NEVER disable the Z axis motors during a printby Floyd - General
Are you using a ramps setup for the motion? WITH THE PRINTER OFF check that there are 3 jumpers under the driver chip for 1/16 microsteping.by Floyd - Printing
DO NOT use .4mm layers with a .4mm hot end. Id go no more than .3mm layers with that hot end. Most run .2mm with a .4mm hot end.by Floyd - Printing
If thats 100% then you have some massive extruder calibration issues.by Floyd - Printing
Fill should be at 100%. Those all look no where close to 100%by Floyd - Printing
Thanks for supporting the bearings on both sides of the shaft. I see too many designs with only one anchor point.by Floyd - CoreXY Machines
I also run Esun PLA+ with nothing but good things to say about it.by Floyd - Reprappers
Check that your pulleys on the motor have the set screws tight and they are not slipping.by Floyd - Printing
Nice and chunky where it matters. I like it!by Floyd - CoreXY Machines
People often say that running steppers 1:1 with ball screws is real slow. You might need to run a gear set or pulley/belt setup to get you a 5:1 to speed it up to where you want it.by Floyd - Printing
Nope. not that I know of. You just have to manually dial the settings in for your printer and go from there.by Floyd - General
Id like to see a ball screw core XY setup. shouldn't be too hard to setup honestly. If you keep the speed ideals a little lower ~40mm/sec then a think you might be able to hit that will ball screws.by Floyd - General
They do use wider belts. We get slight ringing with our uPrint SE plus at work but its not that bad.by Floyd - General
Does the motor driver look like this? A4988 Driver This is the most common driver. Can you take a picture of the control board?by Floyd - General
Have you calibrate the extruder steps per mm? Also have you calibrated the extruder motor driver current? Direct drive extruders like that seem to skip steps a lot. It will sound like clicking.by Floyd - General
Rails are going to be better id think. Quiet to boot as well.by Floyd - Reprappers
True, we have a uPrint SE plus at work that I use and the spools are $205 per but they work flawlessly.by Floyd - Printing
Not sure honestly. My software at work for cnc lasers and plasmas compensates for inner holes if I want easy enough...by Floyd - Printing
Change the hole size and print again. Its a known issue that holes are always undersizedby Floyd - Printing
If everything is squared and still hits just file that edge off to make it work. I had to do the same thing to my kit.by Floyd - Reprappers
Id change to a 32bit controller before I even thought about "upgrading" my Ramps.by Floyd - General
Ive been using Cura on my i3 printer for over 2 years. Works great.by Floyd - Reprappers
Agreed. I print a small tower next to my print to increase the print time per layer. OR just print more than once piece at a time.by Floyd - Printing
Got the motors on last night and got the A4988 drivers set at .42v and the motors were stone cold! Sound is reduced by a hair but not much.by Floyd - General
I understand saving a buck but the business end of your machine is not something to skimp on. Personally I have a V5 from E3D and its been nothing but a wonderful piece!by Floyd - General
I use Cura to slice STL files then put my code onto an SD card and run that right from the printer. I can connect to the PC through Pronterface if I need to but I haven't in awhile.by Floyd - General
New motors should be in today or tomorrow. I will update with how it goes on and how hot the motors are after a tuning.by Floyd - General
Im in the same boat. I have a simple i3 and the noise is terrible but it prints fine. Id love a Smoothieboard or Duet but the cost is a bit high for such a simple printer. Im swapping out my motors hoping to quiet it down but I doubt it will do much without going higher than x16 microsteps.by Floyd - General
That would make for a real nice cnc router table. bit small on the cutting table size but nice and beefy.by Floyd - General
Awesome, I had a friend that owed me a favor so he will be getting those for me. Maybe I can work something out with my friend and get a duet or something. Who knows.by Floyd - General