Bed lighting upgrade is installed!
This should make it a lot easier to see the first layer being printed versus using a flashlight.
I have the two front lights on one switch and the rear light on a second switch so I can choose which ones I want to turn on.
Printer calibration is essentially done.
Might make a few more minor adjustments as I go but currently it’s printing well enough for some functional prints like these USB cable clips that I’ll stick inside the bottom of the printer housing to hold the USB cables in place for the LED lights in each pillar.
New fans are installed on the effector housing.
I’m ready now to put everything back together, re-lube all the ball joints and linear rails, and tension all the belts.
Then I can start some calibration prints 🤞
The upgrades continue!
Got a few minutes free tonight so I just installed the magnetic sheet to hold the PEI build plate.
Wiring these fans for the JST SM connectors is a bit of a finicky process huh?
Both newly wired fans are tested and working though 😊
New extruder is built and installed on the stepper motor.
Still have a couple of more upgrades to do first before I print anything.
One upgrade at a time and tweak as I go? Naw let’s just do all the upgrades and start from scratch dialing in settings lol
Stock extruder is disassembled and cleaned so I can put it back together for storage.
Now I need to build the new extruder so it will work with my stepper motor.
Sometime this week I need to find the energy to rebuild the hotend, wire up new 5015 fans, and change out the extruder for an all metal dual gear one (OMG v2 I think, can’t remember offhand what I ordered lol).
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