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Disclaimer: This is the Wiki of RigidBot users and not an official InventAPart site. The content has been provided by customers and is based on their experiences, background, and communications with InventAPart. All information is provided as is and without guarantee
Rigidbot 1 and 2
In April 2016, Rigidbot Corp. started shipping the revised Rigidbot 2. Information below was written for the original Invent-a-Part Rigidbot (1). However, much of it is applicable to the later model. Information specific to the later model (2) is posted under Rigidbot_2_Main_Page.
As of August 2016, Rigidbot LLC. is no longer selling or servicing their printers. In order to keep the Rigidbot spirit alive, three guys, Jeff Parish, Heath Harper and Jayson Kelly have acquired access to the supply chain and replacement parts. You can order at *http://www.laserwelddesign.com.
ReliaBuild 3D RB3
The guys at www.LaserWeldDesign.com have come up with a new concept on bringing the best of the Rigidbot 1 and Rigidbot 2 into a single printer. In the spirit of keeping the evolution of the printer clear, they wanted to make sure the new printer fit the RB world of naming. So to evolve from RB1, RB2 and to RB3 without infringing on the name of Rigidbot, they came up with ReliaBuild 3D by 4E3D, a division of Laser Weld Design.
As of November 2016, the printer is a concept, but the upgrades to take an RB1 or RBB to new electronics in a simple plug and play swap kit are now available at *http://www.laserwelddesign.com/shop. To see what it takes to do a basic upgrade kit download the Installation Manual at:
- http://www.laserwelddesign.com/documentation RB3 upgrade instructions]
Future developments will include:
Plug n play support for reprap LCD basic and full-graphic controllers,
Filament run-out detection,
Skip-detection and more.
The best part is the developing upgrades should work as options to keep the RB1 and RBB printers we love alive and kicking for years to come!
Guides
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Assembly Manual from Invent-A-Part (PDF) The linked doc is for the BIG, but should be interchangable
- Shopping List
- Getting Started with your RigidBot
- Assembly instructions with user notes
- Assembly Videos from Tom Carson Made with the community advice
- Assembly Videos from Invent-A-Part
- Calibration overview
- 3D Printing Workflow
- Service
- This is the RepRap beginners guide, the RB is nearest to a Prusa i3 in design
- Assembly_Box_Locations
- Dual Extruder Setup
- Setting the second extruder port as default (Switching the 2 extruders)
Troubleshooting/Known Issues
- Known Issues - This page looks like it was set up to be a larger repository of items like below but was never updated. Adding link to orphaned page for future editing
- Leaky/Oozing Heater Block
- Checking Hot End
- M999/MINTEMP/Thermistor
- LCD not recognizing USB thumb drive - ensure the USB thumb drive is formatted FAT32
- Hot End temperature not stabilizing: PID tuning
- Clearing a jammed / clogged nozzle
- Z_Axis_troubleshooting
- Clicking Extruder Noise
- Bed Heater Not Heating
- Heated_Bed_-_Replacing_the_connector
- Layer Shifts
- Extruder Gear Tight Fit On Motor Shaft
- Y Axis Reversed Direction
- Extruder Motor Won't Move
- Under-extrusion or worsening extrusion
- Bowed/Non-flat Build Plate
- Printer heats up but doesn't start printing
- [Stepper Drivers/Trimpots]
- Print stops after computer turned on or resumes from sleep mode
- Printer sporadically reboots stopping print
Print Quality Troubleshooting
- Simplify3D Print Quality Troubleshooting guide
- Reprap Print Troubleshooting Pictorial Guide
- Troubleshooting Visual Guide from Ultimaker
- Videos from LaserWeldDesign on calibrating temperature and extrusion rate First video Second Video Printer Calibration piece, referenced in videos
Upgrades, Modifications, Hacks, Improvements, Additions
For now we will use the modifications category page
Slicer Configuration/ Firmware
- Cura
- Marvin Stuart's Cura Profiles - Offical RBC Settings
- Harry Rabin's Cura Settings - Updated November 15 2014
- Simplify3D
- Faye Salwin's Profile - Updated Sept 27 2014
- Jason Humes' Profile - As of Sept 27, 2014
- T.O'Connells Profiles - Updated June 23,2015 - Used with PEI bed material (affecting heated bed settings), Idler Pulley and 16T Upgrades on X and Y (may need to slow down extrusion if don't have them)
- PolPPol's Profile - Updated Sept 09,2015 - Setting for v 3.0.2, All-in-one Profile, Support auto-config Dual Extruders, Remove filament after print(comment out "Remove filament" if you don't want this) [I'm using E3D v6]
- Please check bed auto level command (G29 and G92) in "Script > Starting Script" or disable if you don't have one BEFORE using this profile!
- Repetier Host
- RepSnapper
- eshep's repsnapper.conf Updated Feb 01, 2015 - posted Nov 7 2014
- Slic3r
- Kenny Lantz's Config Bundle ini - posted Aug 15 2014
- Stefan Holzhauer's Config Bundle ini from above post
- G-code reference
- Firmware
