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X carriage plans for dual extruder.

by marceloarguello700
701 1 10/09/2015 04:59PM
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X motor making grinding noise

by igel
889 3 10/02/2015 10:48AM
Last Post by igel

First time buying stepper motors: enough torque? [Question] Attachments

by gomme600
2,321 11 10/02/2015 06:42AM
Last Post by krakadu

Help Needed - End of My Tether With Heated Bed

by xelad
1,076 8 10/01/2015 06:55AM
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Sudden Change in Z-Axis(Solved)

by Brotherbrown831
698 3 09/28/2015 09:36PM
Last Post by the_digital_dentist

Measure stepper motor torque/resistance

by GreatGrizzly
943 3 09/26/2015 04:21AM
Last Post by dc42

Differences between good and really good printers

by Ludvig
1,438 11 09/14/2015 06:29PM
Last Post by VDX

Did belt tension break my stepper shaft?

by Megaman
2,478 14 09/08/2015 06:15AM
Last Post by Ludvig

K8200/3DRAG Auto Bed Leveling

by ndillane1
2,189 3 09/05/2015 06:10PM
Last Post by ndillane1

Power Supply or Prusa I3V

by MrCarbon
863 3 09/04/2015 01:49PM
Last Post by MrCarbon

Heated Bed ideas?

by mantus
1,911 11 09/03/2015 08:14PM
Last Post by paucus

Platform moves in Z - bouncing-movement

by Epop
1,136 9 09/02/2015 12:54AM
Last Post by Epop

The best quality GT2 belt

by PropellerHat
2,434 6 08/29/2015 01:39PM
Last Post by naxem42

Heated bed movement when heating

by moth4017
651 3 08/29/2015 02:50AM
Last Post by o_lampe

Z AXIS THREADED ROD'S

by tayana
1,372 5 08/24/2015 09:56AM
Last Post by papakel

Planetary Gearbox Ratios for extruder

by Crusader68
2,015 5 08/09/2015 11:14PM
Last Post by the_digital_dentist

Sintron All metal hotend - Mechanics mirror-inverted ?! Attachments

by ianmcmill
1,399 13 08/04/2015 05:33AM
Last Post by ianmcmill

Whats wrong with this hotend

by SQLException
1,439 22 08/03/2015 03:36PM
Last Post by SQLException

driving a screw with a flat belt

by the_digital_dentist
912 9 07/25/2015 10:06PM
Last Post by cozmicray

China NEMA17 Stepper Motor Torque Rating Scam thumbs down

by shafri
3,243 21 07/25/2015 01:12PM
Last Post by shafri

arduino board done?

by pencilpusher
843 3 07/22/2015 11:57PM
Last Post by pencilpusher

Choice Belt, wire line, guitar string?

by marceloarguello700
2,149 9 07/16/2015 09:11AM
Last Post by marceloarguello700

Z axis issues

by iuenu
1,248 4 07/08/2015 12:47AM
Last Post by elwood127

Designing a reliable and accurate Z axis. Attachments   (Pages: 1 2)

by FalloutBe
6,124 57 07/04/2015 12:09PM
Last Post by FalloutBe

geared stepper motor for z-Axis? thoughts on step config

by EljefedsecurIT
2,642 7 06/29/2015 08:26PM
Last Post by the_digital_dentist

random ideas

by Ken
1,670 3 06/24/2015 08:19PM
Last Post by [email protected]

Calibration with physics ?

by pwave
1,075 5 06/24/2015 08:00PM
Last Post by [email protected]

Help with wiring new motors? Attachments

by CraigMoberg
1,180 3 06/22/2015 03:13PM
Last Post by CraigMoberg

How accurate should the AXIS_STEPS_PER_UNIT number be? Attachments

by a4jp.com
991 3 06/10/2015 03:26PM
Last Post by a4jp.com

DIY ideas for the 3d printer build

by davedavedave
1,659 15 06/03/2015 04:38PM
Last Post by davedavedave