This is all I've ever done and I've never had a problem. That being said, I have no idea if that is the proper way or if it matters how it is done as long as the nozzle is up to temperature first.
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This is all I've ever done and I've never had a problem. That being said, I have no idea if that is the proper way or if it matters how it is done as long as the nozzle is up to temperature first.
Big difference in quality of prints between slicers, holy cow! Simplify3d on the top, Slic3r (0.9.9) on the bottom. Cura gives me prints similar to Slic3r. Same nozzle/bed temps used in both slicers....
Originally, with the fan blowing through the heatsink, the air was hitting the back of the metal X carriage which was causing the print to lift at the back. I flipped the fan around so it was sucking...
On another note, I have greatly improved my ability to print ABS without it lifting off the heatbed using this item I found on Thingiverse:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:701002
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Unfortunately, the tape wasn't up to the task and did not stay stuck so I used Tinkercad again to glue 4 holders together into a quad holder, printed it, and mounted it using the leftover laser cut...
http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv218/flatty420/3d/IMG_20160412_155616_zps3htzjnqr.jpg
http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv218/flatty420/3d/IMG_20160412_155852_zpsqq03o2wl.jpg
OK, I have a bunch of these LED lights
http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv218/flatty420/3d/IMG_20160411_165846_zpsu1qfrqxl.jpg
and I used Tinkercad to design a holder for them and then...
Figured out my problem.... the 4 bolts that hold the stepper motor onto the printed direct drive extruder were loose. Once tightened up, the ABS feeds through just fine.
I took a break from ABS because I was getting frustrated. Printing up a storm with PLA. :) I will revisit my ABS issues next week with a clear head.
The problem with no extrusion/slipping hobbed gear on the filament has gotten worse real fast but only with ABS, PLA seems to work fine.
I also printed out that part almost immediately to replace the terrible wood one. I also have a thin film of white grease on it to smooth out the spool rotation.
The teeth marks disappeared just before the notch because the teeth of the hobbed gear were completely packed with filament debris. This happened last time I had the ABS loaded into the printer as...
I checked on my print and found the printer was printing in mid-air with nothing coming out of the hotend. Upon further inspection I found the hobbed gear all clogged up with ABS fragments and it was...
Lots of good info there guys, thanks. I think I may have the ABS issue solved by simply reversing the e3d heatsink fan. When installed the way the instructions state, the fan blows through the...
The bed height is set so I can shove (won't easily slide in... needs a push) a piece of paper in between bed and nozzle. I am using cheap dollar store glue stick, maybe I should go buy a good quality...
There is a bearing on the front of the extruder (mounted opposite the hobbed gear) that you can watch and see very easily what the extruder motor is doing.
Sorry, can't help there as I have...
I'm having an awful hard time getting ABS to not lift partway through the print on all but the smallest parts. Hairspray, extra hairspray, glue stick, none of them seem to have any effect on the...
Holy crap, did I forget to put some parts on? I have all this left over after the build...
http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv218/flatty420/3d/IMG_20160411_165759_zps5lkdrl8w.jpg
The first thing I made other than the test cubes was a dryer knob for my poor wife who has been using a pair of pliers to turn on the dryer for many months now. It's one thing to be told what a 3d...
The cubes are hollow. The first layer drooped down into the inside of the cube a bit but subsequent layers were fine.
A new stepper driver fixed the problem.
PLA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8EpXTT5T_o
ABS
I'm on hold yet again waiting for a new stepper driver in the mail. This is becoming very frustrating... I hate waiting for crap in the mail. Makerfarm may be very fast to respond to contact but that...
Thank you
Yes
Same here. Pronterface will run the extruder motor with a cold hotend
I'm using Makerfarm Marlin. I tried the one that is linked in the firmware pdf and also the one that is in the Pegasus Software folder from the main build instructions (I think they are the same).
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I did check the stepper drivers and the one for the extruder was set to .647v (all the stepper drivers were at this high level) and I reduced it to .391v as per the troubleshooting pdf from Makerfarm...