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Re: Dealing with emissions - 10 days ago
My advice based on my experiences: Buy or build a sealed enclosure with venting to the outside. Activated charcoal filters seem to be able to do a decent job with VOCs, but not much out there can deal effectively with particulates under 100nM in size. In the latter instance it seemed best to me to try to blow as much of those particles out of the house to dissipate into the MUCH larger space ofby dlc60 - Safety & Best Practices
Re: Effectiveness of cardboard fume hood? - 10 days ago
I "cheated" I guess. I had a little extra $$ left over after the holidays and got something I have wanted for a while. A vented printer enclosure. I swallowed some bile and used Amazon to find one that fit my needs (big) and chose one by Fungdo (who comes up with these janky names?), 47"x32"x39" high, and its vent system, sold separately. About $280 all up. I have several printers and wanted sby dlc60 - Safety & Best Practices
UBL offsets with respect to physical Z bed offset? - 30 days ago
I have traditionally done physical bed tramming by using a .1mm stainless feeler gauge and adjusting bed screws. After building a CoreXY with a Duet board an BL Touch I got the bug. I have two Marlin 1.1.8 Delta printers and have been experimenting with UBL and custom probe designs. But I'm not getting what I expect compared to my Duet bed leveling results. I understand what the probe offsets arby dlc60 - Printing
Should you disable UBL before starting a UBL bed probe? - 5 weeks ago
Hi all, This is a Legacy Marlin 1.1.8 question. I have an old Folger Tech Kossel 2020 with an E3Dv6 and a physical probe that needs detached that puts the point dead-on the nozzle and 32mm lower. Should you disable the current UBL mesh before starting a UBL probe run? I am wondering about interactions. I ran my three towers, got them all about perfect with a 0.1mm feeler gauge and my 0,0 was -0by dlc60 - General
Re: CoreXY X axis wobble - 2 years ago
Quotethe_digital_dentist No, that would be a precision problem. The error is one of accuracy, not precision. A long, flat surface parallel to the printer's X axis would have waves corresponding to the displacement caused by the out of round drive pulley(s). I have never actually seen such a wave. The stacked potato chip Z surface is more likely caused by using a geared extruder with two drive geby dlc60 - CoreXY Machines
Re: CoreXY X axis wobble - 2 years ago
Interesting. Now that I have found how sensitive a CoreXY can be, this sounds like an explanation for why vertical walls would have ridges like Ruffles potato chips. Filastruder, for source of good pulleys. Thanks for the tip! be well, DLCby dlc60 - CoreXY Machines
Re: TronXY X5SA 330x330 bed thicker? Impossible to tram with 6 set screws! - 2 years ago
Quotethe_digital_dentist What is the Tronxy bed made of? Does the X axis sag or is the bed warping upward? Hi, It is warping upward. I trammed each of the set screw points with a 0.1mm feeler gauge when the bed was at 60C and the hotend at 200C. The bed rises more-or-less linearly to a peak of 0.3mm above the screw set points. The bed of this is a typical 3mm aluminum plate. I pulled half ofby dlc60 - CoreXY Machines
TronXY X5SA 330x330 bed thicker? Impossible to tram with 6 set screws! - 2 years ago
Hey all, I still use the TronXY firmware on my X5SA 330x330 CoreXY. I have NEVER been able to tram that bed with 6 set screws. So, I pulled half of them off to be able to get a real plane instead of a Ruffles potato chip surface. Well, THAT didn't work well. When heated the 3mm bed warps up .3mm in the center compared to any of the tram screw locations. OK, so that explains the two middle sby dlc60 - CoreXY Machines
Re: Intermittant diagonal layer shift, how to diagnose? SOLVED! - 2 years ago
After fussing with this for years, finally found the problem. And it was a forehead slapper. In short, One belt attached to the end-effector element was not parallel to the travel. The rise from the stepper to the pulley on that "turns the corner" to the other axis travel was 3mm at it's worst location. This caused the belt to climb over the rim of the pulley (which was not very high) and woulby dlc60 - CoreXY Machines
Re: Tronxy X5SA Pro - Marlin settings, removing auto level sensor and adding limit switch - 3 years ago
Quoteisitworksnow dlc60 so to disable the sensor these 2 lines need putting on to a sd card like doing a update etc. M8083 I0; disable auto-leveling, I now use the Z min limit switch. M8500; Save the changes, you MUST use this line. only ask as i have been having trouble like many others with the sensor. and had to update firmware because it would not boot up correctly yesterday. apby dlc60 - CoreXY Machines
Re: stepper are not moving - 3 years ago
