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Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago

Quoteanimoose A follow up to an earlier post: if you want to see what I mean by the RAMPS board being horrible, look at this picture: [2.bp.blogspot.com]. We've switched vendors and our new ones are also color coded. We are pretty happy with them, I don't know what happened with our previous vendor but the soldering was starting to get pretty sloppy towards the end it seems.

by Dan_FolgerTech - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago

Quoteanimoose I'm going to start on the electronics soon, and have been unpacking the boards. The quality of the RAMPS board is really horrible.. We've switched vendors in the past week due to this issue bring brought to our attention. We order thousands at a time so even QC'ing them some slip through our fingers. Email me and I will get you a replacement, even if you just keep it as a spare. &

by Dan_FolgerTech - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago

Quoteanimoose My construction continues. I am on step 10 (the Z carriage). This is physically the hardest step so far, in getting the bearings into the printed parts and in getting the Z carriage to the suggested size of 300mm. I found it hard to get one of the bearings in the extruder carriage to lie flat. I know I knocked some balls out of the LM8UU bearing when I fitted it, though it still see

by Dan_FolgerTech - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago

QuoteJoeH Hey guys, I ordered a Folger Tech 2020 i3 Prusa from ebay last Thursday, along with 2 spools of filament. The seller is asidewinderinc, I was just wondering if this is Folger tech's ebay store? or if they are affiliated in some way? This is our eBay store. Sorry for the delay I didn't realize John had listed the kit on eBay and I am trying to get them all caught up now! Don't worry it

by Dan_FolgerTech - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago

QuoteTenny sent the Z to home and as it got close to home I suddenly heard a pop and my computer shut down Tenny, this is usually caused by an Endstop being plugged in backwards, once the switch gets activated it shorts out the board. I am not saying that is what happened, just giving you something else to look at. Quotego_gn What is the weight and dimensions of a packed kit? It ships in a Lar

by Dan_FolgerTech - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago

Quoteanimoose ... or not. I got the filament today, but with the tracking number for the printer kit. Sorry bud! We are trying to get them out today we are 1 person short this week (not your problem though) and we are struggling to keep up with the printed parts while we wait for the ones from Crunch. Dan

by Dan_FolgerTech - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago

QuoteDevil Inc Dan/John. I'm having issues with the side mounted spool. The extruder is 'slipping' trying to pull the filament once it gets tight with the spool. I had a jam because of it. If I can source a piece of 20/20 quickly, I'm going to relocate the spool up top similar to the OG i3 users to see if removing the side load helps. Just an observation I'm noticing. A 6" long piece and a few mo

by Dan_FolgerTech - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago

Quotemarkts And those sneaky people at Folger Tech printed the mailing label for the printer Monday night, but didn't ship it yesterday. Looks they shipped my filament and it will be here today though. Monday was a holiday, no UPS or USPS. If we were really sneaky, we would have found a way to ship it. >D

by Dan_FolgerTech - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago

I am not sure why but I cannot edit the original post anymore. Here is the updated Google Drive link with the latest Build Guide, Firmware, .STL files, and anything else you will need along the way. Bookmark this link as it is a live link and will be modified. Folger Tech 2020 i3 3D Printer Kit - Documentation & Files Does anyone know how I can edit the top post? I had started this thread

by Dan_FolgerTech - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago

I am still not 100% done with the guide but all that is left now is wire clean up and routing which honestly usually comes down to personal preference anyway. I am exporting it to a .PDF now, the original document is almost 700mb so it takes a bit of time. I will upload it ASAP.

by Dan_FolgerTech - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago

Quotemottihoresh I ran into an issue where the belt wasn't tight enough so i printed few belt tensioners, You should have gotten 2 belt tension springs with your kit. I am sorry if you were missing them but if you shoot us an email we can always send you some. The printed ones are nice but ours are metal and won't break as easy. Great first prints! I am finalizing the guide now. Technically yo

by Dan_FolgerTech - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago

Hey Guys, I should have the build guide finished today, including the end stop mounting. Can you be more specific on the screws that were missing so I can make sure that future kits don't have them missing. Was it with the end stops? Since the guide isn't finished you wouldn't know but the end stop uses a mix of sizes depending on which end stop is being mounted. >D

by Dan_FolgerTech - Prusa i3 and variants

Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago

Hey Guys, With the first pre-orders of our new 2020 i3 printer kit shipped and already arriving in the hands of our customers, I wanted to get this thread started. The build guide should be up today and I will continue to update this post with new information, troubleshooting tips, and any issues that might arise from the first kits shipped. Please post all questions, tips, tricks, and suggest

by Dan_FolgerTech - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Folger Tech Kossel Delta 2020 Full 3D Printer Kit w/Auto-Level - 9 years ago

Deguello, we are going to be offering the aluminum corners for around $48 and shipped from the US. The ones I have right now are not anodized so they are just plain aluminum. If you want more info, shoot me an email or watch our website for the listing when I get the time to put them up!

by Dan_FolgerTech - Delta Machines

Re: Folger Prusa i3 Kit from ebay - 9 years ago

Hey Guys, I just wanted to comment to Vanbot. I try to pop in here when I can but we have been so overwhelmed that I haven't had as much of an opportunity lately and for that I apologize. We are working on a FAQ page on the website, an updated build guide, and possibly forums of our own! These first 2 kits were definitely a learning experience for us and we definitely learned from the mistak

by Dan_FolgerTech - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: folger tech ebay seller review - 10 years ago

