#garfield Logs

Dec 20 2018

01:17 AM rue_shop3: I was just tweeking that first printer I made
01:21 AM rue_shop3: watching it print, trying to work out why it seems to move so grainy
01:21 AM rue_shop3: then I realized its my only direct-drive printer
01:21 AM rue_shop3: I have that 2:1 on everything else
06:06 PM zhanx: rue_mohr, added check the print bed to my list it was loose
06:10 PM Tom_L: do they shake loose that much?
06:13 PM zhanx: Tom_L, Not that I know of but I had never checked them
06:13 PM zhanx: just finished releveling the bed now
06:19 PM zhanx: note to self, using blue tape with blue filament is hard to see
10:29 PM rue_shop4: ok, now to simply flash the firmware to the new printer
10:29 PM rue_shop4: :S
10:29 PM * rue_shop4 looks for the pullcord
10:31 PM zhanx: rue_shop4, I spent all day on the printer
10:31 PM rue_shop4: haha
10:31 PM rue_shop4: they eat time don they?
10:31 PM zhanx: yep, blue filament on blue tape
10:31 PM zhanx: worse idea EVER
10:32 PM zhanx: printing a bottom mount upgrade for the X axis now
10:32 PM rue_shop4: bottom mount upgrade?
10:33 PM rue_shop4: oh I just changed mine, I should ahve given you the data
10:33 PM zhanx: it positively locates them
10:33 PM rue_shop4: I changed that bottom cross rod for a solid one
10:33 PM rue_shop4: and use clamps that stack/compress
10:33 PM zhanx: this is a stack and compress mount
10:33 PM rue_shop4: I think I know what you mean, shoot me a pic
10:34 PM rue_shop4: opened arduino and its marlin, hmm,
10:34 PM zhanx: its on thingiverse as a corexy upgrade to the prusa i2
10:34 PM rue_shop4: is it configured right?
10:34 PM rue_shop4: welll shoot me a thing number!
10:34 PM zhanx: printing one to double check it, it measures out right on the pc
10:35 PM zhanx: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:526673 <-
10:35 PM zhanx: printing as is for the mounts on the bottom, I am gonna cut off the motor mounts if needed
10:35 PM rue_shop4: OMG brakes!!!!
10:36 PM rue_shop4: I dont know what to name my new machine...
10:36 PM rue_shop4: damnit
10:36 PM zhanx: mine is named junk
10:36 PM rue_shop4: !!! zhanx THATS a way Z SHOULD be done!
10:36 PM zhanx: my kids named it
10:37 PM rue_shop4: oh they moved the X motor too
10:37 PM zhanx: your welcome
10:37 PM rue_shop4: damnit
10:37 PM rue_shop4: I cant build ANOTHER machine!
10:37 PM rue_shop4: some of my improvements still stand
10:37 PM rue_shop4: like the 2:1
10:37 PM zhanx: I am update mine is all
10:38 PM zhanx: add that, your 2.1 some minor things and this thing already prints awesome
10:38 PM zhanx: I need better lead screws tho
10:38 PM rue_shop4: the standing X rails anchor better to the Z rails, but provide a problem if not attaching a bowden extruder
10:38 PM rue_shop4: and the bowden extruders are plauged with filament breakage
10:38 PM rue_shop4: no lead screws!
10:38 PM zhanx: bowden i am not messing with
10:38 PM rue_shop4: I'm gonna belt drive mine, later
10:39 PM rue_shop4: the U clamps for the Y rods are a problem, I use a different one
10:39 PM zhanx: my z axis has wobble due to my threaded rod
10:39 PM rue_shop4: yea
10:39 PM rue_shop4: your using 8mm threaded rod tho aren't you?
10:39 PM zhanx: 5/16
10:39 PM rue_shop4: think I told ya not to :)
10:40 PM zhanx: its what i had remember
10:40 PM rue_shop4: yea, switch it to 10-32 or M5
10:40 PM rue_shop4: with soft pipe couplers
10:40 PM rue_shop4: 75% improvement
10:40 PM zhanx: yep future update
10:40 PM rue_shop4: yea, the list doesn't stop
10:40 PM zhanx: nope
10:40 PM zhanx: right now its printing the best it ever has
10:41 PM zhanx: learning curve of course
10:41 PM rue_shop4: it'll just keep getting better
10:41 PM rue_shop4: you should see the improvement you get with the 2:1
10:41 PM zhanx: I need a heated bed on day
10:42 PM rue_shop4: damnit, what do I call this machine
10:42 PM zhanx: damnit
10:42 PM rue_shop3: polyscout was the first machine (scout of plastic)
10:43 PM rue_shop3: repspite was the second (spite of the reprap design)
10:43 PM rue_shop3: polyspawn was the third (child of plastic)
10:44 PM zhanx: filius filium is latin for son of a son
10:44 PM rue_shop3: hmm
10:44 PM rue_shop3: transformer names
10:44 PM rue_shop3: autobot specifically
10:45 PM zhanx: my suggestion can work,. filament filium son of filament
10:45 PM rue_shop3: not a transformer name tho
10:45 PM zhanx: true
10:45 PM zhanx: but a word play
10:46 PM rue_shop3: oh its for the rack
10:48 PM zhanx: ok warpage and how do i stop it?
