Hi all, I find out where my issue was. The fan on the hotend wasn't working at all and the filament couldn't be heated properly. I changed it and I'm able to print! Finally! The issue I've got now is with Slic3r and Ponterface. Everytime I made an update into the printer settings in Slic3r, Pronterface seems not to work anymore: it's homing X,Y, Z but that is all. What I do then, is reloadingby 3DIY - FoldaRap
Okay so now, I'm a bit stucked again. I changed the minitronics, I fixed the motioned. I try to calibrate thing as much as I could, but I keep having issue during the extrusion. Everything is working smoothly, but when I want to extrude. About 10cm are OK, but after that, the extruder seems to have difficulties to do its job. When not printing, the gear is spinning, the filament is extruding, buby 3DIY - FoldaRap
QuoteFA-MAS You'll be ok removing the leaver from the switch. Ok great, will do then! QuoteFA-MASI'd say don't hook up either the heated bed heater or the hotend heater. Do your thermistors first. They're simple resistors that change resistance with heat Not sure to get the process right there. It might be a silly question, but do I need to do a test switching the machine on between the timeby 3DIY - FoldaRap
Actually, my minitronics is destroyed. I burned the fuse, and try to replace it. But the thermistor pin had a problem the software displayed a wrong temperature. Whatever I did, I had a 178C temperature. I seek for informations there and there and I find out that the pin of the thermistor was damaged. I try to replace the pin but I made the thing worst as I don't the materiel to do it properly. Iby 3DIY - FoldaRap
Yes I do use PLA. As my home Z is not clearly set, I will do it and give it a try that way, then my first layer height should be more accurate. Those couplings aren't the best, so I tighed them as much as I could for that reason I will redo the math following the link you send me. I ordered the board, so hopefully, I'll be able to do the different tries soon enough. Do you have any clue if I caby 3DIY - FoldaRap
Hi, Thanks for your reply I will dive into this link to calibrate the stepper motor then. It's seem more complete than the other things I found online. I provided a heated bed for my printer as a matter of fact. I heat it up to 60C. That's why I was thinking blue tape. About the Z calibration, it seems most of the time off and inaccurate. I used to print with an Ultimaker 2 and it was the wayby 3DIY - FoldaRap
Hi everyone, I keep having issue with my FoldaRap... as a matter of fact it's mounted since about a year now, maybe less, whatee, I'm still not able to print, and it's driving me nuts... I'm not ready to print yet because I just damaged the Minitronics v1.1... and I'm short on cash I won't buy a new one now. But before getting a new one, I'd like to see how I can solve the problems I've got. Soby 3DIY - FoldaRap
Hi, It's seems broken indeed. Is there any possibility to set up the pin for the second thermistor as the main one, is the firmware? I made some research, but it doesn't seem any possible as far as I can see. But maybe someone around will be able to help me with this? Thanksby 3DIY - Reprappers
Okay thank you for the tip, I will try to test it tonight. I asked on the 3D printing facebook group and someone answered me "The thermistor pin on the controller board is damaged". I will see what I can do! Thanksby 3DIY - Reprappers
Hi everyone, I'm sorry if this kind of topic has already been treated. It's my first post in this forum, so I'm sorry if I put it in a wrong section. I've having quite an issue with the RepRap I'm building right now. The model is a FoldARap. I didn't purchase a kit from OpenEdge (sorry if the creator read this topic ><) but I got some of the pieces from this website. I burnt a fuse whileby 3DIY - Reprappers