Quotedc42 The severe Z banding suggests to me that you may have large fluctuations in the extrusion or heated bed temperature while printing. Try monitoring them during a print. You probably had the Z driver set to a higher current than X and Y on the RAMPS because the two Z motor outputs are connected in parallel. Assuming that your splitter also connects them in parallel, have you done the samby iCrap - RAMPS Electronics
bump.... anyone got any ideas what could be causing this?by iCrap - RAMPS Electronics
Yes, exactly the same. I even tried taking out the steppers from the ramps and putting them into the MKS. Same result. (they are all A4988 )by iCrap - RAMPS Electronics
I really can't figure this out. I switched from Ramps 1.4 to MKS 1.4, because i needed the extra fan port (dual extrusion), and also it seemed like a better overall board. I've already melted the power wires off my ramps, resoldered that and then blown the heatbed fuse. So at this point, my ramps is a ghetto zombie board (but at least it actually worked) Well, i guess i was wrong. I've done soby iCrap - RAMPS Electronics
Why has it taken months and months? I built my i3 over a weekend. Nice you finally got it working though! and good idea mounting it to a board, i did that to mine also. never heard of these optical endstops, do you have a link?by iCrap - General
If it's using marlin maybe you can just go into config.h and change it?by iCrap - General
Gonna give this a try. what temp did you use on the iron?by iCrap - Look what I made!
looks like a Christmas treeby iCrap - Look what I made!