Topics created by magnets99

thanks, i can't seem to find my plate for replacement.
I can find lots of the heating PCB but not the actual metal plate.
I've tried
bed plate
plate
heated plate
ultimaker 2
and HB13 which is silk-screened on the pcb heater underneath the plate
any ideas?

i'm in australia

Thank you all,
some great advice there.

I'm going to stick with orca slicer, so with that in mind i shall:

try and avoid override_config (i've moved my heater pid settings over)

not use the filamanet section on the duet and instead use the slicer filament settings

check that my slicer isn't messing about with static settings (as i do want to do pressure advance and input shaping).

@droftarts
I took the little silicon jacket of the HotEnd and i agree with you that it's a volcano-175-AS. that's really good info about the stringing as i'm currently doing teachingtechs benchmark for temperature
https://teachingtechyt.github.io/calibration.html#temp
and i can't even get one bridge working. But at least i feel a bit more confident now about why.

@magnets99 The gantry is pretty interesting: They use the smooth rods for linear motion and as rotating shaft.
I wonder how well that works with these linear ball bearings? Especially on pure X or Y moves (i.e. homing) they will suffer.
I'd replace them with IGUS bearings if they seem to be worn out.

@Phaedrux
I think because i was doing basic stuff it was ok, but yes, it did get a few things wrong:

*3. Test Manual Pin Movement
Manually deploy the probe pin and push it gently into the housing while sending:

gcode
Copy code
M119
If the probe doesn't register as triggered when pushed, the issue may be:
A wiring problem.
A faulty BLTouch.
A configuration issue with the signal pin.*

Which would be good advice if i was using it as an end stop, but i wasn't.
But got me looking at the wiring...

@magnets99 the hyphen doesn't matter but the W parameter is indeed wrong.

@magnets99 I’d think you could do the same thing with a BLTouch for 3D shapes, as the sensitivity and repeatability is usually around 0.01mm. However, if it’s a 2D shape that you’re trying to get the outline of, like a PCB, I’d think keeping it simple and using a scanner, or taking a photo of it, would be simpler and faster.

Ian

@magnets99 correct. Think of it as enough to get you going with most commands in place, but you have no idea whether motors are turning the correct way etc until you start to commission. The rest of the changes are then made at the machine in config.g

how do i mark this as solved?