Quite a lot of good and helpful responses. Thanks to all of you here. This group has a good spirit. I will continue to build my Kossel, for now ignoring the Z probe, because I want to get it functioning. And then probably, after test prints, create one of these Thingiverse items.by Sven.L - Delta Machines
Paul, thanks. I really like the idea of replacing the probe in this case. Is Folger Tech selling a better probe type now? Or what probes could you and the others here recommend? Please post URLS, too. Thanks.by Sven.L - Delta Machines
Thanks again, Nebbian and Paul_Delta. First, my own language is German, that is why even despite of all the reading of your answers I am doing, not everything I can do catch - many many words in it that I don't understand. Google Translate does offer translations (I use it often for your postings), but the arriving sense is often distorted. I simply cannot capture all meanings and hints in yourby Sven.L - Delta Machines
QuoteSpiffCowOops! Looks like I didn't push the changes. They should be there now. QuoteNebbianIf you can take a photo or describe the pins that are on the Z probe, and figure out what length you need, then I should be able to make something up to suit what you need. Quotepaul_deltaYou need minimum two extension cables - one 3-pin to connect the servo to RAMPS (without changes, you need all 3 pby Sven.L - Delta Machines
No, I think, you might be wrong. The ZIP that can be downloaded there, did not contain such a folder. It contained only these two folders: - ProbeDataToCommands - Properties Quotespiffcow There's a precompiled windows executable in the 'bin\Release' directory of the zip file. If you're running 32 bit Windows let me know and I'll add a 32 bit folder.by Sven.L - Delta Machines
Nebbian, since I never got that cable, I want to forward that question to Paul Delta. I hope, he sees this question. QuoteNebbianWhat length do you need, and do you need a male or female on the end that's not connected to the RAMPS?by Sven.L - Delta Machines
Hi everyone, I am still in need of a triple-wire (white-red-black) with 3-pin connectors on both ends. That wire goes on the RAMPS board and is for the interaction with the Z probe. I would pay with PayPal. Who can send me a letter envelope with this wire in it? Here in Jamaica, I cannot buy it anywhere, and the only Internet places I am aware of (among them Ebay and Amazon) charge too much foby Sven.L - Delta Machines
I am highly interested! Am going to download it right away, believing I might need to use it as soon as my printer is ready to be used. Great work done, SpiffCow! Thanks a lot! Question: where on GitHub can I download the EXE file (not the ZIP with the developer files in it only)? Quotespiffcow If anyone is interested, I have gotten my calibration utility to a point where it is useful (thoughby Sven.L - Delta Machines
Dougal, this one: Heavy-duty Servo Extensions (22AWG) It's a triple wire (24 or 36 inch long), and has on each end a 3-pin connector. Please see the photo. This cable is available for around 2 US$, and can fit a regular letter envelope. Maybe it's better, if it comes with these 3-pin connectors already. I am not experienced with electricity and electronics, and also don't have these special toby Sven.L - Delta Machines
Paul, I just checked them. The cable costs 1.85 US$. But they really try to charge me 50 US$ to Jamaica. If I send such a cable inside a regular letter, I pay less that 2 US$ for it. I think, I still have to hope, someone here could send me such a cable in a regular letter at regular fees, and I would pay with PayPal.by Sven.L - Delta Machines
NOW this all begins to make sense to me. But here is the problem: Earlier this week, I tried already, for other purposes, to get any such cable with a 3-pin connector. I live in Jamaica, as a small island it has a small economy. No one here really deals with such things. I went to over 15 different shops, and could not get those things anywhere. I feel desperate. But I wonder, if any of you couby Sven.L - Delta Machines
Quotepaul_deltaHow many 3-pin black-red-white extension cables do you have in your kit? Only one.by Sven.L - Delta Machines
Hi, thanks for all the responses I received here, I have read them carefully and will continue to do so My full appreciation for the good will here. But since there is so much confusion and I end up having more and more questions and less self-confidence, I decided to make some more photos and screenshots, I hope they help to clarify the situation a little bit. I made photos of the servo part ofby Sven.L - Delta Machines
I communicated with Folger Tech, and they told me to use the triple wire (white, red, black) to connect to the servo triple wire (orange, red, brown), and to cut off then the white wire, so only the red and black wire are connected to the switch. While the PDF manual speaks about a 2-pin connector, in reality it is a 3-pin connector and a white-red-black wire (not the black-red wire as mentionedby Sven.L - Delta Machines
Hi, I cannot get anywhere those 2-pin connectors, I went to more than 15 shops earlier this day. But I purchased, in hope they can fit, these parts you see on the attached photo below. Let's see and hope, at least one of these two types can fit.by Sven.L - Delta Machines
