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Re: Folger Tech Kossel Delta 2020 Full 3D Printer Kit w/Auto-Level - 10 years ago
Quotellamatrails Quotedavidf01 So I took my extruder apart and checked to make sure everything looked like there was no damage. It looked good. I adjusted the Vref down to about 65 and the extruder motor starts jerking back and forth when it is trying to feed the filament, is that normal? I did a test and extruded 50mm of filament and it extruded about 40mm so I'm about 10mm off so far. I also dby davidf01 - Delta Machines
Re: Folger Tech Kossel Delta 2020 Full 3D Printer Kit w/Auto-Level - 10 years ago
Quotellamatrails Quotedavidf01 llamatrails Thanks for the information. I deleted the // in front of #define EEPROM_SETTINGS and #define EEPROM_CHITCHAT. I think that lets me use eeprom. So when I did that does the current settings in my firmware get stored in eeprom? From this point any adjustments I make gets stored in eeprom but not the firmware, correct? I think you may be right about my eby davidf01 - Delta Machines
Re: Folger Tech Kossel Delta 2020 Full 3D Printer Kit w/Auto-Level - 10 years ago
Quotellamatrails Quotedavidf01 I'm not sure how to do that with eeprom. I don't even know how to turn eeprom on to do that along with everything else. I was going to look into eeprom once I finished with all the mechanical adjustments. EEPROM is a place where variables are stored in memory that is read from at boot and possibly during runtime. When you change the config file in Marlin and compiby davidf01 - Delta Machines
Re: Folger Tech Kossel Delta 2020 Full 3D Printer Kit w/Auto-Level - 10 years ago
Quotellamatrails Quotedavidf01 Well I am to a point where I can start doing some test prints. I seem to be having some major extruder issues. I'm not sure what is going on but I think I'm not getting enough flow. Here is a picture of a test print ans you can see where there is very little coming out of the hotend. If I put a little pressure on the filament to help push it through flows better.by davidf01 - Delta Machines
Re: Folger Tech Kossel Delta 2020 Full 3D Printer Kit w/Auto-Level - 10 years ago
Quotefattmann What is your Vref for the extruder stepper motor? I read a little about the v-Ref and turned mine up to about 90 and it still does not help. I ran an extrusion test and heated the head to 210 (PLA) and extruded 100mm. Im lucky if I got 30mm out of it. I dont think the extruder is grabbing the filament very hard or it is slipping the whole time. Is there a way to test if the extrudeby davidf01 - Delta Machines
Re: Folger Tech Kossel Delta 2020 Full 3D Printer Kit w/Auto-Level - 10 years ago
Well I am to a point where I can start doing some test prints. I seem to be having some major extruder issues. I'm not sure what is going on but I think I'm not getting enough flow. Here is a picture of a test print ans you can see where there is very little coming out of the hotend. If I put a little pressure on the filament to help push it through flows better. I tried calibrating the extrudeby davidf01 - Delta Machines
Re: Folger Tech Kossel Delta 2020 Full 3D Printer Kit w/Auto-Level - 10 years ago
QuoteKoenig Quotedavidf01 Ok so I have my towers and center adjusted so that when they pass the paper test and I use the m114 g code I get: X tower z position is at 1.0 Y tower z position is at .3 Z tower position is at .3 and center on the build plate is at z .9 This is where I get a little lost. What do I do next? Do I keep adjusting the endstops or do I move ahead and adjust the smooth rod oby davidf01 - Delta Machines
Re: Folger Tech Kossel Delta 2020 Full 3D Printer Kit w/Auto-Level - 10 years ago
Ok so I have my towers and center adjusted so that when they pass the paper test and I use the m114 g code I get: X tower z position is at 1.0 Y tower z position is at .3 Z tower position is at .3 and center on the build plate is at z .9 This is where I get a little lost. What do I do next? Do I keep adjusting the endstops or do I move ahead and adjust the smooth rod offset? I can still crash iby davidf01 - Delta Machines
Re: Folger Tech Kossel Delta 2020 Full 3D Printer Kit w/Auto-Level - 10 years ago
Ok I may have something not right. When I home the printer with the G28 command my endstops report triggered. Should the Z_min not be triggered here? Reporting endstop status x_max: TRIGGERED y_max: TRIGGERED z_min: TRIGGERED z_max: TRIGGERED When I bring it down to Z0 it reports Reporting endstop status x_max: open y_max: open z_min: TRIGGERED z_max: open How can my Z_min be triggered both tiby davidf01 - Delta Machines
Re: floating G29, or crashing into bed - 10 years ago
QuoteSintensity A bit of an update from my earlier post. When I raise the slides all the way to the endstops, the values on M119 show up as: x_max: triggered y_max: triggered z_min: open z_max: triggered When I lower the probe all the way to the bed, the values on M119 show up as: x_max: open y_max: open z_min: triggered z_max: open That's good, according to the calibration instructions. Howevby davidf01 - Delta Machines
