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Wade extruder: gears 'gridning' - 10 years ago
First off, sorry if this has been answered before. I did look, and failed to see anyone with this exact same issue, or a soultion for them that I have not tried. Second, printer info: I have a Prusa i2 running off a Gen6 boar with Marlin firmware. The extruder is a Wade with J hotend, with a .3mm nozzle. I'm using 3mm ABS plastic. Bed is heated, but not from gen 6 (obviously) Anyways, heres thby DoctorWoo - Printing
Re: x axis skipping - 11 years ago
BenWittbrodt: everything was (and still is) dead straight. No rubbing anywhere. I'm not too sure how the first part works, but I am curious. And that second link is interesting as well! May be something I will look at at a later date. Soldanr: no idea. I have yet to check. I might, but right now, everything is working again. As for power supply, it's a standard ATX And as stated, it fixed itselby DoctorWoo - Printing
Re: x axis skipping - 11 years ago
Just took the belt off my x axis, and the carriage moves freely (I could sneeze, and the thing would roll). However, the moment I get the belt back on, that jamming I can feel comes back. I have taken various steps of belt tension, and regardless how tight or loose I have belt, I still have that issue with the binding. I have checked both the belt and the gear, and all the teeth are accounted foby DoctorWoo - Printing
Re: x axis skipping - 11 years ago
So the skipping of the x axis sort of comes and goes... It seems that when it does come, I can solve it by greasing the rods of the x axis. This seems to solve it for about 5 hours printing time. I'm not too familiar with linear bearings, but my gut seems to want to say I might need to repack them with grease (again, not familiar with linear bearings, so I don't even know if they need repackingby DoctorWoo - Printing
Re: x axis skipping - 11 years ago
I did. Nothing is pinching, nothing is streched, and there getting good connections. And I spoke too soon. the skipping is back again...by DoctorWoo - Printing
Re: x axis skipping - 11 years ago
I would say "sounds good" but I'm always uneasy when the issue is resolved by "its now tighter" (not to say I'm unappreciative for the feedback!). However, I'm lucky to have a tensioner that is set up via a screw that is pretty easy to get to.by DoctorWoo - Printing
Re: x axis skipping - 11 years ago
Yup. I first started a lower travel, then I went to just slower everything. Still skipped However, this morning I decided to loosen the belt to take it off and take a closer look at it (and as I thought while it was still on, it was fine) but then stuck it back on, tried printing jsut for kicks and giggles, and hey presto: it's not skipping. Any reason why adjusting the belt tension would causeby DoctorWoo - Printing
Re: x axis skipping - 11 years ago
I actually have a wades extruder (figure I was forgetting something!) As for the hotend, it doesn't. That was my third thought, so I was watching that like a hawk. the only time it does drag is if a skip happens, and I let i print. As for when it skips, it's all over the place. Sometimes it will skip on a travel step, other times it will skip on a print step.by DoctorWoo - Printing
x axis skipping - 11 years ago
I'm about to go mantel from this issue. I've spent the entire day (literately a solid 18 hours) trying to resolve this. Small prints come out perfect. It seems anything that makes my x axis move more then 20 mm will get a skip. I've moved the x carriage about and I can feel the motor jam and jump at varying places. I'm using a prusa i2 with gen 6 running marlin. And what I had tried: -verified sby DoctorWoo - Printing
Re: Layer Printing issues - 11 years ago
Yup. Just double checked, and all the setting are correct As for a fan, I don't have one. I plan to rig one up at a later date, though. And I've had a few people suggest marlin. However, I'm calibrate out (as I've had to calibrate this thing about five times in the past 6 months due to moving). I have a few more things I've been advised to try that I'm going to give a shot. If those fail, I wilby DoctorWoo - Printing
Re: Layer Printing issues - 11 years ago
Just did. I relized what the issue is with programs. I have the latest slic3r, and I'm creating gcode with that, and loading it into pronter. However, I am still have issues with prints (mainly solid prints)by DoctorWoo - Printing
Re: Layer Printing issues - 11 years ago
I can't find Slic3r anywhere (either in pronter or on my PC). I was able to find skeinforge while clicking about. I'm getting the feeling I'm using an ancient version of pronterface...by DoctorWoo - Printing
Re: Layer Printing issues - 11 years ago
I'm loading the STL's direct to pronter. As for temp, I'm aware of that much. Mine is also suggested to be used at 230. I hopped onto the reprap IRC, and a few of the people suggested running it at a lower or higher temp, thus the spectrum of heat above.by DoctorWoo - Printing
Re: Layer Printing issues - 11 years ago
I'm a bit embrassed to admit this...most of that went right over my head. I'm a in a bit deeper then I have knowledge of (though I've learn what I have so far pretty quickly, thus the jump on the printer). The info I am able to provide is this: nozzel is a .35mm jhead filament is 3mm Speeds (I think) are 100 for x, 3000 for zy and 300 for e g-code...not sure I don't think I have slic3r. It looksby DoctorWoo - Printing
Layer Printing issues - 11 years ago
Sorry if this has been addressed somewhere. I did check, and I was unable to find anything on it. I am having *major* issues printing layers. I just finished physical calibration of the motors, and I've moved onto print calibrations. The issue I'm having is that any solid prints...well..don't print. I can print off the .5mm wall test print, and it comes out perfectly time after time after time.by DoctorWoo - Printing
Re: Heat bed with Gen 6 electronics. Pre-deluxe - 12 years ago
I'm a bit late to the party, but I had this saved for the stuff other people linked. I ended up making my own setup for it, which works wonders, and is fairly straight forward. It may turn out to be a bit more pricey then other solutions, but like I said, it works. Here's a link to itby DoctorWoo - General
Re: Infill issues? - 12 years ago
I'm going to feel stupid on a whole new level of stupid, but it looks like my extruder was a hair too close to the bed, and it was indeed causing a jam. I'm still having issues with prints, but this is all down to calibration now. Thanks for the help!by DoctorWoo - Printing
Re: Infill issues? - 12 years ago
I thought it was getting jammed, but its not. Regardless how long I have the printer on, or how many times I print/try to print, the 0.5mm box prints with not problems at all. I an also free the filament pretty easily,though I do need to reverse the extruder. And I was able to find a couple dozen people with that issue, but never saw that fix for it. I do happen to have a couple thousand fans lby DoctorWoo - Printing
Infill issues? - 12 years ago
First off, sorry if this has already been addressed. If it has, feel free to call me stupid and link to it. Anyways, I'm having an issue with my RepRap prusa l2 running with a Gen6 board with a jhead/gregs extruder. Everything is running great: steppers move nicely, the bed heats up (I did have to make a separate setup for that) and the hot end heats up, However, I'm having issues with solid priby DoctorWoo - Printing