Quoteshellman3379 the steppers on my ramps 1.4 board are not moving but binding when powered. i am using KV4242-N2B007 steppers from Nidec. i am supplying 12v 30A to the ramps board. most of the parts from my 3d printer come from a davinci mini w. I feel like i am missing something obvious in the configuration but i don't know. There are a few possibilities, but assuming nothing is broken, the mby dlc60 - Reprappers
Re: printer executing each command then stopping - SOLVED - 3 years ago
Found it. I do not understand why this caused a problem. // Host Receive Buffer Size // Without XON/XOFF flow control (see SERIAL_XON_XOFF below) 32 bytes should be enough. // To use flow control, set this buffer size to at least 1024 bytes. // :[0, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048] //#define RX_BUFFER_SIZE 16 When I comment out the //#define RX_BUFFER_SIZE line, things come backby dlc60 - Reprappers
Re: printer executing each command then stopping - 3 years ago
Quoterq3 Are you sure the USB baud rate is correct? My printer will successfully connect at either 115200 or 250000, but will only accept G code at 250000 baud. Just a thought. Prits fine from SD card. I didn't say it wouldn't connect, I said it would stop executing commands. Each command sent returns an "ok" in the communications window, but the slicer never sends the next command to the contby dlc60 - Reprappers
printer executing each command then stopping - 3 years ago
I have configured Marlin 1.1.8 for many printers, of my design and for kits, but this symptom beats anything I have seen before. I yanked my Anet A8 controller's SD card holder off the board (oops) and replaced it with a Rumba controller and the more standard reprap discount smart controller with a knob. Then I pulled a vanilla Marlin 1.1.8 and configured the relevant settings to mirror the behaby dlc60 - Reprappers
Re: Tronxy X5SA Pro - Marlin settings, removing auto level sensor and adding limit switch - 3 years ago
Gotta read it all. NOTE: like he says, it will not say "complete", just wait about 15 seconds, stop the print and exit. NOTE: like he says, it will not say "complete", just wait about 15 seconds, stop the print and exit. NOTE: like he says, it will not say "complete", just wait about 15 seconds, stop the print and exit. NOTE: like he says, it will not say "complete", just wait about 15 seconds,by dlc60 - CoreXY Machines
Re: Tronxy X5SA Pro - Marlin settings, removing auto level sensor and adding limit switch - 3 years ago
Quoteerniehatt Thank you my Friend. I must say you put a lot of work into that file, But I have a question, probably a stupid one in many an eye But how do I load this into tronxy, I tried one by printing it and it did just that, went through the motion of printing. OK yes a stupid question, just read it is not a flashable file. So where can I get one. aon switch off I see no message or signal. Iby dlc60 - CoreXY Machines
Re: Tronxy X5SA Pro - Marlin settings, removing auto level sensor and adding limit switch - 3 years ago
You have to do everything exactly right to get this to work. If you do not have your current settings file, then you will not be doing everything right. I have attached a file that explains all of the gcode settings and how to set and change them. This is your TronXY bible. First rule of programming ALWAYS save your current configuration so that you can get it back when you mess something up.by dlc60 - CoreXY Machines
Exoslide Core XY with "trough" down the middle of the bed? - 3 years ago
I have an odd one. I built a custom CoreXY using a Duet Maestro and Exoslide "rail runners". I built it using "standard" length extruded aluminum rails so I didn't need to do any custom cutting or finishing. It uses a standard 200mm square aluminum hotbed with 3mm borosilicate glass for its surface and a Bowden E3Dv6 hot end. The bed clamped on the edges. Now the weird part. If I am printing sby dlc60 - Reprappers
Re: Tronxy X5SA Pro - Marlin settings, removing auto level sensor and adding limit switch - 4 years ago
Quotepanch47 I just wanted to share my experience, I have changed the firmware with marlin and it works very well ! I have installed a direct drive and kept the proximity sensor with autoleveling. It's wonderfull how it works, no more nozzle in the bed I have looked at the Marlin 2 (32 bit) build process and it looks like they took a giant step backward in usability and upgradability, multipleby dlc60 - CoreXY Machines
Re: Tronxy X5SA Pro - Marlin settings, removing auto level sensor and adding limit switch - 4 years ago
Quotelenigma1 Quotedlc60 QuoteRecoil1980 Sorry I am just getting back around to responding. I eventually sent the printer back. I think the sensor was just bad, then the LCD screen went white and I was unable to use it at all. I spend the extra money and got an Ender 5 Plus. So far the new one is running, but there are still a few issues with it. No big. I figured it out. I have never likedby dlc60 - CoreXY Machines
