Belts pitch: 2 or 3 mm ? Your opinion ? (no replies)
Hello, I am new here. After starting at 3D printing with a Bibo printer, and spent a lot of time to ... fix it... I have understood 2 or 3 basic things: - Industrial FDM printer are out of my price...
View ArticleIssues Z axis (1 reply)
Hello everyone, I've just finished the build of a big size 3D printer (400x400x400). However, I'm having some isues with my Z axis. I have 4 nema17 motors(84oz) with 8mm threaded rod lifting the...
View ArticleCable management for the X-Y axis (no replies)
This is a minor annoyance - but it's really getting on my nerves, and also my wife's! My CoreXY printer has a bundle of wires that go to the X/Y carriage - it's inevitable, they're required....
View ArticleIssue with homing Z (1 reply)
I just changed belts on my core X/Y and in trying to set it up again I have somehow screwed up (of course). X and Y home correctly but when I go to home Z axis the bed drops as expected and goes up as...
View ArticleA problem with homing (1 reply)
Hi I recently discovered this forum, nice to meet you!! I am trying to build a CoreXY printer and.. i have a problems with the homing of X, and Y axis. If i activate the homing in the LCD panel, the...
View ArticleCorexy Belt/ Pulley Noise (5 replies)
Hello everyone. I designed and built a Corexy printer and its nearly complete. I have it all belted up and noticed some belt movement that has the belt teeth rubbing the pulley guides when I move the...
View ArticleCore xy cable path (no replies)
Hi, Any reason this twist (ahem) on the core xy layout won't work? It would be using cable or synchromesh instead of belts. One of the cables has two slightly larger idlers at the front to prevent the...
View ArticleMarlin config file for modified Core XY (no replies)
Hello I am working on converting a core XY printer with a new SKR control board with 2209 drivers. I am using a BL touch and a chimera hotend setup with dual Bowden extruders. I am having problems...
View ArticleUse of 3D printed parts in printer (1 reply)
Hi there. I have a question regarding the use of 3d printed parts in my printer. Since I first built it, a lot has been changed on my printer along the way. One of the things that has been redone is...
View ArticleA big X carriage problem (2 replies)
Hello everybody. I am new on the forum so I want to introduce myself ... I am a computer expert with a passion for electronics and technology. I have been interested in 3d printing for about 2 years....
View ArticleTroubleshooting vibration/resonance (3 replies)
Hi guys, I'm new here. I've been printing for about a year now with my Ender 3 Pro, but now I'm building a Hypercube Evolution (HEVO). It is mostly put together but I'm having trouble pin pointing...
View Articlebed heating error (1 reply)
getting an error coming up on my creality ender 6 . ive upgraded the board to stm32 board and using rep rap firmware and have a error message "bed heating less than 1.5 degree/sec" coming up when i go...
View ArticleThe nozzle is far away from the hot bed and cannot print normally (no replies)
Hello friends: As the title says, my printer is far away from the extruder, and it still cannot print normally, even though I have already leveled the bed. In fact, even if I put the nozzle as close...
View ArticleBed Leveling With a BLTouch. (1 reply)
I designed and built a custom CoreXY machine and so far everything works great. The one thing I noticed was that I had to fine tune the bed levelness manually to get the machine to do a bilinear level...
View Article600mm+ Cube Printer. (no replies)
I've started on the design - construction of a 600mm+ cube Core XY 3D printer. I've already ordered most parts and started manufacturing others. I needed it this big due to the projects I'm working on...
View ArticleBL Touch on CR10S Problem (no replies)
I added BL Touch to CR10S. I used the latest firmware, 2.0.9.1 and going back to pre version 2. When I print a part the Z position on the display says it is at .8mm. It stays there until the actual...
View ArticleHow to enclose the top of a CoreXY printer? (5 replies)
I have a self-built CoreXY printer, to the G&C Printer design on Thingiverse. This works well but, like most open-frame printers, making larger things in ABS is a pain. I have a bed that will...
View ArticleRebuild worn CoreXY, what options should I consider? (9 replies)
Hi, my home brew CoreXY machine has been used a lot since I first built it in august 2017. I changed a lot in electronics and I went to a bowden cable, removing the extruder from the carriage, I added...
View ArticleDon't repeat bed.g if not needed (no replies)
Is there any way to skip the running of bed.g (called whenever a g32 is issued) if not needed? I have g32 in the start code of my slicer. That is the only way to insure bed leveling has been done...
View ArticleNew printer Core YZ? (no replies)
Hi, Background: I'm building a new printer from a cartesian robot that work were disposing of (obsolete tech for them) and to make things easier I've swapped the original Y and Z steppers to make the...
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