E stepper skipping while printing (2 replies)
While I am printing I have to slow down the speed or the E axis "extruder" skips. Any ideas. I have adjusted the pot up and down but cant dial out the issue. here is a video of the motor skipping....
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Hey guys, I am currently designing my third 3rd 3D printer - after having owned a Powerwas Evo and now printing on a prusa i3 aluminum - i want both - something bigger and something more rigid. it is...
View ArticleA4988 stepper driver temperature too LOW? (1 reply)
Hi everyone, this is my first post, have learned a lot from this forum. In the past I was using some smaller stepper motors (12 V, 0.33 A, 0.23 Nm, datasheet) and experienced the usual fiddling...
View ArticleLooking for a Datasheet of 42BYGH233-1334A (1 reply)
Hello, I am looking for a datasheet of a Stepper Motor I got here, the lable says 42BYGH233-1334A from Sihong Motor. I already tryed Google search and this forums search but without luck. Thanks in...
View ArticleSo I took apart some printers :) (no replies)
Hi all, I've salvaged some printer motors but it's been a bit of a mixed bag, more than half the motors were DC motors some kind of optical sensor attached for timing and the rest were all quite...
View ArticleHow i chose the stepper motor :( (no replies)
Hi I have started our project to build ( huge) 3d printer We chose RA controller to control huge size of printer With dimensions 50*50*50 cm for object(model) that we will print it I'm the one who...
View ArticleSo, I took apart this Stratasys printer... looks like custom steppers (2...
I think they had custom steppers and I thought I'd ask here. Here is the thread: [forums.reprap.org] There are two different kinds of steppers used and I cannot get an exact datasheet. I emailed their...
View ArticleExtruder stepper freeze when hitting extrude in pronterface (4 replies)
Hi all my first post. So i have two prusaI3 printers. One for plastic and one for experimenting with mig welding. prusaI3 greg/wade Extruder Marlin ramps1.4 So while i was experimenting with mig...
View Article86HS120 motors and board connections for driver (2 replies)
Hi everybody, I made a printer before but i am little bit confused on my new project. I will build little big one and i am gonna use 86HS120 step motor and M880A step drivers. I have ramps 1.4 and...
View ArticleXY table from DVD drives - how to make a grbl-compatible stepper driver? (2...
Hi, I have disassembled two DVD drives. The goal is to build a mini laser engraver, but I'd like to start with an XY table and deal with the laser diode later. My aim is to have the kit open for...
View ArticleExtruder stepper missing steps.. (1 reply)
After 3 years, the stepper motor of my extruder now starts to mis steps or slip. It is not the gear on the axle, but the motor itself. It ran 2 years on Gen6 and now over half a year on Ramps. No...
View ArticleWhat voltage specs for Nema17 on Ramps ? (2 replies)
When googling on E-bay, I see nema's for 12V , for 24V, but i also see specs as rated voltage = 2Vdc or 4vdc and different... How should I read that to put one on my ramps stepper with polulu ? Thomas
View ArticleAxis steppers stop after first command (2 replies)
My first post here. Please excuse any mistakes or wrong forum. I have been searching all over for the solution to my problem. My Printer has been running fine up until now. I have a ORD Solutions...
View ArticleStepper motor doesn't work (1 reply)
Hi, I have some problem with my stepper motor. Some background: Prusa i2 Marlin Pronterface Arduino mega clone + ramps 1.4 + stepstick First I download marlin and begin to test in pronterface, but...
View ArticleStepper motor driver is hot. (no replies)
Hi, I start to test x axis in pronterface it is good, motor is cold, but stepstick with heatsink is hot. Is it normal? Maybe I use too high current?
View ArticleStepper motor works from prontoface, but not when printing (2 replies)
I have a strange problem, Suddenly my steppermotors won't work when I printing. It has been working for several weeks now but suddenly it stops working. When I move the motors in Prontoface, with +x...
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6 lead motor for RAMPS? (1 reply)
I have this 6 lead Stepper motor 6 volts 0.6 amp. jAB1Uz2.jpg this is the lead pic PSguz5m.jpg can i use this for the RAMPS 1.4 board? I know that usual motors are 4 leads. but is there any way for me...
View Article3 phase stepper with 1000 encoder (2 replies)
Hello, I have a question that I cant seem to get my head around, would appreciate some help. I have a 1.2 angle 3 phase stepper with 1000 line encoder. This means my motor does 300 steps for each full...
View ArticleStepper as programmable uniform torque load in test rig (1 reply)
I am designing a test rig where a uniform (but programmable) torque load is required, and moved intermittently at 60-120rpm. Can a stepper be used as this variable torque load ? It would be rotated by...
View ArticleOpen Source DC or BLDC controller (2 replies)
Hey guys, Is there currently an open source solution for DC or BLDC motor control? something like RAMPS? I've looked and can't find anything...
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