I have an extruder where the thermistor on the hot end has come out and I have had to use a replacement a2 times. To make sure this didn;t happen again I placed glue over the thermistor to keep it in place. The glue I used was Jb weld glue which is said to be resistant up to 500 degrees farenheit. My extruder heats up to 200 C(392 F). I was wondering if this was a good idea or could have adveby printer_man58 - General
Do you know what type of thermistor you are using. Haveyou configured it in configuration h.by printer_man58 - Firmware - mainstream and related support
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UPDATE: I reset the endstop to be ) and now it is better does still a few cm high.by printer_man58 - Firmware - mainstream and related support
I ordered san mk7 extruder which is smaller than the previous one I had. In order to make it home properly to touch the endstop I set the Z home position and the min position to -20. Unfortunately when I set it print it raises 20mm to achieve 0 which is much too high to touch the bed. Is there any way in Marlin where I can reset the ) position. P.S. I have a mendel max 1.5 with a direct driveby printer_man58 - Firmware - mainstream and related support
I don't really understand how to calibrate the axis. I saw the calibration guide, but didnt fully understand how to set the steps for the z axis besides adjusting the potsby printer_man58 - Printing
I think my z axis steps per mm may be way off because when I press the 10 in pronterface for 10 mm it barely goes 2 mm and I have to press the one 40 times for it to reach ten mm. Although wouldn't this be out of line with my problem?by printer_man58 - Printing
My z axis is at the correct height for when it homes, but when it rises a little it goes too highby printer_man58 - Printing
I have a mendel max 1.5 and am using a modded 0.4 mm mk7 extruder from folger tech. The extruder is rather tiny and was unable to touch the heated bed when the Z axis minimum is 0> TO fix this I set the Z axis minimum to-20 and it is able to reach the bed fine. As you know, when you start a print everything homes and then the extruder rises a little bit to allow it to extrude properly. Wheby printer_man58 - Printing
Thanks Andrew Smith that makes much more sense I was wondering how it would be possible and thinking of attaching it to a power supply, but I wanted to make sureby printer_man58 - General
I got a new extruder from folger tech and attached to it is an extruder fan. From what I've seen on the forums you are supposed to attach the fan to the Ramps 1.4 board at D2 and the fan I received had a female attachment at the end. I was wondering if there was a better place to attach it, so I would not have to solder it directly to the board?by printer_man58 - General
Thank you i did that and my problem was resolvedby printer_man58 - Reprappers
My extruder stopped working properly. Up until now I was able to use the extruder to print and do it from pronterface. Now when I try to hit the extrude button on pronterface the gears don't move. It is not a temperature issue because if I physically move the gear it extrudes. I am using a wades extruder with PLA plasticby printer_man58 - Reprappers
Also the extruder gears don't move at all. They only move when I do it manually.by printer_man58 - Reprappers
I also print a skirt, but for some reason nothing is coming out when i print. It only prints little droplets. It extrudes fine when i manually do it and when i do it in pronterface. Also a skirt is a little outline you print around the object.by printer_man58 - Reprappers
Thank you I think I will also do this from now on.by printer_man58 - Reprappers
My extruder is not working properly. When i try to print and extrude at the same time the extruder gears move very slowly and barely anything comes out. I am able to extrude directly from pronterface and manuallyby printer_man58 - Reprappers
I was able to level my bed and I have made sure that t is level using many leveling tools, but when all the axis home and then move to the center to print the extruder rides. Also my z axis rods aren't perfectly leveled, they are parallel though. Any help?by printer_man58 - Reprappers
I am able to print with the printer, I congifured the firmware, I have a .35 nozzle, my layer height is .25, and it says in pronterface that it will take 11 sec, but it was on the callibration pageby printer_man58 - Reprappers
I am calibrating my mendelmax 1.5 and am on the edge width over height, but when i try to print the calibration object it says it takes 11 sec. and doesn't end up doing anything. Also I am not able to find the how to change it in slic3rby printer_man58 - Reprappers
Oh wow, I'm stupid. Thanks to everyoneby printer_man58 - Reprappers
How are you able to extrude the filament. Whenever i hit the extrude button in pronterface it extrudes, but it ends up curling and i'm not able to get an accurate measurement.by printer_man58 - Reprappers
Thanks toe everyone, but what do I change the steps/mm , but what do i change the numbers to?by printer_man58 - Reprappers
I try 185 but whenever i set that as the temperature it won't print until it gets up to 200 degreesby printer_man58 - Reprappers
Whenever i start printing for the first few layers it prints properly, but then after t gets about a little ways up(30 min) the extruder starts to dig into the plastic. I believe it is still extruding, but it starts to embed itself. I think it could be that the extruder is to hot (200) degrees. Could anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?by printer_man58 - Reprappers
For the brim would it have to be a certain layer or height?by printer_man58 - Reprappers
I am printing with PLA and i am using a mendelmax 1.5. It takes about 15 to 20 minutes for it to come off. Also the bed moves.by printer_man58 - Reprappers
I am fairly new to 3d printing and my objects keep lifting off the heat bed. I have the temperature set on 75 degrees with aluminum tape that I sprayed with hairspray. After about 20 minutes the extruder is about to put on the next layer and it just picks up the object. Does anyone know how to fix this?by printer_man58 - Reprappers
I was ablw to solve this problem by applying a mixture of kapton and hairspray. Thanks to everyone who helpedby printer_man58 - Reprappers