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Hi I am using PLA and it is a heated bed which seems to heat to 50c and have made sure the bed is as level as I can get it
but it seems afterit has printed a bit of an edge the filament is comming off the bed

Paul

Hi guys got myself another printer and this one seems ok, it came with what seems to be masking tape on the bed, noty sure this was for protection or for the filament to stick to when printing, well the filament is comming out the hotend ok ish but just not sticking on the tape . so is the tape just...

Has anyone got a list of calibration settings for CTC printer, you know the list of stuff on the lcd screen when its turned on as when i set mine to Home all the printer bed and extruder go off and make a noise and a grinding noise, even when it goes to the left where the stop switchs are it still g...

yeah thanks again but the firmware i dont think is the problem it seems to me to be the stepper motors or the settings on the lcd screen are not being saved, what i coud do with is watching a vid on how others are set , so the machine is doing its own thing, I have emailed the company but they are i...

hi thanks for you reply, the shop i got it from was somewhere in China off ebay I have been back and forward re other parts that did not work they have sent me rplacements and I have as of yesterday fitted it all back up now it runs but the Bed just goes back and forwards but grinds when it cant go ...

hi thanks for you reply, the shop i got it from was somewhere in China off ebay I have been back and forward re other parts that did not work they have sent me rplacements and I have as of yesterday fitted it all back up now it runs but the Bed just goes back and forwards but grinds when it cant go ...

no go still moving all over the place grinding when its got to the end of a run then nothing
tried everything now so F**K it its now for the bin cant be bothered to much mither just to print plastic shapes

sorry but thats the way I feel I knew i should have got an CNC machine ah well

Paul

Thanks Idig will try and see where the firm ware file is, would it be on my comp or on the cd that came with but will try the cable the other way round but sure they were on okay but willing to try anything as this is nearly bot me beat

Paul

Hi guys after being sent another mother board and Psu, I have finaly built my ctc printer, however my issues are how or where do you set it to "home" because all mine does is move the bed forwards and backwards and ginds when it reaches the end of the run, then it goes back and grinds agai...

I have managed to get an old atx pc psu unit to work and wired it up to the mother board, I got my volt meter tester onthe various connections on the board, so got power from psu to board, power from board to the no 1 fan and power to the heated bed but checked everything else on the board and there...