<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Kit for Calibrating X and Y with a Dial Gauge]]> 2013-01-24T06:16:41Z PunBB https://www.soliforum.com/topic/107/kit-for-calibrating-x-and-y-with-a-dial-gauge/ <![CDATA[Re: Kit for Calibrating X and Y with a Dial Gauge]]> Hmm... netfabb.com seems to be down. (Or at least I can't reach it.)

Did find a "solution", though. Exported it as .csg, and then edited the file. Turns out there were a whole bunch of matrix entries along the lines of "1.66723e-016". Call me slipshod, but I figured that had to be close enough to zero, so I made them all zero. Now I have but one shell, and I'm printing it...

(Still trying to dial in the Repetier 0.3mm settings. Where's the right forum/thread for those questions?)

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/727/ 2013-01-24T06:16:41Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/10451/#p10451 <![CDATA[Re: Kit for Calibrating X and Y with a Dial Gauge]]> Upload it to cloud.netfabb.com   It's been awhile since I printed it, but I think that worked for me.  I got the same result in Slic3r the first time.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/14/ 2013-01-24T06:03:43Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/10450/#p10450 <![CDATA[Re: Kit for Calibrating X and Y with a Dial Gauge]]> Jinja: I tried to print your three axis extruder connector, and I get a solid block w/ a u-shaped hole in it. Slic3r is complaining that the file has errors, and MiniMagics says that it has errors, two shells.

I tried downloading SCAD, and your .scad file, but compiling it and exporting it results in a .STL with three shells.

Any pointers to what I might be doing wrong?

(The goal is to level out my SD2, of course.)

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/727/ 2013-01-24T05:00:36Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/10435/#p10435 <![CDATA[Re: Kit for Calibrating X and Y with a Dial Gauge]]> If I were to calibrate my X and Y, where in firmware would I change the values to make the changes permanent?

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/319/ 2012-12-08T23:13:55Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/6691/#p6691 <![CDATA[Re: Kit for Calibrating X and Y with a Dial Gauge]]> I bought one for under $20 on eBay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/130778325754?ss … 1439.l2649

It does not have the same mount as the one that Ian used, but we know how to fix that!

cmetzel wrote:

you can get dial indicators for $50-$60.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/181/ 2012-11-26T23:49:05Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/5646/#p5646 <![CDATA[Re: Kit for Calibrating X and Y with a Dial Gauge]]> solidoodlesupport wrote:

Guys:
If we offered these in the store, would any of you be interested in buying them (dial gauges)?

what price can you offer them for?

I got mine from ebay for £1... is it really worth you creating a stock of items new, that people can probably get else where for very cheap?

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/39/ 2012-11-26T10:03:58Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/5608/#p5608 <![CDATA[Re: Kit for Calibrating X and Y with a Dial Gauge]]> cmetzel wrote:
solidoodlesupport wrote:

Guys:
If we offered these in the store, would any of you be interested in buying them (dial gauges)?

Depends on the price, quick search online and you can get dial indicators for $50-$60.  I picked up an obsolete one from my work that I have to refurb a little to get it to mount, but should work okay.

We shall make it happen. Perhaps an advanced tool kit?

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/7/ 2012-10-24T21:32:55Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/3147/#p3147 <![CDATA[Re: Kit for Calibrating X and Y with a Dial Gauge]]> solidoodlesupport wrote:

Guys:
If we offered these in the store, would any of you be interested in buying them (dial gauges)?

Depends on the price, quick search online and you can get dial indicators for $50-$60.  I picked up an obsolete one from my work that I have to refurb a little to get it to mount, but should work okay.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/78/ 2012-10-24T17:17:25Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/3088/#p3088 <![CDATA[Re: Kit for Calibrating X and Y with a Dial Gauge]]> I would

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/134/ 2012-10-24T17:03:23Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/3084/#p3084 <![CDATA[Re: Kit for Calibrating X and Y with a Dial Gauge]]> Guys:
If we offered these in the store, would any of you be interested in buying them (dial gauges)?

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/7/ 2012-10-24T16:19:07Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/3052/#p3052 <![CDATA[Re: Kit for Calibrating X and Y with a Dial Gauge]]> I bought this indicator instead of the round 'dial' type.  It's half price and has the same tolerance as the one from earlier in the thread.
amazon. com/AccuRemote-Electronic-Digital-INDICATOR-INCH-METRIC-FRACTIONS/dp/B0071SKHAW/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1350754244&sr=8-7&keywords=digital+dial+indicator  (link not allowed, I'm probably too new. Take out the extra space after 'amazon.')

However, it wouldn't fit in the dial gauge hole piece that Ian designed, so here's a 'sled' that fits on the back of the gauge.

it prints as 2 pieces, the sled and the 10mm square to fit in the gauge slide Ian designed.  A little acetone/abs glue work for making it one piece.

Next is making the same sled work on the extruder plate to check my glass bed is level.

B

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/206/ 2012-10-20T17:51:05Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/2759/#p2759 <![CDATA[Re: Kit for Calibrating X and Y with a Dial Gauge]]> Jinja: Just printed your Extruder connector and it fits perfect!
I did run in to some big problems trying to slice the .stl in Slic3r.
It looked terrible. By importing the stl to tinkercad, and export it to a .stl from there I got a .stl that sliced perfect in Slic3r.

And printed perfect, thanks for the design

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/12/ 2012-10-15T21:04:50Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/2326/#p2326 <![CDATA[Re: Kit for Calibrating X and Y with a Dial Gauge]]> Here is the thread with the firmware changes for adding those commands - http://www.soliforum.com/topic/92/slic3r/

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/14/ 2012-10-15T17:31:35Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/2320/#p2320 <![CDATA[Re: Kit for Calibrating X and Y with a Dial Gauge]]> Very interesting post.
Could you please explain little more on how to modify hysteresis.
How to get M99  and M92 command ?
What firmware are you using?

I m also having y backlash .
I changed my step y to 90 and got better result on small 20mm box print.
But still present with bigger / complex prints
Only Y is concerned, X is OK.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/86/ 2012-10-15T11:08:28Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/2295/#p2295 <![CDATA[Re: Kit for Calibrating X and Y with a Dial Gauge]]> BTW, this is what I'm printing to get the deformed teeth in skeinforge...

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/15/ 2012-09-11T03:20:45Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/1212/#p1212