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My understanding was that most threaded rod is not perfectly straight so one end should be free to not induce any x wobble. Are you seeing any of that? The funny thing is you guys are looking for bigger printers while I have a fairly large one (Ultimax from Ultibots) and looking to build a smaller o...

Sorry to be a nag about this, but what did you use for a company name when you registered?

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I'm trying to set up an individual account and it requires a company name. Are people just using their full name, something different, or is there a different type of user account?

Althiels wrote:I've signed up and gotten one email since, have they allowed people to play with the software yet? I can't seem to use it yet....

That is one more than I have gotten. So I think it is closed or the registration is very manual.

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jkanzaki wrote:I was looking for those open rail hardcoat

Seem to sold out everywhere. Where did you get them ?

I sent them an email a few weeks ago and they said they will not be selling it anymore. They said something about not selling well.

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Almost all of the settings for mine were wrong. After one run nothing seemed to work including the $ command. I used XLoader with a few hex files from the grbl page with no luck. The I found a hex file somewhere in the ShapeOko wiki. After that I was able to use the calculator to get the correct val...

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NormanF wrote: I adjusted mine based on a video or two I saw on the open rails sales site.

I assume it was this video?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMtHy7sD ... page#t=147

If not that then one like it.

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You either have them way too tight or I have mine way too loose. I adjusted mine based on a video or two I saw on the open rails sales site. I just tightened them until I could not feel the wheels tapping into the rail when I tried to lift the end of the motor plate I was adjusting away from the rai...

The negative leg is shorter and/or there is a flat spot on that side of the LED.
https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/po ... d-polarity

I was looking around on Kickstarter for some low cost 3D printers last night and came across this. I always hate it when I find out about a project on there and the early "get this completely assembled for $400 and everybody else will have to pay $1000 for a bag of parts" rewards are all taken. And ...