1 Topic by Devestat

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Topic: Solidoodle Workbench Issues

I received my workbench on friday and have yet to make a successful print.

I have owned a solidoodle 2 since January of 2013 and decided to upgrade to a larger print area, dual-extruder, etc.

The 'instructions' included basically tell you to go to the website which provides no support for workbench or apprentice owners. When I attempted to run the machine, the y axis was bound and I had to tram the rails to get any motion. After which I spent a couple of hours adjusting the rails until the carriage moved smoothly and there were no missed steps.

I am generally frustrated now and opened this thread to determine how other customers' workbenches are running. I will be opening a couple of additional threads for specific issues I have encountered.

2 Reply by cpsmicahel

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Re: Solidoodle Workbench Issues

I spent two weeks trying to work the bugs out of mine I've only got one or two complete Prints  all junk prints.  You need to tweak a lot of the software
Mines been stopping in the middle of the print

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Re: Solidoodle Workbench Issues

I had these same problems!

My issue now is the print head eventually causes the print to break loose at some point during the print

Anyone else having this issue?

i've tried both ABS and PLA , used liberal amount of glue stick on heated bed at 110C  extruder temp at 210C

Printed PLA on heated bed at 65C with extruder temp at 210C  using ColorFabb PLA/PHA

4 Reply by cpsmicahel

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Re: Solidoodle Workbench Issues

Me too mine was stopping in mid print all the time i got it fix now but i had to tweak the hell out of the setting to get it to run right

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5 Reply by cpsmicahel (edited by cpsmicahel 2015-01-23 02:44:38)

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Re: Solidoodle Workbench Issues

Here is one of the prints and my cam mod

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Re: Solidoodle Workbench Issues

What are some of the settings people are using to get successful prints?

Printer settings?
Slicer Settings?

My prints starts out fine but it eventually offsets the layers in the "Y" axis by as much as 1/2".

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Re: Solidoodle Workbench Issues

mrjx wrote:

What are some of the settings people are using to get successful prints?

Printer settings?
Slicer Settings?

My prints starts out fine but it eventually offsets the layers in the "Y" axis by as much as 1/2".

Belts are probably too loose.

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Re: Solidoodle Workbench Issues

Checked.  Belts are a little loose due to the aforementioned issue of the printer arriving with a stuck/binding Y-axis.

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Re: Solidoodle Workbench Issues

jagowilson wrote:
mrjx wrote:

What are some of the settings people are using to get successful prints?

Printer settings?
Slicer Settings?

My prints starts out fine but it eventually offsets the layers in the "Y" axis by as much as 1/2".

Belts are probably too loose.

Sounds to me like you need to balance and align the belts.  Then try and reduce any friction or binding that is happening.  If that doesn't help adjust the VREF for that axis.  Often times skipping is caused by overextruding.  This causes the nozzle to drag on the print forcing the axis to skip.  If the nozzle is dragging you need to calibrate your Steps per mm have a look at the WIKI once that's done calibrate your extrusion multiplier via a single wall calibration cube.
There are no shortcuts to quality prints so calibrate, calibrate then calibrate some more.

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10 Reply by jagowilson (edited by jagowilson 2015-01-31 06:57:18)

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Re: Solidoodle Workbench Issues

Solidoodle made a video for aligning the belts as well and it's pretty helpful. At first you'll think it doesn't apply to your machine but it does.
http://vimeo.com/55031028

The only difference is your machine has closed loop belts and belt tension is adjusted at the front on the idler pulley brackets, as opposed to on the extruder carriage. Since I don't own a workbench I don't know if they are the same as the SD4, but I'll assume tbey are.

The SD4 has idler brackets at the front with 2 screws for the adjusting tension of the belts. You need to make sure the pulley is straight. Since there are 2 bolts it's possible to tilt the pulley. Adjust the tension there, keeping the pulleys straight, and the rest of the video is exactly the same. Your Y motor might require a 2mm hex wrench instead of a 2.5mm, at least my SD4 did.

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Re: Solidoodle Workbench Issues

Same issue, and since I'm kind of a noob it's all a little confusing. I aligned the belts using the video and instructions @ http://support.solidoodle.com/hc/en-us/ … Tensioning but get stuck at getting the tension correct, you can see a little slack on the bottom right belt when you move the extruder back and forth. Basically I'm just not sure which are the idler pulley brackets and which screw adjusts the tension.

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Re: Solidoodle Workbench Issues

After tinkering with it the screws the adjust the tension are the screws to the left and right of the pulley the belts go around right behind the front face of the machine. I've gotten it to come towards the front well, but locks up trying to go back.

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Re: Solidoodle Workbench Issues

Unboxed my new Workbench over two weeks ago to find a broken build plate, cracked electrical housing box, broken acrylic electrical cover and missing electrical cord.

Finally got the above items and now I am having the same problems with x-y-z setup.  keeps binding in x-z and wont even move in x.  I'm continuing to run slicer.  I have found zero online support and finally logged into the forum and seeing similar problems.

I've had a Solidoodle 2 for two years and it runs great so I am still ambitious. 

Solidoodle needs to come up with a readily available setup video state.  I bought this printer in August, just received it and it still does not have proper setup instructions.  Once someone gets it up and running please share as I am only tech savvy enough to follow successful instructions.

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14 Reply by widespreaddeadhead (edited by widespreaddeadhead 2015-02-06 17:54:17)

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Re: Solidoodle Workbench Issues

I'm going to try re-greasing the rods, because when I stop the motors I can pull the y-axis towards me with some kind of ease, but it takes a bit more force to push it back.

EDIT: Cleaned and greased all the rods. Took belts off and tested the motor, runs fine. Attached motor belt to back rod, spins fine. Attached side belts and binds.

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Re: Solidoodle Workbench Issues

Got it working after basically starting from total scratch with the tension video. After 2 days the belts were tensioned fine, just not aligned. Got it working about 10min before I had to leave!

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