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There are lots of 0.2" connectors out there. http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/1-1986712-0/A104586-ND/3189889" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Larger gauge wire acts like a heat sink, pulling heat out of the connector. It's also cooler itself of course, because of...

I use these for my extruders. They can run at a lower current with the same torque as the stock motor, so they are much cooler.

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I'd say try these: 1) Canola oil. This will reduce friction in the bowden and also reduce the sticking at the heat break. Not exactly a long term solution but worth a shot. 2) Better heat sink cooling. Do you have even more problem with PLA? The heat sink on the Cyclops is kinda wimpy. I also notic...

Yes, I do indeed see this artifact on my Cyclops as well. I can't tell if mine is as bad as yours; not to be rude, but your photos are pretty blurry. Do you have a better camera, maybe something that can do macro? My theory is that the filament extrusion is not consistent due to the stick-slip frict...

within mattercontrol I do not see a place to copy and paste plug in code. I downloaded cura but it wants a complete .py file to add to the plug in folder. I did not see this available as a plug in already bundled. sorry for more noob questions. Tom C The file I linked to is a .py file, you need to ...

Sorry I haven't been following this thread. EDIT: Never mind -- I had the output wired incorrectly on the SSR (I had it in between the V+ and the bed :? ) Everything is working now :-) Glad you got it working! You can wire it on either side, but the polarity of how you hook up the SSR output termina...

That is a plugin for Cura. You will copy that file to your Cura plugin folder (which depends on your OS).

Here is some info on plugins:
http://wiki.ultimaker.com/Category:CuraPlugin" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

You can try my Cura plugin here: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/press ... implify.py" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The pickoff is a potentiometer of some sort? Is the green wire attached to the metal body? Some resistance measurements would be interesting. The black/red might be for limit switches. When I look at the wiper contacts I think that they won't wear very long. But then again the powered on lifetime i...

The pickoff is a potentiometer of some sort? Is the green wire attached to the metal body? Some resistance measurements would be interesting. The black/red might be for limit switches. When I look at the wiper contacts I think that they won't wear very long. But then again the powered on lifetime is...

Here's my take. The pickoff is a feedback device, so it's a servo system. The +/-10V are power supplies to the feedback devices, note they are the same for each axis. Once powered up the PO IN will change voltage depending on the angle of movement. The torque motors are electromagnets. Hook up a joy...

ABS glass temperature is right around coolant temperature, so ABS is probably not the best choice as it will lose a lot of strength. Nylon's glass temperature is lower but the strength falls off much more gradually so I'd think this is a better choice. In any case you're going to have a hard time ma...

That being said, it's a good idea to not have your heater a lot bigger than your max need. That isn't true. If the firmware hangs or the MOSFET fails and you have a big ole heater, you have a fire on your hands. If you have a reasonably sized heater, no harm done. Hum I think you're actually agreei...

I set mine up to go like this: M104 S151 ;preheat hot end to 151C M190 S{print_bed_temperature} ;heat bed G28 ;move to endstops M109 S{print_temperature} ;fully heat hot end So it pre-heats the hot end with M104 (which doesn't wait for it to get there), waits for the bed to heat, and then finishes w...

That being said, it's a good idea to not have your heater a lot bigger than your max need. It's easier to control a heater that's closely matched to it's load. I made a regulator for my wife that she uses on counter-top cookers when she's doing small quantities. She can turn the heat power down to ...

The 40W heater allows for faster extrusion rates That is incorrect. The 40w heater does not allow for faster extrusion rates. Again, the 25w heater is good to 300C which is all the stock thermistor is good for. 25w heaters reduce peak load on the power supply and eliminate thermal runaway if the co...

For the same heat output sure, but why ever use the 40W heater? Just for the faster warm-up time? On the other hand maybe it's not the heat loading but to lower the peak power required of the supply. The 40W heater allows for faster extrusion rates and/or higher temperatures, which translates into m...

My Volcano came with a 12^2 / 5.6 ~= 25W heater (with the blue wires), that seemed really weird. Is that right or was it packed wrong?

My Cyclops came with a 12^2 / 3.3 ~= 40W one.

Maybe they put 2x 25W heaters with the Chimera to reduce the potential heat loading on the cooling block.

I've been thinking about the layer fan for the volcano and PLA. With that kind of flow some serious fan action will be needed. Any thoughts?

Right now I've got an idea of an external squirrel fan (like this) with CPAP hose and some kind of nozzle...

I received my Raspberry Pi2 and it's great! The OS upgrade was super simple (just apt-get update/dist-upgrade) and it's much faster. I can now stream the camera at 1080p 30fps with no worries of stuttering as this is quad core. I've been running the new Repetier-Server for a while and I'm pretty hap...

So 0.8mm * 1.2mm * 30mm/s = 28.8 mm^3/s which is great! I can get maximum maybe 13mm^3/s from my v6.

I'm building a new printer and it's going to get the Volcano, I'm excited to try it out!

Nice job, good to see some more cyclops prints.

The volcano seems like a great fit with your machine. What kind of mm^3/s are you getting out of it?

I use Cura to automatically scale the fans according to the layer time. And yes I use it on ABS. What can I say, I like to print fast! For ABS my minimum layer time is 5s, minimum speed 5mm/s, fan min 0%, max 100%. This means that the fans will just start to turn on when the layer time is 5s. It wil...

Thanks for your thoughts. I've measured the tower angle with a straightedge and they are all pretty much straight up. I measured 0.01" over 16", pretty much nothing (atan(0.01/16) = 0.035deg). In terms of the 120 angle between them, I don't know what that is but the dipping is consistent b...

Man that sucks, I feel for you! I hope you can figure out some way to get relief.

You're one of the nicest dudes on any forum, it's a shame to see you go. Regarding post count I find that it's not any indicator of the quality of posts, so I disregard such things.