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Anet A8 moves down into piece, destroying it, just before the printer is set to finish
I hope someone can help me figure out what's going on with my printer. I have been printing a couple of pieces and it's been printing perfectly. But for some reason every now and then, the printer ...
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Anet A8 & BLTouch not homing Z
I have an Anet A8 with Marlin Firmware 1.1.9 and I installed a BLTouch sensor. When I start the system the BLTouch does its self test (extend and retract the probe twice) and then lights up red. When ...
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Does anyone know the thread size (pitch and lead) of the Anet A8's lead screw?
I bought a new printer, and unfortunately the left nut for the lead screw isn't tapped.
Does anyone know the thread size, w.r.t. both pitch and lead, of the lead screws?
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Anet A8 One Z output only moves down (even on up command)
I just finished assembly of Anet A8 (Prusa i3 clone). X any Y work fine, both Z motors move down just fine, when homed.
On Z-stop trigger, right Z moves up, left Z continues to try to move down. ...
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Z axis stopped part way through print
I got an Anet A8 for Christmas.
I am trying to print a calibration tower and the z axis stops lifting at approximately 100mm.
I checked that the gantry is able to travel along the full length of the ...
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Unable to install auto-bed levelling sensor into my Anet A8
I've been trying to install an inductive sensor for auto-bed levelling into my Anet A8 and I'm having a few issues.
I have been using the wiring diagram provided by Solid Ground Electronics in one ...
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Anet A8 right Z drops 2 mm during print
I've noticed that after my Anet A8 completes a print, the right hand Z mount ends up 1-2 mm lower than the left, even though I make sure both the left and right hand Z mounts of the X-axis are at ...
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