The gigantic 24V solenoid I bought to:
- Have a plotter mode on my QR;
- Try to do Z-Lift without the moving the bed (pre-processing the GCode and adding some code associated to retraction to command the solenoid);
Let’s see…
By the way… Where I bought it?
Fast and efficient screw and other electronics components supplier for Europe.
http://www.tme.eu
Very happy so far. High quality stuff.
The dildotend?
The original plan was to use this for plotter mode at first. Then I thought: “why not using this for z-lift to win some speed”. The problem I have is that I still need some signal to activate the solenoid. It could be anything digital really. Pre-processing the G-Code to recognize the retraction is easy (it’s just a matter of identifying the length for example, then it’s just replacing it with the code that activate/de-activate the solenoid). We just need something supported in the GCode/Firmware that can trigger an output. In the case of the smoothieware I’m using, it shouldn’t be problem. I guess Marlin could use the signal for the Z-Probe for example (if not in use of course). Any thought?