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Re: Prusa 2020 i3, I need to print a figurine with decent detail. Can you help? - 9 years ago
thats actually very nice. I think I can begin here and try and "outgrade" (sort of up and sidegrade at the same time to something else). I will start looking into the smaller nozzle and learning better how to prep my models for printing. I appreciate everything. tommorow I install the LCDby darkechibi - Reprappers
Re: Prusa 2020 i3, I need to print a figurine with decent detail. Can you help? - 9 years ago
thats precisly what I am trying to produce, something at least along those lines. I was told that it would be possible, I am seriously beginning to doubt it however.by darkechibi - Reprappers
Re: Prusa 2020 i3, I need to print a figurine with decent detail. Can you help? - 9 years ago
Ah HA. I found the data. the extruder has a diameter of 0.4mm, that means I can use a smaller nozzle, right? Will I jsut need the nozzle tip or a complete new housing? not sure if I am using the right terms so think in terms of the cost of the little screw in part, 6-8 dollars, or the piece with all the wires at 20-60 dollars. getting ready to try print. I set slic3r to 1 thread and it seems toby darkechibi - Reprappers
Re: Prusa 2020 i3, I need to print a figurine with decent detail. Can you help? - 9 years ago
please bear with me. I bought this as a kit, the nozzle/extruder is using 1.75 PLA. If you can tell me how to determine the data I need to get I will do so. What is the um in the 200um measuring, how much smaller is possible? is any? Where can I get the smaller nozzle I need and how hard is it to make the changes. I am using slic3r for the processing of the model. I am willing to do manual workby darkechibi - Reprappers
Prusa 2020 i3, I need to print a figurine with decent detail. Can you help? - 9 years ago
I am trying to take and go from poser/daz3d to a figure of appx. 28mm in height. Is this possible to do. The model I have output will not slice correctly, that is if it will even finish. whenever I do get to a point where I try to print the detail is jsut not there and there is terrible steplines all throughout the print. Can you suggest what I need to do and where I may find better informationby darkechibi - Reprappers
Re: Few questions as related to how and where. - 9 years ago
sorry the model is a reprap i3 2020. the motor fans were a solution since I just had one of the lock up so I thought perhaps it was a good idea. I have a piece of glass on the heated bed. I was just hoping that I could find a way to make sure that it remained level, well automatically. My needs for printing will be mainly in the realm of figures, some lare, some small and some mechanical/mainteby darkechibi - Reprappers
Few questions as related to how and where. - 9 years ago
Ok so I think I got the printer working, I have printed a test cube and it was pretty good. The overall dimensions were good but shape was not perfect, I assume during some of the latter work that I upset the leveling and will be releveling the unit. Thats my first question. I have heard of autoleveling, is this available for the reprap, where can I get it, and how hard is it to attach. Next queby darkechibi - Reprappers
Parts in the RDU area? - 9 years ago
Looking to buy parts (My Y stepper motoris locked up). Is there anywhere in the area that can supply me with replacement? DCby darkechibi - North Carolina RepRap User Group
Re: Total Novice trying to setup and having trouble prusa 2020 i3 - 9 years ago
@madmike - I hope you can see what I don't, thanks for looking. one quick thing. I do have 4 red wires on the green power supply connector. but I marked the wires with black marker to seperate. the 16 awg wire I need I could not find so I had to buy some. here is pics: On that second - Whatever is plugged into the top (2 positions) will heat, and whatever is plugged into the bottom (2 postitiby darkechibi - Reprappers
Re: Total Novice trying to setup and having trouble prusa 2020 i3 - 9 years ago
I think I am right at the end, but I seem to have hit one final wall. my extruder will not heat. I hit the button to turn on the extruder and it says heating, but the temp does not rise. Any idea's anybody? EDIT: We tried changing the bed, which heated, and the extruder, which did not, power leads. The extruder heated now but the bed did not. that indicates a physical problem, could it be somethby darkechibi - Reprappers
Re: Total Novice trying to setup and having trouble prusa 2020 i3 - 9 years ago
Alright Let me clear up what I am asking, I cannot get home X to move more than the tiniest bit. Home Y moves to stop and stops. I am at the part of the guide that is for HOMING X and Y. I, to be honest, don't understand what it is asking me to do. The fact that the X enstop is not working as I expect is just making the question harder. So can someone guide me through the setup that has some ideaby darkechibi - Reprappers
Re: Total Novice trying to setup and having trouble prusa 2020 i3 - 9 years ago
Right, so last night after doing a whole bunch of stuff, I think I have sorted the issues of the stoppers and the bearings. just an aside, the bearings seem the same so not sure all that work was needed but still. The unit now stops when it hits a stopper switch, I assume thats what it is supposeds to do . So now I am going to try and figure out what I am doing and going to catalogue it here asby darkechibi - Reprappers
Re: Total Novice trying to setup and having trouble - 9 years ago
Ah ha. It was a thermistor issue, when all the wires were being moved around to fix the end stops it must have gotten somehow "wonky" replugged and it is working again. so except for the bearing issue, which I hope I can fix myself. Let me go over what is happening when I try to move a axis. whenever I hit move it jsut says endstop hit. but it will not move away from the endstop either it stillby darkechibi - Reprappers
Re: Total Novice trying to setup and having trouble - 9 years ago
well I will be trying to replace what I think is a bearing issue this evening, so I will trace the thermistor and make sure nothing has come loose. I hope it's not a solder issue, it was not doing it before but still, I hate soldering. thanks again I will probably be back up again tonight witht he next issue.by darkechibi - Reprappers
Re: Total Novice trying to setup and having trouble - 9 years ago
you are correct, it did. 13:18:44.496 : : Extruder switched off. MINTEMP triggered ! 13:18:44.500 : Error : Printer stopped due to errors. Fix the error and use M999 to restart. (Temperature is reset. Set it after restarting)by darkechibi - Reprappers
Re: Total Novice trying to setup and having trouble - 9 years ago
Hmmmm... Odd I jsut tried holding the the endstop and homing at the same time. planning to get my hand out of the way in time I thought, but it di not move. so I think maybe I have a totally diffirent problem. I am going to check the bearings, but a new problem is occuring. 11:25:26.673 : Printer stopped due to errors. Fix the error and use M999 to restart. (Temperature is reset. Set it after reby darkechibi - Reprappers
Re: Total Novice trying to setup and having trouble - 9 years ago
Oh wow thank you for the help, I was working on it and I finally got the end stops working. I did in fact get the all in one kit from folger, so that is the end stops that I have. I have finally gotten the end stops working I have no idea why they are, but after just switching them around a little bit and just trying and trying, they work. So I was hoping maybe that was why the unit was jsut smasby darkechibi - Reprappers
Re: Total Novice trying to setup and having trouble prusa 2020 i3 - 9 years ago
Ok guys a little data first, I am not an engineer, mechanically inclined or even heavy into hardware tech (anymore). I know more about PC technology than the average layman and thats about it, so please go easy on me, and slowly. I recently bought a reprap prusa i3 2020 complete kit from folgertech.com via ebay. The kit arrived and to be honest I had some trouble getting it together, took aboutby darkechibi - Reprappers