[Noisebridge-discuss] lasercutter jam
Phil Spitler
phil at bonfirelabs.com
Wed Apr 10 04:33:39 UTC 2013
Ok, back at Noisebridge and reducing the speed seems to have fixed that issue.
My next issue is that the laser doesn't seem to fire at all.
I tried pressing the 2 green buttons but nothing happens.
The instructions also say that the small red button should be in the down position but that button doesn't seem to have a down state.
arghhhh... so close yet so far.
Any ideas on this one?
Cheers.
Phil
Phil Spitler | Creative Technologist | Bonfire Labs | t : 415.394.8200 m : 415.571.3139
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On Apr 9, 2013, at 12:49 AM, Phil Spitler wrote:
> Great, so you think think it's just a speed issue? That is EXCELLENT news.
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> I'll try tomorrow evening if I can get to NoiseBridge.
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> I hope tomorrow I don't have the connection issue and therefore be able to get cutting.
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> Much appreciated.
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> On Apr 9, 2013, at 12:44 AM, Martin Bogomolni wrote:
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>> Slow down! What you're experiencing is called stepper binding.
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>> Please lower the speed down, and you'll stop seeing the head do that.
>> It's because the whole machine is 1) very dirty and 2) I just adjusted
>> the head to ride the rails .. the pulleys have been loose and dragging
>> for a long time, which means they can bind.
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>> =M
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>> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 12:24 AM, Phil Spitler <phil at bonfirelabs.com> wrote:
>>> "some" progress was made.
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>>> Somehow the PC is now connected to the Laser cutter and it can control it,
>>> not sure what changed, it could have been the magnet, I also reseated all
>>> the cords.
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>>> However now when I try to print a document from Retina Engrave, the print
>>> head shoots to the left side of the printer and keeps hitting the side of
>>> the case.
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>>> It's as if it doesn't know where zero is. I am calling it a day today but
>>> may try again tomorrow evening.
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>>> Any idea on this issue?
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>>> Thanks again.
>>>
>>> Phil
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>>> On Apr 8, 2013, at 11:32 PM, Casey Callendrello wrote:
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>>> This often happens when two copies of RetinaEngrave are running. First try
>>> rebooting the laser cutter computer.
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>>> If that doesn't fix it, it means we've probably fried the USB board.
>>> According to the intrepid hacker who has one of his own, this can happen
>>> when the tube gets weak (which ours definitely has). Let's hope this isn't
>>> the case.
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>>> --Casey
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>>> On 4/8/13 11:19 PM, Tony Longshanks LeTigre wrote:
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>>> Hey, sending a quick note / desperate plea for help re: the lasercutter
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>>> to a few people I think have been knowledgeable on the subject. I was
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>>> supposed to give Phil (CC'd) a tutorial on how to use it tonight @
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>>> Noisebridge & we ran into a wall. Tried everything we could think of,
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>>> but RetinaEngrave persistently displayed an "Attempting to Connect"
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>>> status bubble without ever succeeding or advancing past that stage.
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>>> Furthermore, we couldn't even get the laser engraver itself to jog or
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>>> move at all. The laser test worked, but that was it. We had several
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>>> others look at it & tried most every variable: cords, software, logging
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>>> in as different users, &c, to no avail. Among the few things we haven't
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>>> tried are unplugging or replacing the card that the connecting USB cord
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>>> plugs into on the laser cutter, and....suggestions? We do know, on the
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>>> encouraging side, that Martin B. used this lasercutter, apparently with
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>>> success, as recently as one day ago. CCing to Martin. (Sorry if you're
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>>> getting multiple messages.) Martin, do you think in the course of your
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>>> "checkup" on the machine the other day there is anything you might have
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>>> changed that could explain this impasse?
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>>> Thanks for any help you can offer!
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>>> +11+
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