I have to say that your videos are the best I have seen on this subject .Being an old fella with 50 yrs in the joinery trade to keep the old grey matter working I am trying something new CNC router self build and a 3D printer self build keeping my pockets empty and my head all agog (fantastic) thanks to you for your straight forward easy to follow videos keep up the great work
This is all very new to me, but I have a question. I'm building a small 3-axis cnc plasma table using nema 17 motors and v-slot extrusions. I ordered three motor drivers and an EC-300 Ethernet control board (ethernet seems less affected by the high frequency interference of the plasma arc than usb). I see your Ramp setup doesn't use separate motor drivers like a cnc machine does. Is there a reason a 3d printer can connect the x,y,z motors to a single board but cnc machines have to run a separate driver for each motor? Seems like the Ramp card serves as an easier setup but maybe it's a power requirement issue? Just curious since this will be the first time I wired a cnc machine. Thanks. Subscribed.
I am converting a bricked xyz da Vinci jr 1.0 from the proprietary software to Ramps (my first 3d printer), and your videos have been invaluable so far. I will work my way through them one by one as I am offically on the wiring phase, and ill be taking notes on your videos where to reference to make the software adjustments. Thanks for putting all these together, breaking TONS of information down into more manageable pieces.
@@TheMrPopper69 Good and not so good. I could never get the optical sensors to work and I don't have a 3D printer to make brackets for mechanical switches, but I was hoping to work around that temporarily. I got the rest of the wiring completely finished and operational, the reason this is still a bricked unit is because I could never figure out the configurations on the software. If I had more experience with the programming side of 3D printers, I can get this working... I think.
thanks for the video most people talk to fast and i found you are very easy to understand and you show people on how easy it is to do it going to make my work a lot better and if i follow you i will not stuff it up 10/10
+Dale Branch Thank you, the video quality will be getting better. I've got lighting booms coming, sound dampening form for the bounce I hear in preproduction and a new external mic for this camera. And finally in a couple of weeks I'll be increasing the resolution with a better camera. If most people have not seen all the RAMPS videos are CC in 70 or more languages. I'm trying to improve the viewers understand and my skills at presentation. So just a small hint another tutorial series is being planned, but I'm going to remain quiet on the details until 50% is in the film can.
Many thanks Edward. Really great explaination, appreciate... Happy to see your series as the first thing i found via Google and RAMPS was that most ppl are damaging their 5volt regulator on the Arduino so I was not sure how to power up / programm without damaging... Simply questions like do I am allowed to connect the Arduino via USB while 12 v is connected ? All the connection stuff I was a bit scared not to damage anything. Your explaination here clearly shows how to progress. Really appreciate. Next to go to add the drivers and motors and I just figured out thats also the next on your video list :-)
Hello. I have done all the steps you did I did not link endstop and hotend. While printing the model, the motors run for a while and then stop. Should be linked hotend and andstop ?
I wanted to see if the motors were running fine. I used nema 17 and a4988 with 1.4 rampes shield and arduino mega but it didn't work. Should I connect hotend and endstop too?
Don’t know where to post this but on my ramps 1.4 is plugged in to the usb the screen is fine but when I apply power from the power supply unet the screen goes all pickselated
Hi, Thank you for your very to the point, and simple explanation of all Ramps Board. I'm new at this ( as I'm sure you've heard a million times ), and i'm very good at building things, but it's the electronics ( software / hardware ) that i need to learn. I'm pretty proficient with the basics of 3D printer build, but i'm wanting to venture into Laser build using this board setup. Would you have the time to help me learn how to setup the board, and software for a laser? Any help would be much appreciated.
I'm planning on doing a video someday on lasers, but there are many dangers involved. First ventilation, second eye protection, third fire. If you can address these first look in board.h file with Marlin firmware. Then research gcodes for for command codes. My fear is people injuring themselves, so I've avoided the subject.
Edward Braiman yes I fully understand those points, to the extent the first thing I did when I got my cheap 2W to play with, was to throw away the worthless glasses they give. Basically just plastic. I spent the $$ on once from a reputable laser company. Well if you do end up doing a guide to basic hardware software setup, I'll be watching it. B.
I still need to purchase a laser and figure out safe way to dissipate the beam. Maybe tube of water, but I'll need to research all aspects of it first.
Do you see the Arduino in device manager on your computer? Do you have Arduino IDE loaded on your computer? What type of operating system are you using? Do you know if USB cable is good?
Sounds like RAMPS board has an issue. Check what's connected to RAMPS and remove everything you can. If it starts working then one component is bad maybe. Also what components are connected to RAMPS board?
@@EdwardBraiman I am using the skr v2 and the tft35 e3 v3 I have it installed on my ender 6. Thanks for all your videos by the way you are awesome!! Keep up the good work!! I am going to try a firmware update on the TFT35 as soon as my print finishes. I will let you know if it helps the problem. It looks like an update came out 3 days ago.
@@EdwardBraiman upgrading the firmware didn't help I'm still getting cold extrusion warnings and print stops because it has lost temp. This only happens when printing from udisk I have another tft35 that I bought for my ender 5 so I will try switching screens and see if there is a problem with the screen itself but I doubt it. To be clear the print starts out fine but after a little while it starts losing temp and then gives a cold extrusion error.
@@EdwardBraiman Merci de ta réponse mais je me suis mal exprimé. Si je veux fabriquer une imprimante 3D quelle carte je peux prendre? Est-ce la même si je fabrique un graveur laser, un routeur ? merci
@@EdwardBraiman Related to the previous question, I am building as cheap as possible a MPCNC and I will use all drivers (5) using Marlin, the steppers will be 2 Amps each, is it possible to feed the board with 12 Volts/12Amps on both power terminals and make all steppers works? thx you
Hey again! I am building a delta 3d printer and i dont think marlin is the right firmware. Do you have and alternatives? If marlin can run a delta, please explain how. Thanks!
Marlin firmware can run Delta 3d. I've not yet built a Delta 3d, but look in the Marlin folders for examples. File compare configuration.h file with fresh configuration.h file to see what was changed. This will give you clues on what to configure. Good luck.
Hey again. Sorry i guess i did not understand. You mean i go in configuration.h and look for delta settings? Maybe this could be a good video topic because i cant find anything to help me with marlin combined with delta style 3d printing. Thanks
If you navigate to the folder path in the Marlin/example_configurations/Delta/generic . I would do a tutorial, but I do not have a Delta type printer, mostly because I print wide based models.
It's based on an open source design, so the designer seemed to think it wasn't required. I agree four or five servos would be nice. In some respects the stepper motors can do some of the same functionality, but with more pins.
