Just trying this myself... combined tensioner & leveling...by PlasticPogle - Ormerod
...ditto to all above...thanks guys. As you say Erik, my main concern was the rotational force outwards on the hot end from the natural spring of the drive cable. So I settled on mounting the stepper (temporarily) high so to induce a small positive force as the height of the print increases to keep the nozzle at 90ᵒ to the bed. This works well and I'll print out a mounting bracket for the motoby PlasticPogle - Ormerod
After switching to the E3D V6 hotend, I fitted a Bowden connection to the standard Ormerod extruder drive. This started proving unreliable, so I searched for a direct way of mounting the extruder over the hot end. I opted for the Zesty Nimble, purely because of the weight issue which is advertised as 37grams. Although I originally thought it was a bit pricey (+£15 postage from Australia) especby PlasticPogle - Ormerod
Thanks dc42, that is a great help. Look forward to receiving it.by PlasticPogle - General
...can I skip upgrading from the Duet v0.6 to the v0.8.5...and go straight for the DuetWiFi ?by PlasticPogle - General
In that case dc42 I may run with the original repaired board until Duet NG is available. Have you an idea on a price, will it be around the same as the 0.8.5 ?by PlasticPogle - Duet
Much appreciated dc42, I will order a 0.8.5 when they are back in stock.by PlasticPogle - Ormerod
...it's a sound business decision, and I'm really gutted & sorry for the folks that lost their employment. But thanks for the support and getting me into 3D printing, I hope by summer there will be good news for everyone....I will watch this space...by PlasticPogle - Ormerod
...funny you should say that, I've been running the printer since August and the Friday RepRapPro closed for Xmas my board went the same way. The heat actually came from under the terminal and the track was burned. If the screw terminal was not tight then I'm sure it wouldn't have run fine for 4 months. Because of the long Xmas break I repaired it myself (Maplins £1.49) and then emailed Adriaby PlasticPogle - Ormerod
Are the latest batch (16th Aug) of X-Plates in the post yet Dave ? Just waiting for mine so I can start the build. Ta. Stephen Yep just seen your post for Monday...good news Sby PlasticPogle - Ormerod