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Best Dual Extruder - 12 years ago
Hey everyone, I'm looking to upgrade my Prusa's unreliable extruder. I'm thinking of going for a Dual Extruder. Any thoughts on whats the best? I'm looking for reliability!by jlefebvre - Reprappers
Help with RAMPS firmware/software for Prusa Mendel - 14 years ago
Hey everyone, I built a Prusa Mendel with a RAMPS kit from Ultimachine that I soldered together myself. For endstops, I'm using optoswitches. So let me start off by saying that I am a complete noob at software/advanced electronics... I am very confused about how to interface the printer with my computer. So far I have downloaded Arduino Alpha, Meshlab, OpenSCAD, and the Reprap console. I undersby jlefebvre - General
Re: Everything freezes up - 14 years ago
brnrd-I downloaded Sprinter, Repsnapper, and Skeinforge. For some reason I can't seem to open Skeinforge. After downloading Skeinforge I used WinRAR to extract the files into "Program Files". There doesn't seem to be any files that I can open. Here's a screenshot of the Skeinforge folder I attempted to upload the Sprinter to my arduino, and below is the error that came up on the Arduino softby jlefebvre - General Mendel Topics
Everything freezes up - 14 years ago
Hey guys, so I am attempting to build a Prusa Mendel. I purchased and assembled a RAMPS kit from Ultimachine. I am completely new to the whole electronics/programming thing. I installed the firmware from to my arduino and then attached the RAMPS board. After that, I powered everything up. As soon as I flicked the power switch on all of the motors tensed up and could no longer be turned by hand,by jlefebvre - General Mendel Topics