Re: Rostock Printer build
Quotejaguarking11 Thank you very much. I love the suggestion of using Styrofoam first. I will be doing that soon. I am curious what is the height of yours from end stop to where the build plate lives....
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Ah, that makes sense there. I am trying to build a platform that is stable enough to stand on, without the smooth rods attached. Torsional strength is where I personally think most of these printers...
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Quotejaguarking11 IMHO the smooth rod should only be a carrier and not a support structure, I realize this is going against the design goal to have as few parts as possible, however I think its a...
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I'm testing on my delta Bulldog Lite E3d Hotend excellent economic solution
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Hi, I took the challenge to build a Kossel myself. Thanks to all the stuff that can be found it is not as hard as I expected. But one thing that is bugging me now for several weeks is that I cannot...
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I Started receiving my parts. Got the rod and the arduino/ramps1.4/polulu driver & lcd screen. Should be getting the plastic parts either today or tomorrow. Hopefully I get my bearings as well....
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Thanks for the advise. I wondering if may be a problem with the RAMPS board or Arduino. The Y tower is the one I am having problems with. The X and Z work fine. I can switch the Y and X tower's motor...
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@Mallgan.O Aha, that is the problem. I have official Printrbot Board from Printrbot. It has their boatloader installed. Why is the one you have in the dropbox folder different? I would have to buy the...
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for me when i did not install jumpers on my ramps all motor did same noise did you check if there is damaged jumper under y stepper driver? regards
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I have the Mechanical ones in the second link. Either is good for the job, they just wire up differently and configuring is different.
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If the Kossel mini only uses 3 end stops why did my set of parts come with 6 holders?
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The direct drive one? The discussions here and most attempts I could find are dated around 2010. There are probably reasons behind this, but I couldn't find any clearly stated, so I can only guess -...
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All 3 jumpers are installed under all the drivers.
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did you check if all jumper has metal inside? sometime they come without (faulty) i am not an expert but if you are sure its board problem and you can not ask for replacement then i think it is...
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Ended up buying the mechanical ones, Simply because they come with wires, cutting down on the soldering. Speaking of which I need to source some connectors for my motors. Probably scrounge up some or...
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I finally figured it out after much searching and mulling it over. The other 3 end stops are intended to help align the linear rail which I'm not using not to be min positiion switches. Min position...
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Santa brought me something today! Arranged based on the principle I mentioned earlier. Pairs of disc magnets oriented in the same direction to create an open circuit that the ball bearing closes. As...
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Neat! Never tried arranging magnets, pins, and bearings like that before. It certainly feels different from when I tried just pins and magnetic ball bearings, but still a lot weaker than my current...
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