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Re: Chinese eBay 3D printer - Story so far, and request for advice - 8 years ago
I'll play around with what I have just now then, see if I can get a cube or at least something out of it for now and look at upgrades once I have a better idea of things.by ad456m - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Chinese eBay 3D printer - Story so far, and request for advice - 8 years ago
I've been looking at replacing the extruder too as it seems to be the main weak point of the model. I liked the look of a full metal one for obvious reasons but the different models are a mystery to me so i'll sift the wiki on here to fix that. Something with a tension lever seems the obvious route to me as I'll be able to adjust it without having to strip it down but this might be an uneducatedby ad456m - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Chinese eBay 3D printer - Story so far, and request for advice - 8 years ago
WOOOOHOO! I have life, that Printrun is exactly what i was after The calibration of the printer is a wee bit off but all the bits respond properly and I've got a clunking extruder but not worried about that, i'm sure I'll figure that out. I was planning to replace/upgrade to drv8825 all round in (a short) time too, nice to know i can and i have those thermistors in the mail. I'll have to readby ad456m - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Chinese eBay 3D printer - Story so far, and request for advice - 8 years ago
I plugged them in as indicated in the manual. Ext1 to lcd and ext2 to sd. Might b worth a shot to swap em. I'm still running stock firmware whatever it may be. I did think about flashing it with Marlin but don't know about configuration so guessed it was best left alone as to not create more problems. I did hook it up to my Mac and cura but the printer need to onboard setting configured as theby ad456m - Prusa i3 and variants
Re: Chinese eBay 3D printer - Story so far, and request for advice - 8 years ago
I bought one of these and have built it up. It's my first foray into 3D printing and seemed a good deal to start with and improve as time goes by. My problem is the screen either comes on blank, is full of random glyphs or has random glyphs and seems to be scrolling but I can't make anything out so can't get it calibrated. All the motors and drivers are fine from what I can tell. I was hoping somby ad456m - Prusa i3 and variants