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Re: Having Problems with connecting the printer - 10 years ago
Quotecookg Is the only way to fix a fried voltage regulator to buy a new board? I don't need that info atm because i'm going to try the setup on a different computer, but if you could get back to me that would be nice. You could also replace the voltage regulator, but since you can get a arduino mega for about ten bucks, it may be easier just to buy a new one.by Mach - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 10 years ago
Quotenontech_3der QuoteMach Quotenontech_3der Need help Just Built my Printer finished setting the voltage on the motors now my issue is when move the z axis is see the log says "endstops hit: Z:0.00" Not sure where I need to edit the config file to fix this.. any help and or guidance will be greatly appreciated I am guessing that you are trying to move the Z axis up? Is the axis triggeringby Mach - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 10 years ago
Quotemarc2912 Could anyone give me pointer on supports? I'm looking to run a print on something like http://www.thingiverse.com/make:173360 but when I try setting up supports it gives me something like this which obviously is way too much support. I think very minor support for the left hand, maybe the nose and the hat should do it. Any pointers? thanks Use cura. It give much better qualitby Mach - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 10 years ago
Quotejohn-i Hello, I feel like an idiot.. I have part of a picture of the board and for the life of me I can't figure out where I got it.. has anyone seen this before and if so, do you know where I can get the full pic.. If you got it from this thread, you probably got it from me since I have posted it a few times. Here is the full picby Mach - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 10 years ago
Quotenontech_3der Need help Just Built my Printer finished setting the voltage on the motors now my issue is when move the z axis is see the log says "endstops hit: Z:0.00" Not sure where I need to edit the config file to fix this.. any help and or guidance will be greatly appreciated I am guessing that you are trying to move the Z axis up? Is the axis triggering the endstop? Could you pastby Mach - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 10 years ago
Quotejhitesma Also, think I figured out why my LCD from Folger isn't working: I could be wrong but I assume both rows of pins are meant to be soldered on those headers Soldered them up over lunch but didn't have time to hook it up and test it since the frog was still printing Hahaha, good ol' folger tech QC, lolby Mach - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 10 years ago
Quotewatlooazn Still trying to print my first calibration cube. I load the part, slice, click print and now it's weird I see my heat bed heating up but it took it 50 mins!! To reach 60 deg. After that it stopped heating up even thought it's supposed to reach 80 to print. Maybe it's a bad solder job? My wires are solidly attached to contacts 1 2 and 3 on the bed. What could be the issue here?by Mach - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 10 years ago
Quoteseabass07 Anyone know if the single A4988 driver that runs both z axis motors can support two Nema 17's? Is that too much for a single driver? I have never had a problem with it, so I guess it can.by Mach - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Having Problems with connecting the printer - 10 years ago
Quotecookg I have the USB cable to connect the arduino mega 2560 to my computer, but every time i try to upload the program to the board, it either sends error messages in the code, or it says that it couldn't connect to the board. I have followed the instructions multiple times trying different ports and settings, but nothing seems to work. Then, in the Repetier host software, I can't connect toby Mach - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 10 years ago
Quotemsaeger QuoteMach So I just found out that Folger Tech came out with a new printer a month ago, thought anyone on it? This one? I saw an ad for this one and didn't know if it was new or not. That's the one.by Mach - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 10 years ago
So I just found out that Folger Tech came out with a new printer a month ago, thought anyone on it?by Mach - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 10 years ago
QuoteJim72 Hi this is my first post here. I am building the 2020 version of the i3 from Folgertech. I ordered the optional LCD "kit" for this and have read the first 19 pages of this thread, but instead of reading the next 76 pages I will ask. Is there a file or PDF that has the information necessary to hook this up and configure to the supplied Ramps 1.4. I am a total noob to 3d printing, been rby Mach - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 10 years ago
QuoteDavewerld Hi again all, I'm back at the printer after a sabbatical forced on me by a few deadlines. I started up the printer finally and got some really nice prints with whatever material the green stuff Folger tech sent with the printer. I bought a roll of ABS and it didn't print as well, even following the temp guidelines I found saying 230 for extruder and 100 for the bed. So I thought tby Mach - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 10 years ago
Quotefoul_owl Any pictures or info on routing the heated bed and y axis motor wiring? Thanks! The heated bed wires go to the D8 terminals, and the Y motor wires go to the top middle motor pins.by Mach - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 10 years ago
Quotebstern I'm having a lot of trouble getting my SK8s to hold onto the chromed rods that the heated bed rides. Am I overlooking something? I've tried tightening the set screws like crazy, but when I manually slide the bed back and forth, most of the time it shoves one or both of the rods out of an SK8. This is a problem that a lot of people have experienced. Usually people just wrap some tapby Mach - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 10 years ago
