#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:

• Ender5 chassis
• #BTT #Octopus mainboard
• Modded #Endorphin-- Meaning: Linear Rail conversion-- Partial CoreXY kinematics
• #microswiss direct drive
• Volcano hot end + 60w heater
• 0.6mm #Diamondback volcano nozzle
• MSDD modded heat break / mount
• Hydra-based cooling solution
• Dual independent Z-screws
• BLTouch
• Mains powered bed heater
• Octopi

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.

And now, adding a #PT100 thermistor to the build.

My hot end is easily my limitation now. There are much better out there, but I really do like my #microswiss #directdrive setup. Small, effective and decently powerful. I can add a "hotter" heater element but that doesn't fix that the filament only gets heated for the short mk8 nozzle length. A v6 is better, but again, I have to change up the hot end.

It's very yellow.

#3dprinting #ender5 #microswiss #mousetrap

Direct drive upgrades were installed.

A slow 15 minutes PLA+ cube and a very slow 58 minute TPU cube.

It's actually only the second thing I've printed in TPU, first was a USB-C dust plug with just a slowed down PETG or PLA profile and it was good enough and has been in use daily for.. 2 years! I do not recommend TPU on a bowden but it's doable.

It's Overture TPU which is not that soft.

The Micro Swiss NG works good. I'll be printing more TPU now.

#3dprinting #ender5 #microswiss

After a long frustrating period my #Ender3-Pro has been transformed by the addition of the #MicroSwiss-NG extruder kit.

Going from Marlin to #Klipper has already halfed the time for many prints while also making fiddling with the firmware a breeze.

I was on the verge of just getting a new printer. Buying the kit seemed to be a gamble, a possible waste of money,but it turned out to be the best upgrade ever.

#3DPrinting

About three hours and two burned fingers later, my #Creality #Ender 3v2 #3dPrinter now has a #MicroSwiss direct driver extruder and a CR touch auto-leveling sensor. This allows me to print #TPU and #Flex filaments much easier than with the stock Ender3v2 😀

The fan shroud is temporary as I need to re-print it in a better quality and also do proper cable management once I got some guides printed.