Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Live Streaming Prints

John has finally got me in working condition and is streaming the prints live on the interwebs.

http://ustre.am/wujd

Please come visit me, this guy is highly annoying...

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Calibration Print

2202:04 Test .stl print start
2204:45 Sensors indicate extrusion inadequate. Recommend tightening extruder idler.
2205:02 Idler tightened. Extrusion increased to acceptable levels.
2206:18 Test .stl print complete.
2206:33 Recommend, tighten x belt. Loosen y belt. Re-calibrate all axes.
2211:15 Host software closed, power lost to board....

Goodnight, John. We've made some progress today.
2145:33 Power on.
2145:41 PC connected at com9, speed 38400.
2145:55 new extruder detected. Ver6, PEEK Heater barrel and PTFE inner tube with modular brass 0.50 mm nozzle.
2146:01 Initiating calibration sequence for  new extruder.
2147:45 Test complete.
2147:59 Increased e steps per mm to 537.90500157
2148:19 Re-testing extruder.
2150:22 Test successful!

Welcome back, John....I see you've been upgrading my systems.