For me the hot end is not an issue. I have access to CNC swiss lathes and a few mills. I plan on making a one piece heat sink that mounts my existing heater block / nozzle using the threaded tube. I am currently testing with ABS and getting it to stick. I am going to make the parts the a wades and let you know how it ends up.by thanks78 - Prusa i3 and variants
I have the .stl for a wades and the X carriage to mount it too. Is that what you mean by "I don't think they work with MK8 do they?" I don't think it will mount to the stock X carriage that I have now. But I am looking for if it is any real advantage over what I am using now.by thanks78 - Prusa i3 and variants
This is the Y belt holder I used. I did not use the captive nut, just the standard with lock nuts. . Belt is still nice and tight after lots of printing. Are there any advantages to using a geared extruder? Like the wades and alike. My stepper gets quite warm on long prints. I was thinking not having it attached right to the hotend would help. Anyone have thoughts either way. Thanks. -Tomby thanks78 - Prusa i3 and variants
I just thought of a little more detail if you are looking at my config.h from my other post. My X endstop is on the LEFT, Y endstop on on the REAR near y stepper, and the prox prob in on the RIGHT side of the Extruder. My filament goes into the Right hole and the thumb grips are on the Left to change filament. I can post some pics if it helps too. I did change the Y belt bracket as well to a clby thanks78 - Prusa i3 and variants
My prox sensor is working well with the aluminum bed. I had to build a voltage divider to get the 12v down to 5v for the ramps to work and not fry, the output sensor wire goes to your current Z endstop connector on the ramps board, and the +,- need to go to 12 volts. My big hurdle was getting the Marlin firmware with auto bed level that would even compile. I found Github sucks the version inforby thanks78 - Prusa i3 and variants
Hi all, New to the printing game. I wanted to add my thoughts on the Folger Tech kit. I live local to them so it was an easy choice for me to pick it up from them. I have been working with it for about a month. It does have some issues but nothing you can't work through if you are willing. The mods that I have made so far: - Extruder was reversed for me off the bat, fixed in firmware. - I hadby thanks78 - Prusa i3 and variants