Like the Tough Extruder, they decided to delete the support page with instructions on it. So I thought I needed a new motor, even though the old one still turned. Nope, the gear was on the motor shaft wrong, if they didn’t delete the instructions, I would have figured it out sooner.
Well I have two working motors now. Well, three if you count the one with wrong wiring, I’m not rewiring it.
I had a gift card, so under $10 for the motor, not worth sending it back. Motors probably don’t last forever on it anyways. Sucks I can’t buy the one I was using before, it might be a better motor.
Now I just have to get the Z offset again, I already trammed it once, maybe I should check that too. Also tightened the motor for the Z axis.
Looks like the Bondtech gear motors are the same, I’d buy from whoever has the cheapest shipping. Think Tough Extruder is based on Bondtech. And I can’t remember how much I paid for Tough Extruder, possibly $60, so not much cheaper, should have bought the original one from Bondtech. Need to buy more gears, so I have extra. TH3D doesn’t even sell the ones that go on the motor, another reason I shouldn’t have bought it.
The old motor is a Geetech or something, new one is a Craptility one. Wanted one that can use the wire that’s already on printer.
I can probably wait till next month to order the gears.
Oops forgot to run Bed Visualizer again, there was junk on nozzle. Oh well, maybe the tilt of the mesh will be enough, also changed Z offset, looked a little too close to bed.
The reason the extruder wasn’t working before messing with motor, is the filament was tangled or something. Had to cut it off, heat printer up, pull rest out. Pain in the ass. Not as much of a pain as a more expensive printer, that you can’t fix yourself though. And the gear may have fallen on the old motor, so it wasn’t turning the gear in extruder. All I needed to do, was clean extruder, and move gear up.
And it’s printing the Z offset calibration just fine so far. Maybe a little close.
These motor gears should work with Tough Extruder, they go on the motor, not the extruder. I’ll order two next month, shipping is $3, and probably tax, so almost $30. I may want to order more stuff from them anyways next month. TH3D is now on my shit list, I’ll try to avoid buying from them from now on. Why would you delete the support page for something you used to sell? That’s a shitty move. I did buy some thermistors from them, but that’ll be my last order most likely.
Now it’s time to take my daily dump.