OC3D 3D Printing enthusiasts
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WYP
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Fair. I do wonder what the quality of the filament would be like. As much as I enjoy the concept of this, the filament needs to be good for it to all be worthwhile.
I think that dude was seriously bored during lockdown, LOL! I think I'd rather print PETG or PETG+. Been printing quite a bit of PETG for the first time, for hot end stuff, and some upcoming linear rail mods on my big printer. It's neat stuff, almost like acrylic. Well at least the stuff I chose is, it's weird translucent aqua blue/green.
Did a hot end shroud and squash ball feet for the Ender 3 V2:
Parts for EVA:
Linear rail parts incoming:
Did a hot end shroud and squash ball feet for the Ender 3 V2:
Parts for EVA:
Linear rail parts incoming:
Exactly. I have seen my filaments fail because its been cut with something cheap. Other times Its a great finish but stringy. Not sure I even liked the quality of the print in his video.
Here in norway you get charged about 25pence extra per bottle. However there are recycle machines where you deposit the bottles and get that 25 pence back in the form of a ticket, which you basically use in a store and have the recycled saved discounted from your final total. I like the solution so I think ill stick with that instead of shredding them up. Feels good when you recycle so much that the store ends up giving you cash back. I think I once had so many bottles over a span of time the total came to about £20 which was nice to hand in and get cashed out
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Thats normal in scandinavia. You would be frowned upon if someone spotted you not sorting the trash right and trying to throw a bag of food in a different bag.
After several day of head banging, of the non-metal variety, I finally have my Ender 3 V2 a bit closer to where I want it. BLtouch has been added to the Micro Swiss direct drive, so I had to print a new shroud first:
Since my BLT wasn't designed for the V2, I made my own connector out of a BLT extension cable I had:
Satsana shroud fits like a glove, and utilizes the stock fans:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4408571
I ran all the cables in front of the frame, so the power connector for the extruder motor won't get crushed if I print something tall:
Now it finally appears to be printing nicely, after a dual Z axis upgrade, Micro Swiss direct drive, BL touch, silicon bed spacers, and more importantly JyersUI was updated to the BL touch version. I had a pickle of a time getting the X/Y home offsets re-jigged, but that's done now, and it seems to be printing nicely (test dragon in PLA pro at 220C):
Since my BLT wasn't designed for the V2, I made my own connector out of a BLT extension cable I had:
Satsana shroud fits like a glove, and utilizes the stock fans:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4408571
I ran all the cables in front of the frame, so the power connector for the extruder motor won't get crushed if I print something tall:
Now it finally appears to be printing nicely, after a dual Z axis upgrade, Micro Swiss direct drive, BL touch, silicon bed spacers, and more importantly JyersUI was updated to the BL touch version. I had a pickle of a time getting the X/Y home offsets re-jigged, but that's done now, and it seems to be printing nicely (test dragon in PLA pro at 220C):
WYP
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Anyone else doing printer modding lately? Or are Warchild and I the only 2 printer geeks on this entire forum?
I have a few mods planned, but I need to find the time. Hope to do something with the printer this weekend. Have some new parts to install.
WYP
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I hear that, time was a problem for me too in recent months, switching jobs, etc. I've been collecting parts for a linear rail conversion on my Ender 5 Plus. Goodbye skateboard wheels!
Nice. I did an ender 3 conversion to get a 400x400 build area. Need to do some electronics work to change the fans on the ender 3 for something a little quieter. Have already upgraded the hot-end to a MicroSwiss with a direct drive extruder.
Just got an Easy-Peelzy EX build material to use for the build plate. Will be much better than the glass that I currently use, and a lot less heavy. Add on a creality touch and things are looking sweet. Will need to edit some firmware to get things working properly, but that shouldn't be a huge issue.
Have had some parts for a while now, but sorting out everything will take time.
Things have been busy on my end too. Got married in the summer, so there is a lot of adjustment there. Two sides of the family to visit around Christmas, lots of family (both sides) birthdays etc in the second half of the year. Lots of things asking for my time.
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Packing my printer away today prepping for a move to new home. So won't get much done.
My printer is still unmodded but I think im going to either go to town on modding it to get better accuracy (i almost print exclusively with a 0.2mm nozzle now) or invest in a high end one. Ender 5 pro is a great printer, but as I get better and better with Fusion360, I want to get intricate parts more detailed.
My greatest hate is the cables are hideous and short. I want to get extensions and then create some guard to hide them away
My printer is still unmodded but I think im going to either go to town on modding it to get better accuracy (i almost print exclusively with a 0.2mm nozzle now) or invest in a high end one. Ender 5 pro is a great printer, but as I get better and better with Fusion360, I want to get intricate parts more detailed.
My greatest hate is the cables are hideous and short. I want to get extensions and then create some guard to hide them away
WYP
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I hope the move goes well. I had to extend a lot of cables when increasing the Ender 3's build area. Still want to make something to clean up the look of the machine. Should have a lot more free time this year without the wedding planning. I hope to get a lot more projects finished.
WYP
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Got a kit from Manchester 3D printing that had cables cut the aluminium extrusions etc I needed for the Ender 3 size upgrade. They call the series Endzilla.
Basically just got wire and needed to solder the cables to the old ones to extend them in some cases, and for others I did get extensions with the correct connectors etc attatched. I don't think they do anything for the ender 5 sadly.
The basic stepper motor cables are easy to source and extend, but cables like those for the hotend, and bed are not so readily available. Plus I prefer the assurance that what I buy is the right gauge etc. I guess I will try to mod the placement of the PSU and extend the SD slot instead.
WYP
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Yeah, it was the hot-end, heated bed etc that needed the cables to be soldered.
I'd be interested in seeing your solution if you do end up extending your cables or moving your PSU/electronics.
Life does get in the way of our hobbies doesn't it, LOL! For the past several weeks, I've been "picking" at mine as time permits, and my bad back. Learned a TON lately, about linear rails, printing parts to very specific sizes, etc. Also learned a lot about Rat Rigs EVA hot end assembly, since I chose to combine that with the linear rail mods. Since I'm only doing a linear rail conversion, and NOT a core XY conversion, having to figure out what parts I needed to "keep it cartesian" was a bit of a pain. But I got there.
EVA almost assembled, just needs the fan + shroud face. Still need to do some wiring work there. This version will have a single 5015 fan for part cooling, rear mounted.
EVA almost assembled, just needs the fan + shroud face. Still need to do some wiring work there. This version will have a single 5015 fan for part cooling, rear mounted.
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