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Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 7 years ago

Choices choices choices Repetier: Repetier download Marlin: Marlin download

by Mach - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 kit: Safety? - 7 years ago

NEVER solder wires going into terminal blocks as soldering them reduces the surface area of the wires that touch the contacts in the block. This can lead to high resistance in the only available points that current can flow through, causing heat at the terminal blocks and the risk of fire. I would highly suggest redoing any wiring on your printer has the tips soldered.

by Mach - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Print job won't start!!!!! - 7 years ago

Have you tried looking at the log to see if it is telling you anything? Could be a communication error.

by Mach - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: HELP! Adding BlTouch to Delta - 7 years ago

I neither have a delta or use marlin so I cannot say. I Know that repetier firmware has auto bed leveling for delta, so i'm not quite sure why that is for marlin. It could be that the complex kinematics of deltas take up too much space on the controller board, or it causes the controller to slow down, but who knows.

by Mach - Reprappers

Re: HELP! Adding BlTouch to Delta - 8 years ago

The compiler is telling you that a " ) " is missing before the start of the function block. I looked at the code and did not see any missing parentheses, so it must have been accidentally deleted. Ctrl find through that file for that function and make sure that it has the parentheses before the semicolon.

by Mach - Reprappers

Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 8 years ago

Quotemarkag Got my kit in today. Everything seems to be in order. My boards don't look too bad, but I did have a question on the arduino board in the image. It seems like I might have a solder bridge, but it also looks like it might be intentional. Looking for some input there. I also noticed my hot end is not square relative to the extruder. Question is, should I care? How do I fix it? I'

by Mach - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 8 years ago

QuoteUltiFix QuoteMach QuoteUltiFix Hey guys, My Folgertech 2020 has been a trusty beast printing multiple spooles of plastic for me... But finally my extruder/hotend/temp reader is failing. Its a long overdue upgrade at this point... Any good reccomendations for all in one replacement on a budget? I don't want to buy junk though. If it costs more so be it... Im looking to print PLA/ABS/Ninjaflex

by Mach - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 8 years ago

QuoteUltiFix Hey guys, My Folgertech 2020 has been a trusty beast printing multiple spooles of plastic for me... But finally my extruder/hotend/temp reader is failing. Its a long overdue upgrade at this point... Any good reccomendations for all in one replacement on a budget? I don't want to buy junk though. If it costs more so be it... Im looking to print PLA/ABS/Ninjaflex/PETG/Nylon all the goo

by Mach - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 8 years ago

Quotekarimm Hi folks, Is it normal for the heated bed to take several minutes to reach the 90C temperature for printing with ABS? I feel something is wrong here. Any help would be appreciated. P.S. the hot end takes much less to reach 245C Thanks a million. It could be that your bed heating protocol is set to use PID instead of bang-bang. It could also bed that your bed max power is set lower

by Mach - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 8 years ago

QuoteForceFedDSM I just finished building my 2020 i3 and I am having an issue when trying to home Z. Everything I tested up to this point has worked great. Basically when I connect using pronterface and home the Z axis the motors hum and seem to have a hard time moving. When I press the end stop while it is trying to home z, the printer moves like expected. Jogging the printer also works like

by Mach - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Consistent under-extrusion on stock Folgertech hot-end - 8 years ago

Quotelemgandi I am unable to print from my Folgertech 2020 Prusa Mendel right now because not enough plastic is coming out of my (stock Folgertech) extruder. I'm printing in ABS at 240 degrees using Repetier Host from a linux box. This machine has printed fine in the past but I left it for a while to work on other things. The symptom appears to be skipped steps on the extruder motor. When I d

by Mach - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 8 years ago

Quotecrumb4life Just built my i3 got it printing today. After I borrowed a ramps board from a friend, mine is bad. I am printing a test print now which is working. But I can't seem to get the X Axis to home. I hit home in Repetier and it doesn't move to the right where the end stop is. Any suggestions I can try? Make sure your X axis endstop is plugged in one spot over from the right on your ra

by Mach - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 8 years ago

QuoteUltiFix My cooling fan doesnt spin up at 50% (It does if I manually spart spinning it). Is there any way in the firmware to peg it at 100% 24/7? This is a print cooling fan - Not the extruder hetsink fan. No. If you want it to be at 100% all the time, set the both the min and max fan speed to 100% in your slicer.

by Mach - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 8 years ago

Oops

by Mach - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 8 years ago

It is a firmware issue. I had the same problem with that display in marlin. I switched over to repetier since i could not figure it out.

