Heat bed and extruder not working
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 3:18 am
Hi Experts of the forum,
I am new to 3D printing and building electronics in general so please bear with my greenhorn status
Over the last week I have assembled my MakerGear M2 and today I attempted to run the machine, as I felt as it was assembled properly and sufficiently to the standards of the instructions. So far I have been able to manipulate the directional motors (x,y,and z) with the "Home All" button but the heat bed, the extruder motor, and the extruder fans are all non operational. When I prompt the extruder to heat up to 190c for PLA printing the temperature does not change although the program does not deny my command. When I attempt to set the heat bed to 50c for PLA printing, the program quickly denies my command to set the temperature and remains at ambient temp.
From what I can tell all the parts have been assembled correctly, is there something I am missing?
Thanks in advance for the help!
PS: I am using the recommended program, Simplify3d
Pete
I am new to 3D printing and building electronics in general so please bear with my greenhorn status
Over the last week I have assembled my MakerGear M2 and today I attempted to run the machine, as I felt as it was assembled properly and sufficiently to the standards of the instructions. So far I have been able to manipulate the directional motors (x,y,and z) with the "Home All" button but the heat bed, the extruder motor, and the extruder fans are all non operational. When I prompt the extruder to heat up to 190c for PLA printing the temperature does not change although the program does not deny my command. When I attempt to set the heat bed to 50c for PLA printing, the program quickly denies my command to set the temperature and remains at ambient temp.
From what I can tell all the parts have been assembled correctly, is there something I am missing?
Thanks in advance for the help!
PS: I am using the recommended program, Simplify3d
Pete