Quotedrgrs It seems the X axis gets stuck when the end stop clicks closed and then can't get itself in the + direction for the end stop to open to finish the homing process. I get that when my X carriage is too tight on my Solidoodle, it works in the middle because the rods can flex, but when you get to the tighter edges it presses harder and increases friction. I haven't read all of the responsby MrDoctorDIV - Repetier
"at speeds which are leaps and bounds ahead of other FDM printers." Sorry, but his speeds are nothing new. He's just chosen to take the route of speed over quality. "Makerbot style" printers are focused almost primarily on quality, speed coming strong second, but not at sacrifice to quality. Those, in the article, are massive layer heights, a simple way to print quickly. His frame isn't sturdy thby MrDoctorDIV - General
First off, why are Misumi's lead screw nuts so expensive? But the main question; are resin lead screw nuts reliable? They're siginficantly cheaper, but I still want the job done well.by MrDoctorDIV - Mechanics
In my experience, it's a trade off. You either squish it and reduce peeling, or you make it look pretty at first to watch it peel later. But I'm by far not the most experienced.by MrDoctorDIV - Printing
Why do people claim herecy and jump ship at the slightest whif of non-open source? I guess extremists live in every community. I still love Repetier, and as a non-programmer I felt absolutely no change when they went closed. maybe I'd have a different opinion if I was a programmer, but as I am I have absolutely no problem with their decision and will continue to use, love, and recommend both theiby MrDoctorDIV - Repetier
If they could optimize to actually make good use of a CPU it would be a lot faster. Now, if they could go so far as to optimize for CUDA cores... oohhhh, I'd never have to wait again.by MrDoctorDIV - Repetier
QuoteBoByS More money you invest - better results you will get. Oh trust me, I don't get something simply because of price. Before I started designing I told myself skimping out on anything was not an option. The whole point of this build to make it as solid and reliable and powerful as needed and extra. I've got ACME leadscrews for Z-axis. M8 size screws. My guide rails are 12mm .by MrDoctorDIV - Mechanics
I just had a duh! moment. I'm going to change from being long horizontally to being high. A long Z-Axis on my already planned two threaded rods/four guide rails would be a heck of a lot easier to manage and keep precision and speeds. I had already kicked that out of my mind on the thinking that prints are weakest in directions against the layers, but everything would be weaker if the carriage doeby MrDoctorDIV - Mechanics
Before I make a whole tutorial on resuming a stopped print--before, like almost a year ago, I could find absolutely nothing on resuming a print after loss of power/computer crash/etc. and figured it out on my own in bootstrap manner--is there already one made? Or is this such a small problem now days that I shouldn't bother? And I'm talking the situation where you can't pull up where the GCode stby MrDoctorDIV - Printing
While the speed isn't optimal at first. After I get things working on the printing side I will look into making a way to quickly change steps/mm. I originally thought transmission, but that's a fair amount of power loss and more area for inaccuracy. Right now I'm stuck on the idea of making motor mounts easily removable for changing the pulleys. It won't be optimal, but it'll work enough for my pby MrDoctorDIV - Mechanics
What else does it do at that stage? I had somewhat of the same concern. I've got an SSD and everything I use 3D printing wise is on it. Over 500GB rated read/write. There's absolutely no way it could take that long to transfer a little file.by MrDoctorDIV - Repetier
It's going to be a 3D printer/CNC in one, so by saying it's more CNC size more or less proves my purpose. I can afford those massively priced rails from Misumi.. but I would really rather not spend that much if I can acheive the same thing for less. I plan to use half the bed for printing and the full bed for faster machinable materials in CNC. My mechanics are going to be that of Makerbot/Solidby MrDoctorDIV - Mechanics
That's simply a setting. So long as your EEPROM number is different your baud rate will update to the new one and that is what it will run at.by MrDoctorDIV - Reprappers
It was brought to my attention that a normal rail, even at 12mm, is the worst for long parts . So I thought I'd ask before getting too far financially into my build, what is the best for longer linear travels?by MrDoctorDIV - Mechanics
I somehow mis-marked my polarities on my PSU and burnt out the fuse on my Megatronics V3.0. Where can I get a replacement fuse?by MrDoctorDIV - Reprappers
They do it that way to maintain some of the "prettiness." Increasing flow implies larger layers. And the more flow for less movement the less pretty, despite layer size. Corners will not be as sharp, overhang will be worse, etc.by MrDoctorDIV - General
Yup! Definitely something screwed up somewhere under the hood. That's getting into firmware problems and out of my expertise..by MrDoctorDIV - Repetier
Belt pitch and number of teeth are easier ways of calculating the diameter, namely when all you have to do is plug it into a calculator and it's done for you.by MrDoctorDIV - Reprappers
Changing the steps/mm is changing the firmware, no it isn't recompiling it/using a different one, but you are making changes in the firmware . And cnc said 'adjust', not change. In a sense he's more right than what I just said. I was just giving out the option of another firmware.by MrDoctorDIV - Developers
That's how I did it. Took me like four months, but I got there.by MrDoctorDIV - Printing
Can we get a screen shot of example settings and then what they do?by MrDoctorDIV - Repetier
It's been thought of, and I believe it is under way of being implemented. Slic3r can use different extruders for different parts and it infills at different intervals than the perimeters, so really it, it may already be doable.by MrDoctorDIV - General
I am aware, but thanks for bringing it up. I do tend to miss common sense things here and there.by MrDoctorDIV - Developers
It would be awesome if heat could be decreased automatically, if I had thought about it I could have easily lowered the temp myself.by MrDoctorDIV - Printing
Answered on your first post. I would also recommend sticking to one post. Making three* for the same problem won't get your answer any faster, and with how psychology works, it may actually get you an answer slower.by MrDoctorDIV - Printing
Here is a good tutorial and full explanation that I wish I had found when I was looking to do this myself.by MrDoctorDIV - Printing
How do I improve vertical circles? I know I can increase retraction, that's mostly not overhang, it's built up residue from rapid side switching. What else can I do?by MrDoctorDIV - Printing
Quoterepetier Just to be on the save side! I see what you did there!by MrDoctorDIV - Repetier
What is your retraction length? I have mine at 3.2, but I'm thinking I need to up it, parts with a lot of back and forth still get some stringing. Also, here is another setting of retraction to keep in mind.by MrDoctorDIV - Repetier
Thanks. Yeah, I already exluded thermistors off. I'm more thinking like heated bed, LEDs, etc.by MrDoctorDIV - Developers