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Re: Odd sounds on Y-Axis

null@example.com (jwedler) — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:54:18 +0000

I've found that the y-stepper is under powered. In my case, i herd sounds at the end of large prints and realized the stepper way getting hot. Put on some heat sinks, all gravy.

Re: Odd sounds on Y-Axis

null@example.com (SpaceCowboy850) — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 02:28:46 +0000

Update - it seems to have mostly gone away... :\ I'm not sure if it is a Z-height thing or what, but I haven't heard it in a few prints now. Weird...

Re: Odd sounds on Y-Axis

null@example.com (3D_UA) — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:21:17 +0000

I have also come in similar cases and also not always, and when printing certain models. I think this is due to resonance, which occurs at a certain engine speed.

Odd sounds on Y-Axis

null@example.com (SpaceCowboy850) — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:11:04 +0000

In my last two prints, towards the end, I heard a creaking sound when the Y motor would activate, but only at towards the end finishing off the top of a cathedral in a carcassonne tile set. When the print was done, I moved the extruder in all directions and couldn't hear anything. Has anyone heard something like this? Is it just the aluminum buckling? :\

It sounds a bit like a ship creaking. I'll try to get a recording of it next print.

Edit: Uploaded an MP3 of how it sounds. It is creaking at the beginning, then again at 5 seconds it is really loud. You can hear the normal way it sounds in the background.