What do you mean? It was in the for sale section for 2 months, And really these are not worth anything. And unless you are able to match a kit that has the exact componts as a wiki example..you are out of luck. The only wiki I know of here is the one that shows half the parts different from mine. I was told I was getting a Prusa Mendel kit (purchased it from Canada off of ebay) My only prby jj - General Mendel Topics
I dumped it in the trash 3 weeks ago along with the rolls of filament and spare parts.. I did not see this post, but I doubt it would have made any difference. Thanks though. It was better to make a clean break from this hobby rather than try to find any decent documentation. Sorry to those who Pm'ed about buying it, I had not checked my message box before I tossed it out.by jj - General Mendel Topics
What are the home positions to the axis' All the way to the end stop switches? If this is the case, I can move the Z axis up and down correctly according to the control panel in Pronterface, however when I hit the HOME buttion, Z axis is going up. Is this backwards? I tried changing HOME DIRECTION to 1 in the setup.sh, but it is still going up. SHould home not be down to the endstop switcby jj - General Mendel Topics
Well guys, thanks for the advice. I took the extruder apart, and realized the Extruder itself had too small of a hole. I drilled it slightly over 3mm, and now the PLA goes through it now. Maybe the extruder printed part had a slightly undersized hole???? Thanks to all of you.by jj - General Mendel Topics
hi xlando. I am not sure what shank means. Is this the tiny metal tip? of so, the tip has a much smaller hole than 3mm. I would suspect smaller than 1.75mm as well.by jj - General Mendel Topics
Hi 3reality I have it finished and it moves around when I load files in it, everything works, but I do not know the filament size or how to load it. The 3mm I have will not work, so it has just sat here.by jj - Reprappers
you probably have the same problem, I have. I cannot get my PLA into the extruder, nor can I figure out what size the extruder nozzle is. This is open source, and pretty much a crap shoot in both information from the so called suppliers as well as forums.. I have had a built prusa mendel for months now and have never been able to even load filament in it Sounds like you have are having betteby jj - Reprappers
Thanks for that 6of1. I wish I had another prusa mendel to look at so I could tell what I have. I also did some checking and found only the other size you mentioned. I cannot even get the 3mm PLA to start into the extruder. The guy I bought this from gave me no information. I only managed to put it together and get it running by finding 3 different manuals, but how to losd it and print witby jj - General Mendel Topics
Does anyone know how to determine what size filament I should be using? I bought a kit from Canada off of ebay, and the guy told me 3mm, which will not load into the extruder (and yes the bolt is knurled) I can no longer get any replies from him but I thought maybe someone here would have an idea of other sizes I could try. while I do not want to keep buying expensive rolls of filament to tryby jj - General Mendel Topics
I bought a 2 pound roll of PLA filament, 3mm. But I have no idea if it is even the correct size as I can get no response from the Canadian guy I bought the kit from about the size of nozzle . I have no clue how to run this, or even what I am doing the printer works and moves around when I load files into it through pronterface. This printer is now for sale in adverts section. SO the filament maby jj - Reprappers
Bump.. I have a brand new unused roll of 3mm PLA filament to go with this. I have no idea if it is even correct as I cannot find documentation of the tip I was sold, or how to even load the filament. Still for sale.by jj - For Sale
bump Still for sale. Built this a couple of months ago, I tested the axis and heater, everything works great. Selling this because I have no idea how to work it, or where to get printer filament make any offer. I just want this out of my house.by jj - For Sale
I pretty much gave up on mine. I have not a clue how to work it, or where to get the PLA material tried to order some from ebay, the place in colorado was out.. it sat collecting dust and it will be better or if someone who can work these things owns it ha ha. I must admit, it was the biggest waste of time and money I have ever done.by jj - Reprappers
I can only thank everyone here for the advice. Last night I got to work with it a bit some more. I got all home positions working. Motors stop and the mechanical endstops. Also did hot end check to 180 degrees, held it for 10 minutes, tested the extruder (worked) then cooled it down to 140, held it, then 80, held it, then heat off. Things seem to be working correctly. I need to try to mby jj - Reprappers
