I recently joined the robotics club at my school and found out they have a 3d printer. Unfortunately, the conductive rubber part was missing and I have no way of pressing the buttons. Could anybody help me out with this?

I have a MakerBot Replicator in my classroom and have been using that and the MakerBot program for a year or so. Suddenly the MakerBot program won't load models. I've tried opening the file through the MakerBot program and just clicking on the file from file explorer. Sometimes it will take hours for a model to load, sometimes never. I believe the computer runs Windows 10. Old models that I've printed in the past will open fine, but new models will not. Has anyone had this happen before?

I started up the 10 year old MakerBot Replicator Mini the other day, after several years idle. I had to spin up an Ubuntu 16.04 VM (no Windows or Mac in my house), since that's the latest version they supported and my desktop is current. Passed through the USB device for the mini. Installed makerbot from their web site. It kinda worked - I'd hit Print and immediately get an error dialog, but it was doing things behind that, and hitting Print a few more times would eventually succeed. Printed a few things. Shut down for a few days. Started it all up again, and now I can't get past "Background Service not running". It seems conveyord is failing during startup:

Nov 22 17:03:03 ubu16 sudo[2382]: conveyord: ERROR: Error loading digitizer.digitizer_library: libdigitizer.so

Nov 22 17:03:07 ubu16 sudo[2382]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user conveyor

Nov 22 17:03:07 ubu16 systemd[1]: conveyor.service: Main process exited, code=dumped, status=11/SEGV

I don't actually have a digitizer (as in some kind of input device). So I think I'd be fine to run without loading this library, if I could avoid it. /etc/conveyor.conf doesn't mention "digitizer" though.

I'm not expecting any support out of MakerBot (or whoever they are now) after all this time, but maybe one of you has overcome this? I really don't know what's different now after a restart vs. having just freshly installed everything. The .so file does exist and should be found (and the error is a SEGV rather than a not found).

hello, this is my first post but i don't know what to do. i have 2 MakerBot printers ( i don't know what type but if it is important i can get that info )but when i put in a file and put it to print the bed will heat up and work normally then the bed and the nozzle will start the print but the bed goes to far backwards and makes a sound like the moter is bricking or the gear is skipping. if you could help at all, i would be great full or if you need any follow up info let me know

I’ve been doing some work on my school’s method x (yes I know how god awful these things are) but I just put it back together and the button will light up but the screen shows no sign of life

The only thing other then me possibly breaking the ribbon cable (I don’t think I did but it’s hard to tell) is that the lid switch broke off since they didn’t solder the unused pads for support i wasn’t planning on going through all the effort of resoldering it unless it could fix the screen

Why is extruder 1 incompatible with extruder 2XA?

The printer gives an incompatibility error/warning and blocks access to the machine if both are attached at the same time.

I just found that beta version of UltiMaker Cura https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura/releases/tag/5.9.0-beta.2 brings the profiles for MakerBot printers. It is great!

Finally, some advanced slicer for this model.

However I couldn't connect via network and I had to use USB drive. Later I found that makerbot format misses some metadata and finally I ended with this script:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

file="$1"

if [[ -z "$file" ]]; then
  echo "Usage: $0 file.makerbot" 1>&2
  exit 1
fi

newfile="$(echo "$file" | tr ' ' '_')"
if [[ $newfile != $file ]]; then
  mv -f "$file" "$newfile"
  file="$newfile"
fi

mkdir -p "$file.tmp"
pushd "$file.tmp" >/dev/null

unzip -q -o "../$file"

yq -i -oj -pj '
.miracle_config._bot=.bot_type | 
.miracle_config._extruders=.tool_types | 
.miracle_config._materials=.materials | 
.extruder_temperature='$(awk '$1 == "M104" {print substr($2, 2); exit}' print.gcode)' | 
.extruder_temperatures=['$(awk '$1 == "M104" && $2 != "S0" {print substr($2, 2);}' print.gcode | sed 's/\.0$//' | sort -u -n | xargs echo | tr ' ' ',')'] | 
.platform_temperature='$(awk '$1 == "M190" {print substr($2, 2); exit}' print.gcode) meta.json 

perl -pli -e '
@F = split; if ($F[0] eq "M104" && $F[1] =~ /^S/ && $F[1] !~ /S0/) { $F[2] = "S" . int($F[1] =~ s/^S//r - 0); $F[1] = "T0"; $_=join(" ", @F) }
' print.gcode

cp -f "../$file" "../$file~"
zip "../$file" meta.json print.gcode

popd >/dev/null

rm -rf "$file.tmp"

With the fixes cloudprint.makerbot.com accepts my jobs.

i see them popping up on facebook for cheap? like sub $200 CAD for a replicator 2.

are they worth it in 2024?

