all built prusa i3... still need help. :(

[DrLuigi]

ok so after some trouble shooting Colin has been helping me with... i switched the x and y drivers.. and then the skipping switched to the x axis... then i switch the now X driver with the Z axis and im no longer having the skipping issue im printing the full cube right now and it seems to be doing pretty well... ill post a pic of it as son as it is done. Though my extruder keeps getting stuck, the gear stops moving and i need to give it a little nudge every once in a while. hopefully i can get this all sorted out soon! seems like its getting there. thanks for the help guys!

Like i already told you, its probably one of the POTs thats giving to low voltage,

Use a multimeter and a screwdriver to adjust it, and get it around 0.389-0.4 (It should be 0.39)

Just do that for all the drivers, as thats the most healthy for your motors

[old man emu]

DrLuigi,

Where do you put your multimeter probes to get the stepper driver output voltage?

OME

[MeoWorks]

http://3dprintboard.com/showthread.p...a-8-quot/page2

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[klack]

What filament and hot-end are you using?

I am using a .5 jhead and this filament is abs from makersfarm

[DrLuigi]

I would highly suggest to take a look at those stepper drivers,
As they can be a bit to much/to low.

Doing this without a multimeter is quiet bad imo,

I noticed that even the slightest turn can make 0.4-5 diffrence easily without you knowing it,

And i had skipping when i was at 0.37.
Might test later on today on a dry run if it would happen again or not.
Probably i will just keep it at Z1 and repeat x50 y50 x150 y50 and make quick squares, So i can see if it has skipped.