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  • This might be the wrong section - but hopefully some printer builders might be able to answer. Firstly - which pins on the Arduino 2650 does the XMin and XMax on a Ramps1.4 board  connect with? Next - my z level sensor (orange tipped) seems to hav…
    in First Printer Build Comment by Jeff_T March 2016
  • @chris.  I have been using m66 x2 m00 etc - if that is what you mean. That got me to the current situation - but it's not perfect .  Is there a tutorial anywhere on bed levelling?
    in Z Axis homing fails to come back down sometimes Comment by Jeff_T January 2016
  • P.S.  I've just run m666 levelling sequence, added some .8mm shims to the bed , ran G29 and now get: 17:00:28.622 : Bed x: 50.00 y: -50.00 z: -0.05 17:00:29.465 : Bed x: 30.00 y: -50.00 z: 0.02 17:00:30.256 : Bed x: 10.00 y: -50.00 z: 0.21 17:00:31…
    in Z Axis homing fails to come back down sometimes Comment by Jeff_T January 2016
  • @Chris - yes it moves when I home the X axis - but shoots past the endstop - causing chaos and lots of noise. By a process of elimination - I discovered the problem.  I tried resetting the pis.h file so that Xmax became Xmin - and putting the X end…
    in Z Axis homing fails to come back down sometimes Comment by Jeff_T January 2016
  • @Chris: The endstop microswitches are identical on all axes. I checked the X axis switch with a multimeter and it works fine. I also checked the other end of the X endstop cable with the same result. Controlling all 3 axes via the lcd :    Prepare…
    in Z Axis homing fails to come back down sometimes Comment by Jeff_T January 2016
  • Hi I'm new here but also have an endstop problem.  I have a delta printer which I've carefully put together from a kit.It uses arduino mega plus the ramps1.4 board and Marlin software . I've compiled  the associated config file and uploaded  it all…
    in Z Axis homing fails to come back down sometimes Comment by Jeff_T January 2016