Re: New to 3d printing, need help, please
Were the carriage touching the endstop switches when you did the M119? If not, this is the reason why your stepper motors will not move in one direction! Invert the endstop logic in your firmware, and...
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Hi, sorry for the Word document format. I tried other formats, but they were not really readable. I tried to invert the logic for the endstops, that is when I crashed the head. At the time I send the...
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Your smooth rod offset seems wrong. You have 128 when a normal Rostock should be around 175mm. DELTA_DIAGONAL_ROD 250 mm center-to-center distance of the holes in the diagonal push rods....
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Tuning trimpots [bootsindustries.com] [reprap.org] Get yourself a multimeter and follow the directions above to tune the trimpots.
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Thank you, all of you that gave me suggestions. I had tried to reverse the logic of the endstops, and the motor direction, but not at the same time. I was so afraid of crashing the head again. Now...
View Articleazteeg x5 smoothie Very odd endstop issue
O.K. heres the deal I have an azteeg x5 on a custom built delta and I am using repetier with the card unmounted, the endstops are not registering correctly. The X endstop works fine, but the Y and Z...
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Sorry, I can't post a video as small as this site calls for. I tried to post a video to my YouTube channel and make it unlisted so my regular subscribers wouldn't be confused, but that didn't work...
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Oh, well, this may work. This is a video that I put on YouTube. It begins with the printer being at the home position, which it does well now, thanks to you people. Then I try tp jog the X axis...
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do a test. Lower the Z axis -100 before you try to start jogging the X axis. Also only hit the X right now -10, instead of the -100. I am telling you tho try this because in an X movement to the -X...
View ArticleRe: azteeg x5 smoothie Very odd endstop issue
With the card unmounted? If you mean the SD card, it needs the SD card in order to run. Arduino has memory to store settings, the Azteeg X5 uses the SDcard to store settings. On your endstops, make...
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The model is the DNA Playset by emmett, published Feb 10, 2012!
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Hi, Wildcard; I can't believe that I am so unobservant. I tried what you said, and that didn't work, but I finally noticed something, The Z axis wouldn't go down at all, so I pushed it down. I...
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QuoteTrung Hi John. Excellent work. Thank you. I may take the plunge soon. For John or anyone, I understand the intent to keep things small and "simple", but could this design be adapted to use...
View ArticleRe: azteeg x5 smoothie Very odd endstop issue
yeah I triple checked the wiring, they are correct. I have tried getting the latest firmware and config.txt but still the same issue. What I meant by "card unmounted" I mean from my computer. When I...
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Can you remove all endstop wires from the board, swap the working X wire plug to the Y and Z endstop inputs, and verify with an M119 that each input is working? This will point you to whether it is a...
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I don't use pronterface/printrun, I use Repetier Host, so I am unsure. Hopefully someone who is more familiar with that host can chime in.
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Re: azteeg x5 smoothie Very odd endstop issue
Thanks! I followed the traces under a magnifying glass and found a solder bridge on one of the surface mount chips for the endstops. s1244.photobucket.com I tried to break the bridge with a needle...
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Hi, Wildcard; I will try Repetier, where can I find information about configuring it? i am willing to try anything other than giving up. Thanks again for all the kind help
View ArticleKind of same doubt I had: PrintrBot x Kossel
I've already got a Phoenix3D but I had so many problems in building this printer that I'd like to try a new design. Maybe to print the parts that came bad on my first (and frustrated) printer kit....
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