Problem with my Geeetech prusa i3 X PRO printer
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2016 8:45 pm
Basically when it was finally build the X end stop was reversed so i checked google and i have to reupload the marlin firmware.
But now i have 2 strange issues :
first issue is that : the extruder motor is a little bit blocking each second i mean the extruder extrudes but i can hear that the extruder motor is blocking a little bit all the time so i its obvious something is not right with the extruder and i think the extruder is not extruding enough filament
second issue : This issue is so strange.. When i hit the print button the X/Y/Z axises go to the endstops and wait untill the extruder heat and bed heat reach their target heat so far so good, but sometimes they move normal to the endstops and sometimes they move superfast and the bed actually hit hard the endstop which is very bad. Also when the printing starts sometimes it prints normal with normal speed but sometimes it goes super fast so i tested some things and here what i found
I started to print a cube with 2.5cmx2.5cmx2.5cm it started the print normally ( not fast ) and after like 2 minutes again it switched to (fast mode) and the bed started to move quickly and it wasn't printing cube anymore instead it was printing a rectangle so i guess sometimes the Slicer when slicing gives this unusual commands to freak out my X/Y/Z axis or somehow the arduino i reuploaded bugs the printer somehow.
So the issues:
Extruder motor is blocking a little bit ( I have seen it with my flashlight ) which is not normal
And second the printer FREAKS OUT somehow and the axises start to move very quickly which is not normal again
I will create a videoclip and make some images later to explain better what is going on with my printer
About the Arduino Reupload : I downloaded a folder for my printer from the website . I downloaded Arduino 1.0.1 and opened the marlin.ino file in the program then i clicked configuration.h(i think that was the name of the tab) and changed
X AXIS END STOP INVERTED from false to true so i modified this code to this
#define X AXIS END STOP INVERTED true(i think the code looked like this im not sure) so this made my X axis endstop works correctly not stopping the extruder holder from going to the right position
and after this modification i reuploaded the firmware correctly (i saw the Upload Fininshed in the Arduino).
So the printer works fine except those 2 issues can i get some support to make things work properly
But now i have 2 strange issues :
first issue is that : the extruder motor is a little bit blocking each second i mean the extruder extrudes but i can hear that the extruder motor is blocking a little bit all the time so i its obvious something is not right with the extruder and i think the extruder is not extruding enough filament
second issue : This issue is so strange.. When i hit the print button the X/Y/Z axises go to the endstops and wait untill the extruder heat and bed heat reach their target heat so far so good, but sometimes they move normal to the endstops and sometimes they move superfast and the bed actually hit hard the endstop which is very bad. Also when the printing starts sometimes it prints normal with normal speed but sometimes it goes super fast so i tested some things and here what i found
I started to print a cube with 2.5cmx2.5cmx2.5cm it started the print normally ( not fast ) and after like 2 minutes again it switched to (fast mode) and the bed started to move quickly and it wasn't printing cube anymore instead it was printing a rectangle so i guess sometimes the Slicer when slicing gives this unusual commands to freak out my X/Y/Z axis or somehow the arduino i reuploaded bugs the printer somehow.
So the issues:
Extruder motor is blocking a little bit ( I have seen it with my flashlight ) which is not normal
And second the printer FREAKS OUT somehow and the axises start to move very quickly which is not normal again
I will create a videoclip and make some images later to explain better what is going on with my printer
About the Arduino Reupload : I downloaded a folder for my printer from the website . I downloaded Arduino 1.0.1 and opened the marlin.ino file in the program then i clicked configuration.h(i think that was the name of the tab) and changed
X AXIS END STOP INVERTED from false to true so i modified this code to this
#define X AXIS END STOP INVERTED true(i think the code looked like this im not sure) so this made my X axis endstop works correctly not stopping the extruder holder from going to the right position
and after this modification i reuploaded the firmware correctly (i saw the Upload Fininshed in the Arduino).
So the printer works fine except those 2 issues can i get some support to make things work properly