You'd have to find printer firmware which supports it... Marlin doesn't, but some others do. But, really, if it's the Arduino USB port that's busted (and it sure sounds like it) then you can find an...
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You'd have to find printer firmware which supports it... Marlin doesn't, but some others do. But, really, if it's the Arduino USB port that's busted (and it sure sounds like it) then you can find an...
Longer probes amplify any error in the servo angle, which is notorious for small amounts of imprecision. Plus, the less it sticks out the less likely to catch on something.
Awesome. Now you can print a new probe....
Your offset is 15? The default value to lift before extending the probe (edit: Z_RAISE_BEFORE_PROBING) is 10. After the G28 it knows where Z0 is, so it's probably going to be as low as possible...
I bet that's a new spool holder design.
Well, I guess I should get off my butt and tighten up mine...
I've run maybe 8-10kg through the original Makerfarm gears and they've just started to develop a bit of slop since I dismantled the extruder a couple months ago. Not enough that I'm obsessing about...
I switched to the stock Marlin 1.1rc a couple months ago and it's been pretty much perfect. I can dig up my Configuration.h tonight if you need something as a guide.
1.1 RC doesn't seem to have a problem with that stepper timeout glitch on a long z-axis move; try it without messing with DEFAULT_STEPPER_DEACTIVE_TIME.But yeah, I believe it's the same files for the...
Unless you're running very nonstandardized hardware, Configuration.h is the only thing you need to mess with.
Servo with microswitch. A different microswitch than stock, though, as I trashed mine resoldering a broken connector.
If I couldn't find something like that in my Configuration.h, I'd probably start by taking the original Makerfarm Configuration.h for a 12" and the Configuration.h for a 10" (they all came in the...
I installed it the other day. I've had a couple cases where the ABL servo didn't deploy completely, but otherwise it's been smooth.
In all honesty, it never occurred to me to test that. My heat bed is always up to temp before I run the ABL, but ABL runs while the hotend is warming up. What I can say is that I haven't noticed a...
I've read that the bed can noticeably flex between hot and cold, so I like to have the bed at temp; even before I switched to ABL, I'd warm the bed before doing a manual level. But I've never heard...
Okay, that *would* suck.It depends on your slicer, basically. With Slic3r, I just put my ABL commands in the "Start G-Code" section for the printer. However, that section isn't run until the heatbed...
In practice, it doesn't slow printing down. The ABL normally runs after the heat bed gets to temperature and the hotend starts heating. I find that my ABL finishes right around when the hotend is at...
The 8" offsets are correct, but inverted. If the back brace is printed flipped along the Z axis it's perfect. I assume Colin measures his braces from the other side of the board...
Defining that improved things, but it didn't go away 100% until I changed the 5V supply to the PSU.
Your servo is pulling too much power. When I hooked up ABL, everything *worked* but the servo jiggled constantly when printing as power fluctuated to the steppers. I pulled the jumper and ran 5V from...
Ah, of course. I didn't quite get what you meant by that the first time.
Just two STLs; 2 and 3. The file with just the object you're printing, and the modifier mesh describing the area where the changes are applied (which might have been derived from another STL if you,...
I made a cube in OpenSCAD the one time I actually used the capability, but if you're desperate i think you could just take an existing shape like a calibration cube and scale it to whatever size you...
See http://slic3r.org/blog/modifier-meshes for discussion.