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Re: How important is shielding? - 10 years ago
With no power connected to the board or printer. Use the diode or continuity setting on a multimeter and place on probe on the power connections and the other on the case or any metal part. If you get a beep or zero on the meter then check there are no metal parts touching. You can do this between any 2 points anywhere on the printer, main points will be the power connections to the metal work,by orictosh - Ormerod
Re: Runaway Y-axis with properly working endstop - 10 years ago
Quotesergeys Ok, I saved "for SD card print" and it has end code for homing Y axis, and moving X in the middle. Here's the end: G1 E2.19786 F1800 G92 E0 M107 M104 S0 G28 X0 M84 M104 T0 S0 M140 S0 G90 G1 X100 Y0 F4800 M84 Any idea why Y0 will be causing it to run over the endstop? The Y Axis stepper motor has forgotten where is was. G28 X0 ; Homes the X Axis M84 ; Turns off the motors which caby orictosh - Reprappers
Re: Any 3d Printable Printer around? - 10 years ago
Quotebastibasti What is the resolution of this cool machine?? Printing Size: build area of about 7.5" x 7.5" x 7.5" or 19cm x 19cm x 19cm Precision: about 0.05mm XY, 0.01mm Z Speed: 100mm/sec (position), 60mm/sec (printing) Here is the rep-rap wiki for it Has links to the files and specification.by orictosh - General
Re: Better than painters tape..... - 10 years ago
Hi, I found this method after having problems with blue painters tape. Having level bed and a good Z height setting is the first step Buy some PVA glue, apply thin layer to cold piece of glass, turned on the heated bed Once it becomes clear you can start the print. When the print is done, turn off heated bed and wait for temp to drop to about 30-45 deg c and print will pop off. If you need to reby orictosh - General
Re: RepRapPro closing down - 10 years ago
QuoteTreito Hi all, but what about the Extruder? Don't forget this one. The hobbed insert is hard to get and when you get it the price is high. Somebody should recreate another one, based on common tiles, preferably the MK8 gear for example. And it is not because I got some here I choose them as it seems that these are the best choice for transporting filament. Best regards, Sven I have atby orictosh - Ormerod
Re: Why does filament get stuck in extruder like this? - 10 years ago
Nozzle assemblies have zones Hot, Warm and Cold Upon my Ormerod 2 there is the hot end block, just above that, is a heat sink cooling block to which a 40cm fan attaches. When the printer is powered on, this fan runs. One day I started up the printer and turned on the hot end so able load filament, started a print but there was no extrusion, the nozzle was blocked. I noticed that the fan had stoby orictosh - General
Re: RepRapPro closing down - 10 years ago
Quoteshadow651 Quotetig124 Quoteshadow651 QuoteDavek0974 Quoteorictosh QuoteDavek0974 As a busines owner, I know there are many reasons for the sudden closure of a company, none of which I would like to post here as they are not good reasons. Almost every case of closure there is time to make an announcement, time to try and take every penny by selling off stock, time for employees to look for otby orictosh - Ormerod
Re: RepRapPro closing down - 10 years ago
No problem From the reprap pro documentation the MDF spacer file is 106.1.dxf File Located in the DXF Folder uses Laser cut 6mm Ply The file for the Tapered nut (TAPERED NUT MK2 ) could be this solid works file that starts with 794.by orictosh - Ormerod
Re: Duet failure? - 10 years ago
Quote0x0000 I'm having similar issues with mine. Which LED's are lit when you plug it into USB? Copied & Pasted from my other post on this thread so some bits might not be required in your case. Also check the details in the config.g file for your network settings Testing for failed duet board, I suggest remove the board totally from the printer so you can place it on the bench, place it oby orictosh - Ormerod
Re: RepRapPro closing down - 10 years ago
Hi, Check the pdf file attached, it's for the 0.3mm version. The others aka the 0.5mm nozzle and other parts are locked in solid-works files upon the The file Bom.ods - shows the relation of numbers to parts for a ormerod 2 Quick-Set-Hot End duel upgrade kit 738 - 0.5 Stainless Steel Nozzle 739 - Duel Colour Heater Block 736 - Duel Colour Cooling Block 737.pdf (Attached)- 0.3 Stainless Steby orictosh - Ormerod
Re: RepRapPro closing down - 10 years ago
