26 Reply by n2ri (edited by n2ri 2015-01-11 23:08:59)

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Re: Solidoodle Workbench Apprentice bad out of the box

where did that gcode come from? never seen infill that wide. sounds like an extruder is growling due to that.

which motor is making the noise in videos?

the filament going in is only 1.75 so it cant flow that fast

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27 Reply by cpsmicahel (edited by cpsmicahel 2015-01-12 00:25:56)

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Re: Solidoodle Workbench Apprentice bad out of the box

It's grinding because the Z platform keeps hitting on the extruders I offset the Z to six and it helps but when I start to print the switch touches on the plastic smears around

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28 Reply by jagowilson (edited by jagowilson 2015-01-12 01:01:07)

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Re: Solidoodle Workbench Apprentice bad out of the box

Solidoodle ships their printers in the "home" position, so for previous models it was common to bend the metal to make the switch work. If you look at the X and Y endstops, you will see what I mean. I had to do this on mine and spent a few days before I realized what was going on. So the question becomes, is there something that needs to be adjusted on that switch? I don't know how it works, though, but I'd guess it's a related problem from sitting in the homed position for an extended period.

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Re: Solidoodle Workbench Apprentice bad out of the box

I tried to adjusted the solitouch probe and i have talk tech support and they are sending me a new soliTouch probe not sure if that is what the problem is

there is nothing loading into my start code

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Re: Solidoodle Workbench Apprentice bad out of the box

Here is what the switch looks like on mine There's no metal to bend on this one

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Re: Solidoodle Workbench Apprentice bad out of the box

So the question is, did they intentionally remove the tab from that switch or did it get broken unintentionally?

On a side note you might want to add a custom start code.  Let's discuss that later.

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Re: Solidoodle Workbench Apprentice bad out of the box

I saw pictures of another one that was like mine and had no tab on it either

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33 Reply by soliryan

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Re: Solidoodle Workbench Apprentice bad out of the box

From the original video it appears the probe was not pushed all the way down, causing the bed to come up too far and into the nozzles. Please make sure the probe is all the way down before starting the print.
You can check the start code from the G-code Editor tab and open the drop down menu and select Start Code.

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34 Reply by blazin_penguin

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Re: Solidoodle Workbench Apprentice bad out of the box

soliryan beat me too it.

on the solidoodle solitouch calibration video you see that the measurement switch needs to be manually pushed down. and then once the calibration is complete the bed moves up to push the switch back.  If you are not pushing the probe down then the bed will just bash into the extruder.

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Yup when you watch the video solidoodle posted on their calibration probe and then watch yours it looks like the probe hasent been pressed down! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lp1k67B_HM

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Re: Solidoodle Workbench Apprentice bad out of the box

that helped alot thanks the switch is still mess up but a new one is coming and i have better PC now that i am going to run it on

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you get it to print now? or still no go until the new switch arrives?

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Re: Solidoodle Workbench Apprentice bad out of the box

I got it to print I had to hold the switch in the first position
To calibrate in home

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Awesome! Cant wait to get my press so excited to start printing!

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Re: Solidoodle Workbench Apprentice bad out of the box

OK i got my first print done on Solidoodle Workbench Apprentice

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Looks nice!