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Re: New Kossel build, need help - 11 years ago
Have you tuned your stepper drivers yet? Are you using your jumpers for microstepping?by jaguarking11 - Delta Machines
Re: Question about making a delta 3d printer taller. - 11 years ago
Finally after getting a new DDNS my webpage is up again. If you want to check out my blog for some of my ideas mentioned above check out my signature.by jaguarking11 - Delta Machines
Re: Question about making a delta 3d printer taller. - 11 years ago
The rods I'm using are tool steel rods. They are hardened, and I am using synthetic grease on them. As for deflection, it is true that they might deflect, however when put on a stretch the deflection is nearly non existent. Like I said my printer is rostock based, however it strays from the design, being that it is open source you can call it what you will. I am aware the 3dr uses a similar desigby jaguarking11 - Delta Machines
Re: Question about making a delta 3d printer taller. - 11 years ago
I am building a rostock and can say that if done properly the rostock is a very capable design even with 8mm rods, the next one I build may have 6mm rods in it to reduce friction, as for the rod quality, I have not done this however putting polishing compound on a rag and spinning it with a drill should smooth just about any rod out. I find most of the noise comes from the fact that the rails fleby jaguarking11 - Delta Machines
Re: Fire Hazard - 11 years ago
Honestly, I cant seem to find a proper thermal fuse for ABS 300c preferably. However this one should work nicely connected in series with the resistor or heated cartridge. It looks to be 240c thermal fuse. Which should work nicely with pla. Just tape it to the hot end and connect it in a series with the resistor. Not a bad price either. IF a thermal runaway happens, it trips and kills the hot endby jaguarking11 - Safety & Best Practices
Re: Question about making a delta 3d printer taller. - 11 years ago
Its the software configuration you have to tweak, other than what you mentioned it should work. I am going for both taller and wider. Why pay for 1m smoth rod and only use 2/3 of it. I am sure the increased build height could come in handy when you get your printer tweaked and want to build something much larger. As for making it wider, the rods need to be lengthened. My rods will be in the 330mmby jaguarking11 - Delta Machines
Re: Waves in the build? - 11 years ago
The spider webbing comes from retraction speed on the extruder.by jaguarking11 - Delta Machines
Re: ramps 1.4 wiring + psu - 11 years ago
My personal choice would be Server PSU or a quality 30A unit. Stay away from ATX. However if you must do ATX, look up the latest corei7 specs for PSU and get an ATX psu that adheres to intel standard.by jaguarking11 - RAMPS Electronics
Re: Perfect Build Surface For PLA? - 11 years ago
I personally would think heated brushed stainless steel bed would work properly. If you can control either the room temperature or build a shroud around the bed or even better have a temperature controlled build chamber it should make the stainless ideal in those circumstances. I have seen where people were printing on stainless in such a manner, once the print is done they simply let it cool, thby jaguarking11 - Delta Machines
Re: Firmware - 11 years ago
Well it seems like I have jumped the gun on this. The whole mess was an error on my part. My pc running windows 8.1 was going through windows updates which caused some very funky behavior on the arduino software. As of now I have utilised the latest IDE from arduino, but the standalone package and the following software package which seems a few months old but does function. The only strange buby jaguarking11 - Delta Machines
Re: Hybrid Delta-Cartesian - 11 years ago
That can be done in reality with only two arms, however they have to have some torsional stability about them, the rest would have to be compensated for in the software.by jaguarking11 - Delta Machines
Re: Hybrid Delta-Cartesian - 11 years ago
That looks like an awesome printer. Why not add a double table? The idea lends itself to a printer capable of doing a 500mmx300mmx500mm build volume. Huge prints here we come? You have mixed the high speed head of the delta with the capability of having a moving build table. Not bad!by jaguarking11 - Delta Machines
Firmware - 11 years ago
I have gotten to the point in my build where I am completely tearing my hair out trying to compile the marling firmware I obtained from GIT. The problem is that I am using windows 8.1 and the firmware seems to go limp at different areas of compilation without any changes made. It is very weird and I have a feeling it has to do with the packages in my system. I have a rather large build area, Iby jaguarking11 - Delta Machines
Re: Thermal Paste between head bed and glass? - 11 years ago
I see its within range then, at least for AC. Although I havent used an AS product since arctic silver ceramique. HMM. Sounds good to me. I have to start shopping for a piece of mirror to get the larger bed that my machine needs. I have a 10inch mirror disk and its way too small for my machine. Looks like 12-13inches maybe correct.by jaguarking11 - Delta Machines
Thermal Paste between head bed and glass? - 11 years ago
So does anyone use thermal paste between the heated bed and the glass? I was planning on putting some on but have no idea if it will survive trips to 100+C.... Another thing. I hate the whole binder clip idea. Any ideas on how to properly mount this thing? -Bruno PS: updated my blog if you guys want to check it out.by jaguarking11 - Delta Machines
