Skate and Bored Millennium Mill V1.5 Collab (Miku Mill). | 3D Printing | Page 1

river palm Mar 25, 2023, 12:43 AM

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This will be I guess my documentation of the Millennium Mill v1.5.

The progress so far:
Spindle: ✅
C-Beams: ✅
Motherboard and Drivers: ✅
FMJ Mod: ✅
Rails: ✅
XY and Z Plates: ✅
Leadscrews: ✅
TPU Feet: ✅

Things to do/source
Motors: ❎
PSU: ❎
Wires: ❎
Cable Chain: ❎
Endstops: ❎
Enclosure: ❎
Printed parts: ❎
Firmware: ❎

So far the build has been pleasant and the Millennium Mill team has been fantastic. Considering the price point to ease of assembly/performance, this is a great CNC mill that people from a 3D Printing background can consider building.

Why the Millennium Mill, why not something like the PrintNC or MPCNC?

Sourcing. MPCNC and PrintNC rely on steel, in the case of the MPCNC steel conduits and in the PrintNC's case steel tubing. People are going to say I didn't look hard enough and that steel is cheaper than aluminum which brings me to my next point. The other thing was that kits for this mill were easy to come by since there's a default size that vendors are going by.
Steel is a pain in the ass to work with. I don't know about you but working with steel is not what I consider my definition of fun.
Ease of build. The Millennium Mill is pretty straightforward to assemble. Thanks to its C-Beam extrusions it's trivial to add things to it and there shouldn't be any guess work to where things need to go.
Size. I'm in the weird demographic where I need a small and capable CNC Mill that will, not can, will cut aluminum. I considered the PrintNC Mini but as of writing the files are still in beta.
Price. My mill with the mods I did has costed me about 1400 USD in total. Considering that a taig mill is 3k min, this was a much easier pill to swallow for my needs.

More to come as I work on this.

rotund talon Mar 25, 2023, 12:46 AM

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Oh yeah @river palm for the mobo mount, you will need to cut one of the standoffs as it gets in the way of some pins

river palm Mar 25, 2023, 12:47 AM

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@rotund talon Good to know ty

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Skate's Millennium Mill v1.5 (Miku Mill)

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Why the Miku Mill?
https://i.gyazo.com/thumb/1200/45ce58574753e5079835d15e0e0dce5a-png.jpg
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/167661427862142976/1072881528910139532/7769fd60fd90d897c56d9a491ef8fda2-png.jpg

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https://tenor.com/view/miku-anime-dropkick-shopping-dropkick-my-devil-gif-26190208

Tenor

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Needless to say I'm beyond salvation

rotund talon Mar 25, 2023, 12:52 AM

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actually what’s with miku?

river palm Mar 25, 2023, 12:52 AM

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So the next step is to actually order the rest of my parts.

I will be using Polymaker ASA as they got a teal that looks amazing as well as ASA in pink

rotund talon Mar 25, 2023, 12:52 AM

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i’ve only heard of her in high school

river palm Mar 25, 2023, 12:52 AM

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It's just funny

rotund talon Mar 25, 2023, 12:52 AM

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but nth loli or waifu right

river palm Mar 25, 2023, 12:52 AM

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Do I look like a discord mod

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The teal and pink colorway is why it's getting called the Miku Mill plus the spindle cover lol

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The Prusa Miku3S never happened so this is the next best thing

rotund talon Mar 25, 2023, 12:54 AM

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yay!

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good to see it’s moving along

river palm Mar 25, 2023, 12:56 AM

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With the 2nd milo frame I guess I can make the Luka Mill a reality

stuck snow Apr 2, 2023, 3:17 PM

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@river palm what about a Prusa MiKu4 though

river palm Apr 2, 2023, 5:25 PM

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not until mk4 is actually out and i can get my hands on the parts

river palm Apr 13, 2023, 2:55 AM

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@solid remnant

solid remnant Apr 13, 2023, 2:55 AM

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This is now a collaborative project.

