PINDA wire gone bad and X axis stop
So I have two problems with my MK2S that have come up recently.
1. The extruder carriage seems to not come in proper contact with the X-axis sensor seems. Consequently the printer repeatedly and violently bangs the extruder against the endstop. I have tried to add some tape to fill the gap with varying results.
2. Likely as a result of the above violent movements, the PINDA cable has developed an intermittent short. I managed to twist the wire around a bit and tie it into a position where it does a fairly consistent job of making it through the calibration process.
I have a MK2.5 upgrade on order so hopefully in another month or so I will have a new PINDA2 probe. But in the meantime, is there something I can do to get more consistent contact on the X-axis endstop sensor?
Also, in a pinch is it possible to insert G code that will tell the Prusa to skip the z-axis calibration?
Re: PINDA wire gone bad and X axis stop
Seems likely the cable 'support' behind the extruder has turned and is causing the bundled cables to hit the frame before the axis reaches the end stop. Worth checking.
If you turned off x-axis calibration you would never be able to determine the hotend position in that dimension. A standard move instruction has to be calculated from a known position.
Bill
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Re: PINDA wire gone bad and X axis stop
Seems likely the cable 'support' behind the extruder has turned and is causing the bundled cables to hit the frame before the axis reaches the end stop. Worth checking.
William. You just made my day. That is pretty much exactly what was happening.