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Help With Z-Axis

AmericanOtaku44

Help With Z-Axis
February 11, 2017 02:17PM

Registered: 7 years ago
Posts: 5

Hello everyone! So, I got my motors moving and homing finally, but there's a bit of an issue. My Z-axis only controls the Z motor, not the lift of the print head. I'm not wholly sure how to fix this, but it's causing a bit of a problem for me. If anyone has any suggestions, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

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stephenrc

Re: Help With Z-Axis
February 13, 2017 12:36PM

Registered: 12 years ago
Posts: 548

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AmericanOtaku44
My Z-axis only controls the Z motor, not the lift of the print head.

If it only moves the bed up/down, then that makes sense.

The z motor moves the z axis and it either increases/decreases the distance between the hotend and the bed.

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cozmicray

Re: Help With Z-Axis
February 13, 2017 01:44PM

Registered: 11 years ago
Posts: 1,049

What printer?

What is "the lift of the print head" ?

confused smiley

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AmericanOtaku44

Re: Help With Z-Axis
February 13, 2017 03:46PM

Registered: 7 years ago
Posts: 5

Sorry, I'm terrible at explanations. I'm using a Delta printer, and the "lift of the print head" is the rise of the hot end. Basically, my Z-axis only controls 1 of the 3 motors running the Delta, not all 3.

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scottybfg

Re: Help With Z-Axis
February 13, 2017 04:12PM

Registered: 7 years ago
Posts: 267

Ok, so from my understanding your issue is, when you give a height command only one of the rails moves.

What happens when you home all,do all motors move the rails to the top in the homing position at the same time, or is it one by one?

If this is the case then your firmware might be setup for a Cartesian printer and not a delta

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AmericanOtaku44

Re: Help With Z-Axis
February 13, 2017 05:13PM

Registered: 7 years ago
Posts: 5

I have fixed this issue. I realized I was an idiot and didn't have the drive set to Delta. The benefits of been a complete newbie... Also, thanks to scottybfg for the suggestion, but I happened to resolve it before seeing it. Though you were exactly right! smiling smiley