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by Ade O
Mon Mar 30, 2020 7:53 am
Forum: Extruder
Topic: hot end i3 m201 issue
Replies: 2
Views: 10466

Re: hot end i3 m201 issue

ok so here is an up date I have removed the grub screw taken a nasty looking scalpel blade and magnifying glass and oh so gently teased out from between the threads every last tiny bit of pla I could see. save the hot liquid having a channel of liquid already there for it to flow through ???? then c...
by Ade O
Mon Mar 30, 2020 6:49 am
Forum: Geeetech I3 Pro W
Topic: X Axis only goes one direction
Replies: 5
Views: 10616

Re: X Axis only goes one direction

ive seen people hack the screw rod out of the top mount as its screw rod that's not in true always seems bit drastic but it works mine was a busted blue wire on stepper
by Ade O
Mon Mar 30, 2020 6:41 am
Forum: Extruder
Topic: hot end i3 m201 issue
Replies: 2
Views: 10466

hot end i3 m201 issue

hi ok so everything is running great but im getting blobs trolled the internet for ever reading up on speeds and retraction rates etc but cant believe my eyes blobs are coming from not the nozzle but the two grub screws on either side of the nozzle block are oozing liquid plastic that's forming like...
by Ade O
Fri Mar 27, 2020 11:21 pm
Forum: Control Board
Topic: x axis problem i3 m201
Replies: 5
Views: 7527

Re: x axis problem i3 m201

oh wow it was the same when I swapped the x and y wires over the y began to stutter so it was either the board socket or leads so I whipped out my multi meter ooo err and wouldn't you know my good old analogue meter to the rescue a simple continuity test later showed there was a break somewhere in t...
by Ade O
Fri Mar 27, 2020 11:41 am
Forum: Control Board
Topic: x axis problem i3 m201
Replies: 5
Views: 7527

Re: x axis problem i3 m201

thanks for replying to me so quickly
sorry if im being dense but how do you mean exactly.
I have swapped the y cable from the y motor and the x motor ran fine whilst being controlled by the that
is there anything that can be done or is it going to mean a new mother board do you think.
by Ade O
Fri Mar 27, 2020 7:17 am
Forum: Control Board
Topic: x axis problem i3 m201
Replies: 5
Views: 7527

x axis problem i3 m201

I have an issue with my x axis Im hoping someone can help ive just finished putting together my i3 m201 with gtm32 pro board and a4988 drivers my board came with 3 driver cards in the positions for the extruders where mine is 2 in 1 out and it was missing the x driver card so I replaced the missing ...
by Ade O
Fri Mar 27, 2020 6:17 am
Forum: Geeetech I3 Pro W
Topic: X Axis only goes one direction
Replies: 5
Views: 10616

Re: X Axis only goes one direction

I have an issue with my x axis too not quite the same but Im hoping someone can help ive just finished putting together my i3 m201 with gtm32 pro board and a4988 drivers the x axis simply vibrates and the carriage goes no where my board came with 3 driver cards in the positions for the extruders whe...