sadly! I have got to save up the money for the 10 start 25mm pitch fast lead screw and nut, and Acme lead screw and nut, I think ill have it in about a month :-( ...oh thank you skarab plz add what you like, I put them there for you anyway, if your going to add my videos to the build manual I best try to make better ones from now on )

 

ok im ordering my 10 start 25mm pitch fast lead screw and nut, this monday coming the last parts i need

 

My Y carriage is very unstable. Still tweaking the unit

 

Thank you, thank you, thank you, OpenBuilds and Skarab! I have been waiting for this printer. It is going to be better than anything out there at this consumer level. I maintain and use regularly a Thing-O-Matic clone for a school. It works but slow and precision is lacking. I have parts coming and am excited to start the build. Trying to save money I will be using a 3/8-8 4 start for x and y. My daughter saw it and wants to make a chocolate extruder for it. I told her "You design it and build and we'll see what it will do". Thanks for the learning experience. Priceless!

 

well I am the guy that bought the kit. Overall not happy with seller. Y carriage print quality was horrible. Its twisted. Also missing parts and hardware. Told me will send new carriage. We will see.

But I love this unit! One problem I am having is calibrating the x axis. It overshoots every test print. it will print fine the first few layers. i thought it was miss stepping but I check the motor current and it fine. Any suggestions?

 

I thought it might have to much resistance in the carriage. I am able to spin the screw at the coupling with my thumb and forefinger and traverse the whole way. Towards the end about 200 mm away it get tighter but I can still spin it. Any thoughts?

I will play with acceleration.

 

sorry still new to this. Is there a way to read and change the firmware on the arduino? It has Repetier 0.83 firmware and I don't know all the settings. No configuration files was included. I want to change the acceleration.

 

I guest EEPROM set to zero. get Error: No EEPROM support compiled.

 

Me too.

McMaster.com, I will cut and machine the ends. The nuts from dumpstercnc.com.

 

I really had to slow acceleration down but.....FIRST SUCCESSFUL BUILD!!! so far

 

still needs some twerking!!

 

this was with a .4mm height, imagine if i took the time to print it finely, to quote the SKARAB, "don't despair". I had to slow down both jerk and acceleration to stop it from popping out of the threads, no big deal on overall print speed in the end.

 

i may be able to go faster, but once it worked i moved on...

 

oh thanks for this hope it will save time for me when i get this far

 

My wife made this video...

https://www.sparkcamera.com/v/VRLR0akgm3

 

nice video ...can you share your stl on the extruder you've used on top of your printer and the stl's of extuder_flange and extrudur_body so that it fits with the E3Dv5 hot end plz ?

 

oh yes;
the top is the extruder that I had mounted direct, before going bowden,
i think it this: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:25416
it's mounted on this: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:26667
and I used this and some drilling, : http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:245123
the bottom is the stl from Skarab, with this kit: http://e3d-online.com/E3D-HotEnds/E3D-V5-3mm-Bowden-All-Metal-HotEnd.

hope this helps!

 

THX!!! I used your setting and got a much cleaner print. I think my extruder setting were off. Also, I need to tighten up my Y axis. It still hops around but getting closer

 

Awesome! happy to be helpful, don't forget to ensure all the wheels spin freely, I had a stuck wheel for a while very frustrating. I had to slow the X down some more after removing the motor weight by going bowden style. Not sure if i prefer it the other way or not. I intend to add another extruder to go duel , the break out board I have for that has the capability to add two more for a total of three, but really? I have no idea why, but probably keep trying till I have all three going.

 

I too want to add a duel extruder but first I am focusing on what I got. I have a need to print complex shapes that usually do not have a flat edge. I am guessing this is where support material comes into play. Anyone have any experience with this? see pix.

I also want to add auto leveling.

 

Do you use Slic3r?

 

yes, I use Repetier host and firmware, Slic3r is built in, and works easily.

 

So do I. Do you use the default settings? Is there a prefered infill?

 

THANK YOU

 

I have about ten different presets in slicer, starting from 0 infill to 100%, various layer heights and infill combos, the print is the guide here, if its just a thingy to hang around and impress neighbors, zero can be fine, almost everything this guy puts up prints easily in zero: http://www.thingiverse.com/cerberus333/overview
If it's a part for the kick-*** Lautr3k you might want to go 100%, experiment, don't fear errors, they are part of the ride.

 

can you or your wife do a video of a look round at all the part's of your printer please ?