Docs? The entire printer is open source. The docs are on the SD card but if there is no SD card the content of the card is on Github. There is a video walkthrough and a PDF doc both in assembly and setup.
THey also have the CAD files for the printer, Should you want to make your own parts or improvements. The firmware is there too. (It uses Marlin) BTW "Marlin" is the equivalent to LinuxCNC. It reads the g-code, does motion planning and then steps all four steppers. It is impressive if you look at the rates they get using such low-end computer hardware. https://github.com/Creality3DPrinting Why am I up so late? I have some machines still running, parts taking "forever". EDIT, saw your next post. How to get PLA to stick to the bed. The #1 most important thing is the hight adjustment. It to low the bad blocks the nozel and nothing comes out. It to high the plastic just extrudes into the air and get hard before it hits the plate. It is VERY picky that the adjustment is dead-on. They say to use a sheet of paper as a feeler guage. But it matter what kind of paper, You have to try a few. If done right PLA will stick to a cold aluminum plate but heating up to 60C helps. Also the speed is importent. about 30 mm per second works for many people but 15mm/sec works even better After a while you look at the first layer and know if it is right or if not how much to turn the screws on each corner Play with: nozel temp, bed temp bed adheision coating, glue stick (somebrands are best) with water of not or hair spray or blue tape or kapton tape or,.... Height at "zero" print speed in mm/sec Somecombination of the above will work. A good test is to print a 6 or 7 inch wide circle, one layer tall. The bed has to be VERY flat for that to work. Then print a 50mm cube and test for square on all corners and 50mm on each side. Write with sharpis which way to X, Y and Z before removing cube. Once you learn how to make parts stick to the bed, you will find you have another problem: How to remove then without resorting to a hammer? Beginner hint: In the slicer just use "raft" as the bed adhesion method and do that until you learn. Rafts are nearly fool proof. On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 1:09 AM andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 2 Jun 2020 at 01:22, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > > The controller has an empty u-sd socket and a smallish usb > > > port, looks like an OTG port. Does anyone know what thats about? No > > other documentation came with it. > > > Is there a CD with it? Or an SD card? They tend to provide docs that way > rather than on paper. > > -- > atp > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed > for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
