Monthly Archives: April 2011

I’ve been trying to run parts to get a better feeling on what the FDM1650 can/can’t do. I made up a platter of parts for a Mendel Extruder back on 4/13. I hadn’t checked how much of the MG-47 was … Continue reading →

I adjusted the Y Insight Support Calibration back -0.8 to 1.2 and ran another set of parts. The model was pretty well centered on the support: I resliced the STL having the three parts in Quickslice, and sent to the FDM. … Continue reading →

As I looked at the numbers beening fed back by the FDM in the Insight Calibration Dialog window the other day, it dawned on me that these were millimeters – not inches. The X was 28+ the Y was 0, … Continue reading →

I took off the endpiece of the bad stepper motors. It seems to be just a weight (balanced), as there’s no wires or sensors around it. It is marked 01-0035-00A. There’s 18 nubs around the outside on the rear end. … Continue reading →

I drug out the FDM 2000, and got things connected good enough to test the new (surplus) steppers. It’s amazing how much you forget in just a few months! It took several hours of no power to remember there was … Continue reading →

I picked up some surplus stepper motors on eBay to see if I could get the frozen Automove 302 moving again. The motors that were in there were PowerMax II M22NSXB-J08-NS-02, and the ones I got are P22NRXB-LNN-NS-00 The big … Continue reading →

I had sliced up some prototype anti-backlash nuts, and started them on a long run. When I came in, the FDM was stopped. Turning on the monitor of the sending computer I found: At least it was early in the … Continue reading →