Placing a piece of cork or even a piece of cardboard on the bed during warm up not only makes it heat faster and more evenly, it protects the probe from damage. On PLA it's not such a big deal but...
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Placing a piece of cork or even a piece of cardboard on the bed during warm up not only makes it heat faster and more evenly, it protects the probe from damage. On PLA it's not such a big deal but...
I'm going to better document my build on my blog but probably not until after the first of the year. Unfortunately the numbers/code I used in the Marlin Config file isn't going to be applicable to...
AC SSRs use triacs and DC SSRs uses MOSFETs .... One advantage of the higher current rating SSRs is if you get one rated at 100A you can ditch the heatsink for a 15A-20A heater. Frankly once you...
I have mine heatsinked but if you have a V-slot framed printer you could probably get away with attaching it to the aluminum frame and use that as your heatsink for up to 10" heatbed. A 12" would...
I used 3D Benchy to calibrate my bed temps for PLA. Basically you look at the lower part of the bow and it should a nice clean slope. If the bed temps are too high then it will warp or bow a little...
If you did go with a SSR you should really consider setting it up like an 8" heater hooked directly to the onboard FET with PID control. I changed over from a relay because with Bang-Bang I was get...
Putting MOSFETs in parallel like this doubles the current/watt handling and also drops the ON resistance in half. The only real drawback is you really need to match the pair for gate turn-on voltage...
I got a pair of these from Amazon but you can likely find them even cheaper. Some people like the smooth bore pulleys rather than with the teeth, something about backlash with the toothed idlers but...
Gee I guess someone forgot to tell my unit that because it's been working flawlessly for 3 straight weeks and I print constantly. I also have no problem running the bed at 115 C which is as high as...
I've been using an 8mm inductive probe for over 3 weeks without a single bad first layer (other than some minor ABS warp unrelated to layer height) ... That's about a spool of ABS and two spools or...
I'm new to this forum and new to Makerfarm products (I have a Pegasus 10 that working beautifully) but I'm not new to 3D printing and certainly not new to CNC type machines. Two things I'd suggest...
I'm using an 8mm inductive probe on a Pegasus 10 and it works great. It senses the PSB at about 5mm which leaves me about 3mm clearance between the probe and the print surface. Once I got the offset...
Ditch the stupid relay, get a solid state relay and set it up for PID control. I could see the effects of the full on/full off poorly regulated heat showing up in my prints, as well as the glass...