QuoteZavashier I wish you'll get a better quality/price ratio Trust me we work very hard to try to find the best quality products for the price. And we are always trying to watch the forums to see where issues arise and how we can fix them. It's a bit of trial and error, but we really do evolve as a business every day and we hope that the quality only improves over time.

by Dan_FolgerTech - General

Re: folger tech ebay seller review - 10 years ago

QuoteZavashier I wish you'll get a better quality/price ratio Trust me we work very hard to try to find the best quality products for the price. And we are always trying to watch the forums to see where issues arise and how we can fix them. It's a bit of trial and error, but we really do evolve as a business every day and we hope that the quality only improves over time.

by Dan_FolgerTech - General

Re: folger tech ebay seller review - 10 years ago

QuoteDRobs86 I can say that I do believe that Dan intends to run a clean company, but has probably had more success than anticipated. I wish I had a business with that problem. Thanks! I am just the manager here but yes the amount of business and work load very much exceeded our expectations here and we are working very hard to get on top of things and come up with a nice fluid system moving fo

by Dan_FolgerTech - General

Re: folger tech ebay seller review - 10 years ago

Locutus_40, I am very sorry that you had such a poor experience. First I would like to apologize on behalf of everyone here at Folger Tech for the bad taste that was left in your mouth. Second I would like to touch base on a few things. Quote first off the bat i had missing parts.. emailed them 2 weeks later i have no replacement parts when i got done assembling the parts 1 of them was broken

by Dan_FolgerTech - General

Re: Folger Prusa i3 Kit from ebay - 10 years ago

Hey Guys! We have started doing weekly contests for our i3 kit buyers, please check out our facebook page below to enter to win either a 2004 LCD or a spool of filament (winners choice). Rules are posted on the link but were basically just looking for a picture of an object printed on our printer. Object needs to be sitting on our printer in the picture you submit via the facebook post below. G

by Dan_FolgerTech - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Folger Tech Kossel Delta 2020 Full 3D Printer Kit w/Auto-Level - 10 years ago

To those of you who got the beta version of our mounting kit, please email me at dan@folgertech.com and I will send you a new set of acrylic cut mounting pieces that replaced those. The first kits we sent out we were still working on the process and things were a little rushed and with it being Christmas we were

by Dan_FolgerTech - Delta Machines

Re: Folger Tech Kossel Delta 2020 Full 3D Printer Kit w/Auto-Level - 10 years ago

Also a note to anyone waiting on there Kossel kit still, we are working as hard as we can, the holidays have us backed up a bit. We really appreciate everyone's patience. We are working on hiring a few more people in here to help us get the kits packed and sent out. After today we should be caught up and back to our normal 10 business day handling time, and once the holiday rush settles we will b

by Dan_FolgerTech - Delta Machines

Re: Folger Tech Kossel Delta 2020 Full 3D Printer Kit w/Auto-Level - 10 years ago

Thanks for the build guide It looks great, we are also on freenode irc now at #folgertech.

by Dan_FolgerTech - Delta Machines

Re: Folger Prusa i3 Kit from ebay - 10 years ago

We are now offering a complete build guide for this printer:

by Dan_FolgerTech - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Folger Prusa i3 Kit from ebay - 10 years ago

Quotedooms101 Looks like your prints are coming along, 4.5hrs without a hiccup sounds great! Perhaps my modifications were too much? Well either way, I have designed (thingivese page) and printed a spacer/shroud so that you can turn the cold block 180 degrees and still have things line up. It also redirects the air properly and exhausts outwards instead of downwards to prevent warping. Here is

by Dan_FolgerTech - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Folger Prusa i3 Kit from ebay - 10 years ago

Hey Guys! Sorry it has taken me so long to notice this thread, we have been very busy over at Folger Technologies. It was very exciting to read through this forum and see some of the cool prints you have printed with our i3 kit (especially the alien that Walter printed). I am trying to get John on here he is the owner of the company and the brains behind the whole operation here. We have been pr

by Dan_FolgerTech - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Inquiry to get listed as US supplier. - 10 years ago

Quotethejollygrimreaper Quotepbrstreetgang That's the problem with importing filament from China. When you get a bad batch, it costs more to ship it back. So you're stuck with it. You should've just ate the cost instead of pawning it off on unsuspecting clients. But, that's what you get with this kind of people. You're a true capitalist Danny. Dan: something about this forum is our resident tro

by Dan_FolgerTech - General

Re: Inquiry to get listed as US supplier. - 10 years ago

Quote3D-ME I. I also ordered some ABS filament from Dan too, but it isn't very good at all, however it was the cheapest stuff on eBay, and I suppose at about $18 a roll, you get what you pay for! Overall, I am pretty pleased with FoldgerTech, and would like to see him involved in the RepRap community. Thanks! We lowered the price on that filament, we also were pretty disappointed. We just got so

by Dan_FolgerTech - General

Re: Inquiry to get listed as US supplier. - 10 years ago

QuoteMrDoctorDIV Just a tip though, using "tho" does not have the most professional appeal to it.].[/quote Thanks for the input. I was using my phone didn't even notice the grammatical error there. I do appreciate you taking the time to comment. The Filament pricing was done that way because when I initially setup the web-store I had no filament in stock, however we were having issues getting th

by Dan_FolgerTech - General

Re: Inquiry to get listed as US supplier. - 10 years ago

Quotepbrstreetgang US supplier is just a fancy way of saying Chinese importer. You people sicken me. That's harsh, though we do import some items we also try to source a majority of it through US small business where we can. I would also mention that the computer you are using is probably made in China. We also do all our hot end assemblies and wiring assembles in-house. And we provide jobs to

by Dan_FolgerTech - General