Quoteshadow651 Quoteorictosh Quotetrevmas It was always in my plan to upgrade to two colour printing at some stage so an option now might be a Duet 0.8.5 and something like an e3d Chimera.{/quote] What would be useful is if Reprappro could provide a list of suppliers for individual parts as they are no longer in the game. Yes, trying to source the machined quick set nozzle has been hard, so kby orictosh - Ormerod
Re: Y-axis himing with proximity sensor, ever thought of? - 10 years ago
QuoteTreito The common problem is that the connection gets lost. I use a soldered connection and everything is fine. The problem is that the micro switch used is not designed to be used in it's current location. Upon my machine it's a 3 pin one with the middle pin level with the centre of the Y stepper motor, so that wires go around each side of the shaft and attached to the top and bottom pins.by orictosh - Ormerod
Re: RepRapPro closing down - 10 years ago
Quotedmould Quoteorictosh Also the tolerances on that hole are 0.30mm +- 0.02mm Hand holding a Dremel might at best give +- 0.50mm So worse case nozzle size is 0.80mm rather than the 0.30mm needed/ordered by customer. I would think also using a worn out drill bit would push it out of tolerances as well. Why do you say the tolerance is so tight? Considering that you can print with any nozzle sby orictosh - Ormerod
Re: RepRapPro closing down - 10 years ago
QuoteDavek0974 Quotedmould QuoteDavek0974 No reason it would need to be 316, any stainless is pretty nasty to machine. I have no equipment small enough to drill a 0.5 or 0.3mm hole though. I should think that a pillar drill would be capable of doing the job (using a PCB drill bit e.g. ), though a higher speed drill such as a Dremmel would be better. Dave To get that size hole, you will need tby orictosh - Ormerod
Re: My Duet has an appetite for destroying MicroSD cards - 10 years ago
I always power down printer BEFORE removing the SD Card, only takes 30secs to flick a switch and saves card/data corruption When I need to do config.g changes, I edit the file on my laptop, then upload via the web interface, then power down the printer, pause, power back on. As the duet reads the config as it boots up, thus putting the values in memory Testing for failed duet board, I suggestby orictosh - Ormerod
Re: RepRapPro closing down - 10 years ago
Quotetrevmas Quoteorictosh Just before this discussion started I sold an quick-set upgrade kit for 0.5mm QuotetrevmasThat would be me, a very quick and efficient service it was too. I've been printing in ABS and want to also print in PLA so the idea is to have a hot end for each to save the problems going from ABS to PLA. Just need to find out which thermistor is the right one. Reprappro haveby orictosh - Ormerod
Re: RepRapPro closing down - 10 years ago
The files for the quick-set hot end are here There is one PDF file named 737 which is the engineering drawing for a 0.3mm quick set nozzle. It marked on the drawing Stainless Steel 316 Most likely uses could be; as 316 regarded as "food safe" and used in medical applications. There is also a BOM in the above which shows which file is which bit, I'm not able to convert the solid works files toby orictosh - Ormerod
Re: RepRapPro closing down - 10 years ago
QuoteDADIY Perhaps Ian ( ex reprap ) might know who originally manufactured them for RRP. Then we could approach them for a batch. Maybe, But what mostly happens when people leave a company is that any information about sources and supplier contracts stays within those walls, you take no information with you. Let see how open RRP Ltd are going to be as there was a company mentioned upon my harby orictosh - Ormerod
Re: RepRapPro closing down - 10 years ago
Quoteunstable I have some regulators that I can use to replace the faulty one, but it's the stepper controller that is holding me up at the moment. 3 days now and no reply starting to worry if I will get a replacement before the 15th and don't want to have to return the lot to RS as I doubt they have spares. Having 82 (was 87 towards the end of last week) complete (printed parts & hardware)by orictosh - Ormerod
Re: RepRapPro closing down - 10 years ago
QuoteDavek0974 As a busines owner, I know there are many reasons for the sudden closure of a company, none of which I would like to post here as they are not good reasons. Almost every case of closure there is time to make an announcement, time to try and take every penny by selling off stock, time for employees to look for other work, many many opportunities that so far I do not see as being takby orictosh - Ormerod
