[Kevinbrown]

About 6 weeks. 10 Days ago the told be they were about ready to ship.
Kevin

[slipery]

Hi Tumut Bound,
Welcome to a fellow Ozie. Just been put on to this reprap by Hoss in this group. Mind if I ask acouple of questions. Are you buying all the gear from Automation Technologies. What electronics the RAMPS 1.4? How long a lead time before the order was shipped and what was the shipping charge?
Cheers

[cozmicray]

I have had my OrdBot Hadron for about a month now

ATI mechanicals

mBot Mk7 extruder
Replaced the thermocouple on the extruder with a thermistor
12v heated bed

Arduino Mega 2560
RAMPS1.4 with motor divers installed
Reprap Ramps 1.4 smart LCD controller inclunding smart adapter including 4GB SD

Marlin firmware (with mods for Ordbot and LCD/SD
Repetier-Host running on Windows XP64 desktop

Most of my posts have been on buildlog.net

Still trying to set it up to get good prints

Movies on my Youtube channel
cozmacray - YouTube

Have Phun
Ray

[slipery]

Hi Ray,
Well placed my order for the mechanicals yesterday, Sounds like I have ordered the same electronics as you from EBAY RaMPS 1.4 Ultimate kit) and am going with the QU-BD dual extruder (Back order). I was wathching your video earlier this morning (didn't make the connection at the time).
I dont know Jack yet but have you had a look at this Reprap development and further adventures in DIY 3D printing: Slic3r is Nicer - Part 1 - Settings and Extruder Calibration
This seems to deal with slicer but I am guessing repetier has something similar and I was wondering about your first layer hight and speed might be your problem.
Cheers Mal

[cozmicray]

Repetier-host allows you to use Slic3r or Skeinforge for slicing
so you can choose either to do the slicing.

Make sure you have the steppermotor drivers on the RAMPS
I scratched for a while when motors wouldn't move then realized
I got RAMPS board without polulu driver boards

Check out buildnet Hadron Build (ATI kit) quick heads up

buildlog.net • View topic - Hadron Build (ATI kit) quick heads up

for ATI BOM and top level drawings for assembly
No instructions in ATI box
and what fasteners to use where is not well documented.

You should look for some endstop switches to have ready for hook up
Mechanical switches or optical, hall effect. Need 3 for home position.

I have built -- rebuilt -- and fixed it a bunch
and got alot of improvements for the next rebuild

Just ask if you have questions?

Ray

[port_huon]

Hi Mal,
Sorry for the delay in answering, I don't check cnczone as often as a I used to - got fed up with the constant spam.

I ordered a complete Hadron kit, mechanical and electronics from ATI on 15/09, I received it about 1 month later. It was shipped in two boxes, shipping for each via USPS was around $69.
I bought some extra bits and pieces (extra stepper drivers, end stop switches and an LCD display) from eBay seller reprapdiscount.
I've still to tackle the electronics side of things, other stuff keeps getting in the way.

[cozmicray]

There is really nothing on the Ordbot Hadron to square (90deg) Y axis to Z axis.
The connection of Z frame to Y axis is very sloppy and can be well off square
and move in the life of the printer, after moving printer.

Anybody got any suggestions on how to square the Hadron and keep it that way?

Tnx
Ray

[DLC55]

Just finished the mechanical build of a Ord Bot Hadron. I ordered it from ATI. Received it in two days. The kit was complete without any missing parts or shipping damage. I had one question during the build that I emailed at 7 or 8 o'clock at night, an answer came a few minutes later. Before I ordered the kit I looked around a lot. The kit had all the upgrades included, for the price and delivery time I found this to be a very good value.

I also ordered Ramps 1.4 Ultimate kit from RepRapDiscount. Again delivered from China in two days. I have not received the extruder or hot end yet.

I have tested the steppers and loaded new firmware to the ramps board.

So far I have been impressed with the quality and value for the items I have received to date.

[Sockles]

ORD Bot Hadron 3D printer mechanical platform Kit is only $299 now

http://www.automationtechnologiesinc...l-platform-kit