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Re: Kit for Calibrating X and Y with a Dial Gauge

null@example.com (toddkrein) — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 06:16:41 +0000

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?)

Re: Kit for Calibrating X and Y with a Dial Gauge

null@example.com (IanJohnson) — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 06:03:43 +0000

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.

Re: Kit for Calibrating X and Y with a Dial Gauge

null@example.com (toddkrein) — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:00:36 +0000

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.)

Re: Kit for Calibrating X and Y with a Dial Gauge

null@example.com (aFoote) — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 23:13:55 +0000

If I were to calibrate my X and Y, where in firmware would I change the values to make the changes permanent?

Re: Kit for Calibrating X and Y with a Dial Gauge

null@example.com (jon_bondy) — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 23:49:05 +0000

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.

Re: Kit for Calibrating X and Y with a Dial Gauge

null@example.com (danny) — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 10:03:58 +0000

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?

Re: Kit for Calibrating X and Y with a Dial Gauge

null@example.com (solijohn) — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:32:55 +0000

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?

Re: Kit for Calibrating X and Y with a Dial Gauge

null@example.com (cmetzel) — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:17:25 +0000

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.

Re: Kit for Calibrating X and Y with a Dial Gauge

null@example.com (wire10ga) — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:03:23 +0000

I would

Re: Kit for Calibrating X and Y with a Dial Gauge

null@example.com (solijohn) — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:19:07 +0000

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

Re: Kit for Calibrating X and Y with a Dial Gauge

null@example.com (Bad Coffee) — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 17:51:05 +0000

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.

Re: Kit for Calibrating X and Y with a Dial Gauge

null@example.com (Rondavouz) — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:04:50 +0000

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

Re: Kit for Calibrating X and Y with a Dial Gauge

null@example.com (IanJohnson) — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 17:31:35 +0000

Here is the thread with the firmware changes for adding those commands - http://www.soliforum.com/topic/92/slic3r/

Re: Kit for Calibrating X and Y with a Dial Gauge

null@example.com (patmail4) — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:08:28 +0000

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.

Re: Kit for Calibrating X and Y with a Dial Gauge

null@example.com (Jinja) — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 03:20:45 +0000

BTW, this is what I'm printing to get the deformed teeth in skeinforge...