It is amazing the difference that the firmware on your controller can make. I finally got Marlin working (was using Sprinter in the past) on my MakerGear Mosaic. The difference is clearly visible. The gears did not work at all before, and now appear to be quite smooth. No other changes were made to the GCode. For those of you starting out with 3D printing, I suggest looking closely at the firmware you are using and updating to a more modern version.
Wow that’s a huge difference.
My buddy just changed out his and it made a world of difference. Also MakerWare made huge leaps in their last update. Great job on the prints.
@Mark_DeNeve I agree 100%. When I built my printer I used sprinter as well and I was having a serious issue with the X axis. When telling it to move out 100 mm and then back 100 mm it never returned to the same spot twice, it would jump all over the place plus it made the motor sound like it had sand in it. I tried switching out motors and drivers and they all worked fine on the other axis just not X. I was about to get a new ramps board thinking that was causing the issue when I decided to flash Marlin to my board and that fixed the problem. All axis worked beautifully. It definitely helps to have the most updated firmware.
Wow, I planned on going with Marlin (if I ever finish a printer), and apparently I made the right choice. It looks like you put the Sprinter ones in the oven!
I’ve not yet tried marlin, but I’ve had some very good prints with sprinter experimental.
can you tell us which features that sprinter is missing over marlin and why you might be getting better results with marlin? rather than ditch sprinter, I’d rather try update it.
I can’t understand why people are still using sprinter to this day? Marlin surpassed it almost 2 years ago, yet for some reason people continue to use it.
Marlin doesn’t work on 4pi? sprinter experimental has been updated, albeit slowly.
Ugh, I really need to switch to Marlin. I had migrated all my settings to repetier, but still had a z axis scaling issue, so I switched back to Sprinter. I started migrating the settings to Marlin. It’s not hard, just a pain since sprinter, marlin, and repetier, even though the types of settings are almost identical, name the variables differently and put them in different locations in the configuration file. Yes, I would like some cheese with my whine.
Om my todo list for the weekend, I had started it up last week, but came back to my pc a few days later with the two ardiono windows still open.
@John_Ridley you don’t even have to flip them in config; just flip them on the connector. 
@John_Ridley yeah, I’ve busted contacts off by pulling to aggressively trying to depin connectors. I suppose I should invest in real crimpers, instead of a needle nose
@Eric_Moy real crimpers are ridiculously expensive… until your first crimp.
@Joseph_Chiu I’m thinking Judy a universal crimper will do. I’m tired of using my needle nose and knowing I’m creating a landmine
You’re right, they’re more expensive than I thought. I’m just weary of using preterminated pigtails because I don’t like having spices everywhere. That being said, hate to sound like a broken record, but you got a link? My bookmarks have been growing lately
Haha, sorry, I was thinking of http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Molex/63811-8200/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMumryolnogYRjkKAB7KQqHA - a $300 tool. You can occasionally find them on Ebay. I, fortunately, got one for work…
@John_Ridley is right - if you can find the right-lengthed crimped wires, it’s probably the better way to go if you only have a small handful of cables.