Introduction
This page is dedicated to describing the proper operational procedures for successful prints on the Gigabot utilizing Franklin firmware.
Currently, the following pages exists in dedication to either Franklin and/or the GigabotHX:
Application and material development pages are available in the following:
Further Franklin discussion can be found on MOST publication:
- Wijnen, B., Anzalone, G. C., Haselhuhn, A.S., Sanders, P.G., Pearce, J. M. Free and Open-source Control Software for 3-D Motion and Processing. Journal of Open Research Software, 4: e2, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/jors.78 free access
Procedures
WORK IN PROGRESS 5/8/2016
- Connecting Printer to Franklin
- Set-Up
- File Generation (STL)
- OpenSCAD, Blender, RapCAD
- GCode Generation
- LibreOffice GCode Editor
- Optimization of Extruder A and Extruder E (Leader / Follower Principle)
- File Generation (STL)
- Uploading Files
- Printer Preparation
- Homing, Parking and Zero-Positioning
- Build Surface
- Extruder 'Priming'