I have edited the firmware of Marlin_1CNC_Rambo so that the extruder works on the lowrider as well but I dont like the result of stl files and slicers since the paste I am extruding makes lines inbetween the paths because the z position does not change.
Is it possible to use cnc files and configure the firmware in order to extrude a constant amount per second when z is lowered?
Are you printing with traditional plastic? What are you doing? I’m just interested.
I think you are talking about retraction settings. Things like the amount of filament (the extrustion) to retract, along with the amount to lift the Z (the z hop). These are what the settings are called in prusa slicer.
I am printing Oil colour and want to do more 2 dimensional pieces.
Thats why I build the lowrider (big printing area)
It would be awesome to change the firmware somehow that I have the benefits of cnc because lifting the zt axis inbetween paths and yet make the extruder extrude the oil colour
Wow. I suspected it was something cool, because of your choice of words. That is really neat.
I don’t know what the mechanics of your oil color extruder are. But I suspect the motor on the extruder works like a sloppy extruder.
If you increase the retraction distance, it will suck back up more of the oil, reducing the pressure before a move. You can then add a big Z hop, so it will pick up the Z before moving and then come back down and undo the retraction before drawing again.
I dont know how you are creating the file though. Do you make those with stls and a slicer?
#if ENABLED(LEVEL_BED_CORNERS) #define LEVEL_CORNERS_INSET_LFRB { 30, 30, 30, 30 } // (mm) Left, Front, Right, Back insets #define LEVEL_CORNERS_HEIGHT 0.0 // (mm) Z height of nozzle at leveling points #define LEVEL_CORNERS_Z_HOP 4.0 // (mm) Z height of nozzle between leveling points
//#define LEVEL_CENTER_TOO // Move to the center after the last corner #endif
I will try that tomorrow. Your new firmware works on Windows 10. Hopefully the controle panel works again : )
I do not have dual endstops
Do you have an idea how to solve the problem that the z axis collapses when connecting it to a slicer program?
I am putting buckets below every time but sometimes Iforget and than I have to callibrate the Z axis : /