Re: RAMPS Fuse/MOSFET extremely hot, shut off print bed - 11 years ago
If im not mistaken, if you double the voltage on a resistive load you quadruple its power consumption. So if it was 60w@12v it is now consuming 240w@24v.... You sure your not going to have a melted bed or possibly a fire?by jaguarking11 - RAMPS Electronics
Re: PSU Options for RAMPS 1.4 and Mega 2560 R3 - 11 years ago
Quoteadavidm Quotejaguarking11 I would skip ATX psu's. If you want a power brick and have no intention of getting a heated bed, then why not find a decent 12v PSU. I tried converting the ATX psu converted and to be quite frank it stank at maintaining stable voltage even with minimal load on it. Think 20W. Then I added resistors to the 3.3v and 5v rail and it got marginally better. So I completelyby jaguarking11 - RAMPS Electronics
Re: PSU Options for RAMPS 1.4 and Mega 2560 R3 - 11 years ago
I would skip ATX psu's. If you want a power brick and have no intention of getting a heated bed, then why not find a decent 12v PSU. I tried converting the ATX psu converted and to be quite frank it stank at maintaining stable voltage even with minimal load on it. Think 20W. Then I added resistors to the 3.3v and 5v rail and it got marginally better. So I completely scraped the ATX psu and went fby jaguarking11 - RAMPS Electronics
Re: Printing Nylon Trimmer Line - 11 years ago
I am very interested in this as well. What have you guys printed?by jaguarking11 - General
Re: Auto leveling? - 11 years ago
Do you have any relevant documentation on this? I would love to take a look. QuoteAndyCart Quotejaguarking11 Well, I was messing around with the Marlin software on my arduino/ramps combo. I am just getting familiar with it. However I noticed the auto leveling feature on the software. It is the latest release from git as of a week or so ago. Can anyone explain how they implement this? I haveby jaguarking11 - Delta Machines
Auto leveling? - 11 years ago
Well, I was messing around with the Marlin software on my arduino/ramps combo. I am just getting familiar with it. However I noticed the auto leveling feature on the software. It is the latest release from git as of a week or so ago. Can anyone explain how they implement this? I have seen a servo that comes down and touches the bed solution. As well as a long rod on a mechanical end stop solutiby jaguarking11 - Delta Machines
Server PSU. Delta Printer - 11 years ago
Well it seems I have solved the Issue with getting stable ample power for my build. ATX psu was a great idea at first as it was free, however having to use resistors on the 5V and 3.3V rail was a pain in the behind. Even then the voltage drooped quite a bit. I did not want to deal with this so I thought about possible solutions. There are 4 solutions. XBOX-360 PSU, but only 203W. I was not coby jaguarking11 - Delta Machines
Re: Rostock Build Log - 11 years ago
Much appreciate the input, I will be using your schematic.by jaguarking11 - Delta Machines
Re: Rostock Build Log - 11 years ago
Quotejaydmdigital I read your blog. Are you a mechanical engineer? I have concerns about the friction of the belt on the fender washer. On the endstop switches, the ones you have are meant to plug into the S - + on the RAMPS and have their own pull up resistor on the circuit board (along with a LED). When you flipped the connector, you shorted - and + which took out the fuse on your Arduino. Anyby jaguarking11 - Delta Machines
Re: My extruder design totally reliable - 11 years ago
Its funny, I got my hands on a mig welder driver myself. Its design is very interesting, however the one I have is meant for .5mm wire, so too small for my use. However I can say that the teeth are farily spaced apart compared to direct drive or hobbled bolt. This design has a lower chance of shredding the filament or wire. Something to be learned from this path. Good luck with yours.by jaguarking11 - Mechanics
Re: Kossel upsize - 11 years ago
I have a copy of the excel file, however its cumbersome to use. I have been using this for my calculations. Take things with a grain of salt though and add a coefficient of error.by jaguarking11 - Delta Machines
Re: Waves in the build? - 11 years ago
The movement is not exactly the same on any layer. The movement of flatness is emulated, see if you can slow the print speed down a bit and see if the lines still appear, if the lines are not exactly the same then its slack that is causing resonant frequencies and that inconsistency. If it is the same, then your configuration may need to be tweaked.by jaguarking11 - Delta Machines
Re: Waves in the build? - 11 years ago
The spider may have some play in it. Even small amounts of slack in mounting it will result in a wavy print. At least my observation, however it could be slicer settings causing this as well.by jaguarking11 - Delta Machines
Re: Waves in the build? - 11 years ago
Correct me if im wrong, but that looks to me to be some slack in the spider causing this.by jaguarking11 - Delta Machines
Re: End Stops backwards - 11 years ago
Much appreciated. Looks like my end stops were wired correctly, looks like it was my mistake. poor little arduino. Its toast. I ordered a new set of electronics at this point. I don't want to play detective on a 50 dollar kit, however once I'm done, I will be buying another mega and trying to revive this as a spare. Its nice to have a spare ramps and drivers just in case.by jaguarking11 - Delta Machines