<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Noisy Stepper motor]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/4827/noisy-stepper-motor/ Fri, 13 Dec 2013 17:43:14 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: Noisy Stepper motor]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/44225/#p44225 Hey Muddtt!
Talked with solidoodle this morning,
They seemed to have fixed it.

Told me to switch the x and y plugs from the back and test to see if it's a board problem or something (can't quite remember :S) however after that they said to switch it back then go to the dial for the X axis and turn it off (counter-clockwise) then keep turning it clockwise while pressing a movement for the x axis until it starts to go and when it does. STOP.  Now test if it's moving more like the others. (my dial isn't at the 440 mark where it should its at like a 2 o'clock. (you'll see the dial with a line and 2 dots thats the arrow head for the dial)

I just did a test print and seems to be working smoothly now.  Weird.  Was I getting too much V for the stepper motor?  Can someone with knowledge of the board tell me how the dial works?

Thanks!  Muddtt I'll have a video for you if you want of the before and after sounds.

]]> Fri, 13 Dec 2013 17:43:14 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/44225/#p44225 <![CDATA[Re: Noisy Stepper motor]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/44177/#p44177 Yeah, same!  I'm thinking maybe the bearing or something is not in place.  I'm contacting support tomorrow morning.  Hopefully they will help me.  You should call as well then we can compare what they say.

]]> Fri, 13 Dec 2013 04:52:30 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/44177/#p44177 <![CDATA[Re: Noisy Stepper motor]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/44176/#p44176 Mine is not the pulleys. I took the belt off completely and it still made the noise. Just the stepper rotating.

]]> Fri, 13 Dec 2013 04:26:59 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/44176/#p44176 <![CDATA[Re: Noisy Stepper motor]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/44169/#p44169 Hey Muddtt,

soliforum .com/topic/3599/printer-squeaking

Another post couple pages down (7-10ish) I don't know if will work for us, but worth a shot?

]]> Fri, 13 Dec 2013 02:14:22 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/44169/#p44169 <![CDATA[Re: Noisy Stepper motor]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/44168/#p44168 Yeah, I just tested that theory out *SERIN* about 30 minutes ago,
I tried loose, tight, everything else nice.  But still the same sound sad

And yeah does sound like grinding metal..

]]> Fri, 13 Dec 2013 02:03:19 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/44168/#p44168 <![CDATA[Re: Noisy Stepper motor]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/44167/#p44167 Yikes! Mine play tunes, but they don't sound like grinding metal :-(.

]]> Fri, 13 Dec 2013 01:59:58 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/44167/#p44167 <![CDATA[Re: Noisy Stepper motor]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/44166/#p44166 How tight is the belt in the carriage?
I had'have similar problems every now and then, but it seems to be less pronounced when the belts aren't very tight.

]]> Fri, 13 Dec 2013 01:59:41 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/44166/#p44166 <![CDATA[Re: Noisy Stepper motor]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/44165/#p44165 You need a certain number of posts before you can do videos and links. I'll post your video for you. Not sure...haven't even figured out why mine is noisy. Maybe it's partially the nature of the design or stepper. Yours definitely sounds sicker than mine. I think I can live with mine. I would contact solidoodle about yours and send them your video. Let us know what they say.

Musi09's Video:

]]> Fri, 13 Dec 2013 01:51:57 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/44165/#p44165 <![CDATA[Re: Noisy Stepper motor]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/44164/#p44164 Hey Muddtt,
This is what mine sounds like. I think mine is giving off louder noise? Anywho, I think it's the same problem.
My x-axis wasn't giving off this noise before, but now it is.

So it won't let me post any links, so just remove the space in front of the .com

youtube .com/watch?v=BbQXnjBkJtI

I also already did the stepper motor and dialed in the numbers. still have the noise problem.

]]> Fri, 13 Dec 2013 01:43:31 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/44164/#p44164 <![CDATA[Re: Noisy Stepper motor]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/44123/#p44123 Heck, my motors often sound like they are playing a tune, especially printing things that need to change direction a lot. I keep wondering if there are people who design parts simply to get the motors to play tunes :-).

]]> Thu, 12 Dec 2013 17:44:25 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/44123/#p44123 <![CDATA[Re: Noisy Stepper motor]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/44119/#p44119 Got all the voltages really really close. unfortunately it's still making the same noise. Oh well, at least I dialed the voltages in properly.

]]> Thu, 12 Dec 2013 16:46:32 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/44119/#p44119 <![CDATA[Re: Noisy Stepper motor]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/44076/#p44076 Thanks ford, ill give it a try.

]]> Thu, 12 Dec 2013 05:58:51 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/44076/#p44076 <![CDATA[Re: Noisy Stepper motor]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/44064/#p44064 Mine was also doing that for a while, turned out I had the stepper chip voltage set too high.  There is a tutorial for setting it here:
http://www.solidoodle.com/how-to-2/trou … /#steppers
Be VERY CAREFUL NOT TO TOUCH THE BOARD EXCEPT WHERE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO.  I fried mine doing that.

By the way setting the correct stepper motor voltage also helps prints come out more accurately! BONUS

]]> Thu, 12 Dec 2013 02:38:30 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/44064/#p44064 <![CDATA[Re: Noisy Stepper motor]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/44047/#p44047 Sounds normal to me.  My sounds about the same.

]]> Thu, 12 Dec 2013 00:25:57 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/44047/#p44047 <![CDATA[Noisy Stepper motor]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/43989/#p43989 My X-axis stepper has always been noisy when it turned. Thought it might be from the tension on the belt, but I loosened it completely and it's still pretty loud. Is this typical of what you guys have? Is there a way to fix it if it's not normal?

]]> Wed, 11 Dec 2013 18:05:43 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/43989/#p43989