ill try cable heilding tonight and tomorrow then get back to you, thankx viktor, am at my witts end thnx brianby BrianRowes - CNC Routers, Mills, and Hybrid RepRapping
Hey all im having some weird issues with ramps i was hoping someone could help me with. im running a small cnc with a 600w spindle and ramps 1.4. when i turn on my spindle, around 3/4 of the time my lcd(reprapdiscount smart controller) garbles and repeatedly mounts/dismounts my sd card. i have no idea what other terror its doing on the board. does anyone have a soution to this or have had it happby BrianRowes - CNC Routers, Mills, and Hybrid RepRapping
got this working i think. let me know if anyone else trying this needs a handby BrianRowes - CNC Routers, Mills, and Hybrid RepRapping
progress. if you say no to tool generation and prefix all movement commands with G1 things go alot smoother, its 5am though, so it was a dry runby BrianRowes - CNC Routers, Mills, and Hybrid RepRapping
well, the machine moved, ran z up an down a few times, x in the - direction the threw me a bunch more error codes..... progress!by BrianRowes - CNC Routers, Mills, and Hybrid RepRapping
can you post the file, am mighty interested... fighting with hsm just nowby BrianRowes - CNC Routers, Mills, and Hybrid RepRapping
hey all looking for a lil help(the famed noob thread) ok. ive just built my router and decided since i had a spare ramps board(cant read temps any more but everything else is fine) id strap er up and see what happened well all went well, drives the axis(faster than expected as well) cuts(couldnt help myself, spoil board has a square on it now....) and generally seems quite happy. however when i tby BrianRowes - CNC Routers, Mills, and Hybrid RepRapping
hey guys guess what i printed right after the meet. turns out my x wasnt getting enough current(vibration in car must have turned it a fraction) anyways, problem solved, im cleaning up my dimentions just now and will do you guys vertexes for next meet. cheers brianby BrianRowes - Reprappers
know its a bit late but if someone could bring allan keys it would be awsome, cant find the 2 i need. typicalby BrianRowes - Reprappers
Hey guys How long does the meeting last? if i show up with a mendel would i have time to fire you guys off a plate? i cant use my whole platform since i suck at leveling but i can do the makerbot sized plates.. will try to organise safe transport for my baby. is it just a reprap meet or is there anything else you guys are doing? i need to refresh my arduino/modeling skills now the printer works iby BrianRowes - Reprappers
hye all sorry for the gap in replys. have moved house, and as yet have no decent net access. is anybody interested in meeting up at some point soon in glasgow then. i can bring my mostly working kinda mendel with me.(ok mendel but doent behave/misses y steps) i dont believ i missed all these meets and have yet to find pplm to build with and someone wants to rap with me? emmmm..?? wierder thingsby BrianRowes - Reprappers
so we werent way up here alone after all. im printing these days but little things arent right/consistant and ones every 10 prints or so the printer desides not to play ball halfway through a print. but all that is getting better. my side walls are good just now but my printer doesnt seem to hold steps/mm for very long and my "top" never gets filled all the way. if anyones up for meeting up in glby BrianRowes - Reprappers
yeah just the 2 of us on a whole baby forum would be a bit much though it would be pretty funny just glad to find out it aint just me. heard edinburough uni has 1 but havent been able to get hold of anyone there to confirm... im down in greenock so we aint too far appart. keep me updated on your progress and let me know if you need any help, finished my build but still have a few niggling probleby BrianRowes - Reprappers
lol doesnt look like it unless a few of you are willing to move im not quite a dev yet anyways, my bot still aint calibrated..... cheers brianby BrianRowes - Reprappers
hey all was wondering if there were any other repraps in scotland? its getting lonely up here anyone else out there from north of the border? cheers brianby BrianRowes - Reprappers
hey kinda related side question. how did you guys attach your completed extruder to your carrage. mine has a piece of filiment jamming it in at one end and seems very loose. would lkove to hear of a better solution..... thanx ~brianby BrianRowes - General Mendel Topics
hey all brnrd Wrote: > Did you turn off acceleration in the firmware? I > read on this forum that this needs to be off for > Skeinforge to work right with the Mendel. thnx this helped alot! still not getting good gears but steinforge worked and the quality difference is imediatly apparent. no more bumps and really nic finish on all side. got my limit set to 0.8 just now and yeah yoby BrianRowes - Reprappers
