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A Bridge too Far

I believe I sorted most of the X/Y drift by adjusting the MAX_TRAVEL_ACCELERATION_UNITS_PER_SQ_SECOND_X Y and Z values in the repetier firmware to be the same as my lowered MAX_ACCELERATION_UNITS_PER_SQ_SECOND_X Y and Z settings (1000, 1000 and 100). The creep has not completely gone away but it is now down to one strands thickness, mainly in the X direction, every 10-20 layers,…

Up up and away

My next prints have largely been additional tuning of the printer, the test print being a roller platform for the PLA spool, with varying degrees of success. My first issue has been that I have issues with Z height for subsequent layers of a print – I can manage to lay down a beautiful first…

First Prints

Well, I decided that in order to rule out the torque issue, I decided to buy a Greg’s Wade reloaded extruder for Prusa i3 and mount this as a direct drive extruder. The extruder was £22.99 with free shipping from ebay and came with all the required hardware for assembly. I assembled the extruder by following the…

Printing on Air

After several separate attempts to work out why my end stops were not triggering, on several different occasions over a month or two, double and triple checking the wiring, trying just about every combination of settings in the firmware, I was still no further forward. I decided to add a connector to the breadboard where…

It’s Alive…

I finally managed to find some time to complete the wiring, well, not quite complete, because I still have yet to buy the pins for the extruder motor connector, but sufficiently complete that I could test it out. I cut a 200 x 200mm piece of glass from one of the many sheets I have…