I’m using Marlin firmware with the Delta. I’m not planning on using auto bed levelling (heck, I’m not entirely sure I’ll be using XY endstops)…should I just stick with what I know, or ? What firmware are all the cool kids using? (Figure Arduino Mega 2560R3 and a RAMPS 1.4 shield)
Marlin here.
I’ve never left Marlin, then again, I’m not cool…
It’s just that Repetier had that nifty wizard…and I couldn’t ever seem to get it to work on the delta…I was wondering if I was missing out on the promised land of print quality or something.
I am using Rich Catell’s Marlin with auto-calibration (though bed levelling is not working atm) with an inductive proximity detector.
The inductive proximity sensor needs (ferrous) metal to work, yes? My bed setup isn’t ideal for that. I’ve got diamond plate that’s the substrate, then cork, then a heater, then the glass. There’s quite a bit of altitude between the aluminum and the build surface.
I’m not looking forward to setting tram on this thing. I have to maintain an accurate distance between the X and Y, make sure they’re level, plus the height of the printer nozzle, and make sure the bed is level and parallel to the X and Y rods.
It’s an excercise I’m not looking at until everything else is ready. If I don’t see it, it doesn’t exist (yet.)
@Mike_Miller no, you do not need ferrous metals for these sensors. But for a regular bed with glass on top a simple kitchen aluminum film below the glass can do the trick.