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Stripped filament tensioner nut holder

Last post by Trnquill « Sun Nov 11, 2012 10:36 pm
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by Trnquill » Sun Nov 11, 2012 1:03 pm

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I stripped the nut holder inside the filament tensioner of my Felix 1.5 extruder... :( I guess there was some dirt or something in the threads of the...

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It worked! I'm currently priting secong extruder arm since the first one was basically the worst print I have ever made! :D The remains of the...

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Sun Nov 11, 2012 10:36 pm
Curled walls

Last post by Trnquill « Sun Nov 11, 2012 4:01 pm
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by Trnquill » Sat Nov 10, 2012 10:22 pm

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I'm having a strange problem with my prints. It started just fes days ago and has bothered every print more or less. Walls of prints are here and...

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First I did according to instructions found from this forum and used a ~30cm piece of filament pushing it in and rapidly out again for the whole...

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Sun Nov 11, 2012 4:01 pm
X-axis vibrations

Last post by picka « Thu Nov 01, 2012 3:16 am
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by picka » Wed Oct 31, 2012 1:13 am

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I'm having issues with vibrations in the x-axis when the hot end is moving away from the z spindle only. Turning up the current to the stepper makes...

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Thanks for the reply, I'll try what you suggested. Yea it seems like the x-carriage has a fair bit of rotational play about the x-axis. Since all the...

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Last post by picka
Thu Nov 01, 2012 3:16 am
That Z Wobble

Last post by dognotdog « Sat Oct 27, 2012 12:04 am
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by dognotdog » Fri Oct 05, 2012 9:26 am

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After a fair bit of tinkering, I managed to reduce the wobble by quite a bit, like so, before and after:

Note it's not the same layer height, but...

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I managed to kill (almost) the spindle-to-motor connector by tightening too much after it got loose at some point.

Bought a metal one since Fastphil...

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Last post by dognotdog
Sat Oct 27, 2012 12:04 am
No control after "Home" button (solved)

Last post by wdieckmann « Sat Sep 29, 2012 12:15 pm
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by wdieckmann » Sun Sep 16, 2012 11:34 pm
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I also got stuck with the 3rd step of the Instruction Manual at chapter 13.3.

If I press one of the X/Y/Z home buttons, the axis moves to the...

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@Lioric:
Thanks for the advise. I just received and tested a new version from Guillaume which worked perfectly fine. The test print looks really good...
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Last post by wdieckmann
Sat Sep 29, 2012 12:15 pm
[solved] Y-Axis Backlash

Last post by dognotdog « Wed Sep 26, 2012 12:06 am
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by dognotdog » Tue Sep 25, 2012 1:17 pm

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Backlash on Y:

I tightened/loosened the belt and did some test prints, also tried slowing down the speed, but all prints look alike. The Y axis is...

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Unfortunately I have no clue where the little plastic thing went, but here's a picture of where it was:

Everything is fine until you tighten the...

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Last post by dognotdog
Wed Sep 26, 2012 12:06 am
Y-Axis play: anyone found a good solution?

Last post by dognotdog « Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:26 pm
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by dognotdog » Mon Sep 24, 2012 12:42 pm

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I was trying to reduce play in the Y-axis over the weekend, with the only result of apparently frying a stepper driver in the process of fidgeting...

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Yea, i tried the tutorial. I'll try with thinner tape next time, but i am afraid it's an inherent problem with these rails. I'm thinking maybe a...

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Last post by dognotdog
Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:26 pm
Bad stepper driver

Last post by Lioric « Wed Sep 19, 2012 10:38 pm
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by Lioric » Thu Sep 13, 2012 11:59 pm
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Finally received the package, went two days in assembling the printer (around 16 hours) but sadly a stepper driver is bad.

Initially there was not...

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Probably better if we can open a new thread, or even better a wiki or something that we can collect this information and avoid reading pages of...
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Last post by Lioric
Wed Sep 19, 2012 10:38 pm
Motors are jerky

Last post by picka « Tue Sep 18, 2012 9:43 pm
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by picka » Tue Sep 18, 2012 4:55 am

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I just turned my printer on for the first time and was getting all the software set up. I homed each axis but there is a high pitch noise (sounds...

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This worked perfectly! thanks

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Last post by picka
Tue Sep 18, 2012 9:43 pm
Stepper motor, lost steps?

Last post by suraki « Fri Sep 14, 2012 9:12 pm
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by suraki » Mon Sep 03, 2012 8:29 pm

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Finally managed to find time for assembly and doing my first test with stepper motors. :D

I stuck in the Instruction Manual (RevE v1) at chapter...

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Hi Guillaume!
The spare part is arrived and solved the problem!
Thanks! :-)

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Last post by suraki
Fri Sep 14, 2012 9:12 pm
z moter slips

Last post by gfeliksdal « Thu Sep 13, 2012 10:39 pm
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by Geertjan » Thu Sep 13, 2012 9:19 pm

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I have a strange problem. When the printed part is approx. 5mm high the steps of the z motor become smaller and eventualy the moter slips and the bed...

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Glad to hear you got it fixed :)

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Last post by gfeliksdal
Thu Sep 13, 2012 10:39 pm
printer settings

Last post by Lioric « Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:22 pm
Replies: 6
by Tygrik » Fri Aug 31, 2012 4:40 pm

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Hello,

I have a problem with the printing of round things. I attach a photo for info. Printhead not be copied circle, but prints as if in an...

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How about the MakerSlide ? its around $10 to $20 per meter. That is the linear rail that is used in the ORD Bot 3d printer

MakerSlide ks page and...

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Last post by Lioric
Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:22 pm
Cleaning the hot-end

Last post by gfeliksdal « Sat Aug 11, 2012 2:03 pm
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by HLA » Thu Aug 09, 2012 4:50 pm

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Hey,

I have just tested an effective way of cleaning the hot-end without disassembling it. It can even be done while printing, i.e. pressing a pause...

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Great tip on the cleaning of the hot-end! Better than the way I was cleaning it. I used to heat it up to 210 degC, extrude a little and let it cool...

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Last post by gfeliksdal
Sat Aug 11, 2012 2:03 pm
Overheating extruder

Last post by gfeliksdal « Tue Jul 10, 2012 5:33 pm
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by Elmwolf » Mon Jul 09, 2012 10:03 pm

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So I got the printer up and running. It was making some beautiful stuff until i noticed it starting to fail to extrude after a point no matter how...

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:), please let me know if you got it working again.

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Last post by gfeliksdal
Tue Jul 10, 2012 5:33 pm

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