Monthly Archives: May 2013

Working through the issues on getting my extruder running

Some how I didn’t get the memo that I needed to calibrate my Polulu’s on my ramps 1.4.   As this is my first 3d printer that I’m working on,  I can and do forgive myself 😉 .    So this is … Continue reading

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DiY MK-7 Gear Hobbed gear experiments. Part II

[Edit] I think that I might be barking up the wrong tree that my gear is slipping on the  filament …  I believe that it is more the case that my extruder is skipping.  The motor hasn’t been calibrated yet.  … Continue reading

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Figuring out how to get the thermistor values into sprinter for my qd-db extruder.

I’m did a little bit of a happy dance the other day.   I managed to get my Qd-bd extruder to poop for the first time. I got my little wiring breakout board done, and I cut a piece of glass … Continue reading

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More on the QB-DB extruder mods.

Ok.. So I was reading about all the issues people where having with there qu-bd extruders and how they where addressing them.  One issue was roughness in the bore. I got some lapping compound and I used that  and a … Continue reading

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