Duh! I feel so dumb now Can't you tell I am an absolute newbie now? Thank you for taking the time to clear this up. I am glad to have people like you to guide a noob like me, greatly appreciate!by rich1812 - Prusa i3 and variants
Hi coldfront, thanks for your reply. You were right, I did wire the hot bed wrong, after re-wired now it works fine. as for the filament, this is the one I bought on eBay, 2meters PTFE Teflon Tube For 1.75mm Filament for 3D Printer RepRap Rostock. It says 1.75mm but it's way to big.(too big.jpg) I bought the printer from the same seller, this is the one came with the printer(perfect.jpg.) whichby rich1812 - Prusa i3 and variants
Hi coldfront, thanks for such a uick reply. I have the hot bed on 12V, should I use 24V? Doesn't the Folger PSU only output 3 pairs of 12V? Prior to buying the kit, I bought a 1.75mm filament, but it seems the diameter is too big for the Folger extruder, when I got the kit, it came with a roll of filament that 's much thiner, about 3mm. I am abit confused, the 1.75mm does mean the diameter, isby rich1812 - Prusa i3 and variants
Hi, I have some more questions. 1.) When I have the heated bed on and the temperature on, I leave it for about 10 minutes or so, than it would shut itself off, I can no longer move the axes. Is this some kind of over heat protection? If so, how am I suppose to print an object as printing an object likely take longer then 10 minutes. Is there something in the framework setting I need to change? Iby rich1812 - Prusa i3 and variants
Hi, I almost finish building Folger i3, I have a few questions. 1.) When setting the home position, I am not sure how far the extruder should be from the heated bed, should it be 1mm or more? 2.) During testing, on all X, Y and Z, when they touch the endstops, they all bounce back for about 2-3mm then they will return to where they are suppose to stop, then they stop. Is this normal? Thanksby rich1812 - Prusa i3 and variants
Hi I am so very close to finish building this printer! Because of the lack of instruction and my lack of knowledge, it takes a lot longer to build it. But in the process, I learn a lot and I am loving it! The final question I have now is that I am not getting any output from D8 and D9, I am using Marlin's downloaded from Google, I am not sure which line to change. Also, the fan wires on the eby rich1812 - Reprappers
Thaks to many of your helps, I have wired everything up. I followed this instruction a lot All motors and endstops are working properly, Just a few more Questions. 1.) When the axles traps the endstop, the carriers would bounces back a few mm, than come to a full stop, is this a normal? 2.) regarding the hot end and the heated bed. I followed the wirings large on this diagram(pic1) The thermisby rich1812 - General Mendel Topics
Thank you all for your helpful replies. @dc42 I just want to make sure I get this correctly, so the the thick red wires are the extruder heater wires(thick red) go to the D10 connector on the RAMPS and the thin white wires go to T0. Am I correct? and I do not recall seeing the thermistor that goes to the middle of the heated bed in the Folger kit, I hope I didn't lose it. Is this necessary orby rich1812 - General Mendel Topics
Hi I tried once again, this time it seems to work fine. No smoke came out of the boards. But still remains a question, in the attached diagram (pic1), there are three components - Extruder Thermistor, Extruder Power Resistor and the component in the center of the red square-the heated bed, I do not have them in the Folger kit. Are the Extruder Thermistor and the Extruder Power Resistor built in?by rich1812 - General Mendel Topics
@jbernardis I am sorry the pic wasn't clear. It was a plug that has 4 pin, two yellow and two black. each (Yellow/Black) pairs has 12V output, so I did precisely what you said, one 12V pair goes to one RAMP 12V in and the other goes to the second RAMP 12V in. But somehow with the Arduino Mega attached, smoke came out and I smell something burning. I hope I didn't fry anything. I am not clear whyby rich1812 - General Mendel Topics
Hi I just bought my first Purase i3 printer kit from eBay, The frame is all done, now comes to the wirings where I got stuck. I don't feel comfortably with OEM PSU that comes with the kit, so I use a run of the mill ATX PSU from my PC.(please see pic1.) I wired it as this diagram has shown, here is where I am not very clear. In the diagram, it shows both Main Power Supplies are from 12V sourcby rich1812 - General Mendel Topics