Lasercigusa wrote:

How would I go about fixing it?

I got a pack of these connectors off Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GNX … &psc=1

If you have an RC or Airsoft shop around your area you can get them there as well if you want them now.. They are very common in the Radio Control Hobbies for battery connections.

They require you to solder the wires to them. If you don't want or can't solder you can get get male and female insulated blade terminals at Home Depot or Lowes. They are color coded for wire size so get the red ones. Blue is too small and Yellow is too large.

How would I go about fixing it?

I got a pack of these connectors off Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GNX … &psc=1

How would I go about fixing it?

Go get some alternate connector like bullet connectors or even just wire nuts. Cut out the original connecter, crimp on new connectors of your choice or just twist wires with wire nuts. Some even just solder them together and cover them with shrink tubing or electrical tape.

Thanks!! I measured my filament with my calipers, everything seems to be correct. What could cause the filament to just stop extracting mid print!?

If the temp drops below melt point due to the heater stopping it will stop the filament. Check the connection above the extruder while watching the temp and see if it changes when you play with the connection. It is known to be bad or go bad.

I really appreciate it!! I'll give it a try! Is there an easy way to calibrate the bed?? I have a problem with the prints, whenever it starts the structure, weather it's a brim or raft (CuraEngine) the first layer almost ALWAYS messes up and I have to start everything over again. Any suggestions for that?? I was running the extruder at 225 and the bed at 90.

Look at the top of this section for the sticky called bed leveling for beginners. Everyone uses and confirms it is by far better than the auto method that is inaccurate.

Perimeters 40mm/s
Small Perimeters 30mm/s
External Perimeters 30mm/s
Infill 40 maybe 50mm/s
Solid infill 30mm/s
Top Solid Infill 20mm/s Slow to look good.
Support material 50mm/s
Support material interface 50mm/s
Bridges 30mm/s
Gap fill 20 mm/s

These speeds will be slower than what you do now but will be dependable in respect to constant feeds and appearance of surfaces.

Like I said these machines are not built for speed and intended for occasional one shot prototypes. If you need production speeds then you will need to run several at the same time to keep up.

If you run .3mm layers just bump all the values up 5 and if you run .1 layers which the Da Vinci 1.0 is not really capable of then you need to drop the speeds by 5. But those speeds for .2 layers should get you in the ball park and you can tweak them some if you need to. But I print with these all the time so you should be fine.

One important step is to measure your filament (with calibers) in several locations and average the number then place that number in the filament diameter under the filament settings tab. This is important as it affects your flow rate and volume.

Yep I'm running Repetier Host. What are your suggestions for settings?

I am work right now so I can look at my settings right now. What layer height do you typically print at?