Hi there. Thanks for all the help. To anyone in a similar position - DON'T bother with an orginal Huxley. The Sanguinolu is a joke controller designed to blow up motor controllers. After much faffing it reaches about 20% into a print and then hangs. I suspect a crashed Atmel controller due to the +5v regulator having to contend with a 19V supply. I can see why it's been redesigned 5 times. Paby Pat McD - Huxley
One problem you may have is that Stratasys have already patented a colour printing system. It is probably a good idea for you to check their patent and see if your design is in conflict with it. EVEN IF IT IS... it still could be that you could work around to avoid their patent wording to provide an open source solution. And yes, Kickstarter would be a great place to crowd fund for sourcing.by Pat McD - General
Been having similar issue - I used the G3D connections as per this page, and just enable G3D in config.h (that should give SD + encoder + LCD... ...had to attach a variable preset resistor to V0 (pin 3 on the LCD) and adjust, that gave me two lines of black squares... ... then I grounded pin 5 on the LCD, that got me text. Still got an issue with no display without a USB lead attached, I reckby Pat McD - Reprappers
Added an LCD, SD and rotary encoder connected to the right pins as per the Wiki on G3D. Modified the marlin firmware, just one line, removed the quotes so that this is now processed by firmware;- #define G3D_PANEL Arduino will not compile, returns a message;- "ultralcd.cpp:32: error: initializer-string for array of chars is too long" This appears to be the WELCOME_MSG txt, which isn't initby Pat McD - Firmware - mainstream and related support
I had to patch the Ubuntu serial driver to get it to work at 250,000 baud... it could be that (Ubuntu does not like setting "non-standard" baud rates without a patch). More info here. More seriously, there has been a recent update to FTDI devices that make bootleg varieties "zone out". I don't think it's that but I mention it as a possible cause.by Pat McD - Huxley
Hi folks, I've taken on one of the original Kickstarter Huxley kits as the original contributor does not feel they have time to finish it... ... it's mostly done, and I've already built a (similar) Prusa I2, but there are a couple things that puzzle me. 1) How do you clean the hot end, as it appears to be made from solid plastic? 2) Is there an easy way to tighten up the hot end to the X carriby Pat McD - Huxley
OK, due to good fortune and the generousity of a donor I have a choice in fitting a 16 X 2 OR a 20 X 4 area size display to a RAMPS controlled Reprap. What information does each size display? Having the current temperatures displayed strikes me as the most important thing... I have tried to decode the Marlin source to gather this information but I must admit I can't make head nor tail of it.by Pat McD - RAMPS Electronics
How does the Y Axis feel when you push it back and forth? Should be smooth but regular. If not there's a problem with the motor or the pulley cable is too tight. If it does feel right, check the grub screw that holds the gear wheel on the Y motor shaft is done up. If not, then the motor is fine (but isn't turning the gear wheel).by Pat McD - Printing
Quote why is it so hard to build a one (ignoring technical difficulties)? I figure you've got to be at least competent in several disciplines to build a good RepRap, but it depends how much you are building from scratch, and how much you are buying ready made in kit form. Like, I'm "whee" with a soldering iron and pretty good with PCs, but am a bit of a klutz when it comes to cutting metal - goby Pat McD - Reprappers
Hmmm... speaking from Nottingham Hackspace in the UK, it took quite a while for the message to get out to interested parties. The space happened first, the repraps needed a place to get built. They're still being built, and it is my personal goal to get an operational community 3D printer for all the people here to have access to an learn from. Some 3 years after the first local Hackspace becamby Pat McD - Reprappers
Uh... you are under the impression people here have answers. QuoteDoes this post make my stupid look fat? Not to me, it looks like you have ideas and want feedback on them. QuoteI'm purchasing a 300mm by 300mm heating pad for my 440mm by 880mm build plate. Sufficient? Need two? How would I wire two? In parallel, ie positives from both go to positive rail on heated bed supply (hope you got aby Pat McD - Reprappers
Yep, modded the pyserial, Ubu64 machine now talking to RepRap. Can't modify Marlin as don't have Arduino tools - anyway, it ain't the Reprap that's broke, it was the Ubuntu python serial driver. Scuse me, it would appear somebody has been dicking around with the extruder... missing a nut holding the thing on. Lot of issues like that. BUT at least I now have a machine to test with, without resby Pat McD - Reprappers
Thanks for response. That's one thing it isnt then, As the printer firmware is set to 250,000 baud and Cura (64bit) can't find it either, I figure I need to patch pyserial to get Ubuntu to operate at the right speed, Wish me luck, I'm very new to Linux and Reprap machines. But enjoying them still.by Pat McD - Reprappers
I am trying to replace the current Windows based 3D printer control PC with a laptop running Ubuntu. Printer is an i2 Prusa, quite happy, Have read through a few threads on this and tried everything... ... Has anyone got 64 bit version of Ubuntu (12.04) working with Pronterface? Reason I think it's an issue with 64 bit versions is, after sending;- sudo apt-get install python-serial python-wxby Pat McD - Reprappers