<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Pangu i3 .. the best price / quality ratio ?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/5436/pangu-i3-the-best-price-quality-ratio/ Thu, 10 Dec 2015 20:52:06 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: Pangu i3 .. the best price / quality ratio ?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/111351/#p111351 Hello to everyone,

I have bought my pangu i3 a year ago and it never started working properly, so I decided that I will fix it now.

I have a problem with the extrudor, it doesn't extrude properly (it extrudes little material if any). With old firmware the temperature varied alot, but today I have flashed Cookiemasters marlin firmware and it is a lot better, i have also checked if the nozzle was clogged and tried to clean it with the needle.

I am runing out of ideas what to do, do somebody maybe know what to do to fix the extrudor?

]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 20:52:06 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/111351/#p111351 <![CDATA[Re: Pangu i3 .. the best price / quality ratio ?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/65906/#p65906 Thanks a lot  ysb, let me try

]]> Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:18:12 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/65906/#p65906 <![CDATA[Re: Pangu i3 .. the best price / quality ratio ?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/65775/#p65775 first, do you use the sprinter firmware (original) in your i3 or my modified marlin firmware ?

if you use the marlin, you can follow this :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl … ZGdMc2ebPo
and this update : http://solidoodletips.wordpress.com/201 … on-update/

it's for a solidoodle but the method is the same for any printer with marlin firmware..

i don't know if you can change the step/mm value in the last version of the sprinter firmware thru repetier, or you need to change the value inside the firmware then flash the modified firmware. you can try to follow the update method

]]> Mon, 08 Sep 2014 16:59:07 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/65775/#p65775 <![CDATA[Re: Pangu i3 .. the best price / quality ratio ?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/65570/#p65570 Hi ysb,

No, I didn't calibrate the step/mm ,may you tell me how? Thx

]]> Sat, 06 Sep 2014 07:55:31 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/65570/#p65570 <![CDATA[Re: Pangu i3 .. the best price / quality ratio ?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/65387/#p65387 do you calibrate the step/mm for the extruder ? (what is your native language ?)

]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2014 18:29:39 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/65387/#p65387 <![CDATA[Re: Pangu i3 .. the best price / quality ratio ?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/65116/#p65116 Finally completed assembly!

I have tried to print few cubes, all layers are uneven , may anyone advice how to fine tune this printer... Thanks
Sorry for my English ...

]]> Tue, 02 Sep 2014 05:10:22 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/65116/#p65116 <![CDATA[Re: Pangu i3 .. the best price / quality ratio ?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/64454/#p64454 they improved the packaging since mine .. the case-box is a good idea instead of of lot of small bags..

]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2014 17:47:08 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/64454/#p64454 <![CDATA[Re: Pangu i3 .. the best price / quality ratio ?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/64407/#p64407 Hi all, I 've just received my pangu i3 last night, but not assembled yet . But the packing is quite impressing me smile

(More photos in my blog, thx )

]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2014 08:09:48 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/64407/#p64407 <![CDATA[Re: Pangu i3 .. the best price / quality ratio ?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/54846/#p54846 Here are some of my prints on the Pangu, as follows:
Attachment 1 is my second print, failed because of repetier crash
Attachment 2 is a Beach Girl figurine, its just a couple of cm high
Attachment 3 is a planetary gear. 2nd try printing the model, scaled up about 15% because i didnt had appropriate tool size to rotate the gears
Attachment 4 is one of my last prints, architectural detail
Attachment 5 is a set of Geared Heart. Some of the pieces laminated with time, even though I vapored all of them

]]> Wed, 23 Apr 2014 07:13:31 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/54846/#p54846 <![CDATA[Re: Pangu i3 .. the best price / quality ratio ?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/54164/#p54164 Oh by the way total damage is LCD (US$9.77) + encoder (US$2.81) = US$12.58 (free shipping from AliExpress)

]]> Mon, 14 Apr 2014 06:22:49 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/54164/#p54164 <![CDATA[Re: Pangu i3 .. the best price / quality ratio ?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/54163/#p54163 Hi everyone I am new to the forum and to 3D printing.

All thanks to all the opensource information and ysb. I got myself a pangu i3 (0.4mm 1.75). I would say I am quite satisfied with the result after some careful calibration and trail & error.

cookiemonster,
How is your LCD, encoder & buzzer project?
I manage to get my working with and 2004 i2c LCD + encoder (did not add an buzzer to it) using ysb's firmware.

For those who is interested here is what I did :-

EXT connector
D17(SDA) - LCD_SDA
D16(SCL)  - LCD_SCL
D11(TX1) - ENC_A   
D10(RX1) - ENC_B
VCC_5V - LCD/ENC
A2 - ENC_SW
GND - LCD/ENC

configuration.h
------------------------------------
#define RA_CONTROL_PANEL // enable if using PCA8574 I2C
-------------------------------------
#if defined(RA_CONTROL_PANEL)
#define ULTIPANEL
#define NEWPANEL
#define LCD_I2C_TYPE_PCA8574  // I2C I am using
#define LCD_I2C_ADDRESS 0x27   // I2C Address of the port expander some is 0x20
#endif
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#define NEWPANEL  //enable this to auto enable encoder in pin.h  (under #ifdef ULTIPANEL)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

pin.h
---------
//The encoder and click button
#define BTN_EN1 11 // no change if connects to D11(TX1)
#define BTN_EN2 10 // no change if connects to D10(RX1)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
#define BTN_ENC 29 // Change from 16 (ori) to 29 = A2 (ext connector), before Panelolu2 endif
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

IMPORTANT NOTE: Do not use the standard I2C library, download the library from the configuration.h information link

That's it. You should be able to control and print from the on board uSD card using the LCD and encoder without an PC (Yeah).

Thanks to DIYcrap (diycrap.blogspot.de/2013/08/i2c-display-and-rotary-encoder-on-melzi.html) Where I got started and reference to but due to differences in firmware steps defer(Lots of trail & error and was about to give up but decided to force myself to study the firmware line by line and finally got it working).

]]> Mon, 14 Apr 2014 06:13:36 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/54163/#p54163 <![CDATA[Re: Pangu i3 .. the best price / quality ratio ?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/53067/#p53067 I was only talking about printer SW and HW, of course !!!!

]]> Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:35:25 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/53067/#p53067 <![CDATA[Re: Pangu i3 .. the best price / quality ratio ?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/53062/#p53062 all the change that you can make in the slicer depending of your filament (retractation, speed,  bridging, temperature... )... now it's a "try and see" game...

]]> Thu, 27 Mar 2014 11:26:57 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/53062/#p53062 <![CDATA[Re: Pangu i3 .. the best price / quality ratio ?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/53022/#p53022 Except #define DEFAULT_MAX_FEEDRATE   calibration, I don't see any other calibration that can improve printing (exept speed and acceleration calibrations that are set to thir min for the moment).

I've already changed Y beld support to a belt exterder (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:154940). This WE, I will also print a X beld extender(http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:161485) so that both belts will be well tighten.

To make pangu I3 more rigid, I also thought found this improvment: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:100128


Do you see other SW calibration or hardware points I should pay attention (considering that bed and X axis are well leveled)?

]]> Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:59:05 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/53022/#p53022 <![CDATA[Re: Pangu i3 .. the best price / quality ratio ?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/52991/#p52991 nothing for the moment :0 .. I refine my printer calibration

I have my pangu for only one month and it works satisfactorily for only 2 weeks.

the Extruder calibration is VERY important and i have little problem with my current filament.

il will try to print one of your screw this week-end if i have time

]]> Wed, 26 Mar 2014 13:03:49 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/52991/#p52991