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- Mon Feb 15, 2016 3:23 pm
- Forum: Troubleshooting
- Topic: jamming and puff balls
- Replies: 7
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Re: jamming and puff balls
Yes, I still have towers.gco (and the instructions). I'm not sure about the interaction with MC, though. If I do a manual leveling, should I turn off "automatic print leveling" in MC's options>>hardware settings? Or, should I do auto leveling after I've done manual? Somewhere in the instru...
- Wed Feb 10, 2016 5:20 pm
- Forum: Troubleshooting
- Topic: jamming and puff balls
- Replies: 7
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Re: jamming and puff balls
Thanks! I would never have guessed that it was moisture instead of lack of moisture. (Probably explains the snap/crackle/pops I was hearing). I'm reading up on how to dry ABS... I'm still fairly new at this - any pointers on the z-height testing? I seemed to have had the machine set up nicely a year...
- Tue Feb 09, 2016 5:57 pm
- Forum: Troubleshooting
- Topic: jamming and puff balls
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5164
jamming and puff balls
puff balls 2016-02-09 17.46.21.jpg Something is going wrong in my prints and I would welcome suggestions. I am getting nozzle jams. Resolved them with a blow torch (brass nozzle was glowing red, the stuff inside was on flames). Using "natural" color ABS, I now get rusty brown layers, esp....
- Tue Jan 26, 2016 1:01 pm
- Forum: ORION
- Topic: Nozzle build-up
- Replies: 5
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Re: Nozzle build-up
How does one clean out the inside of the nozzle after blowtorching it? The brass was glowing red before the jam was cleared.
Are the Orion Delta 2 (2+ years old) 0.5mm nozzles "standard"? It would cost me more in shipping and duty to order one across the border...
Are the Orion Delta 2 (2+ years old) 0.5mm nozzles "standard"? It would cost me more in shipping and duty to order one across the border...
- Mon Jul 07, 2014 6:23 pm
- Forum: What are YOU making?
- Topic: November Print Challenge
- Replies: 32
- Views: 17467
Re: November Print Challenge
Here are some closeups (the best I could do with my phone). The starting outline seems to never print immediately, then prints and peels, then prints and sticks. It's 0.37mm thick with a few bubbles in it. More flat rather than rounded. The spiral bones (when removed from the plate, they look like w...
- Fri Jul 04, 2014 5:26 pm
- Forum: What are YOU making?
- Topic: November Print Challenge
- Replies: 32
- Views: 17467
Re: November Print Challenge
I got my Orion after the contest was closed. UPS manhandled it and I've been calibrating it ever since I received it. Given that it managed to print this challenge, should I be happy with my calibration?
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- Sat Apr 19, 2014 10:59 am
- Forum: New Member introduction
- Topic: Hello from Toronto, Canada
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8248
Re: Hello from Toronto, Canada
joecnc2006 wrote:for the gaps try reducing your nozzle width.
Is this a physical or software adjustment? I'm perusing the Rostock assembly manual (even though I got the pre-assembled Orion) to see what else I can / should tweak. Pointers to specific pages or posts would be appreciated.
- Sat Apr 19, 2014 10:54 am
- Forum: New Member introduction
- Topic: Hello from Toronto, Canada
- Replies: 14
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Re: Hello from Toronto, Canada
Other than the cheapskate bearing friction, you'll also want to check the friction of the arms on the u-joints and the u-joints on the axles. Is there a way to check this? I bought the pre-assembled unit. I put some drops of TriFlow on every joint I could find, but this hasn't improved the print. t...
- Mon Apr 14, 2014 12:06 pm
- Forum: New Member introduction
- Topic: Hello from Toronto, Canada
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8248
Re: Hello from Toronto, Canada
It turned out that my first-order problem was that, during shipping, at least one of the cheapskate rollers acquired "play". I adjusted the carriages as per pg. 92 of the Rostock assembly guide. The next print looked much better. Now, though, I've got "Delta arm blues" (pg. 292),...
- Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:41 pm
- Forum: New Member introduction
- Topic: Hello from Toronto, Canada
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8248
Re: Hello from Toronto, Canada
Thanks for your helpful replies - I'm already coming down the learning curve. I tried to print the FAN at 225C, but, this time I watched more carefully. The thin cross-piece is not meant to be "solid" all the way through, as I had erroneously expected. It prints the thin arch as little loo...
- Fri Apr 04, 2014 2:50 pm
- Forum: New Member introduction
- Topic: Hello from Toronto, Canada
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8248
Re: Hello from Toronto, Canada
I think I might try a higher temp (if that doesn't work, I'll go back to leveling :-). It seems to me that the nozzle temperature is controlled by the fan.gco program... ... M190 S90 ; wait for bed temperature to be reached M104 S218 ; set temperature G28 ; home all axes M109 S218 ; wait for tempera...
- Fri Apr 04, 2014 2:18 pm
- Forum: New Member introduction
- Topic: Hello from Toronto, Canada
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8248
Re: Hello from Toronto, Canada
The photos above were taken using "stock" temperatures. Second run (after a round of re-leveling exercise). The first run ("out of the box") looks similar. With the heigh-adjustment screws, I note that after homing, one screw is barely touching the micro-switch lever, while the o...
- Fri Apr 04, 2014 1:59 pm
- Forum: New Member introduction
- Topic: Hello from Toronto, Canada
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8248
Re: Hello from Toronto, Canada
This is after one session of XYZ calibrations (roughly 4 passes). [img]http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a573/guitp/fan1_zps15215e91.jpg[/img] [img]http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a573/guitp/fan3_zps304f563b.jpg[/img] [img]http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a573/guitp/fan2_zps477e9da3.jpg[/im...
- Fri Apr 04, 2014 1:11 pm
- Forum: New Member introduction
- Topic: Hello from Toronto, Canada
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8248
Hello from Toronto, Canada
Just fired up my Orion Delta for the first two times. I am expecting the FAN.GCO part to come out "solid". (Is that the correct assumption?). In fact, the top, thin strut is partly hollow and the "wings" have (vertical) layers - if I bend them, I can see the "layers" se...