is standard Prusa, I believe, but with our z motors up top, we lose some height. I have stand offs ready to raise my motors above the bar, but am waiting til I have all my rebuild parts in to do it all at once. I think I'll have close to 185 once that's done.
This is what I'm talking about: [www.thingiverse.com]
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) February 10, 2016 09:09PM |
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Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) February 10, 2016 09:46PM |
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Im confused, im trying to enable the LCD settings in my Configuration.H file and my pins.h file but I don't think I did it right... Can somebody double check what I did compared to the guide and see if I did it right?
Am I supposed to remove the # symbol here?
[reprap.org]
Thank you!
-Sam
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) February 10, 2016 10:22PM |
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Im confused, im trying to enable the LCD settings in my Configuration.H file and my pins.h file but I don't think I did it right... Can somebody double check what I did compared to the guide and see if I did it right?
Am I supposed to remove the # symbol here?
[reprap.org]
Thank you!
-Sam
No, just the ( // ), these comment out lines in the code.
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) February 11, 2016 01:04AM |
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Get a print fan on that. It'll make all the difference for PLA.
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) February 11, 2016 06:06AM |
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Get a print fan on that. It'll make all the difference for PLA.
I've been meaning to add a fan for similar issues. What's the best print fan for the stock FT setup?
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) February 11, 2016 06:07AM |
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Get a print fan on that. It'll make all the difference for PLA.
I've been meaning to add a fan for similar issues. What's the best print fan for the stock FT setup?
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Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) February 11, 2016 10:55AM |
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Get a print fan on that. It'll make all the difference for PLA.
I've been meaning to add a fan for similar issues. What's the best print fan for the stock FT setup?
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) February 11, 2016 11:58AM |
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Silicone Heating pads - does anyone use one for their folgertech 2020 and do you have any recommendations/links for the pad that you are using? I've been reading up a lot on these, and most are recommending an external solid state relay. I found one from 3D LEAP on ebay that is rated at ~17amps - i feel like this would melt my board. I've also see some rated at 11.5a. I'm trying to find something that I can connect to my existing setup. thanks.
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) February 11, 2016 02:37PM |
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Silicone Heating pads - does anyone use one for their folgertech 2020 and do you have any recommendations/links for the pad that you are using? I've been reading up a lot on these, and most are recommending an external solid state relay. I found one from 3D LEAP on ebay that is rated at ~17amps - i feel like this would melt my board. I've also see some rated at 11.5a. I'm trying to find something that I can connect to my existing setup. thanks.
Post a link to the one you are talking about. When they say you need a external relay it's because the heating pad runs off line voltage (120/240) and you are just turning it off and on though the relay. Watch Toms video about it. [www.youtube.com]
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) February 11, 2016 03:15PM |
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Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) February 11, 2016 03:20PM |
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Printing from sd card is fantastic!
I agree! It's great not to worry about messing up a print when using your computer. I do miss the feed back seen in Repitier, but I think the trade-off is worth it.
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) February 11, 2016 03:52PM |
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