Thanks again, Jim, for the feedback. I'll take a look, and post an update.

Pierre

Update... I was able to get the a couple of prints off with S3D set at a temp of 95 for the bed (as well as the S3D controller), with a minimal amount of warping (I'll try more hairspray). However I tried a couple more prints today with the bed temperature set at 100 and even though the bed reaches ...

Thanks for the feedback; I won't loose too much sleep over it then. I'm just running autotuning for my V3b hotend for ABS and venturing into printing with ABS.

Pierre

Hello all, I'm looking at PID autotuning my heated bed (older M2, dual PS: 12V/19V). I recently changed my V3 hotend to the V3b and while I was at it, autotuned it and updated the config files instead of manually inputting the values through Simplify3D each time. This worked well and the new hotend ...

An update... I ended up milling a 1/16-inch bore through the pinion and the stepper motor shaft and pushing in a dowel pin. 1/16-inch is the maximum-sized endmill I would use, as there's not much metal on the shaft after boring a hole that big through the center. I did order a new geared stepper and...

I just had my pinion gear come loose today after the extruder started making clicking and popping noises. Unfortunately I don't have a tap and grub screw small enough to install on the pinion. But knowing that the pinion may not be the best quality and I may look into some other options in order to ...

I see Tim saw my original post on a similar issue last year and yes, it probably was related. I did not hear back from anyone on the forum so I continued searching and I found Ed's excellent blog. I purchased the Kysan stepper motor that Ed shows in his stepper replacement blog installment and insta...

Here's an update... I took apart the z-axis assembly and the problem seems to be with the stepper motor. The rails were fine - the bed moved up and down freely with no binding. There was quite a bit of resistance when turning the the leadscrew and holding onto the stepper motor. I took off the endca...

Hello All, I'm new to the forum and to 3d printing. I bought a M2 kit a while ago and assembled it in quick order, but due to renovations it has never printed any models. It is an older model, with the two PSU units (19V), the V2 hot end, etc. The build went very smoothly and there were no issues, b...