Greetings!
So I finally managed to put everything together and start the first test-plots.
Greetings!
So I finally managed to put everything together and start the first test-plots.
It looks awesome what color is that
Did you check all the voltage because my steppers did the same thing till I adjusted them
Hi Jason,
The first thing you need to solve is the frame being square. Make sure both sides of each axis are as close in length as you can get them, then you check diagonals. The feet have room to move the screws have slots. Make sure each corner is at the same height.
As for the center make sure none of your bolt heads are interfering in the very center, some hardware can hit the bearings. If that is not the case take it apart and put it back together flip a few parts and very carefully step through the instructions. If it will not go square either your rails are the wrong sizer or your prints are too far off. I suggest a 100x100x100 calibration print.
Hi Ryan, thanks for your answer
Not sure about the issue you are having but the “circle” in the crown is not a circle.
You have calibrated it enough, get it dirty make some stuff, see if it even matters to what you are doing.
Thanks Ryan. My brain saved that “circle” in the crown as a circle and not an oval. Now it makes sense. Just hope those curved won’t affect my milling products
Next week I should be able to start my first test. Sacrifice Plate is on its way.
But I have another issue to look in to. Maybe someone here can help me.
Maybe someone has any idea how to solve this or if I have to switch to Servo ports for my intention.
Thanks in advance!
As I had a little time, I made some tests with the Servo Pins… activating them in configuration.h being the first step.
I then hooked up IN1 and IN2 to the first two SIG-Pins from the Servos.
Issuing M280 P0 S255 resulted in the Relay always turning ON/OFF in µs steps. Same for P1. M280 P0 S0 resulted in a relay-shutdown. I then read about M42 command to use a Digital HIGH/LOW Signal on Servo Ports. Well, of course my Repetier-Host says: “Error:Protected Pin”
Googling for about an hour I found many different solutions, from “sensitive_pins.h” to all other stuff. But… there are no servos in sensitive_pins.h. Even tried deleting the extra-fan section there (which is normally used for Fan Extenders on printers) without any effect.
So… I’m wondering - How can I control that relay? I just need a digital Pin spitting HIGH/LOW Signals. Best two of them.
Appreciate any ideas and thanks in advance
Edit:
After about 30 tabs in my browser reading through everything I found… I just hit a simple test of desperation.
M42 P11 S255 => Resulting in Pin 11 (which is the Servo Pin) being constantly HIGH. Without any stuttering. Same goes for P6. Now I’m happy.
So… I got it dirty.
Tried milling some hard wood first. First try, the mill got out of the router somehow. Emergency Stop and tightened it again. Luckily nothing broke.
After that, I started the program again. Everything worked out really good!
Sadly, I seem to have a hand for frying 5v regulators on Arduinos. After 15 minutes in the program (out of 20), the mill stopped. Everything shut down on its own. Display went dim (while backlight being still on). Connection lost said the PC.
Seems like the Relay board I got drew too much current, resulting in frying the 5V Regulator. I will put some mosfets together with low current requirement and hook them up… Very sad
So…
I’m three tests in - First test stopped as stated. But - This also fried my Y-Axis stepper driver. Dunno if the 5V Regulator got damaged because of that. The driver chip has a nice little bubble on the edge where it fried.
Second test was aborted on its own after about 10 minutes - this time the machine restarted on its own. Okay, send the data again via Repetierhost. But whats that? Z-Axis is not moving. Ah… again, fried driver. Nice.
Exchanged that and voila… it finished its turns and I got what I want.
The repeatability in itself is <1mm off. The edges are kinda clean. Will upload pictures later on.