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Definition of insanity

Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:48 pm
by timothysvec
Greetings: Some say the definition of insanity is; doing the same thing over and over, thinking somehow, the outcome will will be different. I like doing that and have even provided a picture to prove it. :D Anyway, could someone out there in forum land lend me a hand. I squared everything, leveled the bed, slowed everything down, am using seeme cnc profile (yoda) and slicer. did belt tension. am running 180F on hotbed and 420F on hot end. 1/8 step with 4 axis mach 3 old pc putting out solid 5 volts. Hmmmmmm what could i be doing wrong? cheers, tim
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Re: Definition of insanity

Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:58 pm
by tom10122
I'm in the same boat, I had one print out good then i redid my hotend and its f'ed up too, did you do the belt tension mod?

Re: Definition of insanity

Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 5:05 pm
by timothysvec
Yes on x axis with hose clamp.

Re: Definition of insanity

Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:00 pm
by drew
Did you do the optoisolator mode on the 4 axis board? If not try that.

Re: Definition of insanity

Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:44 pm
by kilroyo
I had the same issue ,and could never find the solution until I changed the computer. I had mach3 on an old computer and once I changed the computer the slant went away..

Re: Definition of insanity

Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 8:38 pm
by timothysvec
Thank's guy's. The optoisolator mod made a big improvement!
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