Thanks! And it was not among the things I received. Now I have a real problem. I cannot find any shop in Jamaica that sells those kind of things.by Sven.L - Delta Machines
Hi Betty, yes, I saw that manual already, but there are so many parts inside, that are different from the parts used inside my printer kit. Not only that the corner pieces are metallic there, but many parts have different shapes, different amount of bolts, and even different functions. I am not so sure, if that manual is as compatible to my printer construction as required. I did the solderingby Sven.L - Delta Machines
Alright, here is another question that came up - remember, I am not experienced with electrical work, and have to ask more than others here, therefore. The wires are supposed to be soldered to the heatbed. Left and right are silver squares, to which I am soldering the red and black wire. The thermistor double cable has to find its place in the middle. But is it in any way to be soldered to the sby Sven.L - Delta Machines
Hi EvilBetty, thanks for your answer. My appreciation. Looking to the details of your answer, I have some questions: I followed all measures given by the instruction PDF, when I mounted the rails and cut the six arms to the length specified in the instructions. I didn't make any change to any measure given. How comes that the belts and the upper truss assembly are too high? Do you mean the distby Sven.L - Delta Machines
Hi again. A question: BELT Now I need information or assistance in regards to the belts. Look at my photos: I wrapped the belt around the blocks, and used the black zip ties to fix it. The result is not too firm. Thus I used for the belt fixing a little bit glue in addition, but just between both belt pieces wrapped around the lower block. I did not (yet) add any glue between the two belt pieceby Sven.L - Delta Machines
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I really like the Kossel Reprap 2020 self-assemble kit. But what I hate and see as a BIG weakness and problem, are all these bolts made of that soft metallic wax! Alone of those M3x8 bolts, I lost over 30 of them because they are so soft, that the specialized screwdriver and the hex keys cannot rotate them anymore! Nor can I get them out the normal way in order to replace them with others of thaby Sven.L - Delta Machines
Kapton Take. yes, very good suggestion, will do that for sure. See the photo. Meanwhile, I added more kapton tape below the small sides of each heatsink. Thanks! And thanks, too, for your patience with me. :-) Now another question that I need to resolve. See the other attached photo. These are some small white plastic parts, but I didn't discover in my PDF instructions manual, for what I needby Sven.L - Delta Machines
Thanks. I did it this way now. Correct?by Sven.L - Delta Machines
Yes, I know, Legrand. My only remaining concern is, if I should connect the three pins of the X probe servo location on the RAMP board. Paul gave a sketch, where it seems, only pin 2 and 3 need to be connected to each other with a jumper. On that I need verification if I understand correctly. I have not much knowledge with electrical circuits, thus I prefer to understand fully before doing anythiby Sven.L - Delta Machines
Here is that part of the instruction PDF, that causes all these questions. Advise needed. NOTE: seeing your new posting right now. Big thanks. We're getting closer. :-D So, I have to connect the pins 2 and 3 together? SIDE NOTE Also making some thoughts to combine many of the Kossel Reprap 2020 parts with parts of a CLIP 3D printer (liquid resin tank), this way I could create very large partsby Sven.L - Delta Machines
Thanks, but your information is about the connector (plug). But I need to know about the triple pin, and how to apply a (self-made) jumper to any of those three pins. See the photo, top right. The Kossel instruction manual says, a jumper has to be set there for the Z probe, but doesn't give any more information...by Sven.L - Delta Machines
Thanks for the information. Now I understand the situation. Hmmmm, I assume these resets of the Arduino board will happen during printing, right? And thus cause loss of filament if this type of printer or the software do not start where it was interrupted before. But I will give a try (as shipping of Ebay items to Jamaica takes usually 3 to 4 weeks). I got an LCD screen with the set, and take tby Sven.L - Delta Machines
Paul, that means, that the RAMPS board cannot handle the additional energy demand of that probe? Or what is the reason not to connect its power cables to the RAMP board? I am asking, because it means I would first have to purchase an energy converter that changes 110 V to 5 V. NOTE Saw your two additional answers after I posted this.by Sven.L - Delta Machines
Thanks again, Paul. I saw that URL, but sometimes, when at work, I am using a company computer to keep me up to date, and for visiting some URLs, I have to request it each time from a system administrator. That is, why I sometimes have to wait until "home hours" to follow up an URL or for a lunch time. Okay, seeing this blue part now on Hobby King's website, I got a similar one with the Kossel kby Sven.L - Delta Machines