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Re: Is it possible to replace the brains of the Da Vinci?

2015-06-30T01:27:13Z

CaptChaos wrote:

Originally I was planning on turning it into a 3drag and buy the rails from a framing store, and the RAMPS from the same guy I bought the kits from, but converting the Da Vinci seems easier. I'll just have to figure out how to get an auto-bed leveler working on it.

RAMPS does not support the method XYZ uses. The auto method also sets your bed for the wrong values anyways. Those numbers that come up like 257 258 247 represent scaled millimeters. Meaning 257 is .257mm and so on. .257mm is much to high for proper first layer. It should be .2 or a bit smaller.

Re: Is it possible to replace the brains of the Da Vinci?

2015-06-30T01:02:31Z

Originally I was planning on turning it into a 3drag and buy the rails from a framing store, and the RAMPS from the same guy I bought the kits from, but converting the Da Vinci seems easier. I'll just have to figure out how to get an auto-bed leveler working on it.

Re: Is it possible to replace the brains of the Da Vinci?

2015-06-27T18:37:59Z

CaptChaos wrote:

Carl,
Thank you for the help. Is there a guide out that or just roll up my sleeves and get to work?

I have not had a chance yet to make my guide. My Delta printer died and I got side tracked over hauling it. So for now just roll up your sleeves and dive in. Ask questions if needed.

Re: Is it possible to replace the brains of the Da Vinci?

2015-06-27T18:02:39Z

Carl,

Thank you for the help. Is there a guide out that or just roll up my sleeves and get to work?

Re: Is it possible to replace the brains of the Da Vinci?

2015-06-26T02:11:36Z

So is there a question in there someplace? Toss in a Ramps and move into the wonderful world that is Hacks and Mods

Re: Is it possible to replace the brains of the Da Vinci?

2015-06-26T02:09:13Z

Several have replaced stock with RAMPS. I have myself. In addition to the RAMPS you will also need the LCD, two ten pin 5 foot long ribbon cables for the LCD and 3 after market endstops either optical or mechanical. Stock endstops and LCD will not work with a RAMPS.

Is it possible to replace the brains of the Da Vinci?

2015-06-26T02:03:15Z

My printer powers down after about 20 minutes of printing. I've checked the extruder and and there are no loos connections that I can see. When I contacted tech support they told me to send in the printer and they'll charge me for the repair. It's not under warranty anymore so I'm good with that, but shipping is going to cost about a hundred bucks one way plus the cost of the repair and the return shipping I'm looking at nearly the cost of a new printer. Another reason I think the brains are going on it is because when I try to level the bed the Z axis always returns error. I had this issue before and was able to clean the contact points and Bob's your uncle. I even traced it to the board and am able to get a good reading with a multi-meter.

The family got me a Makerfarm Prusa i3v for father's day some I want to see if I can use another printer board like a RAMPS to replace the existing board and see if I can get it to work. If not I'm going to gut it and build a completely new one.