I'm back! One thing lead to another and I'm now running my X and Y axes off a basic ramps board with 8825 drivers and homemade tl smothers. Maybe also new steppers. Who can really be sure in all the confusion. I decided to try a new stepper and while I was in the printer shop I saw the RAMPS mega 2560 sandwich for $50 so I impulse bought. I set the new stepper up to try it out, then realised klipper allows me to have multiple mcus, so I tried it out. I'm still quietly stunned that running the X axis on one board and everything else on the original actually worked. The results were so good I went back and got another stepper. I'll move the z motors next.
Current settings:
Speed: 200mm/s
Acceleration: 3000
Those are settings that make the printer sound nice and smooth, almost silent, and producing the results you see in the photo. All for ~$100. I basically got a new printer.
That print btw (post tuning, done at 0.3mm layers) got me the ultimate compliment from my daughter. "Did you print that?"
I'm back! One thing lead to another and I'm now running my X and Y axes off a basic ramps board with 8825 drivers and homemade tl smothers. Maybe also new steppers. Who can really be sure in all the confusion. I decided to try a new stepper and while I was in the printer shop I saw the RAMPS mega 2560 sandwich for $50 so I impulse bought. I set the new stepper up to try it out, then realised klipper allows me to have multiple mcus, so I tried it out. I'm still quietly stunned that running the X axis on one board and everything else on the original actually worked. The results were so good I went back and got another stepper. I'll move the z motors next.
Current settings:
Speed: 200mm/s
Acceleration: 3000
Those are settings that make the printer sound nice and smooth, almost silent, and producing the results you see in the photo. All for ~$100. I basically got a new printer.
That print btw (post tuning, done at 0.3mm layers) got me the ultimate compliment from my daughter. "Did you print that?"