Topic: A big hello from the Netherlands
hello fellow doodles my name is Kay and im from the Netherlands
i have studied game design and development but there are no jobs for me here so im now going to do something completely different like getting my truckers license
im still making 3D models for fun and my own projects so when i found out about the solidoodle i could not be happier
after waiting 5 months and 3 days i finaly recieved my printer a few days ago
when i got the big box i directly unpacked it and tried to connect everything
i say i tried because i did not think about that a US power cable is a little different than the european one 
so after buying a conversion plug i got everything set up and working out of the box wich made me very happy
i did stumble on a little annoying problem and that is on prints that take about 1 and a half hour
somewhere random it misses a step on the y axis and on the y axis only and always in the same direction
it than just continues printing but its painfully visible (see attachment)
sometimes it happens only once and in other objects even 4 times just destroying the object
this does not happen on prints that take 20 or 30 minutes so i guess this is completley random
i searched the internet for sollutions and tried quit a few of them:
checking the belts tension,
making sure the motor gets enough power but not to much
checking the lubrication on the rods <-
i tried moving the print head on the y axis by hand with the motors disabled but i need to use 2 hands and about 2~3 times more strengt than when i try to move it in the X axis, is this normal??
and after 2 days i already have my first clog....
i found a lot of helpfull posts about this so i will be making a trip to my local hardware store to get everything required to get rid of this pest, and maybe even drop by a music instrument store
beside these 2 things it works perfectly
i noticed a lot of people saying that repetier-host is better than pronterface
i tried the software and it does look a lot better and it has everything needed and the best part is that you can freely place parts and visually see how big they are going to be
in repetier host slicing with skeinforge does not work
when printing, it just does weird sounds and movement
and i have yet to get the slic3r part working
the only real problem i have with slic3r is that i believe that the Z-bed is to high because it squishes the plastic a lot more than in pronterface using skeinforge
in the end it is wel worth the 5 months waiting and i am really happy with it
if anyone has any extra tips or info for me about my Y-axis problem, with repetier-host or some DO's and DONT's with removing clogs i would really appreciate it
your newest member:
Kay