QuoteBastion Hi. So i just bought and built the i3 2020 and got most of the calibrations done to it, the X,Y, and Z axis are all moving well and stopping where they need to stop but the problem that I am having is that the extruder will not extrude filament when instructed to do so, it makes a clicking noise and wont feed unless I press down on the filament entrance lever. So I did some diggingby Mach - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 10 years ago
Quotebuilt350camaro Quotesonnylowe Quotebuilt350camaro Need some help here guys. I want to have my printer to print a line from the home corner to the print area. I cant figure out the gcode to make it do it. Writing G-Code to get the printer to lay down a bead of filament is pretty easy, but I'm not sure how you'd get it to do that on it's way to the starting point of the print (if I'm readinby Mach - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 10 years ago
Quotephoto444 Mach, The piece was installed; It helped but needs more. As you see in the picture the angle is still large. I could not go to this height before. The center to center distance should be 18 mm. Could you please draw STL file once more for me? The overall size can be little larger perhaps by 1 mm. Here is the piece 18mm and 19mm between centers. let me know which one works, andby Mach - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 10 years ago
Quotetpb0420 quick question. Im trying out cura but i cant get the z axis to lower like in slicer after g29 command. I have tried G1, M212, and G92. What am I doing wrong. Sounds like it could be something in your start gcode. This is in configuration > g-codes tab.by Mach - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 10 years ago
QuoteKeary123 Quick question. I had auto bed leveling setup and running using the supplied Z end-stop switch. I am looking to change out the end-stop with a more precise micro-switch. I was wondering if anyone has used the micro-switch and what connections they wired to the ramps board. The switch has "C" which i am guessing is signal, "NO" normally open, and "NC" normally closed. Thanks for tby Mach - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 10 years ago
Quotephoto444 QuoteMach Quotephoto444 Hi All, I have been watching this forum with excitement for a while and now I have one built and it still is in its tuning/adjusting sessions. When I was printing lower-profile objects all was OK but when z axis reaches more than 10 cm the motor misses steps. I found out that the left side guide rod and the threaded rod are NOT parallel at all; the spacingby Mach - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 10 years ago
Quotephoto444 Hi All, I have been watching this forum with excitement for a while and now I have one built and it still is in its tuning/adjusting sessions. When I was printing lower-profile objects all was OK but when z axis reaches more than 10 cm the motor misses steps. I found out that the left side guide rod and the threaded rod are NOT parallel at all; the spacing at the motor mount betweby Mach - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 10 years ago
Quotemsaeger Quotesonnylowe QuoteMach Thanks everyone. I am planning on doing sonnylowe's Y axis mod, and I did not want to have to go to a machine shop to get it cut. I am hoping doing it with a hacksaw will not be to difficult due to the extrusion being solid; fingers crossed. Mach, I also used a chop saw, it works great. If you're doing the X mod don't break the edge off the rail until youby Mach - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 10 years ago
Quotesonnylowe QuoteMach Thanks everyone. I am planning on doing sonnylowe's Y axis mod, and I did not want to have to go to a machine shop to get it cut. I am hoping doing it with a hacksaw will not be to difficult due to the extrusion being solid; fingers crossed. Mach, I also used a chop saw, it works great. If you're doing the X mod don't break the edge off the rail until you run it througby Mach - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 10 years ago
Quotejohn-i Mach, Love to see some pictures when you are done.. have fun and good luck! Thanksby Mach - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 10 years ago
Thanks everyone. I am planning on doing sonnylowe's Y axis mod, and I did not want to have to go to a machine shop to get it cut. I am hoping doing it with a hacksaw will not be to difficult due to the extrusion being solid; fingers crossed.by Mach - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 10 years ago
Has anyone tried cutting aluminum extrusion with a hacksaw? If anyone has, is it easy, and does it give clean cuts?by Mach - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 10 years ago
Quotebuilt350camaro Anyone have any ideas on what I can do to fix me computer getting Firmware unresponsive error messages? I have replaced the USB cable already. Made sure my computer isn't turning the USB off. Really sucks when it dies mid print. Sometimes it will recover but others it just sits there and melts a hole in the print. That is the nature of printing via usb, lots of communicatby Mach - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 10 years ago
QuoteMopar99 looks like tinkercad will work, was kind hoping for something to install on my mac as i dont have internet at home. life in the stick Ah, you needed something that would work with a mac os. Sketchup works pretty well and it has mac compatibility. Not as good as designspark, but still pretty decent. You will need to install the sketchup stl plugin though since it does not have builtby Mach - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 10 years ago
QuoteMopar99 therippa, What version of firmware do i need for the E3D-v6 HotEnd? I notices there is 3 different firmware for this on your github. I'm running a stock printer with E3D-v6 direct drive hotend upgrade only. Anyone, Whats a good way to edit an STL file. I have one that i want to make a small change to but haven't figure out how. I'm using 123d Design with Meshmixer. thanksby Mach - Prusa i3 and variants