hey thnx for the response, begining to think i owe you tech support dazed right 1. will get pic up 2morrow as left cam at work(part of me phone) but i suppose what i mean is a gear for example would look more like a lumpy circle than a rounded gear.(doing a few at a time helps) but...... 2. strings are very thick and are literally every layor or 2, cant see any repsnapper options for this 3. iby BrianRowes - Reprappers
hey all have been at it awhile now(just before xmas) and have a few problems i cant work out i dont really know whats causing my problems. my printer prints things in "generally" the right shape but nothing looks very good, gears have very fine teeth and a round buildup in the middle, surface details are VERY hit and miss(like dots on a die either being non existant or hard to see), and multi paby BrianRowes - Reprappers
hey i have just finished building this kit the 5 springs are 4 for the corners of the bed and one for the z axis opto. if thats unclear let me know and i'll try to be a little clearer. being honest i cant remember the flash rate mine was before i updated the software but im pretty sure the flashes at the start are just arduino booting up and starting the firmware. my nozzle is prob about 1/2 cmby BrianRowes - Reprappers
hey all Was a windows build of this ever made, i use repsnapper standalone(build gcode as well as host) as i cant get steinfogre to give me models of the correct height. and thats just the versions i can get to work.... cheers brianby BrianRowes - RepSnapper
hey does this generate E files for anyone? cheers brianby BrianRowes - RepRap Host
hey all can someone tell me if its possable to use a thermistor with replicator G as ive been told its the next step in improving my quality. the problems i have at the moment are: when i try to generate models in replicatorG python crashes at the end of Gcode(trhink its trying to show preview) it does appear to finish though if i try to print this in replicator G the tempeture does not appear toby BrianRowes - Reprappers
hi i hav not changed the boards in any ay and have had many successfull(if small and not perfectly tweaked) prints. what i mean by "reset to 2000" is the firmware is set up so if t does not recieve a temp reading rather than choose 0 and let the heater burn your extruder, it goes to 2000 and shuts the heat ff ill it getsa reading again. will be trying to tidy up my cables tonight and will reportby BrianRowes - Reprappers
hey all i also have the techzone boards and have had this problem a few times. most of the time i found it to be a power problem. sometimes my power connector is a little hard to get on, and if anything moves it(vibration, filiment etc) it can disconect for less than a second resetting the extruder board. if this isnt the problem check your temp as the techzone software seems to occasionally reseby BrianRowes - Reprappers
rhmorrison Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There are four critical factors: HEIGHT, SPEED, > TEMPERATURE and SURFACE. > > HEIGHT: Above the bed. This is the most critical > aspect. As little as 0.1 mm can make a big > difference............ >.................... SURFACE: For ABS kapton tape seems to work well > for most people. For PLAby BrianRowes - Reprappers
hey how do i add myself to the map? thnx brianby BrianRowes - Reprappers
hey all. have me printer running now, but not to pretty/accurate. it seems on 20mm im around a half mm out for x/y(its a test hexagon im using) and out by .02 on the Z is this acurate enough to print mendel parts as my cousin wants me to get him a set asap also my shell seems to be a little blobby.(esp. on corners) i use repsnapper(no opto's) and cant get replicator G to work for me(it doesnt reaby BrianRowes - Reprappers
hey. all can you give me more info about using the iron to heat the bed. is this just put an iron on top for initial heat or take the heated plate from the iron and mount underneath somehow? im deffo thinking my bed temp is the problem as things are laying down now only to move when the extruder gets close again. i think the heat on one side is causing it to stick/drag. will be continuing to tryby BrianRowes - Reprappers
aww i just got here after like a week i JUST finished building one of these, everything is still fresh in memory. any other problems with your build let me know i just finished building(though due to calibration no prints yet) this exact printer. good luck ive been at it a while now.... but i generally do things the hard way brianby BrianRowes - Reprappers