Hello all,
Im in the process of reutilising a mechanical arm used to place things ins a automated chemical machine. it has a arm with two steppers, wormwheel drive and a chain though the first arm to the second. very sleek. i will post pictures soon. it works like the reprap morgan or a scara arm.
but now the question.
I downloaded the marlin armlevel firmware from [
github.com] and I want to fill in the proper information for my setup but I have no idea what is ment:
// Center-to-center distance of the holes in the diagonal push rods.
//#define DELTA_DIAGONAL_ROD 250.0 // mm
// Horizontal offset from middle of printer to smooth rod center.
//#define DELTA_SMOOTH_ROD_OFFSET 175.0 // mm
// Horizontal offset of the universal joints on the end effector.
//#define DELTA_EFFECTOR_OFFSET 33.0 // mm
// Horizontal offset of the universal joints on the carriages.
//#define DELTA_CARRIAGE_OFFSET 18.0 // mm
can anyone explain them?
(edit) i now understand that those values are for a true deltabot. mine is more like the morgan, although the secundary arm is operated trough a chain via the primary arm.
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 12/31/2013 01:50PM by Macsimski.