by Mach - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 8 years ago

QuoteLancelotL Has anyone ever tried to run multiple FT2020s off the same computer to print the same thing? I would think it would be easy to do, but I'm not exactly sure how to do it. Is there a USB splitter that would make this possible? usb splitters do exist, but you would most likely run into issues with data being sent back to the computer from the printer. The proper way to do it would

by Mach - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 8 years ago

QuoteUltiFix QuoteMach QuoteUltiFix Can the stock folgertech 2020 print Taulman 910 nylon? NVM Have you tried at all? I guess the stuff prints at 245c... I have not tried it, but i would guess it should print fine. In my deleted post, i was said that it could not print because the temps were too high, but then looked at their website and saw that it prints at a temp less than the max temp for th

by Mach - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 8 years ago

QuoteUltiFix Can the stock folgertech 2020 print Taulman 910 nylon? NVM

by Mach - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 8 years ago

QuoteWilberMaker Found it. First miss informed by my daughter, I is a "Thermal Runaway" error not "Thermal Breakdown". Sorry about that. Got it to do it again while testing. Seems that I just mounted a new radial type cooling fan on the print head and after checking looks like the fan blows out at an angle. Not straight out of the opening like I was thinking. At the angle it is blowing directly o

by Mach - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 8 years ago

QuoteWilberMaker I am getting a thermal breakdown error. Can someone tell me what that is? I am not sure if that is a decoupling error, or a min temp error. Not sure I have heard of any thermal errors with that name. What other info is given with the error?

by Mach - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 8 years ago

Quotespottedleaf Hi, still building my printer, but I'm not getting ANY axis movement, does anyone have suggestions?? At the stage where I'm trying to move the axes in Repetier, however no command, homing nor manual control, works for any axis. I am getting temperature readings. Endstops light up when triggered. Things I have tried: I have used M119 to check the endstops and all are open, and s

by Mach - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: PLA Object Is Coating Necessary? - 8 years ago

QuotePlumguy Hmmm, so moisture is more of a concern with PLA filament, (such as storage) but not the final printed object? Correct

by Mach - General

Re: PLA Object Is Coating Necessary? - 8 years ago

QuotePlumguy Greetings! So after reading about 3D printing for quite some time, I bought a Folger Tech 2020 on Ebay and decided to start off printing with PLA. So, my question is, do PLA objects need to be coated after printing to prevent moisture deterioration? Thanks! ps: printer should be here by Monday so next week will be a looooooooooooooooooong learning week! Moisture does not

by Mach - General

Re: Connection issues w/ Folger Tech 2020 - 8 years ago

Quoteschmuck hi Hi

by Mach - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 8 years ago

Quoteschmuck Does any one think they might be able to help me with the post that I just posted here: I have a 2020 prusa by FT and just need some quick marlin tips. Thanks! The pastebin link you provided in the thread is not functional. Also, could you give a picture of your printer settings in rep-host, and say where your endstops are located. I know from experience if you do not have the p

by Mach - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 8 years ago

QuoteWilberMaker I am trying to install a Inductive sensor on my printer. The sensor is working. If I put the head in the center of the bed and do a normal Z home it works like a regular endstop. Problem comes when I try a G28 it Homes X and W normal then trys to home Z with the sensor hanging off the bed. What settings do I change to get it to home Z in the center of the bed? I deal with the se

by Mach - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 8 years ago

[email protected] I've tried the x end stop plugged into the last spot and the one beside it (min and max). When I hit the home button the stepper twitches a little then locks in place. It's the last thing holding us up we have everything else ready to go. And as far as the x stepper plug itself the board is labled and I have tried another board i have here so it's a software issue/end

by Mach - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Connection issues w/ Folger Tech 2020 - 8 years ago

Quoteschmuck X: Left Y: Back Z: Bottom you should have your endstops plugged into: X min for x axis Y max for y axis Z min for z axis #define USE_XMIN_PLUG #define USE_YMIN_PLUG #define USE_ZMIN_PLUG //#define USE_XMAX_PLUG //#define USE_YMAX_PLUG //#define USE_ZMAX_PLUG should be #define USE_XMIN_PLUG //#define USE_YMIN_PLUG #define USE_ZMIN_PLUG //#define USE_XMAX_PLUG #define USE_YMAX_PLU

by Mach - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: Connection issues w/ Folger Tech 2020 - 8 years ago

Quoteschmuck Mach, Sorry for the late response. Here is my configuration.h in a link: You could probably tell me for sure, but I think that I already downloaded that version and that's how I got it to do what I wanted, but still having mechanical issues. Not anything on the firmware side. Thanks Forgot to ask, where are your endstops located?

by Mach - Prusa i3 and variants

Re: folger tech prusa and filament temperatures - 8 years ago

Quotehobbes Thank you Mach. I'll check it out this weekend. (i have to review how to get the marlin thing to make changes on my printer. I haven't done it since i originally built it). I will also read up on the wiki in your signature. Thanks Are you just a Folger Tech aficionado or do you work for the company? If i had to replace the thermistor, would i just go with a stock replacement from

by Mach - Prusa i3 and variants