10:48 PM zhanx: my parts for the slew drive thing warp due to size
10:48 PM rue_shop3: break up the layers
10:48 PM rue_shop3: also print cooler and WAY slower
10:48 PM zhanx: k
10:48 PM rue_shop3: cooler is like ~2c
10:49 PM zhanx: k
10:49 PM rue_shop3: small numbers make a huge diff on that
10:49 PM rue_shop3: I have been deisnging my parts with cuts in the layers
10:49 PM zhanx: yea this blue filament is at 195
10:49 PM rue_shop3: if I know their gonna try to warp
10:49 PM zhanx: raft?
10:50 PM rue_shop3: I also put 1 layer circles under problem corners, let the slicer mix them in
10:50 PM rue_shop3: didn't buy into rafts
10:50 PM zhanx: k
10:50 PM rue_shop3: racksmith!
10:50 PM zhanx: i'll try slower on the next print of it then
10:50 PM rue_shop3: racksmith?
10:51 PM zhanx: MrRack
10:51 PM rue_shop3: rackrep?
10:51 PM zhanx: you know my cat is named tab?
10:52 PM zhanx: due to how she jumped over a few spaces as kitten
10:52 PM rue_shop4: :)
10:55 PM rue_shop4: OOOOOooo... new printer.......
10:55 PM rue_shop4: days of staying up till 1am....
10:55 PM rue_shop4: "ALMOST!..."
10:57 PM rue_shop4: its first pass leveled
10:57 PM rue_shop4: firmware installed
10:58 PM rue_shop4: see if the motors are the right way around...
10:58 PM rue_shop4: Printer is now online.
10:58 PM rue_shop4: music to my ears
10:59 PM rue_shop4: hahah right, no power...
11:01 PM rue_shop4: 8-| EVERY power bar is full????
11:03 PM zhanx: ok print head keeps getting in the way
11:05 PM zhanx: but rue should like this https://imgur.com/a/SIXRevj
11:08 PM rue_shop4: fan is on the right way...
11:08 PM zhanx: printer quality is not over extruded also
11:09 PM rue_shop4: looks great!
11:09 PM rue_shop4: ok my steps/mm are WAY out
11:09 PM zhanx: rue just think you helped me make this over the internet
11:12 PM rue_shop4: helped about as much as standing out of the way...
11:13 PM zhanx: and you told me what i did wrong etc, i had to learn it the hard way
11:13 PM rue_shop4: aha, no microstep jumpers...
11:14 PM rue_shop4: the most important thing was to pass on the addiction
11:14 PM zhanx: which i hate you for
11:14 PM zhanx: but then love you for it
11:15 PM zhanx: As I am making robots again
11:15 PM rue_shop4: hah
11:15 PM zhanx: if that make sense
11:15 PM rue_shop4: can you design stuff tho?
11:15 PM zhanx: yep
11:15 PM zhanx: I use openscad
11:16 PM zhanx: wait till you see the bed for the 3d scanner
11:16 PM zhanx: 60 pounds max weight, 1m cube
11:17 PM rue_shop4: ok that should be better
11:18 PM rue_shop4: yea!
11:18 PM zhanx: yes since the last bed skipped steps at 22 oz's
11:18 PM rue_shop4: the Z motors run the right ways!
11:18 PM rue_shop4: both of them!
11:18 PM zhanx: nice
11:18 PM rue_shop4: skipping yea, 2:1
11:18 PM furrywolf: someone in another channel was telling me that modern versions of solvespace are now useful cad software... I need to download and try it out again.
11:18 PM rue_shop4: z lim, ok
11:19 PM zhanx: hmmm
11:19 PM rue_shop4: x lim is reversed...
11:20 PM zhanx: rotate the wires
11:22 PM rue_shop4: yea, I set them up on the siwtch end for that
11:22 PM rue_shop4: I think the z driver failed?
11:22 PM zhanx: tuning
11:23 PM rue_shop4: erp, nope, mechanical issues
11:28 PM rue_shop4: its like the motors missing a phase
11:29 PM rue_shop4: its buddy works fine
11:30 PM zhanx: power?
11:31 PM rue_shop4: nope, and not the driver
11:32 PM rue_shop4: its like its the motor
11:32 PM rue_shop4: the coils meter ok tho
11:33 PM rue_shop4: !? failed stepper motor!?!?!
11:33 PM zhanx: i had one 2
11:34 PM rue_shop4: out of a printer?
11:34 PM zhanx: remember my extruder didn't reverse
11:34 PM zhanx: yep
11:34 PM rue_shop4: HP?
11:34 PM zhanx: HP or Cannon
11:35 PM rue_shop4: ah, no its not the stepper
11:35 PM zhanx: even Tom_L was shocked on it
11:35 PM zhanx: but i have a use for that motor that won't reverse
11:36 PM rue_shop4: wtf
11:36 PM rue_shop4: one motor is fine, and the other is like its the connector, but
11:37 PM rue_shop4: mark 3 mark 1 mark 3 mark
11:37 PM rue_shop4: hmm
11:38 PM rue_shop4: wtf
11:38 PM rue_shop4: this doesn't add up
11:38 PM rue_shop4: it HAS to be the connector, but
11:39 PM rue_shop4: yes, its a connector....
11:39 PM rue_shop4: one of...
11:42 PM rue_shop4: aha
11:42 PM rue_shop4: dupont pin
11:42 PM rue_shop4: didn't fully insert in the shroud
11:43 PM zhanx: that will do it
11:53 PM rue_shop4: ok
11:53 PM rue_shop4: x and z zero...
11:56 PM rue_shop4: hey! she zeros!
11:56 PM rue_shop4: ok fix the X leveling again...
11:59 PM rue_shop4: hmm I cant run the heater on a 2A supply...