Lots of progress

I have gotten quite a bit done this past week.


I used the jig and re-aligned my frame, then started on the z-axis.  I didn't like the clonedel parts so I ended up downloading the Scad file and modifying it so I could make one on my CNC machine.  I'm very pleased with how it came out, and I was able to proceed with assembling the Z-axis.


The next step was to work on my extruder/hot end.  I got the hot-end built, and it's spewing out little threads of plastic, so that went well.  But when I went to mount it to the extruder (this is the one that came with my Hot-End kit that was supposed to be a perfect match) nothing seemed to line up.  Not to mention this also didn't seem to match up to my x-carriage.  So I'll be taking it to the Fablocker tomorrow night and get some advice of what to do next.


So I started on the electronics, and built my opto-end stops.  No issue at all there, they went together very quickly.


I then built my TinyUSB ISP so I could burn the bootloader to my Sanguinololu controller.  That went well, and I didn't have very many issues burning the bootloader.


The firmware is a total other matter.  It seems that there are many different versions of the firmware I wanted to use (Marlin) even though they are labeled with the same revision number.  I tried downloading several of them and couldn't get them to compile, much less load on my Sanguinololu.


Again, this will be something else I'll take up to the Fablocker tomorrow night and hopefully I can get it straightened out.