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eehtsitna
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Jan 29 2015, 11:20 AM
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I am done with the issue of PLA leakage. Now im trying to troubleshoot another problem. I observed that the first few layers of my prints tend to be squashed and as a result produce print which is off in terms of height. Can anyone suggest what seems to be the issue here?
Thanks again.
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eehtsitna
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Jan 29 2015, 02:29 PM
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QUOTE(cha.968 @ Jan 29 2015, 02:31 PM) Going to bookmarked this for future reference. As for now i guess my problem is both elephant's leg and also warping.
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eehtsitna
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Jan 30 2015, 09:27 AM
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Some update on my attempt.
Managed to readjust the hotend to reduce the elephant leg's effect. Not to close and not too far from the print bed. Is there actually a guideline i can use for this? For example a distance of 1mm or 2mm from print bed? Its very difficult to "main agak2". And do you guys actually recalibrate your z-axis everytime you print?
I even managed to eliminate the warping effect by using the glue stick approach. Very cheap and efficient way to deal with warping.
Over and out.
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eehtsitna
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Jan 30 2015, 09:57 AM
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QUOTE(DarkTenno @ Jan 30 2015, 10:37 AM) we dont agak-agak the distant we use a very precise and sophisticated tool which is a piece of paper this is basic reprap leveling bed, http://reprap.org/wiki/Leveling_the_Print_Bedor watch this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED1Gxvw2RmwYup i used that sophisticated tool too.  Just slide in under the tip and move it around see if it gets stuck. Will try to read through the link and see if there is anything i can learn from it. Thanks again.
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eehtsitna
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Jan 30 2015, 02:36 PM
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I see i see. So its actually normal to recalibrate the printbed after each printing session. I thought i was the one being paranoid here.  That aside, mind sharing what or how does it mean by having problem with the first layer print? As for me, I consider that there is a problem when the first few layer seems to be too thin. Another thing. The nut holding the threaded pole from the Z-axis on my printer likes to pop out from time to time. Do you guys have issue with that? I am thinking of gluing it in place to save me the trouble.
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eehtsitna
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Feb 2 2015, 11:25 AM
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Hi guys!
I have been printing a lot of stuff over the weekend. Im still struggling to get the most optimum position for the z-axis. Found out that i will most likely have to glue the nut holding the threaded pole in place since sometimes it will move out of it's socket.
I am also planning for an upgrade once I am done figuring out the problem with my heatbed and RAMPS. I will most likely get either a LCD control module or get a finer nozzle for the heatend. Any other suggestion?
Thanks in advance.
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eehtsitna
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Feb 2 2015, 03:02 PM
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QUOTE(feiming @ Feb 2 2015, 03:32 PM) My experiment with abs juice without heatbed ABS juice??? Does it smell bad? This post has been edited by eehtsitna: Feb 2 2015, 03:15 PM
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eehtsitna
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Feb 3 2015, 10:14 AM
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Hi guys! Anyone have any extra 0.35mm nozzle for sell? I am using a 0.4mm nozzle at the moment and i was wondering if should try out different size of nozzle for my printer. Another thing. Do you guys build special housing for your module? Having it dangling on the side of my PRUSA i3 doesnt seems right to me.
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eehtsitna
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Feb 3 2015, 02:49 PM
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QUOTE(altan @ Feb 3 2015, 12:52 PM) I have a still-not-in-use-and-not-sold 0.3 mm China JHead hotend for sale. I have been using this Jhead model for all of my prints and so far I have not have any problems with it and all of my prints turned out really nice. I won't be able to sell you the nozzle alone and besides, you have to get the whole hotend since the nozzle is part of the heating block. If you are interested, you can PM me more about it. [attachmentid=4328381] Housing for my RPI? I prefer it naked... » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « [attachmentid=4328382] My recommendation, just print a housing for it and attach it to your reprap. It will save you the trouble from unplgging and setting it up as you move the printer around and protects it from dust and PLA/ABS stringing buildup. Eh? The nozzle is part of the heating block? I thought i read somewhere that its actually separate part. Anyway, thanks for pointing out that it is most likely too much trouble trying to switch the hotend/nozzle around all the time. I might as well get a second printer with a different nozzle size.  Have been looking high and low for a housing. Will try to look for it again tonight.
