Not sure what astroturfing is, need to Google that . My order arrived yesterday Oct 4th, ordered on Sep 24th so the turnaround time was not bad. Opened the box today and all looks well, except that I'm not certain if all printed parts are there - sent them a mail regarding that. The steel frame is solid and the black finishing is much better than any paint job I could do myself, quite happy thereby siddharta - Prusa i3 and variants
My shipment of frame, rods and assorted nuts and bolts ordered from Orballo didn't arrive as yet, still stuck at "being delivered" but it should be there soon. My first impressions were not that favorable based on the communication (or lack thereof) but they did ship quickly and lately have been replying to mails within 48h at the most. I'll let you know when I've received the shipment. As I unby siddharta - Prusa i3 and variants
According to the shipment tracking the frame, XL extension to 300x200mm and other parts sent by Orballo should be arriving today, so I'm pretty excited. If all goes well that would mean my order was processed and shipped in one working day (ordered on Fri, shipped on Mon) and arriving in 6 working days, which is not too bad. The longer smooth rods for the XL extension were included in the shipmenby siddharta - Prusa i3 and variants
Thanks, I'm doing that now, with a 10x10x10 mm cube to test. Attached some photos of the print of the 30x30x10mm that came out as 28x28x8mm . The bottom layer didn't have all the diagonal fill lines evenly together - a few have some spacing in between and one side is not straight. One of the four corners is not straight either, which also shows from the top on that side. If you have a test prinby siddharta - Prusa i3 and variants
I recalibrated the extruder and the nozzle doesn't dig into the print anymore. The dimensions of the printed object are off though, 28mm on X and Y instead of 30 and 8mm on Z instead of 10mm. I rechecked X, Y and Z steps/mm and they appear to be correct though, 100mm of movement through Repetier Host manual controls gives more or less exact 100mm of actual movement in all directions.by siddharta - Prusa i3 and variants
Quoteade2 I haven't been considering dual extrusion. If I did, it would probably be only to print with a dissolvable support material. I've seen dual titan extruder setups on thingiverse. It's probably not unreasonable at all, considering the modest weight of the extruder and smaller stepper. Maybe not. I've been doing some reading and found one source using 13 Ncm NEMA17 steppers were sufficieby siddharta - Prusa i3 and variants
Hi ade2, thanks for sharing your experiences. I've been looking at Iako's and Toolson's modifications and parts for my P3steel as well. Print speed is of secondary importance for me as well, I prefer a good quality print. The Titan extruder I find very interesting as well, it seems very well engineered and I can certainly appreciate the easy of maintenance and use. I'm not sure if two can be moby siddharta - Prusa i3 and variants
This is quite the interesting discussion. I wrote to E3D asking what they would recommend in terms of extruders for their Cyclops hotend. I'll probably end up experimenting with several setups. I think I enjoy building and upgrading the printers more than actually designing and printing things, how weird is that. As for the Diiicooler and your designs modifications, yes I would appreciate thatby siddharta - Prusa i3 and variants
Quotebiocomp Just an FYI, even if seller DOES respond quickly, it doesn't mean everything else will go well. As with my case, kitprinter3d.com did reply quickly at first, up until the point they started owing me money. Then they suddenly stopped being responsive. Oh yes. Pre- and post sales are two different beasts for many a company, unfortunately. That's why I think forums such as these are sby siddharta - Prusa i3 and variants
Thanks! I don't mind a bit of a wait (I'm used to ordering stuff from China that can take aaaages to arrive) as long as the end product is good enough quality. I wanted a black finish for rust protection but if the finishing quality is low I prefer the stainless option, though it's more expensive. The XL extension is not available in stainless though. Customer service is also important, really thby siddharta - Prusa i3 and variants
Thanks, that's helpful. Sorry for the confusion, inox is actually what we call stainless steel here. I'm still waiting for any kind of answer from orballoprinting and frankly I'm not too comfortable with their delay in replying, doesn't seem promising. Also, their website states 24h shipping is free over 150 EUR and I was charged 6,50 EUR for 48/72hr shipping. Another thing I really didn't apprecby siddharta - Prusa i3 and variants
