RAMPS or Arduino bad? (3 replies)
I'm hoping someone can help me or point me in the right direction. I just built a Prusa Mendel variant and I'm having a problem with the extruder stepper motor. On the first day it ran acceptably and...
View ArticleEcco dove siamo arrivati!!! (2 replies)
Ciao a tutti, dopo un paio di mesi alla fine è uscito il primo risultato serio dalla nostra Prusa I3 Custom (abbiamo apportato qualche piccola modifica al progetto originale)..... E' stampato in PLA a...
View ArticlePrint Quality (no replies)
Folks, firstly I'd like to thank Engineglue for his awesome Youtube videos for the Reprap build guide - thanks! Secondly, I'd like to thank everyone on this forum - any problems I've had Ive been able...
View ArticleFirmware problems with Sprinter and Sanguinololu (no replies)
Hi there. I posted on the french forum and I will translate it here. I've uploaded Sprinter with Arduino IDE 0018 on a Sanguinololu board v1.3a W/ATmega644p. I've done some modifications on...
View Article2 pos/neg set for heated bed pad (no replies)
The heated bed pad shipped with my printer has 6 wires. 2 for therm, and 2 pos and 2 neg. I checked each set of pos/neg with the voltage regulator, making sure that I got a reading from each set of...
View ArticleNema 17 kombinieren (no replies)
Hallo, ich bin gerade am Prusa aufrüsten dran. Dazu will ich die X und Y Achse jeweils mit 2 Motoren ansteuern. Mir fehlt dazu noch 1 Nema 17 Motor. Jetzt die Frage kann ich verschiedene Nema 17...
View ArticleRepetier Server auf Raspberry PI (no replies)
Hallo, irgenwie komm ich nicht weiter. Hab auf meinem Pi nach dieser Anleitung: [github.com] den Repetier Server installiert. Auf die Webpage komme ich nun, nur wie füge ich meinen Drucker da hinzu?...
View ArticleNewbie looking to get started, with questions. (1 reply)
Hi, thanks in advance for anyone who helps and answers my questions. Also if anyone has any tips for a newbie, again thanks. My main question is about printing sizes, I've found out some of the...
View ArticleSingle pulsing stepper (2 replies)
I'm hoping someone can help me or point me in the right direction. I posted this in a different section and it was suggested that you all might be better able to help. I just built a Prusa Mendel...
View ArticleShreading 3.0mm ABS Filament (3 replies)
I'm back at the RepRap. It has been 4 years. So I am hired on to a small company and they wanted a 3D printer. And they chose a RepRap (not my decision). A Pursa with hotbed and a standard extruder...
View ArticleKaufberatung für Anfänger (5 replies)
Hallo zusammen, möchte mir bzw. mit der Schule einen 3D-Drucker bauen, bin 14 Jahre alt und das ganze wird ein Schulprojekt von einer AG. Ich weiß noch nicht, welcher Drucker es überhaupt wird... :S...
View ArticleTeacup + Repetier Host Serial Error (1 reply)
Hi all, For several months I have run my reprap mendel on Teacup firmware. I love it! I use Repetier host to send the G-Code to the machine, which has never been a problem on my laptop at all. I also...
View ArticleNueva RepStrap en la familia (1 reply)
Hola gente! Quería compartir con ustedes la noticia. La semana pasada terminé mi RepStrap (tipo wolfstrap). La idea y premisa original fue realizarla solamente con materiales reciclados (extraidos de...
View ArticleFilament Cleaner (no replies)
I see somewhere that some guy use kitchen sponge for cleaning filament before extruder but he make some custom additional printed part just to hold sponge. Sorry if I am wrong, I just want to share my...
View ArticleFilament tube routing (no replies)
I have noticed that at times the spool on the back of the machine will have more tightly wound filament than at other times. When that happens, there is more pull on the PTFE tube, and the end of the...
View ArticleNew RepStrap in the family (1 reply)
(From my original post at RepRap Usergroup - Argentina) Hello people! I wanted to share with you the news. Last week I finished my RepStrap (wolfstrap kind). The idea and original premise was to build...
View ArticleNintendo Virtual Boy leg block (no replies)
There is a plastic block that holds the legs together on the Virtual Boy and it always breaks. It should be a simple part to design and would benefit allot of people. It seems like an obvious...
View ArticleFinding ideal belt tension (2 replies)
I've been really surprised to find so little discussion of belt tensioning in the reprap wiki and other resources. It's a huge issue in automotive maintenance, with tools dedicated just to it. My...
View ArticleRostock Build with modfied traxxas parts (no replies)
Over the past week I have been assembling my Rostock based on the parts found in my collection: [www.thingiverse.com] I chose to go with the traxxas rod end modified parts because the printed...
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