Hello. Sorry its being a few long months since the last post, mainly a mix of working away from home, then Holiday, then more work (Trying to get the printer to work at the same time).
And so to the issues with the printer not work - It has now being back for repair 2 x times, firstly there was a replacement hot end board, then next a replacement CPU! (On the plus side, that means new firmware that is capable of handling the new version of PC software for the UP products)
Now following up with my review of the UP box, I would like to say it is not designed for someone that isnt technical. You will need to replace the 3D printed parts that are in the unit. I have found so far that I have had to replace the mount for the hot end board, and then at the same time replace the cable restraint for the hot end - luckily these are 3D printed files supplied with the software installation.
So the first photos below show the cable in the FPC connector on the hot end board, and the 3D printed mount
So the first photos below show the cable in the FPC connector on the hot end board, and the 3D printed mount
The next photos show the cover that provides the strain relief for the FPC cable
Unfortunately if you don't have these already printed out and they wear out, you have to glue the screws back in to give you a chance of printing out the spare part.
Finally the other issue that I have found is the cable that connects the main board to the hotend, this cable is a flat ribbon cable that connects to an FPC connector (Not the best connector for something that has constant movement)
- I believe that this is the biggest design flaw. Luckily being technically minded I was able to spot that the issue I was seeing where the print was stopping a while through, due to the head being too cool, was actually due to the cable not making a good connection in the connector.
Luckily the Guys at Denford - who are the UK distributor for Tiertime UP, realized I was technically minded and therefore When I asked them to send me a spare cable, they did...Otherwise a 2 days fix could've turned into a two week fix!
So now I am back up and printing, with a new cable and newly printed out parts.
