3D Printer: Fixed

2019-07-30 18:27 - Making

I got a 3D printer just over 3 years ago. Some months back it stopped working. I've got an OrangePi running OctoPrint to control it. I did a system update of that, and it stopped working. I unhooked everything and tried to figure out why, and failed. And gave up for quite a while.

I've got a thing I want to 3D print, now. So I took another stab. First day, same result: I was trying to set up everything from scratch, but I couldn't get the thing to boot. After switching out every spare power supply and SD card I had, still no dice. Of course, the whole time I wasn't thinking about the cable that carries the power. Turns out that was it. Once I swapped in a different cable, everything was working again. Set up OctoPrint again from scratch, and it's all great.

I just completed a 10mm cube test print, which worked fine. The machine needs a little TLC, it's squeaking a bit as it moves. But it works! Unfortunately, my desired object is too big to produce on my machine. So I'll need to find another way.

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