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Z-Stop on the extruder?

Discussion in 'Mods and Upgrades' started by Ahmed Jaber, Sep 17, 2013.

  1. Ahmed Jaber

    Ahmed Jaber New Member

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    Would it be possible to fit the z-stop somewhere near the extruder nozzle? It would make things a lot easier.
    I'd imagine that exposure of plastic parts to heat would be a concern, but what if the actual button was much farther up the extruder assembly and it used a metal implement for the remaining travel? Has anyone tried this before?
     
    #1 Ahmed Jaber, Sep 17, 2013
  2. tesseract

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    The main problem I see is that the plunger /metal implement you mention would have to be lower than the nozzle in order to register the height and that would interfere with travel when actually printing.

    There are currently two similar mods that allow for easy adjustment of the z axis and either works just fine.
     
    #2 tesseract, Sep 17, 2013
  3. Ahmed Jaber

    Ahmed Jaber New Member

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    #3 Ahmed Jaber, Sep 26, 2013
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    Matterhackers has now posted a description of a software only solution to the bed leveling issue. Yes! No hardware mods!
    https://www.matterhackers.com/news/automatic-print-leveling-in-mattercontrol
    They have this wizard that lowers the head down to measure the actual height at three points on the bed. When the model then is sliced z-compensating commands are added to the gcode (watch those z-axis rods rotating while printing!)

    They've even posted a video of a print on a "ridiculously unlevel bed"

    Regards, Daniel
     
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  5. tesseract

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    So it is a bed compensating tool not a bed leveler.
    Is there a standalone package or add on to repetier or how does it work.
     
    #5 tesseract, Nov 19, 2013
  6. da9l

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    Yes, bed compensation. Unfortunately I get the impression its part of their own sw but I haven't looked into it.

    Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk
     
    #6 da9l, Nov 20, 2013
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    Yes looks like a replacement for Repetier. I may look into this a littlemore.... it's quite an interesting solution.
     
    #7 Das Wookie, Nov 20, 2013
  8. Ahmed Jaber

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    I installed MatterControl yesterday and stayed up pretty much all night playing with it. It has all of the settings I've grown accustomed to in Repetier-Host, but in a much prettier, user-friendly, and polished package. The automatic bed leveling is just icing on the cake :)
     
    #8 Ahmed Jaber, Dec 18, 2013
  9. tesseract

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    I wish you continued good luck with it I however founded less than appealing
    My experience includes the app crashing several times and I could not even get a print started
     
    #9 tesseract, Dec 18, 2013
  10. Ahmed Jaber

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    But it sends you a text when your print finishes! :p
     
    #10 Ahmed Jaber, Dec 20, 2013
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    Oh snap, that's pretty awesome
     
    #11 Mike Kelly, Dec 20, 2013
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    You think the bed leveling software will ever be added to Repetier-Host software?
    This I think would help me a lot.
     
    #12 kelly, Dec 24, 2013
  13. Ahmed Jaber

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    If people demand the feature and more software adds it, then Repetier would have to as well lest they lose market share.
     
    #13 Ahmed Jaber, Dec 24, 2013

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