So, i was looking at making my 2020 Prusa i3 printer quieter and thought about buying/swapping one of the X/Z motors (which are silent) for the Y bed motor (which is noisy as fck). I can't even hear my X carriage moving back and forth but i can hear the Y moving from halfway across the house lol. Other than the torque rating, is there really any other difference between these motors? p.s. I hby Slaghton - Prusa i3 and variants
I use blue painters tape ontop of my glass bed heated to 90C with a bit of high strength hair spray on top of the tape. Haven't had any abs parts come off doing this since I started with this method.by Slaghton - Prusa i3 and variants
Just from thinking this over while taking the time to read the thread, I think it might be better to just have 4 printers with a decent size and split your 3d model so you can print multiple parts at once. It's like have a printer running 4x as fast if you don't mind piecing them together later. Ex: running a computer program designed with multithreading/multicore support for higher performancby Slaghton - General
I've only had my folgertech printer for about 2-3 weeks but so far its been pretty decent. I still have a little tweaking left because I was a complete noob to this but my prints are getting close to perfect.by Slaghton - Prusa i3 and variants
Ah thanks, not sure how I missed those stl's. I downloaded some other batch. I saw your modification . I might have to look into it if it reduces vibration/increases print quality =). Here's my most recent print even with my heavy vibration for my bearing holders being loose. (the band artifact was caused by me pressing my finger lightly against a rattling bearing) P.S. For people talkingby Slaghton - Prusa i3 and variants
Is there a stl file for the folgertech prusa i3 2020 bearing holders for the y axis rods? I sorted stripped the screw holes of mine from running my printer head down onto the build plate and luckily the screws gave way and made a pop noise that alerted me that the the end stop didn't trigger (mightv got moved when messing with something earlier) and now I can still print but it vibrates from theby Slaghton - Prusa i3 and variants
QuoteMach QuoteSlaghton Hey, I recently replaced my hotend since I clogged it and I was wondering how it was suspending itself before? It seems you can just pull it right out of the extruder like its sort of floating and I feel like feeding the filament is just going to push it out. Thinking maybe I left a step out when retaching the barrel screw with the hotend? The throat of the hotend goesby Slaghton - Prusa i3 and variants
Hey, I recently replaced my hotend since I clogged it and I was wondering how it was suspending itself before? It seems you can just pull it right out of the extruder like its sort of floating and I feel like feeding the filament is just going to push it out. Thinking maybe I left a step out when retaching the barrel screw with the hotend?by Slaghton - Prusa i3 and variants
Worthy of a bump. The reason I kept having the x shift on this model i was trying to print was because when I imported it into blender to inspect it I found a lot of non manifold edges. I fixed them and now its printing normally. This is likely the problem with your model or I atleast hope its something that simple. (actually, now I think it was the filament pulling off the spool and becomingby Slaghton - Prusa i3 and variants
I just had this problem for the first time when trying to print a model off thingiverse. I never had this probably with my own models i've printed so far. (I think my spool of filament caught)by Slaghton - Prusa i3 and variants
If I had to say as a beginner, the spool of filament being straight above instead of left and above would help I believe.by Slaghton - Prusa i3 and variants
QuoteFlyer OK, let's here it for Aqua Net! Not sure why, and I hope it will last, but I've printed out a couple of parts now and besides the little 3mm holes, things seem to be printing OK. Still a long way to go... Hey I just started printing today ()well yesterday now) and ive been printing abs on a cold bed with tape that ive sanded with 100 grit and then wiped with alcohol afterwards. Obvby Slaghton - Prusa i3 and variants
Hmm no slipping on mine thankfully and yeah I got my motors close to the right numbers. I think x y is something like 83.27 / 80.89. I did try making a bunch of stickman using higher and lower numbers +/- 5 just to see what happened but it didn't seem to affect the odd shift. It did get a lot better when I increased tension back on the x axis belt because a ziptie had come loose though. (Theby Slaghton - Prusa i3 and variants
Ok so I just finished setting up and calibrating my folger tech printer today but it looks like I still have a bit of calibrating left to do but its really close. It seems though that there is some axis thats off or is shifted over that you can see in the picture. I think it got better after I tightened the x axis belt but maybe I need to tighten it a bit more? I have the all axis steps caliby Slaghton - Prusa i3 and variants
Actually, even though setting the z axis steps to 500 makes the z axis move sh1tty it actually moves to what would be expected for distance. Like G1 Z5 F5000 actually moves close to 5 mm though the speed F5000 is still to fast and stalls so I have to manually lower that still. If i can make the steps around 500 not judder when moving then I would just have the speed left to figure out. Edit: Aby Slaghton - Prusa i3 and variants
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I'de help troubleshoot with you if I could get my Z axis to work properly in a print. It works fine in manual movement but during a print it just stalls because its trying to move to fast i think =\. Maybe I can try to just print a 1 layer shape and see what happens lol.by Slaghton - Prusa i3 and variants
I had to set my Z axis step units all the way down to 250 and now everything appears to be working. #define min_software_endstops false //If true, axis won't move to coordinates less than HOME_POS. #define max_software_endstops true //If true, axis won't move to coordinates greater than the defined lengths below. // Travel limits after homing #define X_MAX_POS 200 <---Works in mm as expectby Slaghton - Prusa i3 and variants
I recently built the folger tech prusa i3 2020 but i'm having some trouble with the z axis not moving correctly. In repetier host, if i press the +/- .01 for the z axis it moves accordingly, but if i press .1,1, or 10 it barely turns and makes sort of a higher pitched woo-wee-woo sound (like a lower pitched to higher pitched to lower pitched sound). I've did some minor adjustments of the steppeby Slaghton - Prusa i3 and variants