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by Ellou
September 15th, 2020, 9:49 am
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Hictop 3dp-12 help
Replies: 40
Views: 37749

Re: Hictop 3dp-12 help

Alright. I think I'm down to my last big issue. I've printed a couple cooling fans and while they are slightly better then stock they still leave much to be desired. Could you post a link to the fan duct you used? I didn't see it listed. Thanks again. I actually wrote down the changes for 1.1.9 marl...
by Ellou
September 6th, 2020, 9:22 am
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Hictop 3dp-12 help
Replies: 40
Views: 37749

Re: Hictop 3dp-12 help

Here are the pictures of my PSU. The screw to adjust voltage for mine was on the right side. I believe I was able to get it up to 11.9 while printer was running. Afterwards prints seemed to come out pretty bad. Bed at 60degrees causing elephant foot and bad layer adhesion. 40 degrees seemed to fix t...
by Ellou
September 2nd, 2020, 9:01 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Hictop 3dp-12 help
Replies: 40
Views: 37749

Re: Hictop 3dp-12 help

I also checked the voltage from the 12v output from the psu. 9.5 is what it says while the printer is running.
by Ellou
September 2nd, 2020, 8:47 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Hictop 3dp-12 help
Replies: 40
Views: 37749

Re: Hictop 3dp-12 help

Here are the pictures of the lead screw.

I ll try out those cura settings and let you know how it goes.
by Ellou
September 2nd, 2020, 10:56 am
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Hictop 3dp-12 help
Replies: 40
Views: 37749

Re: Hictop 3dp-12 help

Throats, nozzles, and heat blocks yes. My job requires stickers on my phone cameras so I'll get you some picks tonight since it's my Friday. Just changed all 3 because I was getting clogs for the first time. Turns out my retraction was set to high in cura. I need to make my own profiles. The ender 3...
by Ellou
September 1st, 2020, 7:09 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Hictop 3dp-12 help
Replies: 40
Views: 37749

Re: Hictop 3dp-12 help

Hey. Not sure if you meant for me to send you a privateessage or not. If this can work well I don't mind spending a couple hundred. As long as it's not just throwing parts at it hoping and dreaming it works out. I did just buy a flexible build plate for it $45 so I guess I'm already starting down th...
by Ellou
September 1st, 2020, 9:39 am
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Hictop 3dp-12 help
Replies: 40
Views: 37749

Re: Hictop 3dp-12 help

Ok. Now I just need an opinion before I move forward with this printer. Do you think this printer is worth throwing a couple hundred dollars at? After doing all of this work to get it working better I realized the -psu voltage drops to 8.5-9v when heating and during print -Z lead screws have a wobbl...
by Ellou
August 24th, 2020, 7:12 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Hictop 3dp-12 help
Replies: 40
Views: 37749

Re: Hictop 3dp-12 help

Sorry life stuff came up. I'm in Austin Texas. Everyday I work on this printer it's a back and forth with progress. On the plus side I've learned more this month then I had in 3 years owning it. I think I have the z axis sorted. Stock settings were x 10, y10, z-.05. Measuring from nozzle to probe in...
by Ellou
August 19th, 2020, 12:44 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Hictop 3dp-12 help
Replies: 40
Views: 37749

Re: Hictop 3dp-12 help

One thing I am confused about for adding that mount. It pushes the Sn04 probe out about 5mm. When looking at the original hictop firmware they have x10 y10 and z-0.5. Ive tried to measure from x,y and z probe and cant match their numbers. I also tried to match yours and Chips but still doesnt work o...
by Ellou
August 19th, 2020, 1:14 am
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Hictop 3dp-12 help
Replies: 40
Views: 37749

Re: Hictop 3dp-12 help

Thanks for that. I had actually printed the mount out but couldn't get the sensor close enough to work. I ordered a longer screw and it came in today. Yeah that sn04 sensor is horrible to adjust. I was hoping since I was able adjust the z offset I wouldn't need it. Since it isn't working anymore I g...
by Ellou
August 13th, 2020, 9:27 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Hictop 3dp-12 help
Replies: 40
Views: 37749

Re: Hictop 3dp-12 help

Well ofcourse I couldnt leave well enough alone. I was getting sporadic under extrusion and after troubleshooting decided to change out the nozzle. Actually switched out the nozzle, heat block and the screw. After installing and testing for a new z offset it crashed into the build plate. Adjusted a ...
by Ellou
August 13th, 2020, 1:20 am
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Hictop 3dp-12 help
Replies: 40
Views: 37749

Re: Hictop 3dp-12 help

I figured it out. I didn't really understand how to save to eeprom. I was trying to save from the printer. Reflashing wasn't working so I used pronterface. That finally worked. The issue was the settings for the steps. z steps needed to be changed to 398. I finally have the printer working and after...
by Ellou
August 11th, 2020, 4:21 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Hictop 3dp-12 help
Replies: 40
Views: 37749

Re: Hictop 3dp-12 help

DEFAULT_AXIS_STEPS_PER_UNIT {80,80,398,94.4962144}

Those are the stock settings for the 3dp12 and worked before updating. After entering that 398 I still get the z axis moving to high at each layers.
by Ellou
August 11th, 2020, 4:01 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Hictop 3dp-12 help
Replies: 40
Views: 37749

Re: Hictop 3dp-12 help

So I went through the chips config.h again and saw that in the thread he said his threaded rods where different. In the stock firmware the steps show 80,80,400, 94. I changed that because I was having an issue with the z axis raising a couple millimeters each layers. First layer is going down better...
by Ellou
August 10th, 2020, 7:19 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Hictop 3dp-12 help
Replies: 40
Views: 37749

Re: Hictop 3dp-12 help

Ive had the hardest time getting help with this printer so take your time and I appreciate whatever help you are able to give. Last night I tried to save to the eeprom (store settings) but the printer didn't want to comply. I installed chips 1.1.1r6 firmware and besides z axis needing to be reversed...

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