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Topic: ceramic screwdriver size for stepper pods?

Hi what size ceramic screwdriver is needed to adjust the ramps stepper driver pods?

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Re: ceramic screwdriver size for stepper pods?

hansen644 wrote:

Hi what size ceramic screwdriver is needed to adjust the ramps stepper driver pods?


mine is a 1.8mm straight blade. So 2mm should be fine as well.

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Re: ceramic screwdriver size for stepper pods?

Also, anything non-conductive is fine, doesn't have to be ceramic (there are plastic ones out there too!).

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Re: ceramic screwdriver size for stepper pods?

You can also cut a piece off the edge of a credit card!

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