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===5/4/2011=== | ===6/4/2011 Operator: Unknown=== | ||
19:30 <@solexious> ?makerbot has been left on, stepper motors were red hot | |||
19:32 < artag> if the stepper motors get red hot through bing left on, I would suggest | |||
that it's faulty. | |||
19:34 <@JamesHarrison> that does seem a tad crazy | |||
19:36 <@solexious> ?makerbot faulty | |||
19:40 < Underhand> well that sounds more like a design fault rather than a unit fault | |||
19:40 < Underhand> istr early (BBC Micro era) plotters suffering from similar issues | |||
19:41 < artag> might be, but still requires fixing. The makerbot appears to suffer a | |||
number of problems of this sort. | |||
19:42 < artag> it's not really a product, more of a starter-project that needs | |||
finishing. imho. | |||
19:42 < Underhand> fixing presumably means redesigning the makerbot, right? | |||
19:44 < artag> to be thorough, maybe. But probably incrementally. FOr instance, in this | |||
case, the stepper motors might be set to a lower current (or turned off | |||
completely) after a period of inaction. It's open source software and | |||
hardware. These things can & should be done. | |||
19:47 < Fib> Last time I used the software, if you use the control panel to make Z+ Z- | |||
etc adjustments it leaves the steppers on unless you press the 'steppers | |||
off' button afterwards | |||
(in an effort to provide some useful information about the status of the makerbot, I've | |||
posted a couple of fragments from IRC here. Log entries by the operators would be far more | |||
useful, though, so please replace or amend these pastes if you have better information) | |||
===5/4/2011 Operator: Unknown=== | |||
22:05 < lovelace_> the makerbot is fudged again | 22:05 < lovelace_> the makerbot is fudged again | ||
