When I changed the nozzle I checked and cleaned the hotend.by tony woollacott - General
Hi everyone, I hope you can help me with my Replicator 2. I am having a struggle trying to get to the bottom of this issue. The print starts off great, the raft and first 5 or 6 layers print fine, then there seems to be a bit of under-extruding going on for a few layers, and then finally it stops extruding all together. This printer has been working great for a year or more, with no issues, and tby tony woollacott - General
I have been printing with confidence on my Replicator 2 for some time now, but the inevitable has happened. The acrylic build plate has warped so badly that I can only print in the middle. I thought I would solve the problem by making a glass build plate, which I have done. My problem now is getting the PLA to stick to the surface. I do not have a heated bed and have tried all I can think of to rby tony woollacott - Printing
Hi everyone, I have had a great deal of fun printing all sorts of stuff, but have been approached to make some parts for sale. I would usually do it for free, but as they are going to sell the parts it would not be fare on me. I have made a prototype and it took a total of 7 hours printing time and 200g of material. Any suggestions would be most appreciated.by tony woollacott - Reprappers
I have found a flavour of firmware that looks very close to what I need, but would like to edit some text on the display of the LCD. I have never worked with Arduino before and do not know where to start. I have looked at the tutorials on uTube but cannot see where the text is edited. Any help would be greatly appreciated.by tony woollacott - Reprappers
Hi there everyone, I have now got my controller looking like it wants to do what I ask, but there seems to be a missing step in the 'Prepare' process. I want to move my axes, but when I go through the stages I find that the stage where you select the amount to move, ie 10mm, 1mm or 0.1mm, is missing. What do I do to fix this? My kit is a Sainsmart mega with a ramps 1.4. The controller is their Lby tony woollacott - Reprappers
Wow, I will consider myself scolded. Sorry about that. Firstly I hope I have been put in the correct section now, please let me know if I am not and tell me where I need to go? Second, my kit is a Sainsmart mega with a ramps 1.4. The controller is their LCD 2004.by tony woollacott - Printing
Hi there everyone, I have now got my controller looking like it wants to do what I ask, but there seems to be a missing step in the 'Prepare' process. I want to move my axes, but when I go through the stages I find that the stage where you select the amount to move, ie 10mm, 1mm or 0.1mm, is missing. What do I do to fix this?by tony woollacott - Printing
I would think that anyone that has closed in all sides of their 3D Printer would have in effect created a "Heated Build Chamber" therefore this is a whole lot of BS. Shame on you for undermining the good intentions that this forum was created around. If I had my way you would be barred from any and all forums.by tony woollacott - General
Looks fantastic. Would you be able to give me the firmware so I can upload it to my Ramps 1.4/Mega 2360 set-up?by tony woollacott - Delta Machines
Good news, It took me a great deal of patience, but I finally made the supplier double check what he had sent me, and he found that he had indeed sent me the wrong download link. Here is the correct one for anyone else experiencing similar difficulties;by tony woollacott - Reprappers
I need to change my email address. When I go into the edit email, the address I want to use is shown, but needs confirmation. If I was sent a confirmation code it must have been deleted in error. How do I go about resetting it?by tony woollacott - Administration, Announcements, Policy
Sometimes I think that electronics is designed to give me just enough information to confuse the hell out of me! I have been looking at the configuration.h and have now gone squint. I have pasted it below so that you can try and make sense of it . The boards etc that I have were bought as a kit from Sainsmart, Ramps 1.4 + Mega 2560 R3 + LCD 2004 Controller. I thought this option would reduce theby tony woollacott - Reprappers
All I get is a series of blocks going across the LCD screen. Any suggestions?by tony woollacott - Reprappers
OK, so I thought I would have a go at finding the relevant file in the Marlin unzipped folder. When I started browsing I saw an Arduino icon so I double clicked it and Arduino opened up with the Marlin sketch screen open. I tried loading the U8glib and it said that it already existed. I then thought I would have a go at uploading. The Led on the board started to blink really fast then stopped andby tony woollacott - Reprappers
Thanks, I will have to spend some time trying to figure it out.by tony woollacott - Reprappers
thanks blbergeson but where do I find the sketchbook folder? When I open sketchbook in Arduino I can't paste anything.by tony woollacott - Reprappers
Sorry didn't mean to hijack anybody's thread. OK, so I have got this Sainsmart kit and am trying to get all the necessary stuff set-up to make it work. I have never used Arduino or had to upload software etc. all my previous experience has been with Mach3. I have now downloaded the Arduino 1.0.5 and the Marlin, but am at a loss as to how to load them into Arduino and what to do with them onceby tony woollacott - Reprappers
Hi blbergeson, Thanks for your reply. I have downloaded the Arduino and the Marlin, but cannot copy the marlin into the sketch folder, please could you explain how this is done?by tony woollacott - Reprappers
I have also just bought one of these kits and am trying to get it all working. It is my first time using this sort of kit and working with downloads/uploads etc. Is there any chance that any of you have a step by step on what I need to do as what I have at the moment does not make a lot of sense. For example the instructions say I need to download Arduino 1.0.1, but there is only 1.0.5, is this tby tony woollacott - Reprappers
When it comes to nozzles and barrels, what are the pro's and con's between brass and aluminium?by tony woollacott - General
Interesting read, thanks everyone. What I would like to ask is your opinion on Aluminium nozzles versus brass. Any thoughts appreciated.by tony woollacott - General
Thanks, it's the whole firmware thing that scares me. I have never touched it before and quite honestly don't know where to start.by tony woollacott - Reprappers
Okee dokee, so in a nutshell, no quick easy fix for Tony! I guess I will have to knuckle down and do some experimenting. Thanks for the input Mazawby tony woollacott - Reprappers
Thanks that looks great, and very handy. So what you are saying is that I need to make changes to the firmware loaded on the chip? If this is the case would it be possible to get a copy of the correct firmware and load it up? This is all new to me, as I am a mechanical guy with very limited electrical knowledge.by tony woollacott - Reprappers
I have got the build of my Prusa complete, now for the calibration! The Z axis when set on 10mm step moves about 30mm. I have had a look at the preferences and cannot find any reference to the stepper/screw relationship. Am I in the right place, or am I missing something? I have'nt checked the X and Y, but presume that they would be adjusted in the same place as the Z. Any help would be much apprby tony woollacott - Reprappers