New Titan Slimline motor seizing (1 reply)
I realize that there is another post regarding a vibrating motor on the same page of this board, but that poster's solution had to do with his wiring and I am fairly certain that my wiring is fine as...
View ArticleMotors & Cable management (current rating) (no replies)
Hello, I'm new here : I ordered a Prusa i3 clone with all the kit to assemble by hand, and i have to say i'm pretty satisfied of the prints I did until now :) . I want to organize the cables, because...
View ArticleTMC2208 installation? (no replies)
I just purchased 4 TMC2208 drivers but am unable to locate pinouts or installation instructions in SpreadCycle mode on my Anycubic printer. My board has no jumpers so I expect I'll need to do...
View ArticleWhere'd the PWM control of my cooling fan go? (no replies)
This may have been going on for some time as the Anycubic which I'm using has the cooling fan hidden on the effector's back side. But I've just noticed that it's no longer responding to On/Off/Speed...
View ArticleStepper motors miss stepps (no replies)
Hi Have an CoreXY printer with Nema 17, A4498 stepper drivers and Ramps 1.4. 2 motors become hot + 100 degrees. I lowered the voltage on the stepper drivers down to 0,42. Motors now about 50 degrees...
View ArticleStepper dont move but make sound (2 replies)
Hi, For the first start of my printer with marlin, i try to move axis and, problem, i can't move axis but NEMA Stepper 17 makes sound, look Z,Y,Z mp3, files is available on the links below (sorry, no...
View ArticleUnknown specification NEMA 17 stepper motor (no replies)
Hi, I found some used stepper motors from streets of our local electronics market, which are in working condition. All I know about those motors are 1. NEMA 17 form factor 2. 2 phase bipolar (4 wire)...
View Articleclosed loop integrated steppers (no replies)
Hello, I wanted to get some fancy closed loop integrated steppers such as this:...
View Article3d printer- STEPPER - HELP (1 reply)
hi I tried to build a 3d printer by MARLIN firmware , but I have some problem. I'm in the first step I just connect 1 stepper to a ramp1.4 with a driver ( also i configured marlin ) but when I want to...
View ArticleSpeed of my stepper motors (1 reply)
Hi, I'm building my first 3D printer, and I'm struggling with a challenge. I'm testing my stepper motors and, although I can make them move correctly, I can not make them move very quickly without...
View ArticleOne of the Z motor not moving when auto home after first touch (no replies)
As per subject title, I'm currently having an issue with the Z-axis motor. I used 2 motors for my Z-axis and they move fine pressing + and -Z from software. However, whenever it auto home, after the...
View ArticleRamps and Nema 14 (no replies)
I have been given 5 Nema 14 stepper motors rated at 5.4 volts Could these be driven from a ramps board as the PSU is 12 volts?
View ArticleStrange situation with stepper motor (no replies)
Hello to everybody, I have a stepper driver shield (for Arduino UNO) and Arduino Mega2560 :D (And use GRBL for mega2560) I connected only one motor on z-axis for my tests and this is the result....
View ArticleZ axis faster than xy axis (2 replies)
Hello everyone, i'm strugling in feedrates and aceleration, cause I cant insert more than 5mm/s in xy feedrate and 5mm/s2 in aceleration(more than this value and i get skiping steps), but in z axis i...
View ArticleStepper driver problem (1 reply)
Hi, this is a question that is related to the use of the TMC2208 silentstepstick and similar stepper drivers. When I apply 24v to the VM/ground pins, the driver chip gets fried. This happens...
View ArticleDual Z single stepstick (no replies)
I am pre thinking how I am going to setup a hypercube evolution build I hope to make happen soon. I want dual Z drive, I am likely to use an MKS Gen 1.4 board like I have in my baby cube I use now. I...
View ArticleWhich motor to choose? 1.8deg 59Ncm vs 0.9deg 46 Ncm (no replies)
So, I'm building my second printer based on the AM8 plans on Thingiverse. I'm thinking of buying either these 0.9deg 46Ncm motors (here) or these 1.8deg 59Ncm motors (here). My current printer uses...
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Can i run DRV8825 with this NEMA motor :S (no replies)
Hi family , i want buy a stepper motor Nema 17 17HS4401 21008717HS4401datasheetscaled.jpg The current per phase is 1.7A i want know if i can run it with DRV8825 driver with any problem or burn the...
View ArticleTMC2100 driving dual Z - thermal shutdown? (no replies)
I have a Tevo Tarantula-style printer with dual Z (two identical motors connected to a single TMC2100 in parallel) with MKS Gen 1.4 board. With Vref set to 1.2V, making RMS 1.2V*0.7A/V = 0.84A, which...
View Articleextruder working but not XYZ (no replies)
Hello. I recently completed putting together a prusa i3 with RAMPS 1.4. I loaded it with the reprap test code found at (http://reprap.org/wiki/File:RAMPS1.4_TestCode.pde) everything works fine and all...
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