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eehtsitna
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Feb 4 2015, 09:07 AM
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QUOTE(jamminc @ Feb 3 2015, 05:23 PM) This is wonderful. Spent the whole day reading learnt so much on 3D printing. Count me in... looking to get one for some fun and printing. Will continue to do my research and update if I actually take the plunge.  Feel free to join us! In fact, i bought my DIY 3d printer like a few weeks ago. Having a blast building, tweaking and printing with it. To the point that i have actually finish 1 roll of 1kg filament.  Anyone know where i can get good quality filament at a reasonable price? Thank you.
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eehtsitna
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Feb 4 2015, 09:20 AM
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QUOTE(KLKS @ Feb 4 2015, 10:16 AM) http://www.yumeprinter.com/product-category/filament/I've been seeing these guys post in some fb groups i'm in, not sure about quality but price is def cheap  Thanks! With that price tag, i guess there is no harm in getting a roll and try it out.
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eehtsitna
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Feb 4 2015, 12:21 PM
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QUOTE(DarkTenno @ Feb 4 2015, 10:55 AM) converted my mendelmax 1.5 to something diffrent, still need to recalibrate Z and bed leveling my inductive sensor decide to fail on me so have to manually level the bed now  , changed the heated to aluminum heatbed but I can't get the dam thing to heat up too 110c, I only able to heat it up to 80c never go beyond that I'm using 12v 30A power supply and only heating the bed my extruder have no problem getting to 230c  seem the printer does not want to print ABS just yet plus last week the green ramps connector melted on me, I always see warning about the connector melting and I see it first hand  , and any idea on the heat bed, don't really want to install back my mk2a heat bed to test lol Sorry to hear about all the problem you are facing. Makes me wonder though, does the inductive sensor works on a glass print bed?
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eehtsitna
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Feb 4 2015, 01:39 PM
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Capacity sensor eh? I will try to read about it. Thanks for the info.
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eehtsitna
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Feb 4 2015, 03:33 PM
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QUOTE(DarkTenno @ Feb 4 2015, 02:43 PM) capacitive not capacity it 2 different thing  Opppsss! That is a typo for sure!
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eehtsitna
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Feb 4 2015, 03:35 PM
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QUOTE(altan @ Feb 4 2015, 03:32 PM) You may want to get a separate solid state switch and a dedicated power supply for your Heater bed because the controller board is not meant to take in very high currents ( more than 10 A) at one time. The melted green connector indicate the connector is not designed for such currents and I have mentioned before that it is not recommended to directly connect the heater bed to the controller board and instead to be safe, use the heat bed output to control a high current solid state switch that regulates the heater bed power. I bought a 28A solid state switch a while ago but have not have the time to buy a dedicated power supply for it yet. I was planning to use a 250W computer PSU as the power source but It didn't work as expected due to the over current safety kicking in every time I power the heat bed. You could use the IRF3808 transistor but you should not tap power from the controller board and instead hook the power supply directly to the transistor source lead. Also, separating the transistor from the board and having it on its own heat sink will be a safer choice. Somehow this heatbed problem looks similar to mine.
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eehtsitna
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Feb 4 2015, 03:52 PM
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QUOTE(DarkTenno @ Feb 4 2015, 04:40 PM) really? I'm gonna ditch the mosfet fixing going to go with relay method  I think I bought a solid state relay for my filament extruder project need to check if it DC or AC  Yup. I hooked up the heatbed to my RAMPS. Once i powered it up and raise the temperature, the MOSFET gets too hot and start burning some plastic component on the RAMPS. That happens right after i complete building my printer so you can imagine my reaction back then.
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eehtsitna
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Feb 10 2015, 08:43 AM
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Where is everybody? Why so quiet all of a sudden. Anyway, here is another question from yours truly.
How do i change the homing position for my PRUSA i3? Been looking for the answer on google so either i am clueless or I do not know what I am looking for.
Thanks in advance.
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eehtsitna
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Feb 10 2015, 09:43 AM
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Hmmm... guess i better not play around with the setting in the firmware. I find it inconvenient to have the home position in front. Most of all, i would like the printer to present the completed print in front so i wont have to push all the wiring aside. I will most likely try that approach you have mentioned which is to tweak the setting in slic3r. Thanks again.
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eehtsitna
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Feb 10 2015, 03:40 PM
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QUOTE(sooyewguan @ Feb 10 2015, 04:16 PM) May i know how much did you pay for these?
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eehtsitna
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Feb 10 2015, 04:39 PM
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QUOTE(sooyewguan @ Feb 10 2015, 05:18 PM) ABS and PLA is SGD38.00 Flexi is bit expensive, SGD90.00 So you bought it from Singapore? Wonder how much its going to cost to have it shipped to my location.
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