My print failed at around the 90% mark. Filament stopped extruding. Is there a way to just reprint the last 10% and then glue it together? Or do I have to print the entire thing over again?

Anyone know what the temperature the printer loads and unloads sr30 or Rapidrinse on extruder 2Xa?

I have 2Xa extruder, but I don't have a compatible filament, so would appreciate it if someone could check that for me 😁

I know someone with a Makerbot Sketch who after starting a print with Sunlu's PLA+ v2 in white with the slicer settings dialed in for this filament. The printer started the purge line which left red filament. Note that the filament in there prior to this was blue. The purge changed to blue and then started printing in a whiteish blue tone. The print was paused after the start of the first layer. The print seemed to adhere stupidly well to the build plate. What the heck could be causing this? My current theory is some old filament left in the hotend or stuck in the extruder gears and some poor bed-leveling or Z offset. I doubt MakerBot used PEI for the build plate meaning this might be permanent, so does anyone know the dimensions of the build plate (not the build volume the dimensions of the whole build plate in xyz with z being vertical) that way I might be able to recommend a replacement build plate made of G10 instead

My replicator 2 that I got gifted has major warping issues and I also think it doesn't have a heated bed, is there anything I can do like DIY a heated bed or use g10 material for extra stickyness?

Hey guys, I notice that the two bottom pins on my extruder for the Makerbot Replicator 5th gen were bent and broke off. Is there any way to repair them?

edit: added photo

Sorry for the potato quality

I’ve printed stuff before and it was ok but I’m trying to print a model from a video game I like but instead of printing it comes out stringy. HELP PLEASE

was given this printer for free from a work friend, i’ve tried to do my own research on the printer and haven’t really found anything of substance. Is it even possible to use the printer without the mobile app? I’ve never worked with this brand before so anything at all will be extremely helpful

I have a Makerbot Replicator 2 that was gifted to me. I plugged it in with the provided power cord however, the toggle on/off switch will not move. I am not sure if this is a fuse issue. It won't budge no matter what I do. I wonder if this has to do with the power cord maybe shorted it, but I can't be sure. Has this happened to anyone? Is there a fix?

https://www.makerbot.com/3d-printers/sketch-sprint/
Looks like they are leaning even more heavily into the Library/K12 sector to keep revenue high, rather than trying to compete for the Ender/Bambu home DIY users and the print farm fab-for-pay folks.

$2400 each. That includes their education bundle.

https://github.com/david0429/billy-pi/tree/master/Parts/Steering

Are you able to load and see these files?

Trying to see if the issues are on my side.

Anyone have any ideas on if this is another sketch unit. Or is there finally gonna be a update to the Method.

I have some smart extruders and smart extruder pluses I got cheap as-is on ebay and some work well and some not so much. I'm wondering if anyone has figured out what all to look for when trying to fix these up and tune them to work well?

Hi all,

I ended up getting my hands on a MakerBot Replicator running firmware 1.0.4. I’ve only been able to print the models that are already saved on the machine itself, but I can't seem to get it to print any custom files.

I’ve tried loading .makerbot files from a USB drive, but every time I try, I get an “Error 1500”. Also, I haven’t been able to get MakerBot Desktop to load on my computer, which is making things even trickier.

Anyone know how I can fix this or at least figure out how to print custom files on this thing? Any help is appreciated!

Thanks!

https://preview.redd.it/x35jy1eyfhtd1.png?width=3860&format=png&auto=webp&s=6c80f3473a81f55a25a45a9e7e15b8ba4feac5e8

Hi, I was lifted a makerbot (hand me down) that need some maintenance. I'd like to have someone take a look. Are there any repair shops that work on makerbots thar you might recommend.

In the united stated preferably on the east coast*

It's my high schools and it's around 3 years old. The problem with it is when it makes a purge tower eventually it drags the support filament which is the water solvable and it drags it across the print bed and ruins the print. Should it be doing this and how could it be fixed? I have a creality K1 so I have no idea how dual extruder works.