Apologies for resurrecting this thread... scary reading all these negative comments, I ordered from them some days ago, before stumbling on this thread... a black painted P3steel frame with XL upgrade to 300x200mm. Is the black painting really all that bad quality? If so I may change to for the inox version, I don't want bare galvanized steel as we have high humidity where I live and things tendby siddharta - Prusa i3 and variants
QuoteVeesta MK8 should work. I have one too. PLA is bitch. When you print PLA, you need to keep it flowing constantly. Otherwise it will melt and expand in the nozzle and jam it. I had a practice to pull out PLA filament every time print ended and use a 1,5mm brass wire (flat end) to push all that melted filament out from the nozzle. i had to, because it was not possible to start print again afby siddharta - Prusa i3 and variants
Thanks Veesta. I've recalibrated the Y axis and it's slightly more precise now. Z axis is good at 800 steps/mm, still not sure how that's possible as even 1.25 mm pitch yields 5120 steps/mm calculated. It's moving slowly but accurately at 800 steps/mm. As for the extruder, I've disassembled and reassembled it. I'll try adjusting Vref as you suggested. However, in my attempts I seem to have cloggby siddharta - Prusa i3 and variants
Hi all having some problems calibrating an Anet A8 with RAMPS 1.4 electronics and Repetier 0.92 firmware. Mounted on the RAMPS board are 4x DRV8825 with Vref adjusted to half of the stepper current (0.9A). The steppers are 1.8deg 0,34 Nm models, from a manufacturer named "High Efficiency Motors". 1) I have all jumpers in place under the stepper drivers, which I understand would yield 1/32 micrby siddharta - Prusa i3 and variants
It's up and running, electronically speaking at least. Motors, endstops and thermistors all working as they should. Now I'm having some calibration problems but for that it seems better to open another thread. Thanks to all that pitched in!by siddharta - Prusa i3 and variants
Everything's wired up with an adaptor board I made (not neat at the moment but I'll spend some more time on the wiring later) and after fully destroying one and partially destroying another Arduino and some modifications to the RAMPS to prevent that from happening to another member of the Mega species (removed D1 and added a separate regulated 5V supply derived from the 12V input voltage) I've upby siddharta - Prusa i3 and variants
Thanks! I've connected the CH340 serial to USB to AUX1 D0, D1 and GND (completely overlooked that on the schematic, my apologies) and the 5V regulated supply to AUX1 Vcc and GND. I can program the Arduino Mega so that appears to be well. Now to see if Repetier gives me any issues. I chose that particular firmware as many seem to prefer it over Marlin, it's my first 3D printer (and proving to be qby siddharta - RAMPS Electronics
Hi, I'm trying to get a RAMPS+Mega2560 to work for my Anet A8 Prusa i3 clone. It was shipped without controller board and as the manufacturer of course tells me that that's impossible and does not want to ship the missing part, I wanted to use the RAMPS board and an Arduino Mega clone I had for another project. As the connectors are physically different (the Anet A8 has most of its wires terminaby siddharta - RAMPS Electronics
Quotesiddharta One question re Z motors, should these be wired up in parallel and connected to a single Z motor header on the RAMPS, or should I connect each Z motor to one of the Z motor headers? Looks like the headers on the board are in parellel so that answers that.by siddharta - Prusa i3 and variants
One question re Z motors, should these be wired up in parallel and connected to a single Z motor header on the RAMPS, or should I connect each Z motor to one of the Z motor headers?by siddharta - Prusa i3 and variants
Thanks. Been reading some more and figuring it out. I've ordered a Dupont connector crimping tool to make some adapters for the wiring as cables of the stepper motors, thermistors and endstops are terminated with JST XH connectors. The only issue may be with the LCD module which is a model with 5 buttons and no rotary encoder like most of the LCD modules that I've seen used on Prusa i3 + RAMPS.by siddharta - Prusa i3 and variants
Hi, I have what I understand to be an Anet A8 that came without the mainboard - one such as this 2016 Upgraded Quality High Precision Reprap Prusa i3 DIY. I do have a RAMPS 1.4 shield, 5x DRV8825 drivers and an Arduino Mega 2560 R3 that I got off eBay for another project. Can those be used as a replacement mainboard? Or is it better to look for the mainboard that should come with the A8 printerby siddharta - Prusa i3 and variants