Re: Folger Tech Kossel Delta 2020 Full 3D Printer Kit w/Auto-Level - 10 years ago
What did you guys set your tower buttons to. This is what the tutorial has set: Next, set up the following buttons/scripts in Pronterface that will move the effector to the following locations: 1.Tower A (front left): G0 F8000 X-77.94 Y-45 Z0 2.Tower B (front right): G0 F8000 X77.94 Y-45 Z0 3.Tower C (rear): G0 F8000 X0 Y90 Z0 4.Centre: G0 F8000 C0 Y0 Z0 Does this work for our printers?by davidf01 - Delta Machines
Re: Folger Tech Kossel Delta 2020 Full 3D Printer Kit w/Auto-Level - 10 years ago
QuoteKoenig Quotedavidf01 So I have my hot end setup correctly on the center of my build plate passing the paper test. When I get to my X, Y and Z towers the hot end does not pass the paper test. The gap between the paper and hot end is to big. What is the best way to adjust this gap? I see lots of calibration tutorials saying adjust the DELTA_SMOOTH_ROD_OFFSET setting. Is that setting used for eby davidf01 - Delta Machines
Re: Folger Tech Kossel Delta 2020 Full 3D Printer Kit w/Auto-Level - 10 years ago
Quotecman8 Follow this guide. Its the best. What I did is where it says "Now that you have a general idea for the Z height of the effector at each location, it's time to adjust the end stop screws until the effector is at the same Z height at the base of each tower. I prefer to just eyeball it to begin with." You have to manually loosen the endstops and either raise them or lower them depending hby davidf01 - Delta Machines
Re: Folger Tech Kossel Delta 2020 Full 3D Printer Kit w/Auto-Level - 10 years ago
So I have my hot end setup correctly on the center of my build plate passing the paper test. When I get to my X, Y and Z towers the hot end does not pass the paper test. The gap between the paper and hot end is to big. What is the best way to adjust this gap? I see lots of calibration tutorials saying adjust the DELTA_SMOOTH_ROD_OFFSET setting. Is that setting used for each tower adjustment? If Iby davidf01 - Delta Machines
Re: Folger Tech Kossel Delta 2020 Full 3D Printer Kit w/Auto-Level - 10 years ago
Can anyone tell me what the advantage is to calibrating using m665 and m666 verses just adjusting the firmware? I'm worried if I fire up the eeprom I may mess up what I have already. Could I just update the same firmware values that eeprom would adjust?by davidf01 - Delta Machines
Re: Folger Tech Kossel Delta 2020 Full 3D Printer Kit w/Auto-Level - 10 years ago
QuoteKoenig Quotedavidf01 Just throwing a question out there. How do you guys go about tuning your printers? Do you have a procedure you go through to tune the printer? do you start with tuning the extruder rate, hotend temp, print speed (is 100 mm/s to fast?) bed heat, layer height, ect ect. I'm just trying to figure out how to get this printer up to quality prints and I'm having a hell of a tby davidf01 - Delta Machines
Re: Folger Tech Kossel Delta 2020 Full 3D Printer Kit w/Auto-Level - 10 years ago
Just throwing a question out there. How do you guys go about tuning your printers? Do you have a procedure you go through to tune the printer? do you start with tuning the extruder rate, hotend temp, print speed (is 100 mm/s to fast?) bed heat, layer height, ect ect. I'm just trying to figure out how to get this printer up to quality prints and I'm having a hell of a time.by davidf01 - Delta Machines
Re: Folger Tech Kossel Delta 2020 Full 3D Printer Kit w/Auto-Level - 10 years ago
ok I got it to print my first print. Not sure what did it but I changed the speed in slic3r to 100 mm/sec to match pronterface. Now I'm trying to calibrate the extruder rate. Does anyone know where you find the Esteps number in the firmware? I using this video to do the extruder calibration. Still trying to figure out how to auto level.by davidf01 - Delta Machines
Re: Folger Tech Kossel Delta 2020 Full 3D Printer Kit w/Auto-Level - 10 years ago
Quotethevisad Quotedavidf01 So this is what I have going on. I load a sliced model in pronterface. Heat the bed to 200 and the hotend to 65 (printing PLA) and click print. Once the hotend and bed get to the right temperature it sounds like the printer starts to print but all I get is small pulses and no movement from the printer. It just sits there and pulses forever. I'm not sure what else I caby davidf01 - Delta Machines
Re: Folger Tech Kossel Delta 2020 Full 3D Printer Kit w/Auto-Level - 10 years ago
So this is what I have going on. I load a sliced model in pronterface. Heat the bed to 200 and the hotend to 65 (printing PLA) and click print. Once the hotend and bed get to the right temperature it sounds like the printer starts to print but all I get is small pulses and no movement from the printer. It just sits there and pulses forever. I'm not sure what else I can check? Here is the startby davidf01 - Delta Machines
