QuoteUltiFix How would you reccomend removing that filament and cleaning the hotend? I recommend oven gloves, pliers, and heating up the hot-end. BE VERY CAREFUL.by marc2912 - Prusa i3 and variants
QuoteUltiFix Quoteiamquestar QuoteUltiFix Quoteiamquestar QuoteUltiFix Im printing at 15mm/s instead of 30mm/s, I want to see if it increases the print quality. Will report back! How slow do you guys print? I usually print between 50-60 mm./sec @ .2mm layers - If I'm going to .1, I slow that down to more like 30-40, I just printed this small box (50mmx50mmx25mm) and lid for my son at .2mm layeby marc2912 - Prusa i3 and variants
Quotenightpanda2810 QuoteUltiFix QuoteMach 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 coby marc2912 - Prusa i3 and variants
QuoteMach QuoteUltiFix QuoteMach QuoteUltiFix 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 wby marc2912 - Prusa i3 and variants
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 else. Check oneby marc2912 - Prusa i3 and variants
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 hundreds of printsby marc2912 - Prusa i3 and variants
Quotedlk4602 Thanks for the reply. I will take a look at taking it apart and cleaning it up tonight. Does it help to put some Teflon thread tape on the threads when I reassemble it? No just tighten in nice an tight,by marc2912 - Prusa i3 and variants
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 exactly how thesby marc2912 - Prusa i3 and variants
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 exactly how these are assembleby marc2912 - Prusa i3 and variants
QuoteMach Quotemarc2912 QuoteMach Quotemarc2912 QuoteMach Quotemarc2912 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:by marc2912 - Prusa i3 and variants
QuoteMach Quotemarc2912 QuoteMach Quotemarc2912 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. Is thby marc2912 - Prusa i3 and variants
QuoteMach Quotemarc2912 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. Is there a way to get it to dby marc2912 - Prusa i3 and variants
QuoteMach Quotemarc2912 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. Is there a way to get it to dby marc2912 - Prusa i3 and variants
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. Is there a way to get it to do this in the settings tby marc2912 - Prusa i3 and variants
Quoteiamquestar Quoteiamquestar QuoteUltiFix I want to print multiple objects at once, some taller than others.. will the extruder "forget" one of the objects are there and hit it? Like at the end when it resets to default position? Nevermind, the extruder will end up at the highest point of the print, duh On a side note, would you guys let your printer run overnight? I'm letting mine run rigby marc2912 - Prusa i3 and variants
QuoteGrouchoDuke Quotemarc2912 QuoteGrouchoDuke My BLTouch is finally working. If you have time you should put detailed instructions on the wiki My prints are still mirrored in X. I'd rather not share config steps until I figure that out. I guess adding some info on porky entail BLTouch powering issues wouldn't hurt though. Definitely agree that fixing your x axis mirror should be priority butby marc2912 - Prusa i3 and variants
I thought I'd share my success in stopping a print for about 18 hours with the printer powered down and being to resume the print while having little to no impact on the print itself. First I'm printing PLA on blue painters tap, this is a must for me since even with the bed cold the print doesn't move after it's started. I don't think I'd be able to do this with ABS. For me every time my bed cby marc2912 - Prusa i3 and variants
QuoteGrouchoDuke My BLTouch is finally working. Short story is that I had to power it with something other than the RAMPS board's Vcc pin. I've been chasing my tail on this for a while. At first, I didn't know that the RAMPS board requires a jumper between the Vcc & 5V pins to provide power to the positive voltage servo pins (near the reset button by the servo connectors). After figuring tby marc2912 - Prusa i3 and variants
Quotemrw0609 Hi everyone. So I am in the process of assembling printer at the moment. After I put on the belt for the x axis, I ran the bearings along the rods to test the belt. When I did this the stepper motor locked up and I can not the shaft to rotate anymore. Can anyone help with this? Is your stepper powered? A stepper motor uses power to keep its position which in turn creates a strong loby marc2912 - Prusa i3 and variants
Quotetjnamtiw 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 everyby marc2912 - Prusa i3 and variants
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. Are your extrudby marc2912 - Prusa i3 and variants
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.by marc2912 - Prusa i3 and variants
So I installed repetier server and have it working pretty well. While setting up the 2020 I saw that repetier had a "software power" option. Anyone know how that works and if I could make use of it. It sounds like it could really be a useful feature. Thanks.by marc2912 - Prusa i3 and variants
Quotejohn-i 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? You need to tune the driver, it's probably sending too much current and is very common. Be carefulby marc2912 - Prusa i3 and variants
Quotesonnylowe Well I had some printer downtime tonight so I decided to install the Gen-2 Offset Belt version of my Y-Axis upgrade. Here's a couple pix and a short video of it homing. I have used a lot of force to try to get the gantry to wobble, shift, sway, pitch, roll, yaw, move in any way other than right down the rail...I am happy to say it is as stable as the center belt version, but we allby marc2912 - Prusa i3 and variants
Quotechking My kit arrived today but I've run into a snag. The printed parts that hold the LM8UU bearings are too tight. I've been able to get two bearings in so far. Should I look at dremeling the printed parts so I can get the bearings to fit? Has anyone else run into this issue? Yes, mine were out of specs too and I had to work at it with my exacto knife, didn't want to take the dremmel tby marc2912 - Prusa i3 and variants
Quotenightpanda2810 Got everything together Saturday morning, but still having an issue with a mirrored X axis. I've tried several things I found in this thread but nothing is working. Using therippa's Marlin, and my end-stop is on the left. Other than this and some needed calibration, everything else is working great! (Shoddy printed parts excluded... working on replacing those!) Someone wby marc2912 - Prusa i3 and variants
Quotesonnylowe Quotemarc2912 So I don't want to sound like a broken record but I'm getting some serious lift issues. Not just the corners lifting off the build bed but also lifting on edges higher up in the print. I've printed something where there is an overhang higher up (about 25mm high) and it build appropriate support, The support adhered to the print and when the corner started lifting tby marc2912 - Prusa i3 and variants
Can anyone recommend a good wiki on tuning the stepper drivers. Looked in the wikia and didn't see anything. Thxby marc2912 - Prusa i3 and variants
Quotesonnylowe Quotemarc2912 So I don't want to sound like a broken record but I'm getting some serious lift issues. Not just the corners lifting off the build bed but also lifting on edges higher up in the print. I've printed something where there is an overhang higher up (about 25mm high) and it build appropriate support, The support adhered to the print and when the corner started lifting tby marc2912 - Prusa i3 and variants