Cheers Dust, I shall get googeling on the stepper motor config/jumpers. The calibration should be a good learning experience too. One thing for sure is that i am getting to know the machines details.. thanks again..by PhatFil - Prusa i3 and variants
Hello all, I hope this is the right area to post in, i did post under the more general list Rerappers with my earlier issues. My pride n joy is a freshly built i3 a8 clone And i am a total newbie at everything 3d printing so please forgive any blunders in nomenclature, After a quick bodge on the z axis limit switch to raise the extruder above the bed level i downloaded an A8 bed leveling gcodby PhatFil - Prusa i3 and variants
Many Thanks Roberts_Clif, the stop switch seemed like the obvious place to start, and your solution is far more elegant than just screwing into the plywood randomly to position the switch. i shall rig up a doodah from the recycle bin to do until i have printing privileges..by PhatFil - Reprappers
camera battery has charged the extruder sat well below the bed level and showing the lock nuts i could remove? the 2 x spacers inserted under the bed to keep the connecting screws from bottoming out on the frame, I ?could? pull 1 x or both but will need to buy new shorter of cut off the bottoms of the screws used to secure the bed to the running bearings though? the z axis stop switch Howby PhatFil - Reprappers
Hi all, I am the proud owner of a just built I3 a8 clone kit. However i cant print my first half of a benchy3d with the few meteres of supplied filament as with the bed screwed down to the lowest point, the extruder sits below the bed level??? 2 options seem open to me, 1) raise the Z axis stop switch about 1cm or removing the locknut from the 2nut assembly securing the extruder in place.by PhatFil - Reprappers
fwiw belt has arrived and it looks like a good matchby PhatFil - Reprappers
Quotedc42 QuoteVDX ... it's that easy - Chines can produce super-high-quality product (as seen with their smartphones or space-ships). And they have perfect Q.C. proceders too, to achieve the needed quality. I think it's more complicated than that. From the point of view of someone wanting to have boards assembled in China, Chinese producers can produce good quality kit, but you need to monitorby PhatFil - Controllers
I received a £10 order of plastic pipe fittings earlier this week in a box circa 2ft x 2ft x 3ft, inside were 3 x 5" snaplock bags containing the parts and a lot of air filled packing bags.. i had paid the £8.95 standard shipping and they sure made sure i got £8.95 worth of delivery too.by PhatFil - General
Thanks, I was 90% confident i had made the right choice but being a total newbie and unfamiliar with everything 3d printing there was significant enough doubt to warrant the ask.. I am beginning to wonder how many of the kits sold actually make it to completed working machines.. Mine almost got flung down the garden a couple of times.. the pictogram instructions made sense after the fact butby PhatFil - Reprappers
Hi All, im a newbie to 3d printing and everything it involves. Im building a CTC I3 A8-w5 kit, and am slowly getting it together, but i had a mis-hap cutting the first belt length as the belt had slipped off the drive cog and when pulled taut for cutting resulted in a useless length getting cut, and with only 1.5m supplied in the kit i only had the material for the single axis. my attempts toby PhatFil - Reprappers