Possenier, unfortunately not! Your arduino will not explode your mind might - e_steps_mm is quite cumbersome but the rest is very straight forward. The calculator I linked will provide all the steps_mm, the volumetric calculator at the bottom will give you the e_steps_mm (which needs to be right! its the most important part). There's a good guide here: OhmEye's post - under Dimension (the reby yydoctt - General
Hi Possenier, There are three things that I can think of that will cause it. 1) Firmware - your microsetting for Z doesn't match your hardware microsetting. If you are using 1/16th microstepping then make sure the Z steps match this. <-- second formula will calculate the correct Z steps. 2) You do not have your hardware matching your firmware microstepping (You need to make sure you are usinby yydoctt - General
Yes you have to use openscad to change the mounting option, which is obviously better than changing the groovemount to fit a different configuration. I, for the record, have done the same as you and changed the groovemount to fit the gregs version I was printed. If I was printing it myself, I would of course print the groovemount option. It does not have any offset as you suggest though, don't knby yydoctt - General
Gregs wade has many configuration options, one of them being for groovemount. Print the right version and It is then plug and play +1 Makergear loheiman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > dslc Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > @jcabrer: I'll have a closer look at the hole > for > > the hot end when my oby yydoctt - General
It depends what part of the world you are and what your budget is. I can say that a vast majority would recommend makergears hot end: They use groovemount to fix the hot end to extruder. In Europe mendel parts is probably the most popular but that openscad is already outdated as they just released a new hot end.by yydoctt - General
DeuxVis in all fairness owism8 is speaking from personal experience and giving his advice. There are a LOT of unhappy customers of techzone and it is perfectly reasonable to advise others from buying from them. You have bought one of the better kits (if you bought a mendel you would not have written your post - from what I hear ), but still its unreasonable to sell a "complete" kit that you haby yydoctt - General
It certainly sounds sh**y, but there are people who can help, reprappers. Equip yourself with a camera,a flickr account and get onto IRC. Post some images of the problems you are having. People are friendly and helpful and you certainly should be able to get a working printer out of it, some day. It may require replacement parts which people can print for you. IRC:by yydoctt - General
Gary your instructions are fabulous, they were not identical to my setup which has lm8uu carriages (gregs) and felt x (prusajr) but we should at least be expected to use some common sense Thanks for the hard work, some of the info was invaluable! Riboflavin - have you checked out the assembly videos? I prefer the picture and text method by Gary but a lot of people like the videos as well. They'by yydoctt - General
I don't own a RepRap but in terms of electronics yes stepper drivers are crucial - there is no legit or official way but when we're talking about £1.50 more per driver I would go with the crowd. If they are genuinely better - go for it, maybe someone has some specific experience with them?by yydoctt - General
Heh I understand your frustration, especially seeing as you must have started a lot of people off on their projects. When you've completed your build that's when the fun begins - nobody really likes writing things. That being said I reckon I'd like to share it and others seem to - I follow many blogs but none of them are in the wiki. Maybe you should gently nudge people into copying and pastingby yydoctt - General
Andrew Diehl Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Maker slide doesn't exist yet as far as I'm > aware... No, but in the near future... It would take a while to design a 3D printer suited for manufacture and it can all be designed around the makerslide as of now - when we say manufacture here we still mean small time presumably. As in one or two guys in their garby yydoctt - General
I forgot to mention - I felt it was worth the extra post.. There is a makerslide program - He will send you the extrusions for free (you pay shipping) if you submit plans for the project - so you can make the prototype at minimal expense and see if it works. Now I'm hoping if Michael doesn't follow this someone else will maybe even me if I get the timeby yydoctt - General
perhaps Progomez will make a kit without the wood and you can source that yourself - I'm sure that'll be the heaviest part and the cheapest to reproduce locallyby yydoctt - For Sale
