Re: Cherry Pi III Is Available
Home your carriages. Mark the bottom of one on the extrusion. In Pronterface or another host program, tell the printer to go down (Z) 100mm. Measure the distance that the carriage actually traveled....
View ArticleMotors problem in delta (Repetier)
Hello, I'm new to delta printers. I had some problems with my delta but i managed to solve them. I'm using this motors SHINANO KENSHISTP-42D3003 and 21tooth pulleys with GT2 2mm pitch belt. But I have...
View ArticleRe: Help with Rostock parts
I have the [www.ebay.com] motors. They have been of decent quality. They are certainly not junk. The added bonus to those is they come with the dampeners. The 6 wire stepper is not bad either as two...
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Is there a way to calculate the step instant of trial an error ? As for the extruder, I tested it yesterday, if I extrude 10mm, I got exactly 10mm. But maybe I dont have the right setting (like nozzle...
View ArticleRe: Extending Print Height, No Modifications.
If you watch an unpacking video for the SeeMeeCNC Orion you can see how the build platform can switch orientation without disassembling anything. Bumping into the print is definitely an issue that...
View ArticleRe: Cherry Pi III Is Available
the adjustment you need to make for size of parts (once you have your Z correct) is the delta rod length. You can use Rich's M666 command for that. The formula is (measured length/specified length) x...
View ArticleRe: Core XY Printer £100.00 Build Cost
Hi Len Carbon fibre should work O.K with either Igus or printed bearings. My magnetic rods are metal to metal. I put a bit of teflon lube in each 'cup' and they have been printing for months with no...
View ArticleRe: Cherry Pi III Is Available
Not so fun when you are stuck in a hotel room in a strange town eating dinner alone! lol
View ArticleRe: Kossel Mini Calibration 750/360
If your print plane is convex you need to increase your delta radius by about the same value as it's convex. Adjust delta rod length to alter the size of your printed parts.
View ArticleRe: Sextupteron
Nicholas, gret design, I think you need to lead the development of the new reprap, just saying.
View ArticleRe: Cherry Pi III Is Available
QuoteAndyCart Not so fun when you are stuck in a hotel room in a strange town eating dinner alone! lol Sounds like 4 seasons of my amateur racing hobby...except that I was too exhausted to eat after...
View ArticleRe: Perfect Build Surface For PLA?
@radair printing on a hot surface is a piece of cake.. getting it right on a cold bed is harder in my experience as i have no access to the blue painters tape... I have tried all sorts of white paper...
View ArticleRe: Perfect Build Surface For PLA?
I gave up on a cold bed fast. No matter what I tried there was always some level of lift. Either the Tape would lift from the bed or the part would lift from the tape. Even when I went to a heated bed...
View ArticleRe: Perfect Build Surface For PLA?
I just swiped some .03 polycarb sheet that (pardon me) Stratasys uses on their large format FDM machines. I am using ABS in my Rostock right now and tried the blue tape. no dice. I saw one guy using...
View ArticleRe: Whats the latest and greatest Delta platform these days?
I am so late to the party....I am building the original Rostock and cant imagine anything else.....except...I would like to simplify the original design into 3 castings. (top, bottom and 3 carriages)...
View ArticleBed leveling between towers Mini Kossel
I am currently using repetier firmware for my kossel. I have gotten my bed level at X, Y, Z, and Center by adjusting the end stop offsets and modifying the delta radius. Now my problem is that in...
View ArticleRe: Perfect Build Surface For PLA?
@frankenfrankenstuff the texture is left by the vinyl sticker on the print surface @Radair i am able to source 2mm PEI sheet. I was just curious, is the PEI brittle? do i have to glue it to another...
View ArticleRe: Bed leveling between towers Mini Kossel
It looks like either position of tower X needs to be moved counter clockwise a bit or position of tower Y needs to be moved nearer to the centre. Hard to tell your description is too vague. But the...
View ArticleRe: Perfect Build Surface For PLA?
@ekaggrat It is brittle. I would still tape/glue at that thickness mainly for the best thermal transfer.
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