@3dprinting So, it's been... over a month since the last update, phew! In that time, a lot has happened, but long story short, we have a Z axis for our #Endorphin, finally!
Unfortunately my leadscrews turned out too short (I need ones sized for the Ender 3, which are 365mm), so I'll have to wait on those. I also had _no_ end of trouble with this design, and ended up having to re-make the motor mounts, which probably need yet more re-making. But hey, progress!
@3dprinting #Endorphin progress picture! I've (mostly) finished Stage 2 at this point: only the X tensioner remains. I've also added (and tensioned) both Y belts, which was a lot more annoying than I expected.
I did some other stuff besides, which I will explain in subsequent posts.
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@3dprinting More filament arrived today, which means more work on the #Endorphin. Several things have happened today.
First, rail stuff. I moved one rail to the outside of the frame, then designed and added some rail stops. These are both spacers (ensuring the rails are symmetrically placed), but also sensorless homing targets. As per the meme of this build, they fasten with M5 hardware, because what else.
These are fun to bump with the carriages.
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@3dprinting The Stage 2 instructions also aren't particularly specific on _where_ the rails are supposed to go exactly. This is definitely not obvious, as each rail is non-trivially shorter than the extrusion it mounts on.
For anyone reading this as an #Endorphin guide, it's 15mm from the rear brackets.
I might just go sensorless on Y and design some 15mm spacers/stoppers. Spoppers? There should be more than enough space there to M3x8 and hammer nut something in place.
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#3DPrinting and #FDM Fedi: is there a generic (ideally Aliexpress) version of this cable here: https://store.micro-swiss.com/collections/creality-k1c/products/flowtech-adapter-cables-xhb-and-hy2-0-terminals . It would cost me NZD36 to get one of these from MicroSwiss, and frankly that's an absurd amount of money for a cable.
Context: I have a spare K1 Max hotend which I want to use in my #Endorphin build, but the connectors make it very hard to interface it with anything.
Recently, I got my hands on a free Ender 5 Pro, whose Z axis was so bent it looked like a forklift drove over it. Because of that, I can finally do an #Endorphin build!
This thread will be an extended sojourn into this project, where I will aim to use random workshop junk whenever possible. I won't make this a hard rule, but I'll try and avoid buying new if I can.
First things first, gotta strip down the frame! So much useless junk there.
@3dprinting #3DPrinting #FDM #DIY
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Yesterday I took part in an #aikido training were I (3rd kyu) served as uke for a guy aspiring for the 1st kyu including randori.
VERY INTENSIVE
No complaint about too mild attacks, nobody hurt so, splendid!
Even today I am running high on #endorphin
#3dprinting update;
I'm super happy with my build. Unfortunately the upgrade path looks like it's going to force me into #Klipper which has never actually been good to me.
My build currently:
Like many before and similar to myself the Ender platform served as a wonderful platform to build and tinker on. As far as I can find, particularly with my custom work for the Volcano, this is a unique build. I looked at the traditional volcano options but I did not like the #klemco mount options nor the traditional volcano heat break. I was concerned about heat creep but I've seen no signs of it even when printing PC.
At this point I'm looking into the #Eddy bed level sensor, but it's klipper only. Otherwise there's almost nothing I can want from my printer that it cannot do. Multi-material would be nice but there's no good way to do it and MMS' are so damn wasteful. More print volume would be handy but that means changing a lot and I've got spare 235x bed plates for days. The Eddy makes bed leveling super fast and accurate, leagues beyond what a probe based sensor can do. But it also means being unable to come back to Marlin and lose a bit of print volume to the Eddy sensor. So I guess I'll see, if something comes along to convince me to suffer through Klipper's headaches.
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