Partial Answer Extruder Stuttering In Place

Greetings, all. I'm an original KS backer, and have never been able top print a single object completely due to constant breakdowns. Although it's been four years since then, and I want resolution, wanting to deal with this is daunting as it has not been made easy by any means.

First, the brackets for the Z-axis rods were snapped on arrival, the PSU died shortly thereafter, and now the controller has released its magic smoke. CS hasn't been very responsive throughout this; I couldn't even post on the forums as I didn't get the verification email for days, despite reaching out. Overall, I'm really disappointed in this company and wish I never backed this product. Two of my friends, whom were also backers, share a similar sentiment.


Despite all this, I really want to get this R1 to work. In this case, I can get a print to begin, however about halfway through the extruder stutters in place and the motors whine. I have seen no physical damage on the board or to the components, however the controller does smell thoroughly cooked. Where should I begin looking on the controller to fix this issue? Thanks!

 

Awesome! Thanks for the quick responses all!

I'll get that on order and see where that takes me.



I was a bit frustrated when I typed up my first post after I began troubleshooting. Probably won't do that again.

To clarify, the print head just jitters around in spot after 20 minutes or so into a print; cannot be controlled or paused. No comms errors show and the g-code continues to xmit to the board. Using my DMM, I verified the PSU is outputting the correct power.

 

Took a bit to get, but the board in is!

I haven't found much on it, so what firmware would I be flashing?

 

i dont know if you checked or not but my extruder started doing that and i found out it was one of the wires on the plug going to that servo had a short and was not sending the right signal

you might look to make sure