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Prusa i2, Prusa i1, Prism, Sells, and other Mendel variants
Re: Y axis slipping. - 13 years ago
Thanks for the suggestions guys. The grub screw on the motor seems fine, I'll check the belt in a little while. I actually managed to make a decent print a couple of nights ago. I think the trick might be just to not sit watching the darn thing! Thanks for all the help!by cyberminion - General Mendel Topics
Re: Y axis slipping. - 13 years ago
Hey all, I've uploaded a couple of pictures to give a clearer view of what's happening. Hoping someone can help me here, it didn't used to do this!by cyberminion - General Mendel Topics
Y axis slipping. - 13 years ago
Hey folks, I'm wondering if someone has met this problem before. I'm running a mendel, (Marlin 0.9.10 B, slicer for Gcode, pronterface) Things are printing fine until the print head gets around 1/1.5cm off the print bed then the print starts slipping along the Y axis. Suddenly the machine will print the next layer offset by 1-5 mm. I can't figure out for the life of me what's happening, I've cby cyberminion - General Mendel Topics
Re: Extruder can't keep up! - 13 years ago
Thanks Moto, I'm taking a look at Slic3r now, it does look a lot simpler than Skeinforge plus it has friendly tutorials. The only thing it could do better is have 'Don't Panic' written on it in big friendly letters! p.s really glad skeinforge freaks other people out 'cause it scares the bejeezus out of me! Cyb3Rby cyberminion - General Mendel Topics
Re: Extruder can't keep up! - 13 years ago
Wow, so I was editing the wrong darn line. Sorry, rookie mistake! Thank you so much for your help, prints starting to look much nicer now.by cyberminion - General Mendel Topics
Extruder can't keep up! - 13 years ago
Hi folks, wondering if someone can give me some advice. I've had my Mendel for about a year and things have been going fine using the FiveD GCode Interpreter firmware and RepSnapper. I started having problems with globs of filament on prints so I thought I'd take a look and see what the big kids are playing with now. Updated the firmware to Marlin and I'm now trying to get my head around Skeinfby cyberminion - General Mendel Topics