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by 4130Stick
Wed May 02, 2018 6:31 pm
Forum: Geeetech I3 Pro W
Topic: Printer startup connection issue
Replies: 5
Views: 8071

Re: Printer startup connection issue

Hi All

I had similar issue when i first built my Pro W, i installed the CH340 driver and although printer would move using the on-board menu it done nothing through the PC. After trawling through the forums i found a post recommending installing the CH341SER driver, which i done and it works ...
by 4130Stick
Wed May 02, 2018 4:50 pm
Forum: Geeetech I3 Pro W
Topic: Patchy Prints
Replies: 6
Views: 8972

Re: Patchy Prints

Looking at the photo's it looks a bit like under extrusion, when printing does your extruder make clicking noises?

Printing PLA i use temps from 180-195 never found a need to be any higher, and i use mixes of cheap Ebay filament to expensive filament's.
by 4130Stick
Wed May 02, 2018 4:34 pm
Forum: Geeetech I3 Pro W
Topic: Extruder Clicking
Replies: 6
Views: 12690

Re: Extruder Clicking

Extruder clicking sounds like the spring has lost a bit of tension, mine did this after the first week or so of printing and was solved by adding a spacer under the spring, i printed this https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2274064 and have been printing without issue since.

If it has been printing ...
by 4130Stick
Mon Apr 30, 2018 4:03 am
Forum: Geeetech I3 Pro W
Topic: DRV8825 Don't work on Z axis
Replies: 1
Views: 4999

DRV8825 Don't work on Z axis

Hi All

Not a big issue but thought i would upgrade the stepper drivers, and reading through the wiki it looked fairly easy to do, just swap over from the standard A4988 Stepper drivers to the DRV8825.

Fit them correct way up, set Vref and edit the firmware.

Running them on X & Y axis has dropped ...
by 4130Stick
Sun Apr 15, 2018 4:26 pm
Forum: Geeetech I3 Pro B
Topic: Nozzle Extrusion Question
Replies: 9
Views: 14247

Re: Nozzle Extrusion Question

I had a similar issue after printing fine for few days, i found the spring in the extruder had become weak so was slipping and not feeding the filament properly.

My prints would start fine but 20 mins in and i would have issues, i downloaded

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2274064

and it ...