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by blackeagle
Sat Jan 06, 2018 11:58 am
Forum: Extruder
Topic: Extruder issues?
Replies: 1
Views: 4539

Re: Extruder issues?

It seems replacing the plastic pieces of the extruder with the metal pieces of an older MK8 I had laying around fixed my issues.. seems like others I've read on here, the "new" MK8 with the plastic self adjusting tension aren't as good as they sound...
by blackeagle
Thu Jan 04, 2018 3:04 am
Forum: Extruder
Topic: Extruder issues?
Replies: 1
Views: 4539

Extruder issues?

I have a Prusa I3B Pro and have started having issues extruding (using the new mk8 plastic self-tension setup), It will print perfectly for awhile (10-20 layers of a small cube) then it will stop extruding, I can feel that it's not even trying to pull the filament down, if I leave it alone it will ...
by blackeagle
Tue Apr 28, 2015 8:59 pm
Forum: Control Board
Topic: Ramps 1.4 Mosfet Overheating "magic smoke"
Replies: 21
Views: 41829

Re: Ramps 1.4 Mosfet Overheating "magic smoke"

That doesn't answer the question, how many screws do you have holding the ramps down? which holes? It sounds like due to a design flaw a lot of us are frying our ramps..
Sorry, my misunderstanding.
If you mount the board like me, only need 1 screw and the hole is the ellipse one.
If you mount like ...
by blackeagle
Mon Apr 27, 2015 7:10 pm
Forum: Control Board
Topic: Ramps 1.4 Mosfet Overheating "magic smoke"
Replies: 21
Views: 41829

Re: Ramps 1.4 Mosfet Overheating "magic smoke"

That doesn't answer the question, how many screws do you have holding the ramps down? which holes? It sounds like due to a design flaw a lot of us are frying our ramps..
by blackeagle
Sun Apr 26, 2015 11:52 pm
Forum: Control Board
Topic: Ramps 1.4 Mosfet Overheating "magic smoke"
Replies: 21
Views: 41829

Re: Ramps 1.4 Mosfet Overheating "magic smoke"

This is how I mount the mainboard, use a screw and power cable to firm it.
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How many screw holes do you have connected? If I mount it that way I only have 1 screw that lines up and getting the USB cable in is almost impossible. I had to mount it the ...