QuoteXChris I'm having problems with my extruder motor. The filament isn't being feed through properly, it just oscillates up and down, ie the motor moves forward a step then back as step. Problem remains with various Vref (from 0.1 - 0.6 V). When switching the wires for the x- driver, it feeds filament fine. When I switched the actual drivers on the board, nothing changes so it doesn't seem to bby rollinns - Prusa i3 and variants
QuoteUltiFix Is this the right guide to use when asembling my printer? In my last post I forgot to add the link Until bstern's build guide is done, it's the best place to start.by rollinns - Prusa i3 and variants
Quotetjnamtiw Quotesonnylowe QuoteBert3D Quotetjnamtiw I put this message in a separate message rather than put it where everyone hangs out. In preparation for my installation of the BLTouch probe for ABL, I moved the X end stop, made the appropriate changes, and tested to be sure everything was OK. Now I loaded Marlin's 1.1.0 RC2 and changed what needed to be changed but upon homing, X and Yby rollinns - Prusa i3 and variants
One thing that may be useful to the Wiki, I had some issues with my Arduino & LCD last night and the following fixed it, I'm just not sure where it would go in the wiki (maybe it shouldn't). I hadn't seen the recommendation to clear out the EEPROM before, but I think it's a good idea. Start of proposed addition to troubleshooting section of Wiki:>>>>>> The issue: My LCDby rollinns - Prusa i3 and variants
QuoteUltiFix QuoteBert3D QuoteUltiFix How much different than the oiginal Prusia I3 is this printer? The main thing is the much more rigid aluminum frame, motors at the top, and a lot fewer 3d printed parts. The original Prusa i3 uses a flat piece of acrylic or wood as the vertical portion, with rods bolted into the bottom to hold the Y axis setup, which form the entirety of the frame. The acrby rollinns - Prusa i3 and variants
QuoteMMeyer Any recommendations on a "good" one? I got my RAMPS at Amazon, I didn't even bother trying to contact FT, as it was said earlier, why have them send me another crappy one. I also burned up a few stepper drivers, I think they put one extra in the kit, but for $7.50 from Aliexpress.com I upgraded to the Drv8825 stepper drivers, they are quieter and I haven't blown one yet. I also haby rollinns - Prusa i3 and variants
Quotesrcga Happy with the E3d V6 so far, and the extruder remix that rippa posted. Venturing back into PETG, did a Benchy without much preparation and surprisingly it turned out great. Just picked up Simplify3D, getting used to it now.. What temps are you running at the hot end and the bed?by rollinns - Prusa i3 and variants
Quotetherippa Quoterollinns QuoteBert3D Reply to Rollinns You may be masking the problem rather than fixing it. If you aren't moving at slow step rates, your driver current is probably not correct. You may have just never noticed it because you never tried to move slow before. Do you have your X endstop on the left and plugged into the min-x position? Auto level doesn't work with x endstopby rollinns - Prusa i3 and variants
QuoteBert3D Reply to Rollinns You may be masking the problem rather than fixing it. If you aren't moving at slow step rates, your driver current is probably not correct. You may have just never noticed it because you never tried to move slow before. Do you have your X endstop on the left and plugged into the min-x position? Auto level doesn't work with x endstop at the max position and theby rollinns - Prusa i3 and variants
Now the first issue is solved, I changed some endstop settings, my x endstop is on the right (max), so here's the code that worked in configuration.h // Mechanical endstop with COM to ground and NC to Signal uses "false" here (most common setup). const bool X_MIN_ENDSTOP_INVERTING = true; // set to true to invert the logic of the endstop. const bool Y_MIN_ENDSTOP_INVERTING = true; // set to truby rollinns - Prusa i3 and variants
Quoterollinns Thanks for all the help on this, I haven't been on for a while. My printer was running fine, then a few parts went bad, and I got it working again. Now I have a few issues. I upgraded to theRippa's Marlin (1.1.0 RC3), I was running the stock FT marlin, but I installed a sensor for auto bed level, so I upgraded to theRippa's Marlin and that's what I need to solve. I believe I haby rollinns - Prusa i3 and variants
Thanks for all the help on this, I haven't been on for a while. My printer was running fine, then a few parts went bad, and I got it working again. Now I have a few issues. I upgraded to theRippa's Marlin (1.1.0 RC3), I was running the stock FT marlin, but I installed a sensor for auto bed level, so I upgraded to theRippa's Marlin and that's what I need to solve. I believe I have all the autby rollinns - Prusa i3 and variants
Quoterollinns Stepper issue, driver issue or ramps issue? I need help, I got a nearly acceptable print on the first print, the second was much better as I tweaked the temps. I then made mounts for the LCD controller, a new x-axis endstop mount and a new filament spool holder. My point is that everything worked, and actually worked pretty well with minimal tuning time. The spool holder was myby rollinns - Prusa i3 and variants
Stepper issue, driver issue or ramps issue? I need help, I got a nearly acceptable print on the first print, the second was much better as I tweaked the temps. I then made mounts for the LCD controller, a new x-axis endstop mount and a new filament spool holder. My point is that everything worked, and actually worked pretty well with minimal tuning time. The spool holder was my longest printby rollinns - Prusa i3 and variants
msaeger originally you wanted to try this to see if it held up to temps seen inside a car. how has it held up? o_lampe what leads you to believe the PETG filament prices will drop? I'm eager to get my printer done and start experimenting with PETG. I live in a place where filament is not available locally, but empty soda pop bottles are easily found, so if things go well with this filby rollinns - Reprappers
Quotetherippa For autoleveling, I'm not messing with that servo arm setup, I ordered an aluminum hot bed plate and will be using the inductor method - I agree, I could be wrong, but I think using something solidly fixed (inductor) will be more consistent than the servo based bed leveling methods. This one can be used with a glass bed, (and presumably an aluminum bed) and the price is not bad aby rollinns - Prusa i3 and variants