Re: Questions about TronXY X5SA - 4 years ago
Well, I added the Hemera to my X5SA, and it is a joy. When setting the bizarre Chitu extruder rate, it did not do what I expected. E3D says the steps/mm are 409, I assumed the Chitu M8011 command to use 1/409 as the movement rate. Nope. I had to use 1/409*2. Why? Who knows. Getting information out of TronXY on these boards is like pulling teeth. I will run this controller for a little whilby dlc60 - CoreXY Machines
Re: rambo MINTEMPP error with dual extruder setup - 4 years ago
Well, I have been unable to fix the problem, and am out of patience. It seems to only occur when in motion. It is not the thermistor, I changed that. It is not near-by wires, I put external wires on it that did not go near stepper wires. It seems unlikely that it is power because channel one never drops out and I am using a 360W power supply. So, I will change the beast back to a single head Vby dlc60 - Reprappers
rambo MINTEMPP error with dual extruder setup - 4 years ago
New and odd error. Rambo controller Custom Cartesian printer Bowden Chimera configuration Marlin 1.1.8 Windows 10 Home 360W 12V supply This printer has been in use since 2017, I can change head configurations in about 5 minutes and do so fairly often. I have had a volcano on it for the last 6 months and just went to a E3D Chimera dual head setup, which I have used before with this system a yearby dlc60 - Reprappers
Re: Questions about TronXY X5SA - 4 years ago
QuoteTshawkins that is exactly what I did, i had already inserted a central 2020 strut, so i could shorten the filament path in the bowden tube, so i used a little 2020 stock left over to create a bar with a post on it that is used to tension the belt. Works really well. The only caution is that the motors are not very rigidly mounted and will rotate around the plate they are sat on. so if the teby dlc60 - CoreXY Machines
Re: Tronxy X5SA Pro - Marlin settings, removing auto level sensor and adding limit switch - 5 years ago
QuoteRecoil1980 Sorry I am just getting back around to responding. I eventually sent the printer back. I think the sensor was just bad, then the LCD screen went white and I was unable to use it at all. I spend the extra money and got an Ender 5 Plus. So far the new one is running, but there are still a few issues with it. No big. I figured it out. I have never liked the inductive sensors anby dlc60 - CoreXY Machines
Re: Marlin 2.0 Fan PWM frequency too low - 5 years ago
It was a pretty common practice in RC car racing to place .1uF caps between each motor tap and the metal housing and one between the motor taps with DC brushed motors. This eliminated a raft of issues with PWM motor controllers. So, yeah, it helps with DC brushed motors. I don't know about brushless motors however. DLCby dlc60 - Firmware - Marlin
Re: Mission building a delta Kossel - 5 years ago
Quoteheavy9 It's very frustrating With a very light touch. try to "cant" the screw a bit diagonal so that the threads catch in the plastic and oh so lightly back it out without pushing inward. It is a finicky thing to do. We've all done that at least once. Sometimes you can get a needle-nose pliers in there to grip the screw and pull. Lastly, see if you can slide something down the groove toby dlc60 - Delta Machines
Re: Connectors for HotEnd. - 5 years ago
I use XT-30 connectors. I used to use XT-60s, but they are too bulky. The XT-30 are small, truly low resistance and pretty easy to remove. I do all of my hot-ends with these so that I can remove them easily to clear or replace them. I have one printer that I have 5 different heads that I use on it. DLCby dlc60 - General
Re: Tronxy X5SA Pro - Marlin settings, removing auto level sensor and adding limit switch - 5 years ago
Are you still using the Chitu board? I am still running the TronXY firmware on the board after removing the prox sensor, adding a borosilicate glass bed and the Z-stop sensor. I also moved to an E3Dv6 hot end and am considering a move to a Hemera. I got my X5SA Pro in March 2020, and they are known for changing controller hardware on a whim. So I am going to bug you with a lot of questions! Wby dlc60 - CoreXY Machines
Re: 3D Concrete House Printing - 5 years ago
Concrete is not a very "green" material to work with however. "Perfect" concrete requires a particular sand, which we are running out of. And that shortage is spawning a new raft (pardon the pun) of sand pirates that sneak in and actually steal beaches. We need a better material to do mass produced living structures in order to make the idea sustainable. To our dismay, we have found that doinby dlc60 - General