hey all got myself back were i was last week(printer running well, everything looking good) but i seem to have lost the nack for finding a good print height. im not sure if its a temp problem or a height problem but my printer seems to start off by dragging around a little puck that gets bigger till it falls off leaving the nozzle with some platic clinging to it, then it prints the layor lines prby BrianRowes - Reprappers
hey all um now no matter what happens my temp reading is always around 20-30 degrees and even when switched off my heater LED flickers on and off every few seconds. i wanna cry, thought we were finally there from what i can gather it would seem the a/d stopped sending temps during the last build about 15-20 layors in and thats why i overheated. now i cant switch the heat on without overheating(whby BrianRowes - Reprappers
hey all thnx dazed.dnc your suggestion seemed to be working perfect(much tighter looking print looks almost tightly woven, is this what im looking for) unfortunatly things went tits up on the test cube about 15 layors in after my heater stopped getting a temp and heated up till i noticed smoke comming from the wood extruder and stopped it. still upon cooldown doesnt seem to be any permenent damaby BrianRowes - Reprappers
hey all thanx for all the respoces got the z axis screwed tight(2 nuts on each side) now im gonna post some more pics latest attempts seems to be im getting like a wire outline of my file(this time its all DS stylus's from thingiverse) tryed infill change x/y print speed reduction up the extruder feed doubled shell added infill if you have a min take a look at these and please tell me if anyone kby BrianRowes - Reprappers
hey guys thnx for the update. I'll get my z screws out asap and get em fixed properly(temp fixed just now with a regular nut run over same tape) got some picks to upload, newest, latest, and unfortunatly greatest prints of mine so far. the first one is supposed to be the test cube(you'll know why i say supposed to be, x axis jammed about 3 layors in on a blob) and the second is supposed to be theby BrianRowes - Reprappers
ok thnx nophead, again helped quite a bit(though i modified slightly, seemed to get wide flat builds using 1.2 x diameter, so went for exact nozzle size with slightly more "3d" results think ithink im getting somewere. had a few more webs start to catch(thugh im sure im trying to get the bed too low, seems to start sticking after about 2 layors, by which time the extruder has built itself a niceby BrianRowes - Reprappers
hey all thnx nophead got that tape works a treat. now the proud owner of some flat webs with blobs instead of just blobs now to do the thing every noob does and ask more questions only 3 then i think i got it enough for me to start cleaning things up myself 1 whats a good height above the bed to extrude from. i seem to be getting a lot of plugging in my early layor or it doesnt stick. 2 withoutby BrianRowes - Reprappers
hey all just found the source of that problem(cog on motor was loose. glued the bugger and screwed down the idler bracket) and ran into the last hurdle. i think ....extruder extruding(if still stopping a little occasionally, think i'll be adding those springs.) . axis going in both diections and responding to comp commands, yeah i think its time for a surface to be added(i really did think i coulby BrianRowes - Reprappers
right little to add now. just dismantled the whole extruder cleaned everything out and tryed hotend/barrel seperate(by hand feeding) worked fine put the rest on their side added filiment and it seemed to be working. though still felt quite weak. however when i then put it all together again i got the familiar jam it seems to me i need the smallest bit more pressure to push filiment into the hot eby BrianRowes - Reprappers
hey all thnx for the quick reply dazed.dnc. i was talking about the idler bracket. from what your saying it sounds like im not getting near enough power from my motor. my filiment is either completly untouched or very slightly scraped when i take it out even when its tightened to fail point. ive never used or even saw a working 1 so i have no idea the kinda power i should be expecting. the plastiby BrianRowes - Reprappers
heyall having (hopefully) finished my build i have 1 last problem... my extruder(techzone laser cut wade's) seems to constantly jam maybe im doing something wrong it would appear that the filiment gets fed down the extruder as is meant to until it gets to the hot end at which point the gear can no longer drive it. if i add pressure with my hand i can force the filiment to come out a little(it feeby BrianRowes - Reprappers
hey all. thnx to everyone for the help(specially Cefiar and dazed.dnc you guys fixed both my problems exactly) z axis goes up and down all the way flags not needed using repsnapper(side note. this has some options im not familiar with. anyone here with a techzone nozzle know the size?) just had a failed print(tryed to print directly onto aluminium bed and i dont know which happened first either iby BrianRowes - Reprappers
was gonna start another topic but figured i shouldnt be greedy. has anyone run into this problem(just discovered after reversing all my axis to go back down) my z axis seems to be getting tighter and tighter on the screws before it eventually cant be moved. any idea's? thanks again brianby BrianRowes - Reprappers
hey all having a bit of a frustratig time here. dont know whats going on. i had opto's from techzone(guys have been real helpfull) they stopped working randomly 1 after the other(still get saw by axis as clear no matter what) techzone sent me new(differnet ones with no led) they sent a bunch more. i have opened them all,out of them 3 appeard to work at first now they too have quit. this is all inby BrianRowes - Reprappers
hey thank you for the quick reply BalanceSeeker i have the optoswitch's connected to the boards when i manually jog the axis's 2 of the boards fully light up, one only shows the red LED im begining to think something might be wrong with the one not displaying power LED the other 2 im pretty sure 1 is right and the other im not wiring correctly or the connections are damaged. will buy all new ribbby BrianRowes - Controllers
it doesnt matter where the boards are(which axis) the same lights are all that come on. i have tryed mixing em up ect to see if it was just me with a dodgy connection but same deal. anyone got a set of these boards(techzone) that can tell me what im looking for/ how to get there. also while im on, sangrino isnt sending any responses. im told this is cause of my arduino version. which versions arby BrianRowes - Controllers
hi i have been having problems with at least 1 of my boards(dont know which though) when i power up with everything attached 1 board comes on with 2 green leds and 1 red another comes on with 2 green leds and another has no leds on at all if i jog any of the axis's lights come on on all 3 boards, though the 1 with no lights still doesnt light any of the green leds the same boards show the same liby BrianRowes - Controllers