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9:20 pm Sydney time 12/9/13
I have just come inside from the workshop where I was fixing the endstop problem.
I contacted Colin and he directed me to the system schematic in the build notes. The problem was that I had connected the endstop plugs to the wrong sets of pins on the RAMPS board. A careful study of the schematic showed that the connectors have to join specific sets of pins. There are
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old man emu
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General Mendel Topics
I cannot get my end-stop switches to work. I have wired them as indicated in the video and plugged them into the board as directed. However, the Y-axis will not stop when it hits the switch lever and the carriage overruns.
Are the end stop switches for the 8" different from the ones on the 6"?
According to the narrative of the video, the switches should be wired "Normally Closed", but the video
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old man emu
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General Mendel Topics
I have just finished assembling my MakerFarm 8" i3. It looks good.
However ... How do I get it started? I just want to check that my motors turn and my heat bed and extruder heat up. I haven't got anything to print as yet.
If I just turn on the power, will it work? Do I have to put a printing file on the SD card and put that into the reader?
Also, where can I find a simple test printer file. I
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old man emu
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General Mendel Topics
My 8" printer arrived today. I'll be busy over the weekend putting it together. However, I will have to wait until I can get some ABS to do some actual printing.
Old Man Emu
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General Mendel Topics
A question about connecting the power supply. I have an ATX power supply from an old computer. I have worked on it and it will give me 12V.
The build pictures show 2 x pairs of yellow & black wires from a power supply being connected to the RAMPS board.
My questions:
1. How many 12V yellow wires have to be connected to the RAMPS board?
2. Does the RAMPS board drop one 12V input to 5V?
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old man emu
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General Mendel Topics
Thanks, Vegaloki. I have downloaded Pronterface and slic3r.
Does the graphic LCD controller come ready to plug and play, or does it have to be flashed?
Old Man Emu
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General Mendel Topics
My 8" Prusa is making its way from the United States to Sydney, Australia right now. I bought it because I was impressed by the quality of the laser cut parts that was implied from the video. I'm also impressed that all I have to purchase is a plate of glass. I already had a suitable power supply that I had used in a CNC machine.
My only complaint right now is that there is no user manual for th
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old man emu
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General Mendel Topics
Can you Kiwis help an Old man Emu?
I've got a desktop CNC machine and I was considering fitting an extruder head to it so I could play with reprapping.
I have three steppers which are run off a single board. I am using MACH3 CAM software to read the G-Code and activiate the steppers.
What I'd like to see is an overview of how the electronics of reprap work. Going backwards, I understand that t
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New Zealand RepRap User Group
I don't want people to think that I've jumped on this forum just to make sales. I am actually interested in reprap. However, I do operate an aircraft hardware shop at Camden. If you are prepared to make minor alterations to your bolt and screw sizes so that you can use Imperial sized hardware (based on inch units of length) I have a wide range to chooese from. My prices are very low, and each ite
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Australia, Sydney RUG
I have a desktop CNC machine running MACH3 as the controller software. Will that work with a Wade's extruder. Also, do I need another controller board for the extruder?
Old Man Emu
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Australia, Sydney RUG