Sunday, June 27, 2010

Day 4: Fist System Test

The build team finally put me all together for the first time today.  Spun up my motors, tried to print the 20mm test cube, and I happily crashed right into the build platform with a 220 degree tip.  Nice gouge! 

Seems the build team forgot to read the configuration instructions.  Something about the fact that my stepper motors might be reversed? 

After a wild goose chase to get new Molex connectors and rebuild the data cables (Good thinking Dataman, but entirely WRONG!)  Padawan discovered something about Inverted Axises in the documentation?  Duh!!!

Anyhow, read the docs more carefully.  Especially Calibration, PID Settings, Thermistor Calibration, Skeinforge Setup.  Lots to do before you really print!

Anyhow, by some miracle, these two somehow got it right.

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