The pully's are in there good and thanks for mentioning about the soliddoodle looks like this is a rip off of the solid doodle and its a common problem and there are tons of diy fixes. thanks a lot for all the helpby dnukeg - Printing
I cant remember if i printed any thing tall before but i just noticed this, unfortunately its not a RepRap but its a GeeTech Me Creator but i figured id give this a shot since im having trouble at the Geetech forums. any ways i finally got to print stuff good but but at a certain height the print moves about 2mm for about a 5mm height and then goes back to its original position it should be. i usby dnukeg - Printing
I'm using cura so far it's the only slicing tool that give me good prints but still the surface that faces the support material is all jagged and stingy. What am I doing wrong here with the settings. I'm using a .5mm nozzle with 1.75mm abs. Any help is appreciated thanks Settings I useby dnukeg - Printing
Been fixed it y home direction was set to 1 and I had to set it to -1by dnukeg - RAMPS Electronics
I tried messing with the presets no luck and idk how to input the commands how do I do it on repetierby dnukeg - RAMPS Electronics
Have two problems first is the Z axis works good except on the host is moves backwards when I hit up it goes down and when I hit down it goes up. End stop switch is on the top and when I hit home it goes up and settles so idk if that's normal I'm a new I to these so don't have much experience and when I plug it in backwards for home it goes all the way down and so that doesn't work Problem 2 isby dnukeg - RAMPS Electronics
i believe its the marlin v1 i got it from the company i have a MeCreator. i keep getting errors while compiling the sketch but only when i uncomment the full graphic display, the discount smart controller works fine.i have u8glib in the libraries, but im a noob so if im correct all i have to do is drag and drop it to the libary and its good to go? when i go to the drop down menu it is there. anyby dnukeg - Reprappers
Any idea as to why it's warping. I tied the glue stick it worked fine the first print after that all the others have a slight curve could it be a u leveled bed ? How precisely does the bed need to be adjusted. And for the actions and abs mix I just drop the misprinted parts and leave it there till they dissolve ?by dnukeg - Printing
Ok I will thanks a lot also someone else suggested glue stick I'll try that first the tape seems a little pricy lolby dnukeg - Printing
I searched around and the answer I found was increase the temp. I did and didn't help. I usually print abs at 245 and bed at 110 I even lowers the bed to 95 and hotbed to 235 and still comes out the same when I print. This only happens when I print in painters tape not directly on the glass. But I can't find any thing that will make the glass sticky enough. I tried hair spray didn't work tried waby dnukeg - Printing
whats the temp you use for abs and pla usuallyby dnukeg - Reprappers
thanks lot for all the help and speciall not being dicks. i think i figured it out the whole time i was thinking it might be the control board but i think its all about setting the correct parameters in slc3r and im slowly getting there after reading few writeups and watching some youtube videos. looks like these things arent quite plug and play.but since i bought it should i keep the sanguinoloby dnukeg - Reprappers
i tried setting up feedrate to 40 instead of 100 which is default and left flowrate at 100still get the same resultby dnukeg - Reprappers
thanks all, i have to go to work ill try it tomorrow orning so slow speed and a little less heat got itby dnukeg - Reprappers
i looked saw a guide on reprap website and didnt help much. im using absby dnukeg - Reprappers
main reason i got one is to make parts for the quad copter i have instead of buying metal l brackets from homedepot. instead of building one out of scratch i bought a used MeCreator from ebay for $296,after fiddling with it or a day and finally reading the instructions online i got it to work. problem is the smaller items i print are extremely brittle,breaks off while taking it off the bed an i cby dnukeg - Reprappers