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    Unanswered Jamming of Pla

    An IR gun is tricky on the heater block and I know -- I have tried, Even when you get it reading it is reading the external temperature, not the...
    Post by: mark tomlinson, May 23, 2019 at 5:45 PM in forum: Troubleshooting
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    Unanswered Jamming of Pla

    Not sure how you would accurately read the internal temperature of the heater block any more accurately than than an attached thermistor :)
    Post by: mark tomlinson, May 23, 2019 at 4:44 PM in forum: Troubleshooting
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    Robo3D may be out of the consumer market

    Yea and most of the familiar faces that we have interacted with at RoboHQ have gone away as well.
    Post by: mark tomlinson, May 23, 2019 at 2:47 PM in forum: Off Topic
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    FAQ C2

    Replacement power supply for R2 (or C2) https://smile.amazon.com/s?k=meanwell+GST220A24&ref=nb_sb_noss
    Post by: mark tomlinson, May 22, 2019 at 9:06 AM in forum: Troubleshooting
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    Power supply

    It is AFAIK only supplying 24v dc to the printer via the barrel plug. You can sanity check the voltages on the pins for the original versus the...
    Post by: mark tomlinson, May 22, 2019 at 7:52 AM in forum: General Questions
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    Using Arduino board on Robo R2 project in process

    Some of the Arduino clones use CH340G and that can't do everything the chip on the real Ardunio can do. I figure you already sorted that out :)...
    Post by: mark tomlinson, May 22, 2019 at 7:51 AM in forum: Mods and Upgrades
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    No Support?

    I an bit sure that they haven't already. They do still have the E3 to some extent.
    Post by: mark tomlinson, May 21, 2019 at 3:34 PM in forum: Troubleshooting
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    No Support?

    If you have the ability to do the work yourself we will be more than happy to talk you through fixing it That means you have to buy parts too :)...
    Post by: mark tomlinson, May 21, 2019 at 3:01 PM in forum: Troubleshooting
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    No Support?

    Nothing. Robo is largely unreachable at this point. I do not have a good answer. You can try a regular email (not a support ticket) and see if...
    Post by: mark tomlinson, May 21, 2019 at 3:00 PM in forum: Troubleshooting
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    Unanswered Jamming of Pla

    I always test around the range they spec for the filament. Start at the top of the range and print something small (like this:...
    Post by: mark tomlinson, May 20, 2019 at 12:07 PM in forum: Troubleshooting
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    Nylon Jamming in R2

    @WheresWaldo is correct -- slow and hot is the general rule for nylon.
    Post by: mark tomlinson, May 20, 2019 at 6:16 AM in forum: Troubleshooting
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    Unresolved No power to my part cooling fan

    Sure. All of them are much the same if they are a RAMPS 1.4 board. As I mentioned in other threads I have had some issues in the past with buying...
    Post by: mark tomlinson, May 20, 2019 at 6:15 AM in forum: Troubleshooting
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    Unanswered Jamming of Pla

    http://community.robo3d.com/index.php?threads/please-read-hotend-jam-clogs-seasoning-and-an-oiler.3564/
    Post by: mark tomlinson, May 20, 2019 at 6:13 AM in forum: Troubleshooting
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    Unresolved No power to my part cooling fan

    Yes, all RAMPS 1.4 boards are the same. Beware -- there are some claiming to be 1.5 or 1.6 -- they are not RepRap approved (in general) so stick...
    Post by: mark tomlinson, May 19, 2019 at 7:46 PM in forum: Troubleshooting
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    Pla jamming

    Seasoning would be my first step and there is a lengthy thread on this over here:...
    Post by: mark tomlinson, May 18, 2019 at 7:30 PM in forum: Troubleshooting