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Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago
Quotejhitesma Quotetjnamtiw On another topic, I was thinking more about die swell and the discussion I had with jhitesma about it as he successfully enlightened me about 'extrusion multiplier'. I raised my Z offset from the normal -3.3 mm to -2.7 mm so that my first pass would just lay down on the bed and not be squished as it normally would. At 40 mm/sec print speed, the extrudate after coolinby john-i - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago
Quotesonnylowe QuoteMopar99 Just finish up installing sonny's gen1 upgrades: full view: E3D v6 direct drive: Z- end stop, improvized just a m5 screw and t-nut. Full veiw of the z axis, 400 mm lead screw (that why the 2x4 are under the printer, didn't want to cut them yet). Still have some thing to clean up and fix. I will say it's a hole lot quieter than it was before with this seby john-i - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago
Quotemarc2912 QuoteUltiFix Now my printer wont accept ANY commands, does nothing when I try manual control after than "shindig" overnight. Tried rebooting it etc etc.] EDIT: When I came in and saw my printer was messed up I flipped off the power strip it was on, forgot I turned it off. Sigh Flipping off the power switch shouldn't have killed it. I wonder if the baking extruder baked anything elby john-i - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago
QuoteMach QuoteUltiFix Point taken... Will kapton tape be OK to keep the bottom of the extruder attached to the plastic? The screws are just there but slightsly stripped so the exturder can wiggle there way out. I think the only way to fix your extruder would be to swap it with your x or one of you z motors. With the amount of weight and sharp acceleration involved, tape will not hold. I was thby john-i - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago
Quotemarc2912 QuoteUltiFix I had an overnight print, woke up and my extruder had fallen off, looks like it fell of a few huors into the print. there goes 100 feet of plastic... I also had recently tightened it. -_- Not sure how im going to keep it on. Guys I can't stress this enough, be careful. These printers can start a fire. Until you're totally comfortable with everything and have ran hundby john-i - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago
Quotemarc2912 Quotemarc2912 Quotedlk4602 Hi, I just finished building my printer over the weekend and have been printing a bunch of stuff. So far I am pretty happy with the results. I do have a problem with melted plastic coming out the top side of the hot end. Eventually the melted plastic will run down the side of the nozzle and drip on my print. This is the stock extruder, I am not sure exby john-i - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago
Ran across this video comparing slicers... Thinking about trying the the Craftware slicerby john-i - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago
Quotemarkts Quoteanimoose I thought you might like to see a moment of pure awesomeness. I am printing a large spiral spring. Cura tries to avoid travel moves which cross the perimeters of the object, unlike Slic3r which takes straight lines and so gives more spider's webs. And it does travel moves as fast as possible. Wait until about 1:10 in the video. Wow! Hang on! lol That was great!!! loby john-i - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago
Quotemarc2912 QuoteMach Quotemarc2912 I'm having extrusion issues with both ABS and PLA. I've changed the extrusion from 100% all the way to 150% in 10% increment and see no real positive or negative changes. The infill looks better when around 120% but the pancaking layering I'm getting is persisting. What's really interesting is that it seems to only be affecting a layer every so often. Aby john-i - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago
Quotemsaeger Where are you guys ordering the BLtouch sensors? I can't figure out how to order off the indegogo page. I see them on ebay is that the only place to order from? Here is the link to the instructions.. I sent them $33 and then sent them an email with my information as requested in update 14 days ago Hello everyone who are interested in BLTouch! Thank you for all of your support.by john-i - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago
QuoteBert3D Quotejohn-i Regarding the BLTouch, how long did it take to get it? My has been sitting here since the 20th? 2016-01-20 13:52 Departure from outward office of exchange, Dispatch number : 13 2016-01-20 13:43 INCHEON, Flight number : PO214 I tried looking up the tracking number on the USPS website and it recognized it as an item from Korea but it didn't have any informby john-i - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago
Regarding the BLTouch, how long did it take to get it? My has been sitting here since the 20th? 2016-01-20 13:52 Departure from outward office of exchange, Dispatch number : 13 2016-01-20 13:43 INCHEON, Flight number : PO214 I tried looking up the tracking number on the USPS website and it recognized it as an item from Korea but it didn't have any information.by john-i - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago
QuoteUltiFix You guys are using a 8x8 sheet of glass for the print bed right? How thick is it? Im assuming 1/2 inch or less would be OK? I just bought an 8 x 8 x 1/8 piece of glass and asked them to sand down the edges and corners so they weren't sharp.. but I had to go to a glass shop, Lowes didn't have anything that thickby john-i - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago
Quick question: My X-Axis motor is pretty hot to the touch, I can leave my thumb on it for about 30-45 seconds before I have to pull it off. Whereas my Y-Axis motor is warm but not at all hot.. Is the X-Axis motor suppose to run so warm? If not, what do I need to do to run it cooler?by john-i - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago
Found this and thought it may be useful especially for us newbies It is a visual guide to troubleshooting your prints... note: it is for an ultimaker printer but the concepts should still translate well..by john-i - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago
Quotesonnylowe Quotepeeejayz Anyone got a recommended inductive sensor, Mine just arrived and its to big to fit into any of the brackets I've printed. I got the 8mm sensing one. I think most of the inductive sensor are the same diameter (14mm), the Capacitive Sensor I'm currently testing is 12mm. What bracket are you trying to use and what Extruder? Sonny Side Note: I there a way to make myby john-i - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago
QuoteUltiFix Does this printer require any expensive software or cables to use? Hello UltiFix, welcome.. no you don't. As long as you have a PC that can run the repeater software, I think almost anything windows 7 and above will work.. that is all you need. It uses a standard usb 2.0 cable and for the most part is very easy to put together.. I have a Delta printer that I paid over 3x as much aby john-i - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago
Quotetherippa I started the wikia page - Please go enter info for what you know! Nice job, that is going to make all the difference in the world.. great topic starters too.. thank you very much for getting it started. Now we just need everyone to add it to their signatureby john-i - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago
Quotetherippa Did Folgertech put up a billboard or something? All of this new blood on the forum in the last day or two Does anyone else think it's about time we made a wiki page of some sort regarding this printer and we can put a link in our sigs since we can't update the first post on the thread? The forum software sucks and searching for stuff isn't super helpful. When someone comes hereby john-i - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago
Hello, I feel like an idiot.. I have part of a picture of the board and for the life of me I can't figure out where I got it.. has anyone seen this before and if so, do you know where I can get the full pic..by john-i - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!! My 2020 I3 arrived and I have completed the mechanical assembly. I am having one problem, the bottom LM8UU bearings that I installed in step 10 on the right side that holds the Z carriage keeps falling out. The upper one stays in but the bottom one keeps dropping.... any suggestions?by john-i - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago
Sonnylowe, thank you for the quick response. Is this an update to the one that Folger Tech posted on thier Google drive?by john-i - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago
I have read a number of posts where people have stated that the build documentation is either wrong or missing information and I am a bit concerned that there still isn't an updated document. Has anyone put together an errata sheet with all of the corrections?by john-i - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago
Mach, Love to see some pictures when you are done.. have fun and good luck!by john-i - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Folger Tech 2020 i3 Printer Kit (Official Thread) - 9 years ago
I have built several photobooths out of 8020's 1010 (1"x1") and 1020 (1"x2") material and I do all cuts with a metal band saw. I typically use a disk sander and clean up the ends. I believe the extrusions used here is the metric version 20-2020 which means that it is a member of the Series 20 (important to know so you know what accessories (nuts, bolt, etc) will work with it.) The 2020 meansby john-i - Prusa i3 and variants