Kossel Repetier Host Software, Sli3er and Your First 3D Print

[@SixtyFiveDropTop]

Great Video. Still working on my Mendel Prusa.

[@utetrahemicon]

Thanks for this, I just got a Kossel Delta Mini kit from FLSUN and I'm sure I'll be back many times to review this and your other videos before I get it dialed in. That Bowden? with the big gear on the side is wild looking, does it keep track of filament used? Is the gear to manually move filament? Please tell us about it.

[@Electronhacks]

You can do direct drive extrudes but in some of my experiences I found they didn't have enough torque and they pull more current on the driver IC. You can also get a geared stepper motor but they are expensive. My favorite extruder is the Gregs/Wades extruder (in the video), the gears just give more torque. You can also feed by hand when loading a new roll of filament.

[@utetrahemicon]

Thanks

[@GUNVALKERIE]

For the Repetier v1.0.6, How do I get my model to slice properly cause all the slicing does is make very little in the machine or nothing at all my machine works it's just that it doesn't want to print and if it does it would say that the print time is 6sec to 30sec which doesn't make any sense... can you help me? How to I change my model's size to original? cause when I put it on the program I can barely see my 3D model cause it's so tiny

[@noahwilding4367]

I keep getting the message "Serial com error:System.IO.Ports.SerialErrorReceivedEventArgs" when i try to connect to my printer. It is a Prusa I3. I think the problem is that my computer isn't recognizing it as a printer. There is no mention of needing to put any firmware on the board, but i think i might have to do that. Can anyone help me solve this problem? Thanks.

[@igranderojo]

Using the Arduino IDE software, you can change the firmware using M666 command to change the virtual position of the endstops so that you do not have to physically move the endstops exactly. With M666 you can get within 0.05mm for "bed leveling" which is really just making the hot end nozzle tip follow a flat plane. In addition, to change the convex or concave print plane, you can change the DELTA_SMOOTH_ROD_OFFSET. minow.blogspot.com.au/index.html#4918805519571907051 The above gives details about when to increase or decrease the DELTA_SMOOTH_ROD_OFFSET.

[@octavio2895]

Why is your are you using .4 mm layers? Is something limiting you?

[@Electronhacks]

.4 was what I started with because I didn't know any better, I am not an expert. I think I am using .32mm layers now. The printer is capable of printing quite a bit smaller. With smaller layers you can move at higher speeds getting better resolution.

[@octavio2895]

Whats the highest resolution you can achieve?