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Post by bpopilek on Dec 22, 2016 0:39:28 GMT
I wanted to make a thread in case any of the parts are failing already. I know there are going to be problems that are out of Andrew's hands when it comes to parts, so I thought this would be a helpful way to keep tabs and determine if it is something we are all experiencing so he can avoid that particular brand and find a replacement. Or, if it is just a random thing. Unfortunately I have a few items to add to the list right now.
1. The x End Stop switch is sticky and doesn't always release.
2. One of my LED light strips has (3) LEDs that just died on me a few minutes ago. They started flickering when I turned the printer on tonight, and now they are completely dead.
3. The parts cooling fan started making a horrible grinding sound out of the blue last night. If I manually touch it a few times to stop and restart it, I can sometimes make it go away. But for the most part I have to leave it off.
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Post by rock75 on Dec 22, 2016 2:19:39 GMT
I wanted to make a thread in case any of the parts are failing already. I know there are going to be problems that are out of Andrew's hands when it comes to parts, so I thought this would be a helpful way to keep tabs and determine if it is something we are all experiencing so he can avoid that particular brand and find a replacement. Or, if it is just a random thing. Unfortunately I have a few items to add to the list right now. 1. The x End Stop switch is sticky and doesn't always release. 2. One of my LED light strips has (3) LEDs that just died on me a few minutes ago. They started flickering when I turned the printer on tonight, and now they are completely dead. 3. The parts cooling fan started making a horrible grinding sound out of the blue last night. If I manually touch it a few times to stop and restart it, I can sometimes make it go away. But for the most part I have to leave it off. Great idea bpopilekThe big one for me has really just been the obvious one I think we have all experienced, that is the stripped holes in the upper plate. Aside from that I have had great results with everything except the LED steps as well. One of my steps also has three leds that like to turn on and off a bit randomly. The lights themselves are good but sometimes they just don't light up. Kind of weird?? It is the 3 leds closest to the wired end. Cheers~ Rock |
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Post by bpopilek on Dec 22, 2016 2:35:08 GMT
Great idea bpopilek The big one for me has really just been the obvious one I think we have all experienced, that is the stripped holes in the upper plate. Aside from that I have had great results with everything except the LED steps as well. One of my steps also has three leds that like to turn on and off a bit randomly. The lights themselves are good but sometimes they just don't light up. Kind of weird?? It is the 3 leds closest to the wired end. Cheers~ Rock No, the three on mine are about 6 down from the other end of the strip, furthest from the wiring... |
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Post by 3DprintedLife on Dec 22, 2016 3:15:39 GMT
Brian, a replacement endstop will be sent out tomorrow, sorry for the delay!! I can send a part cooling fan as well as that obviously shouldn't be happening!
For the LED's, unfortunately that is just a consequence of these chinese led strips. Sorry about that! I'm going to look into sourcing some higher quality led strips to use and if I can find some at a reasonable price, of course I will be making those available for purchase at cost for you guys along with any new/fixed machined parts, etc.!
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Post by bpopilek on Dec 22, 2016 3:19:02 GMT
Sounds good Andrew. Thanks! And at least my thought for this thread seems like it is already working, since we identified the LED strips as a possible item to be replaced for production printers. I wonder about adding rgb strips with controls over the colors! Probably pretty expensive though...
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Post by 3DprintedLife on Dec 22, 2016 3:22:53 GMT
I have thought briefly about rgb but it reminds me too much of makerbot  haha nah but actually it would just be tough to implement with the azteeg since I don't think there's any spare io for me to use to control colors. Plus I've never messed to extensively with smoothieware so it may be tough for me to actually get the leds to actually do anything! |
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Post by bpopilek on Dec 22, 2016 3:28:12 GMT
I have thought briefly about rgb but it reminds me too much of makerbot haha nah but actually it would just be tough to implement with the azteeg since I don't think there's any spare io for me to use to control colors. Plus I've never messed to extensively with smoothieware so it may be tough for me to actually get the leds to actually do anything! One thought was to use them with different colors for like initial heat up or cool down etc. I have thought about adding a couple of LEDs to the front of the printer to indicate when the bed and hot end are heating up. |
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Post by 3DprintedLife on Dec 22, 2016 3:31:49 GMT
I have thought briefly about rgb but it reminds me too much of makerbot haha nah but actually it would just be tough to implement with the azteeg since I don't think there's any spare io for me to use to control colors. Plus I've never messed to extensively with smoothieware so it may be tough for me to actually get the leds to actually do anything! One thought was to use them with different colors for like initial heat up or cool down etc. I have thought about adding a couple of LEDs to the front of the printer to indicate when the bed and hot end are heating up. Now that is definitely a good idea! Only trouble on my end is how to implement that, with small scale production like this unfortunately it means anything custom like this I will have to do myself, and the extra time and cost requirements likely wouldn't justify it. Too many other fish to fry! |
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Post by bpopilek on Dec 27, 2016 20:57:39 GMT
Just a FYI Andrew. The new parts arrived today. I'll get them installed in the next couple of days. Thanks!
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Post by tkelley on Dec 27, 2016 21:29:41 GMT
Perhaps you could do it as an add on package. Or just put the instructions / directions in your mods section.
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Post by bpopilek on Dec 28, 2016 1:52:55 GMT
I'm going to research the rgb mod a bit more once I get some free time. I think I can control them with an arduino uno. Only trick is getting the azteeg to trigger different colors. I'm sure there are enough free pins to do it. Just a matter of identifying them and updating the config file.
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Post by 3DprintedLife on Dec 28, 2016 16:03:23 GMT
Brian, you could also just tap in directly to the thermistors and use those directly by the arduino to control the color. Then you can use either one of the fan pins or just the persistant 5v pin to power the arduino and make sure it is only lit up when the printer is on.
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haha nah but actually it would just be tough to implement with the azteeg since I don't think there's any spare io for me to use to control colors. Plus I've never messed to extensively with smoothieware so it may be tough for me to actually get the leds to actually do anything!