Hey everyone,
I need some help. But before that I will say that I should have chosen a simpler printer for my first one
Anyway, I just finishing build a Legacy Kossel, and have managed to do a few things right, I got it wired up correctly for starters! It homes with G28 command now, after nearly taking the endstops out on the first go.
The main problem I have is measuring the Z home position, I tried to do demo print once it homed, but it just send the hotend straight into the build platform! Anyone out there have one of these and knows a way around this?
I also managed to jammed my extruder before I even got to print. Any help is much appreciated.
- In Repetier -Host: use the Config - Firmware EEPROM Configuration (Alt E) to change your z position - start off with a measurement 50 - 100 mm above the bed and work your way down to the bed.
you can do this with the following:
- In Repetier -Host select G-Code Editor - there is a drop down - select any one of the scripts - say Script 1
Type in two steps:
g28
go f 8000 x0 y0 z300
3.Now go to Printer->and select Send Script 1
The printer will now move to the the z position z300 of the script
Measure the distance from the tip of your hotend to the bed and add the measurement to 300 ( the script 1 z amount)
Now go back to step one and do the change z in EEPROM to your new calculated height.
4. to test repeat step 2 with your new calculated z height
The computer must be connected to the printer for step 1 to work
In Pronterface you do not have the the EEPROM functionality - you need to upload using Arduino
Hey @Herman_Steyn thanks for your reply. Does it matter what firmware I use? Using Marlin at the moment, with Pronterface.
I have nearly got it on marlin and pronterface. Although the number are strange, and I think its because Im using filament to drive the carriages? Its arching up instead of into the board now