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Student Research Fundraiser (Woven Meshes) - 11 years ago

Hi all, I'm starting a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe to raise some money for some research I've been doing as an undergraduate student. I've been researching changing speed and temperatrue to print different kinds of objects, namely woven meshes. The idea is that I want to look at bunch of different kinds of filamnets and map their material properties to parameters in order to reach target

by c0rtex - Crowdfunding Projects Announcements

Re: First Print = Nothing [Ormerod 2] - 11 years ago

Hey guys, I forgot to update this thread with what was going on for the future people. It was so simple... The power supply was set to 220V, here in US,its 110V. I realized this when I wasn't drawing a full 12V. So the problem was that I wasn't getting enough power, the extruder was just never getting quite hot enough, and the print job kept hanging as a result. I wasted a great deal of time b

by c0rtex - Printing

Re: Dead Proximity Sensor? - 11 years ago

Problem solved. For anyone who in the future who may have this problem, here's the email that RepRap support emailed me. Quote Sorry you are having problems with your proximity sensor. I'm assuming you have an Ormerod 2? It sounds like you have already worked through the list here: If you have checked the wiring is connected correctly (you can always send me a picture if you would like me to c

by c0rtex - Ormerod

Re: First Print = Nothing [Ormerod 2] - 11 years ago

Quotepushthatbolder Perhaps you could post your g.code file and someone can test the slice and print job from our working printers. What slicer are you using? it might be an unconfigged slicing program. i use Slic3r and it is really easy, you just need to config properly according the specifications of your printer. I'm just printing the orthogonal test piece. Should already be sliced right? J

by c0rtex - Printing

First Print = Nothing [Ormerod 2] - 11 years ago

As far as I can tell everything is set up correctly. Everything is homed, bed alignment is fine. Temperature good. Extrusion is good. Connection is good. Firmware up to date, etc... As soon as I begin a print, the axes move around for a second, then stop, (same spot). No extrusion. The dialog indicates 64/300k lines printed. The print time goes up from 3 hours forever. It just hangs doing nothin

by c0rtex - Printing

Re: Dead Proximity Sensor? - 11 years ago

Quotedc42 There is very little to go wrong with the proximity sensor apart from the connections. Also there is no likely component failure I can think of that would cause that symptom. So I think the problem is more likely to be a bad connection (e.g. failed crimp connection ay one end of the output wire in the sensor loom), or possibly a fault on the Duet. How certain are you that the reading ch

by c0rtex - Ormerod

Dead Proximity Sensor? - 11 years ago

I have a feeling that my proximity sensor may be dead. I've checked and rechecked every solution in the troubleshooting page, i.e. updated firmware, checked connections, pins... It sits at 488 no matter what. The only time it changes is when I shine a light directly at it and it goes down to 480 or so. Which leads me to believe it may be dead or damaged. Wondering if anyone can confirm my suspici

by c0rtex - Ormerod