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Questions tagged [tevo-tarantula]

This tag should be used for specific questions about specific issues involving the TEVO Tarantula 3D printer.

The Tevo Tarantula is a 3D printer based on the popular Prusa i3 design and is manufactured by TEVO 3D Electronic Technology Co.,Ltd. This is a low-cost printer that uses a sliding bed for the Y direction and a portal for X-Z movement of the hotend. The printer frame is made from aluminium profiles. It is equipped with a heated build platform (heat bed) with a printer volume of 200 x 200 x 200 mm (or an optional 200 x 280 x 200 mm) and uses a Bowden type extruder. More details here.

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PTFE pulled into extruder gears

I have a Tevo Tarantula, the problem is that PTFE is getting pulled back to the extruder gears and stopping filament extrusion, do you know how to solve this? Image: One hypothesis I have is that there is a cooling problem in the hot end while a…
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Getting E1 Thermal Runaway errors, even after replacing the heating element on Tevo Tarantula

Earlier today I successfully completed a small print (less than 1 hour) on our Tevo Tarantula. When it came time to print the next one, I started preheating for PLA and got an "E1 Thermal Runaway" error. I replaced the heating element with a backup…
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How to change E0 to E1 on Marlin 1.1?

I have the same problem as this person but I don't have those lines in my RAMPS.h file as seen here. I've recently burnt my potentiometer on E0 so the motor isn't working properly anymore. I want to use it on E1 instead. If you have any better idea…
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Tevo Tarantula extruder motor clinking sounds

The extruder motor makes these clinking sounds. I read about that and I tried to adjust it with its potentiometer, I tried reassembling the clamps, reinserted the leading tube in both ends, cutting them in a 90° angle but nothing helps. It seems…
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Tevo Tarantula I3 filament clogging up

I have just finished assembling a TT I3, with a large heated bed 220x280, a couple of weeks ago and my first print went well. After a few initial experiments I noticed that the filament will not stick. I have manually leveled the bed over and over…
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On my TEVO Tarantula, is there a way to test that its heater pins are working?

I can no longer print anything because I get a E1 heating failed error on my TEVO Tarantula every time I try to heat the hotend. The bed heats just fine. I've removed the heating element and thermistor from the hotend. The latter works fine, the…
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TEVO Tarantula Z-Axis Lowering Too Far After Endstop Triggered

A z-axis homing issue is giving me an ulcer. I'm hoping someone can help with this. As per usual, after the Z endstop is triggered on my TEVO Tarantula the gantry raises a bit then slowly lowers back down to the z=0 point established by the trigger.…
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Tevo Tarantula home offset

Following Beny's advice, I've just setup JimBrown-MarlinTarantula firmware. However, my X0 & Y0 points are off the bed. When trying to center my prints & afterwards sending G1 X100 Y140 to the printer, I am still off center by the margins of the…
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Tevo Tarantula I3 firmware

I've been trying to get something decent printed for days but nothing works! I have a Tarantula Tevo i3 MKS Base V1.4 and have done a lot of trial & plenty of error. Still I am puzzled to get good prints. What is the stock firmware for a single…
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Need accurate 90º angle with respect to the table

I have a Tevo Flash. Normally, I don't care about perpendicularity with respect to the table. But now I have a 5" disc on a ball bearing, held by a 3D printed tube with a flat bottom. If the tube's axis is not 100 % perpendicular to the bottom, the…
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How can I fix First Layer Adhesion with BL Touch - Tevo Tarantula

Hope someone might have a view on where to go with this. My prints were coming out pretty good, but since installing a BL Touch to the printer I've been unable to get consistent first layer adhesion. Printer: Tevo Tarantula Firmware: Jim Brown…
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How to determine real printing speed (TEVO Tarantula/Cura)?

Recently I noticed that Cura always is giving me less printing time than the print itself takes on my TEVO Tarantula with Marlin firmware. The time difference is about 15 %, at requested 50 mm/s printing speed. How could I verify real printing…
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Tevo Tarantula incorrectly auto leveling of bed

I decided to try and setup the bed auto level sensor. I downloaded this firmware: TEVO-Tarantula-I3-Marlin-Firmware and followed this tutorial, YouTube - Setting Up Auto Bed Leveling (Tevo Tarantula). Firmware Config…
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X-axis homing failed with odd results on Tevo Tarantula

I recently finished building my Tevo Tarantula but now I have an issue with homing the X-axis. I have uploaded MarlinTarantula EasyConfig 2.0.x firmware with Arduino Version 1.8.15 on to the Tevo Tarantula. Whenever I press Home X on the LCD, or by…
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Printing 2x slower after upgrading to "MarlinTarantula" firmware

I have a TEVO Tarantula printer, recently I have upgraded it's firmware from the stock firmware to marlin 2.0 using this configuration repo. Since upgrading my prints take 2x the time they used to (and the time Cura says they should take). I have…
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