Re: Folger Tech Kossel Delta 2020 Full 3D Printer Kit w/Auto-Level - 10 years ago
Here are my endstop settings. If I set the first two to false it does not help. The printer does the same thing. Everything heats up right the when it starts to print it just sits there with no movement. // The pullups are needed if you directly connect a mechanical endswitch between the signal and ground pins. const bool X_MIN_ENDSTOP_INVERTING = true; // set to true to invert the logic of theby davidf01 - Delta Machines
Re: Folger Tech Kossel Delta 2020 Full 3D Printer Kit w/Auto-Level - 10 years ago
QuoteKoenig Quotedavidf01 QuoteKoenig Quotedavidf01 Quotetadawson Quotedavidf01 Quotetadawson It isn't possible for a motor to not change direction if the connector is reversed . . . likely, you moved the wrong connector . . . - Tim Thanks Tim, I did manage to get the printer configured so far. No more crashing and the printer tip is snug to a piece of paper. The question I have now is the eby davidf01 - Delta Machines
Re: Folger Tech Kossel Delta 2020 Full 3D Printer Kit w/Auto-Level - 10 years ago
QuoteKoenig Quotedavidf01 Quotetadawson Quotedavidf01 Quotetadawson It isn't possible for a motor to not change direction if the connector is reversed . . . likely, you moved the wrong connector . . . - Tim Thanks Tim, I did manage to get the printer configured so far. No more crashing and the printer tip is snug to a piece of paper. The question I have now is the extruder does not extrude tby davidf01 - Delta Machines
Re: Folger Tech Kossel Delta 2020 Full 3D Printer Kit w/Auto-Level - 10 years ago
Quotetadawson Quotedavidf01 Quotetadawson It isn't possible for a motor to not change direction if the connector is reversed . . . likely, you moved the wrong connector . . . - Tim Thanks Tim, I did manage to get the printer configured so far. No more crashing and the printer tip is snug to a piece of paper. The question I have now is the extruder does not extrude the filament. I heat the hoby davidf01 - Delta Machines
Re: Folger Tech Kossel Delta 2020 Full 3D Printer Kit w/Auto-Level - 10 years ago
I updated slic3r and now when I click slic3r setting in Pronterface slic3r opens but closes right away. How can I get slic3r working from pronterface or should I just load slic3r independently?by davidf01 - Delta Machines
Re: Folger Tech Kossel Delta 2020 Full 3D Printer Kit w/Auto-Level - 10 years ago
Quotetadawson It isn't possible for a motor to not change direction if the connector is reversed . . . likely, you moved the wrong connector . . . - Tim Thanks Tim, I did manage to get the printer configured so far. No more crashing and the printer tip is snug to a piece of paper. The question I have now is the extruder does not extrude the filament. I heat the hotend up and it starts to pusby davidf01 - Delta Machines
Re: Folger Tech Kossel Delta 2020 Full 3D Printer Kit w/Auto-Level - 10 years ago
QuoteKoenig Quotedavidf01 So I have managed to load the software and loaded the kosselRevBPE firmmware on the printer. When I start pronterface it does connect to the printer but when I issue the code G28 to the printer moves down away from the stops. May X Y and Z axis dont seem to be correct either. I think my Y and Z are reversed. I checked all the connections and they are correct I think. Thby davidf01 - Delta Machines
Re: Folger Tech Kossel Delta 2020 Full 3D Printer Kit w/Auto-Level - 10 years ago
So I have managed to load the software and loaded the kosselRevBPE firmmware on the printer. When I start pronterface it does connect to the printer but when I issue the code G28 to the printer moves down away from the stops. May X Y and Z axis dont seem to be correct either. I think my Y and Z are reversed. I checked all the connections and they are correct I think. They are plugged in X Y andby davidf01 - Delta Machines
Re: Folger Tech Kossel Delta 2020 Full 3D Printer Kit w/Auto-Level - 10 years ago
Firmware configuration question. I'm trying to configure the firmware but the instructions are not for RevB of this printer. I have the software installed but opening Arduino and trying to follow the instructions does not work. I don't see a 20 tooth firmware download all I see is KosselRevB Firmmware.zip file. In that file are two other files named KosselRevB and KosselRevBPE. I also can't findby davidf01 - Delta Machines
Re: Folger Tech Kossel Delta 2020 Full 3D Printer Kit w/Auto-Level - 10 years ago
Quotethevisad Quotedavidf01 Thanks thevisad, I get no LED light and the fuses seem just fine no indications that they are blown. I have no LED light and can't get a reading from the stepper drivers. Im at a loss here. Not sure what to do. You should get the LED to blink just off of the RAMPS USB connection (power) but you won't get any of the others unless you plug it into 12 v via the polarizeby davidf01 - Delta Machines