Yeah, the legs - thanks for the suggestions, I'll give them a go. Can commands be sent while printing from the SD card? or is it a case of manually adding them to the gcode file?by nrocy - Mendel90
Hi guys, Is there a guide anywhere on improving print quality? I'm fairly confident that my bed is level, layer height and extrusion rate seem 'good', but seeing this 'crusting' on this calibration print (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:8757) and when printing the cylindrical parts on the mendel90 spool holder brackets. What would be causing this? insufficient retraction? Thanks! - Paulby nrocy - Mendel90
Thanks guys. I've since been ensuring the bed is spotless, and enabled the fan during the print via Skeinforge - my prints are coming out really clean now Much appreciatedby nrocy - Mendel90
Just wanted to post an update. I've since updated to the newest settings, and run through the calibration again. Overall I'm getting some awesome results, but have a few more questions 1) The extruder fan doesn't seem to run on its own, I'm assuming this is because there are no gcode commands to tell it to do so. Should I just manually enable it at the start of a print? Is there a downsideby nrocy - Mendel90
Thanks! RyanMark: I ran through the steps you mentioned, though the bed levelling was challenging and definitely isn't perfect. I've a dial gauge so I'd like to print nophead's clamp and try re-levelling it that way. Appreciate the other tips, I'll look into them. nophead: Yep, there's red tape on the hot-end, I think you're right about the software being a little older. I'll grab the latestby nrocy - Mendel90
I took all 12, twisted them together, tinned them then squished 'em square with a vice. Was still slightly too big, so shaved it a bit with a blade until it fit. But probably just easier to do what Chris suggestedby nrocy - Mendel90
Hey guys, Finally finished building my Mendel90 kit and ran my first print (image attached) - thanks Chris and Mary! I'm pleased with it, but have a way to go with calibration. Has anyone had any tips of where to start? (or ideas of how to improve this print) There are a bunch of calibration objects on thingiverse which I'm assuming I can run through skeinforge with the default settings? Tby nrocy - Mendel90