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Re: Can't level bed on Prusa i2 - 12 years ago

um... First, if you have heated bed you dont need painter tape. for pla use mix of water and cheapest wood glue (white). why am i telling you that? its easier to level on glass then on painter tape. about leveling: -lower your Z axis zero-ing speed (if speed to high it can happen that z axis crashes into endstop and then moves limit switch. try very slow settings like 20-30 mm/min then increa

Re: Reprap Host software over USB on Android - 12 years ago

QuoteA2 @ mdietz I loaded the free version of your GCode Simulator & Printer onto my HTC 3D phone, looks good. Will it support the new Smoothie Board? If not can you add it? thats not important to host, just to firmware...

Re: Reprap Host software over USB on Android - 12 years ago

what are minimum hardware req. for tablet?

Re: Reprap Host software over USB on Android - 12 years ago

i have tried demo on my phone, looks great in 4.5" display. next month il buy some cheap 7" tablet just for controling printer,,,i think the only condition is that tablet has dedicated port for charging battery, not over usb otg becouse its used for controlling in my case ramps+arduino. and sad thing i just have installed smart controller :lol:

Re: Extruder calibration - 12 years ago

cooling fan would help also those layers look to high, with 0.34 mm nozzle i think 0.25 mm would be my max layer height.(i have 0.4 nozzle, max z height that i tried waz 0.3, but now i preffer 0.2 for regular prints, or 0.05-0.1 mm for awensome prints )

Re: $199 50 Micron 3D Printer ...too good to be true? - 12 years ago

my personal opinion is that QUBD team should be ashamed. they are lets call it company with high technology, they are in busness some time, have 2 different machine models in stock, and now they are asking for more founds. what are they doing all time? or they just preffer easy way, hey people we will make new printer, give us the money...

Re: Extruder calibration - 12 years ago

what are normal conditions? i could hang myself on my fillamend in extruder and it will not slip. when i manually extrude its usually 100 mm in repetier, when retracting i set value to 1000(for fillament change purposes). about random extruding, there is something wrong. when everything is ok, i turn motor off and can extrude by turning gear with hand easly, it doesnt matter what speed. my p

Re: infill not infilling - 12 years ago

drive through calibration once again, your slicer software is not good calibrated. check fillament diameter, nozzle size, decrease speed, check extruder motor for skipping steps etc...

Re: My DIY printer - 12 years ago

QuoteVince Quotewoo QuoteVince My mendel has two z motors and they somehow seem to get out of step quite regularly, fortunately not during a print, just between. I was determined to lock these new ones together and reduce the hassle. I was thinking of using the 8825s for drive but will take a look at Core, thanks. classic reprap mistake. set Z axis to full step and its solved. Woo, do you have

Re: Repetier for a Bipod configuration - 12 years ago

cant wait im bored, my printer just works and works without problems...

Re: Repetier for a Bipod configuration - 12 years ago

when can we expect new repetier software and host?

Re: My DIY printer - 12 years ago

QuoteVince My mendel has two z motors and they somehow seem to get out of step quite regularly, fortunately not during a print, just between. I was determined to lock these new ones together and reduce the hassle. I was thinking of using the 8825s for drive but will take a look at Core, thanks. classic reprap mistake. set Z axis to full step and its solved.

Re: Firmware to EEPROM - 12 years ago

Re: so, here i am my first printer - 12 years ago

very high resolution possible with good adjusted printer this is @ 0.05 mm Z layer height with 0.4 mm E3D hotend 1 layer, waterproof tested vase now i still have to do better stl and maximize slicer software resolution

Re: 3mm Bowden -- What size tube? - 12 years ago

I got it free from croatian fablab guy. Thanks!

Re: so, here i am my first printer - 12 years ago

Printed @ 0.05 mm layers

Re: X-axis won't go home - Pronterface - 12 years ago

wrong post, please delete

Re: 3mm Bowden -- What size tube? - 12 years ago

metric ptfe from ebay-china. i had a hard time to get 3.2 ID tube.

Re: repetier+eprom values - 12 years ago

problem partially solved! when i put in eprom mode 2 everything is fine! all values are correct. but i dont know why it doesnt work on eprom 1

Re: repetier+eprom values - 12 years ago

I assume i did something wrong, maybe is some parameter not changed... also ext steps per mm dont match etc.. i noticed it when i started homing sequence, z axis waz to fast.. this is after M502

Re: repetier+eprom values - 12 years ago

hello, new question! when i enable eprom mode, for example 1, then hit m502 still there are different values. also, in host eprom editor i have options for extruder1, but i use only ext0. what am i doing wrong?

Re: Prusa i2 or i3? - 12 years ago

I can show you 50 pictures of nice prints on i3 alu frame but becouse i have one right now. But as a person who have cnc world for atleast 10 years 99% of printers are designed by kids and computer geeks and are not worth even to comment it. So in MY opinion mendel max is the most rigid and thats important. I am verry sorry that i have spend money to buy it, but i waz in hurry so i take shortc

Re: Prusa i2 or i3? - 12 years ago

i have prusa, and i am sorry that i didnt buy mendelmax...

Re: Tell me how you do it. - 12 years ago

i turn on bed, set temperature, then slicing the part, and i check box in slic3r START PRINT WHEN SLICER FINISH preheat extruder(1 min or less for abs), i clean it with extruding 5-10 mm material, and then i zero z axis to prevent oozing, thats it, this is done when slicer doing its job. when done with printing im leaving power on so that vent on e3d hotend cools down hotend to room temperature

Re: All Metal HotEnds - 12 years ago

yes it prints pla without any problem...it cannot overheat itself, also its has very controlled glass transition area. it will be no problem if in hotend is pla on 210 celsius and left it stand for hours...just print and it works..

Re: Prusa i2 or i3? - 12 years ago

i3 has no Y-Z rigidity, you can bend it few milimeters with pinky, and that is not accetable for cnc machine. also you can not setup y-z angle. if printing i3 get the version with belt tensioner on both, x and y axis. il rather suggest mendel max 1.5, its about +100 usd for misumi extrusions...better options then i2 or i3. also if i2 adrians version has diagonal threaded rod beneath y axis, t

Re: HBot using fishing line - 12 years ago

hi guys, i have one question about hbot: i am making my own hbot, i have few more parts to print and waiting for gt2 belt. the idea is to make very robust and heavy metal chassis so i have welded my chasis, and then cnc milled places where printed parts are seating. with very strong motors(3A @24V) and 10 mm smoothrods i think it will be very fast. finally the question: i see that most of prin

Re: Issues with first prints - 12 years ago

i have max acceleration for extruder set to 15 000. works for me

Re: Best Place to buy Pololu or Stepstick stepper motor Driver? - 12 years ago

whats the difference? i dont use neither of both, but i have seen those stepsticks on ebay for $4.50, i may buy few pcs to try them

Re: Issues with first prints - 12 years ago

yes, it matters. change it to 1.79. you are giving your printer more material then he thinks....