Alexander Solis replied to Conor O'Donnell's discussion G-Code Customization: Acceleration
"The hackers statement only implies that you are able to modify the gcode and nothing more. In the latest version of the software there is an accerlation parameter for the carriage. I pointed this out to turner hunt awhile back ago as to reduce the…"
May 22, 2021
Alexander Solis replied to Camille Baudichon's discussion Error type Mismatch 13 and wrong directions
"Hi Camille, 
This is very unusual, the latest software is supposed to help with the latest winding parameters. Were you able to fix the problem? The only advise I can consult is to uninstall the software and re-install it. Hopefully this has been…"
Jul 12, 2020
Alexander Solis commented on Miloš Marec's blog post XWinder work...Towpreg
"I checked out that sigrapreg and it looks great. Love the varying cure temps. Doesn't say too much info on all resin types they have available. 
How much did you pay for the 6kg spool? 6kg is not a bad minumum order depending on the price of course.…"
May 20, 2020
Alexander Solis commented on Miloš Marec's blog post XWinder work...Towpreg
"Can you please share where you got your Towpreg. I would like to give it a try as long as it is within my ovens ability to cure it. Thank you"
May 20, 2020
Alexander Solis replied to Curtis Kent Capdeville's discussion Wrapping Composite with Shrink Tape
"Hi Curtis Kent,
If I am not mistaken, you have heat shrink tape from dunstone. Depending on the film thickness you can only overlap the tape half it's width. For expamle if you have a 1" wide shrink tape and it's thickness is 0.002" or more, I would…"
May 19, 2020
Alexander Solis commented on Jean Girardot's blog post Carbon tow size
"This is going to be a tube correct?"
Nov 6, 2019
Alexander Solis commented on Jean Girardot's blog post Carbon tow size
"I have done some tests on 24K. The concave roller delivery head on the four axis allows for such a wider tow to be used. As for 50K, I'd dare not go that far."
Nov 6, 2019
Alexander Solis commented on Jean Girardot's blog post Carbon tow size
"First off you can no longer wind in 3 axis mode, which I am going to beg turner hunt to bring it back. You will have to modify the four axis delivery head to have additional rollers to prevent fiber slippage.
Since you have the four axis you can…"
Nov 6, 2019
Maxime Fournier replied to Alexander Solis's discussion Filament Skipping
"Hi Alexander,
Thanks for your feedback, I would be happy to have a look to your g-code and try it. I usually work with a 3,268 inches diameter (I can go up to 8 inches) and a 8 inches length."
Sep 23, 2019
Alexander Solis replied to Alexander Solis's discussion Filament Skipping
"Hi Maxime Fournier,
I did try the wind with an old Computer. It is a dell optiplex 745 with a dual core processor and only 2GB of RAM. It has windows 7 ultimate. I still ended up with displacement.
I went to device manager and turned off the power…"
Sep 22, 2019
Maxime Fournier replied to Alexander Solis's discussion Filament Skipping
"Alexander,
The problem may be due to a delay accumulated from the computer through USB connections, hubs and boards to each motor.
As each board gives the signal to one motor, if the delay is diferent from one to another, then this could explain…"
Sep 20, 2019
Alexander Solis posted a blog post
Hello to all X-Winder user, I wanted to share my g-code file that I hand edited myself in order to see if removing some commands would fix my filament displacement issues. To make a long story short I basically removed the M602 and G4 L602 CXX…
Sep 13, 2019
Alexander Solis replied to Miloš Marec's discussion Hand editing of G-Code
"Milos Marec,
I got home and I checked the files. The file that is saved with a .X2G extension is the gcode file and the .X2D is the design file. The .X2G is the file you can edit in NotePad and should save as .X2G format."
Sep 13, 2019
Alexander Solis replied to Miloš Marec's discussion Hand editing of G-Code
"Hi Milos Marec,
Is the .x2d file type in the XW_GCODE folder? If it is not there then that is the designer file. There should be two files that are saved by the designer. One is a designer file and the other is the g-code file that can be edited in…"
Sep 12, 2019
Alexander Solis replied to Alexander Solis's discussion Filament Skipping
"Maxime Fournier,
You have a powerful laptop and yet you have filament displacement still? I have tried on a lenovo desktop that is a weaker than my surface pro 3. The results were bad. After a few email exchanges with Turner Hunt, he revealed to me…"
Aug 30, 2019
Maxime Fournier replied to Alexander Solis's discussion Filament Skipping
"Hi Alexander,
I am using this laptop : Hp probook 640 g1, x64, RAM 16Go, Processor I7 - 4610M - 3GHz - 2 cores with Windows 10 Pro.
Have you tried diferent computers and found one that seems to have a better compatibility with X-winder program ?"
Aug 30, 2019
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