[Noisebridge-discuss] lasercutter jam
Phil Spitler
phil at bonfirelabs.com
Wed Apr 10 04:54:48 UTC 2013
Ok, It's firing ;-) The magnet had shifted.
One more question I can't seem to find in the wiki.
How do I tell the printer where "home" is.
If I jog to a position, does it start printing from there?
Also, the head is moving left and right but isn't moving top to bottom so I am just ending up with a single thin line etched.
What does the "lock" button do in the app?
Sorry for the newbie questions.
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 9:39 PM, Martin Bogomolni wrote:
> Click red button, try firing. Click red button, try firing again.
>
> Make sure you also have dialed up the amperage so that the arrow is
> pointing straight up towards the back of the machine. (I make it a
> habit to turn the knob all the way down when I'm done using the laser)
>
> -M
>
> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 9:33 PM, Phil Spitler <phil at bonfirelabs.com> wrote:
>> Ok, back at Noisebridge and reducing the speed seems to have fixed that
>> issue.
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>> My next issue is that the laser doesn't seem to fire at all.
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>> I tried pressing the 2 green buttons but nothing happens.
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>> 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.
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>> arghhhh... so close yet so far.
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>> Any ideas on this one?
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>> Cheers.
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>> Phil
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>> Phil Spitler | Creative Technologist | Bonfire Labs | t :
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>> On Apr 9, 2013, at 12:49 AM, Phil Spitler wrote:
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>> 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.
>>
>> Phil
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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:
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>> "some" progress was made.
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>> Somehow the PC is now connected to the Laser cutter and it can control it,
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>> not sure what changed, it could have been the magnet, I also reseated all
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>> the cords.
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>> However now when I try to print a document from Retina Engrave, the print
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>> head shoots to the left side of the printer and keeps hitting the side of
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>> 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
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>> may try again tomorrow evening.
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>> Any idea on this issue?
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>> Thanks again.
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>> 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
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>> rebooting the laser cutter computer.
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>> If that doesn't fix it, it means we've probably fried the USB board.
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>> According to the intrepid hacker who has one of his own, this can happen
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>> when the tube gets weak (which ours definitely has). Let's hope this isn't
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>> 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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