printing with x axis fliped

[johnf9838]

On a new Rostock Max machine, it is all working fine and was able to slice and print a few models. The issue is that if the object is not symmetrical it will print with the mirror image on the X-Axis. Have looked high and low for how to invert the axis, but cannot tell if it should be on the Slicer3D side or the physical machine. Any guidance will be greatly appreciated.

[Eaglezsoar]

Should be done on the the machine. See this link:
http://forum.seemecnc.com/viewtopic.php?t=1266&p=6593

[johnf9838]

Thanks for the info, but, where can I find this config file. I have searched the entire hard drive and cannot find it. I think I'm typing the incorrect name, between configuration.h or config.h. I would thought that this would be a menu item to do these changes.

[geneb]

If you send "g28" and it homes correctly (all three axes move up to hit the limit switches), you don't have an axis reversed.

How could you have gotten any printing done without calibrating the machine?

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[johnf9838]

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That is my quandary. The whole thing prints , homes and moves correctly, beautifully. So the question is still how to get the image to print as brought into Slicer3D?, not reversing the x co-ordinates. As it stands, a plus X, moves the extruder away from the X-Post. A plus Y, moves the extruder towards the Y post, and the Z is going up.
What Am I missing? But I don't thing the machine is at fault.

[geneb]

Check your Slic3r configuration and make sure it matches the manual. Note that if you don't know where "configuration.h" is found, you still haven't finished calibrating your printer.

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[foshon]

Switch a pair of wires on the mirrored axis and then reverse the direction in the firmware .

[geneb]

NO!

If the machine is homing in the correct direction on all axes, then there's not a thing wrong with the wiring or the direction configuration in the firmware!

g.

[lordbinky]

Since I'm still waiting on my board *twiddles thumbs*, I held my tongue since my real experience is still at the 0 mark while my imaginary experience is quite awesome.

From what my eyes say to my brain, it sounds like something isn't set to a delta or rostock. The slicer program seems a very likely culprit as geneb suggested since manual commands work fine. Which makes me curious, what do using other slicers result in?

[foshon]

NO!

If the machine is homing in the correct direction on all axes, then there's not a thing wrong with the wiring or the direction configuration in the firmware!

g.

Genes right, silly idea.

Edit: Eating crow

[geneb]

/me hands Foshon the mustard.




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[Eaglezsoar]

Foshon could use the mustard to flavor the crow!

[foshon]

If you haven't done it yet download Arduino:

http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software

Then download SMCNC's repetier firmware:

https://github.com/seemecnc/RepetierMAX ... master.zip

Use Arduino to open up the repetier.ino file in the repetier folder. Upload the firmware. Out of the box this should fix your issue if it is software related.