Re: RepRapPro closing down - 10 years ago
Quote0x0000 Quoteorictosh For example on the Ormerod 2 MXL belts are use but every other supplier of rep rap based printer parts are selling GT2 belts Quote0x0000 I'm using GT2's on my Ormerod. The steps seem to be a bit inaccurate, but so far I've assumed it's a configuration issue. Could be that the pitch between the teeth is different, some belts used aren't designed for linear motion. MXLby orictosh - Ormerod
Re: ormerod 2 z-axis excessive motion beyond home point - 10 years ago
I got good readings using the stock IR sensor with white sticky labels upon a PVA coated glass, manually level print bed together with tip-ex on the lug of the x axis end stop. Also ensured that the sensor was in the middle of the 25mm x 25mm sticker, as I found if near the edge that caused problems. Have the bed and hot end at working temperature when running G32 before the start of every priby orictosh - Ormerod
Re: RepRapPro closing down - 10 years ago
Quoteunstable QuoteTreito Confirmed Dave. I think so, too. Besides it was very quickly. If the company would have run very well and you decide to close it for the reasons that were named you would pronounce this earlier and you would take care about the spare parts and service. Maybe you even would do a big sale. Look at Vorty who ordered and bought a printer short before the shutdown. I have nevby orictosh - Ormerod
Re: Ormerod 2 Printing Issues - 10 years ago
QuoteTreito It was not me. The picture was provided by Darathy and is from the documentation. Besides that I use PrintBite now. But if you change the surface you get other readings by the sensor. This also happens if you change the bed temperature. So that is why I will give the tilt method another try. It uses the effect that the X-arm tilts to one direction if the nozzle hits the bed to triggerby orictosh - Ormerod
Re: RepRapPro closing down - 10 years ago
Quoteorictosh QuoteDADIY Good question, the domain reprap.org is owned by Adrian Bowyer who ran reprap pro. Perhaps someone could tweet him and ask. Reprappro are currently ignoring my tweets. Sally's last tweet was just before Christmas and the Reprap pro account has been quiet also. Adrian's has been active in the last 5 days. I have just tweeted him with a link to this forum post asking wby orictosh - Ormerod
Re: Ormerod 2 Printing Issues - 10 years ago
Hi Sven, Looking at your first picture, it seems that the kapton tape is over the white labels. This causes problems with the probe sensor readings jumping up and down. Place the kapton up to the edges but leave the white label uncovered. The web interface gives the best idea of what the sensor is reading. When the probe is away from the bed the reading is low < 20 when above the label and nby orictosh - Ormerod
Re: The dreaded nozzle clog... How to fix? - 10 years ago
I blocked a few nozzles with over cooked PLA Hold nozzle in a vice or with pilers, Using a little bit of ABS filament and hot air gun cleared it by pulling out the ABSby orictosh - Ormerod
Re: Bowden Tube Clip broken at Extruder- Wheres the STL file? - 10 years ago
Quoteormerod168 Quotetig124..Has this happened to anyone previously? Not broken Clip but the bowden tube got unscrewed, the cause was the brass bit was able to turn in the extruder even with the clip in place, must have been more filament pushed in the +X direction (brass bit did not turn under pressure) than in the -X direction (brass bit able to turn) I have had this happen. Fixed it by pby orictosh - Ormerod
Re: RepRapPro closing down - 10 years ago
QuoteFpex QuoteDADIY Reprap.org as a domain expires early 2020. But who's to say that Adrian will keep on paying for hosting etc. It's not like he's made any announcements. And he did start selling a new printer design right up to closing the company. Which printer? It's the fisher, A rep-rap pro version of a delta; mostly laser cut parts, self build which gave a very lost cost start cost/buiby orictosh - Ormerod
Re: RepRapPro closing down - 10 years ago
QuoteDADIY Good question, the domain reprap.org is owned by Adrian Bowyer who ran reprap pro. Perhaps someone could tweet him and ask. Reprappro are currently ignoring my tweets. Sally's last tweet was just before Christmas and the Reprap pro account has been quiet also. Adrian's has been active in the last 5 days. I have just tweeted him with a link to this forum post asking what happens afby orictosh - Ormerod