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- November 24th, 2016, 4:21 am
- Forum: Hardware Modifications
- Topic: Hictop Upgrades
- Replies: 31
- Views: 57971
Re: Hictop Upgrades
Glad to hear the stepper motor issue seems to have fixed itself. Hope things work out with the filament retraction.
- November 15th, 2016, 11:19 pm
- Forum: Hardware Modifications
- Topic: Hictop Upgrades
- Replies: 31
- Views: 57971
Re: Hictop Upgrades
JoelR, Did you have any issues with the secondary extruder? I have the same printer as you but the second extruder step setting is way off and looking for some insight. I'm not quite certain what you mean by the second extruder step setting. Unless I missed something, there's only one step setting ...
- September 10th, 2016, 5:57 pm
- Forum: Hardware Modifications
- Topic: Hictop Upgrades
- Replies: 31
- Views: 57971
Re: Hictop Upgrades
Update. Got the heads as close to level as I can get. Printing good quality. New PID settings for new hot ends and new temp settings for hot ends for the thermistors that come with the chimera. Here's a closer picture of the x-carriage mount. 0910161310 - Copy.jpg Recommend the Dual Extruder Calibra...
- August 16th, 2016, 7:28 am
- Forum: General Questions
- Topic: HIC i3 - first time assembly : suggestions and mod's
- Replies: 14
- Views: 25504
Re: HIC i3 - first time assembly : suggestions and mod's
After spending a lot of time troubleshooting a problem with one of the z-axis motors, test the connectivity of all the wires supplied. Turned out the blue wire for the far side (from the motherboard) z-axis motor did not have a good connection at the connector to the motherboard. Ending up with chat...
- August 14th, 2016, 7:24 am
- Forum: General Questions
- Topic: MK8 MK9 Dual Extruder Upgrade
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5897
Re: MK8 MK9 Dual Extruder Upgrade
This is probably a bit late, but I took a pause in working on 3D Printing while getting my dual extrusion going. The EXTRUDER_OFFSET_X and EXTRUDER_OFFSET_Y are set based on the distance between Extruder 1 and Extruder 2. The offset value is positive in the direction of increasing position. For the ...
- August 13th, 2016, 8:13 am
- Forum: Hardware Modifications
- Topic: Hictop Upgrades
- Replies: 31
- Views: 57971
Re: Hictop Upgrades
After getting the shipped HICTOP printer working well, with much thanks to Chip, I worked on getting dual extrusion using the Chimera from E3D Online. Many attempts at a 3D Printed Mount to adjust my design (have a colleague who also has a 3D printer, so I didn't have to keep taking apart mine), I g...
- April 24th, 2016, 5:57 pm
- Forum: Software and Firmware Discussion
- Topic: HIC i3 - current firmware development information
- Replies: 152
- Views: 242753
Re: HIC i3 - current firmware development information
Chip, Thanks for the firmware. With your settings and a couple changes for my machine (like z-axis, 398 works fine on mine), it's printing out nice objects now. My only problem is some stinging across open spaces (much less than before the new firmware). I think I have it down to hot end temp or e-s...
- April 19th, 2016, 10:37 pm
- Forum: Software and Firmware Discussion
- Topic: HIC i3 - current firmware development information
- Replies: 152
- Views: 242753
Re: HIC i3 - current firmware development information
Thanks, Chip. Is there something more to installing the firmware than configuring it, compiling it using Arduino and then using Repetier or Cura to write it to the motherboard?
- April 6th, 2016, 10:24 pm
- Forum: General Questions
- Topic: HIC i3 - first time assembly : suggestions and mod's
- Replies: 14
- Views: 25504
Re: HIC i3 - first time assembly : suggestions and mod's
Finished assembling the printer and working printing test print now. Took my time and spent a good 20 hours and a lot of time in-between thinking about things and re-doing stuff I assembled incorrectly the first time. Chip's information here is great. Upgraded to a Mean Well 325 W Power Supply. Upgr...
- March 28th, 2016, 8:51 am
- Forum: Software and Firmware Discussion
- Topic: HIC i3 - current firmware development information
- Replies: 152
- Views: 242753
Re: HIC i3 - current firmware development information
Thanks for the quick response. I've got to assemble it and get it working right before working on dual extrusion. Hopefully, I'll have get it done this weekend.
- March 28th, 2016, 12:38 am
- Forum: Software and Firmware Discussion
- Topic: HIC i3 - current firmware development information
- Replies: 152
- Views: 242753
Re: HIC i3 - current firmware development information
Chip, Just purchased the HICTOP Prusa i3 with Auto-leveling and I'm new to 3D Printers. I'm planning to add a dual extruder, but would like to keep the auto-leveling. I've been reading up on the firmware for this printer. It looks like you have done a lot of digging into this. Thank you for your har...