rotund talon Apr 13, 2023, 4:21 AM

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let the hijack begin

river palm Apr 13, 2023, 5:21 AM

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Skate and Bored Builds a Millennium Mill v1.5 (Miku Mill)

solid remnant Apr 13, 2023, 5:21 AM

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grammar

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Build

river palm Apr 13, 2023, 5:21 AM

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shut it

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i dont wanna hear it Harvard English Major

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oh you did not

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Skate and some Liberal Arts Major Build a Millennium Mill V1.5 (Miku Mill)

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there happy?

solid remnant Apr 13, 2023, 5:23 AM

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ye

river palm Apr 13, 2023, 5:23 AM

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Skate and Bored Millennium Mill V1.5 Collab (Miku Mill).

solid remnant Apr 13, 2023, 5:23 AM

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Printing commences tomorrow

solid remnant Apr 14, 2023, 6:14 AM

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I'm excellent at taking photos.

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1st part looking good though.

river palm Apr 14, 2023, 6:27 AM

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BORED I APPRECIATE YOU

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BUT I DID THE FMJ MOD

solid remnant Apr 14, 2023, 6:29 AM

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FIX IT

river palm Apr 14, 2023, 6:29 AM

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HOW

solid remnant Apr 14, 2023, 6:29 AM

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Send me exclusion list

river palm Apr 14, 2023, 6:29 AM

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ok

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umm

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don';t print hand wheels either

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i want the ones marky used lol

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you can print all of cable chain mounts right now

solid remnant Apr 14, 2023, 6:31 AM

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okay

rotund talon Apr 14, 2023, 11:40 AM

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river palm you can print all of cable chain mounts right now

he did

solid remnant Apr 14, 2023, 8:09 PM

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solid remnant Apr 15, 2023, 5:43 AM

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Get me a box

stuck snow Apr 15, 2023, 6:06 AM

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that looks so nice

spring bolt Apr 15, 2023, 6:41 AM

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solid remnant

are those surfaces ironed?

solid remnant Apr 15, 2023, 6:41 AM

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No ironing

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lighting doesn't help lol, nor my camera, nor the human using camera

spring bolt Apr 15, 2023, 6:43 AM

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but i mean from what i can see, that's some awesome print quality haha

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may i ask what speed you were printing at/ layer height and nozzle size?

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just curious

solid remnant Apr 15, 2023, 6:44 AM

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.2 lh and 0.4 nozzle diameter

stuck snow Apr 15, 2023, 6:44 AM

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faster is difficult for actual mechanical properties. Well done.

solid remnant Apr 15, 2023, 6:45 AM

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Thank you. They are on the conservative side, they turn out just as well on the speedy profile... but I wouldn't trust them for real use

spring bolt Apr 15, 2023, 6:45 AM

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what sort of printer are you using?

solid remnant Apr 15, 2023, 6:45 AM

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its an Annex K3

spring bolt Apr 15, 2023, 6:46 AM

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lmao i didn't see your name

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but 🤌 printer

solid remnant Apr 15, 2023, 6:47 AM

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Spent about 4 months doing everything meticulously

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Built right the first time thankfully

spring bolt Apr 15, 2023, 6:47 AM

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solid remnant Spent about 4 months doing everything meticulously

time well spent!

solid remnant Apr 15, 2023, 6:47 AM

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now I just wanna fulfill my orders, and print stuff for others

spring bolt Apr 15, 2023, 6:47 AM

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spring bolt time well spent!

with that sort of quality and speed

river palm Apr 15, 2023, 8:22 AM

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i was gonna print the parts myself

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but bored has the way better asa setup

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and with those prints, im glad bored is printing my parts

river palm Apr 16, 2023, 5:52 AM

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update on printed parts

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bored is now starting the pink colors

solid remnant Apr 16, 2023, 5:53 AM

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Done

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we're done printing pink

stuck snow Apr 16, 2023, 6:26 AM

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good print

oblique forge Apr 16, 2023, 7:09 AM

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Perfect print, and imagine how hard it is to model something like that. And, oh my, is it sliced nonplanarly? These layer lines definitely aren't parallel

solid remnant Apr 16, 2023, 9:33 AM

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@river palm