I would love to see somebody using MakerSlide (Recently funded kickstarter project by an awesome guy who made an open source laser cutter): and his laser: buildlog.net It is highly repeatable, cheap and very high precision. I'm sure there are drawbacks but I think that its genius. It's basically a Misumi type extrusion which bolts together ridiculously easily and cheaply - and has an integratedby yydoctt - General
owism8 - yes makerbot is based off RepRap and like RepRap they are open source - which is great. It just comes down to preference - build size and cost at the end of the day. They're also a company - where RepRap is not. One of their goals is to make money which is fair enough - but it makes the machine less value for money if you buy from them as opposed to buying a RepRap from the community. Hby yydoctt - General
A full kit for your first one might be a good idea. When you really know things then the second one can be bigger, better and cheaper. Really be careful about where you get the kit from. I think places like makergear have highly regarded kits but places like botmill (and possibly techzone) are to be avoided. I'm sure you'll do your homework though. All the bestby yydoctt - General
Yeah I've gone with RAMPS, you look like you might overtake me! I'm in HK so its a tiny bit more difficult. But I am ordering everything this week. I am only semi-sourcing by buying a couple of kits - like RAMPS fully assembled (my solder skills are shocking). It's cheaper the more skilled and technically gifted you are, for me I'm paying quite an excess I have read the wiki a lot so assembly sby yydoctt - General
I'm in the exact same boat as you, but I think a couple of weeks ahead! I am so glad I found RepRap before dropping a bomb on markerbot. They have a lot more press and looks like a more refined system but in reality I think RepRap has more scope and to me, very importantly, a much bigger stage - oh and a much better community! Where are you from? Read the wiki - the wiki is so good - some bits aby yydoctt - General
Buzz? I didn't think there was one - after much forum stalking and wiki browsing it was only yesterday I saw it. Think its been in development since start of the year. From what I've seen on mendel-parts forum, it doesn't appear that everyone is all too pleased with the service either. That's not to say the Orca is not awesome - but if you watch the videos I'm not sure it is (lots and lots of webby yydoctt - General
You're right, that's awesome! I've been following Bart for a year with his two iterations of his laser cutter, never had the funds nor time to take the plunge - glad I couldn't as this coming to fruition is going to make things so much easier. I like the buildbot he does need a custom heatbed though! I look forward to a whole host of different CNC projects being birthed from this - thanks for tby yydoctt - General
bryanandaimee - Great information - I actually stumbled upon the Orca last night. Although its an interesting build I'm not sure whether it's any better than a Prusa. The prints are fast but there is a lot of strings, zero flow control. I suppose there isn't enough information on it yet to make a decision. progomez (http://forums.reprap.org/read.php?94,76220) is making a £299 printer with a workby yydoctt - General
Wow looks great! I didn't see the post about the LCD - I take it you added SD card support then Can't wait to see it print, well done!by yydoctt - For Sale
Ahh true true, I forgot about the self replicating goal, I was more speaking about Makerbot and Ultimaker though - as their wooden structures aren't self replica-table (word?) - They are however, very nice pieces of design. I'm trying to decide which printer to get actually - Makerbot seems like the least value for money - as RepRap appears to have a better print quality and a larger stage. RepRby yydoctt - General
I think although there are a lot of different ideas around for how to expand RepRap, it will all boil down to which prints the best 3D - and the community will follow that. I think that some of these other ideas are fantastic, pcb printing, pick and place, etc and I think they will become their own projects before becoming refined and sometime later down the road joining back up with the RepRapby yydoctt - General
Progomez, can we have an update please? Eagerly waiting to see what you've come up with.. As Sebastien said, if you need help with anything, feel free to ask. I work with Solidworks daily in my job and would be happy to contribute 3D models, or even assembly instructions when I receive a kitby yydoctt - For Sale
Interesting thanks for the links. No, not a dev, just these things interest me.. no yydoctt-extruders or mendels, im afraid, though it is for the bestby yydoctt - General
I've been lurking for a long time, but haven't read everything on the wiki - perhaps should have read the history section. But anyway: Who decides on the next RepRap - I know its a community project but someone must be spearheading it. When will be the next RepRap - fairly open ended question - and where do I learn of its development - probably the development section Thanksby yydoctt - General