I can get the motors to move, but the Z axis only sputters roughly no matter how I adjust the pots. I also do not understand why after I send a simple X or Y command, the machine moves a bit, stops.. then the X and Y driver board heat sinks continue to heat up until I must unplug the power supply. I am not getting what the problem is. -EDIT: Well I am adjusting the trip pots just slightlyby jj - Reprappers
Hi Andrew, Much appreciated.. I will look into these lines on the configuration.h file . I noticed the little heat sinks I attached get pretty hot, Basically the mottors seen to run smooth in one direction, and kind of "jump" another direction. I am going to go over the motor connections again. As I understand it, the jumpers should all be installed under the driver boards? In the manual Iby jj - Reprappers
Well, now I can get the heater to turn on, the temp to show up, but the motors are totally sketchy, and the RAMPS board gets hot. I am wondering if the ramps board got damaged during shipping. I had to straighten out the two large yellow square resistors when I opened the package. (((((by jj - Reprappers
Thanks nophead. I am trying to get this going, I just have no concise information on what to do, and I am getting different advice. I have Marlin running, but I do not see any PID's changing in the config file if that is what I am looking for. If there was a step by step manual, I might be able to do this,. I really do not see how anyone has been able to get these working with the lack of doby jj - Reprappers
I appreciate the help guys, but I am going to just have to sell this. I do not have enough info about this thing to even edit the config file. (The comments on the config are not like what I have seen before, and deleting the /// does nothing) I got the kit from Canada on ebay, and have no documentation on the parts, and the seller does not write me back.by jj - Reprappers
Ok, Did that. thanks polygonhell. I am going to have to write the kit maker in Canada to figure out the thermistor values and heater settings. I got no information with this kit.by jj - Reprappers
Thanks nophead, but this Marlin software only supports up to Ramps 1.3 in the configuration file. I have tried 2 versions of Marlin, and both only =< Ramps 1.3.by jj - Reprappers
YEs, already tried. marlin nor Ultimaker will do anything... Marlin only pops up a split second DOS window, The ultimaker software in the istructions no longer exists on the site, and the ultimaker instructions are do not exist The page does not (yet) exist. The page installation-windowsmac-osx you want to access does not exist." "by jj - Reprappers
Thanks, Yeah already tried that.. the software no longer exists on the ultimaker site. I tried a buggy beta version, but when I hit run, that also does nothing. If there was a repository of the software, and some reasonable manuals, that would be great, but at every turn, nothing works, and there is not concise order to anything for rep rap. Here are the instructions: "Copy the Ultimaker Marby jj - Reprappers
I am selling this brand new Prusa Mendel. It is together and complete. I have no way to make it work or test it as documentation is bad, and I have no time to try to figure it out how to control it.. Arduino will load software and make lights on the Ramps 1.4 board blink, but beyond that, I have not tested anything. I am asking $750 for a completed reprap. If you have the software and kby jj - For Sale
Hi Andrew, I tried Marlin, but nothing... when I click the python file "createtemperatureLook" (the only file I can find that does anything) I simply get a dos window that pops up for a split second, and nothing more. If there were some way to figure out what is going on, I might know what I was doing, but I cannot find any good reference, as every document I find uses a different method to coby jj - Reprappers
I think the problem is documentation. I can find about 4 startup guides, but everyone is different. there is not a real guide. The build manuals are plentiful though. Even the "nextday reprap" build manual software section is bad. none of it is usable.by jj - Reprappers
Yikes! Far beyond anything that I would have time for trying to figure out.. Building it was fun though. Ebay it is. Thanks for the advice thoughby jj - Reprappers
Hi all. I built a prusa Mendel kit, but I have no idea where to even begin finding the software and instructions. I have found numerous start up guides, but nothing that even is vaguely consistent. every guide I look at is different, and I am completely clueless how to make this thing work, all I can do is upload a blink file to Arduino. the ights blink during upload, but that is all I canby jj - Reprappers