Troodon Mini a "95% preassembled" Voron Clone

[echo cipher]

Ordered it on the 10th. Still waiting for it to get shipped.

[tender dawn]

since when is there a troodon mini, could you link me? found it, its just not listed under the drop down

[gloomy heron]

https://www.formbot3d.com/products/troodon-20-mini-250mm-pre-assembled-corexy-3d-printer-with-stealthburner-extruder-tap-leveling-sensor?VariantsId=11078

[tender dawn]

nice

they should make a troodon 300mm

350mm is too large for anywhere in my typical london home which is the size of two shoeboxes stacked on top of each other

[echo cipher]

250 is bigger than my sv06

[gloomy heron]

yeah its not very mini

just smaller than the 350mm troodon

[tender dawn]

I think it would be cheaper if I ordered from China

[echo cipher]

It was cheaper from the us one for me because free shipping

[gloomy heron]

I wish their site allowed me to order in CAD

ima have to order my kit off aliexpress

[echo cipher]

Ended up $100 cheaper than doing the one from China

[tender dawn]

we're not in the EU anymore so

the design isn't very human

[echo cipher]

Another day of waiting

https://tenor.com/view/scott-pilgrim-waiting-gif-8866455659881895995

[tender dawn]

email them

[echo cipher]

End of day update:

Sent them an email, haven't got a response.

[echo cipher]

Suprise update:

Hopefully it'll get shipped out Monday.

[tender dawn]

ver nice

think I might grab one as well

[echo cipher]

Hopefully yours will ship faster

[echo cipher]

[tender dawn]

@alpine geyser

[alpine geyser]

ayy, mini legend

I expect pics when they arrive

[gloomy heron]

thats actually a great price

thats cheaper than a 2.4 kit

[tender dawn]

ye its insane

[echo cipher]

Mine was only $650. Was shipping more local to you more expensive?

[tender dawn]

I had to buy it from the CN warehouse

because I'm from the UK

and we're no longer in the EU, so its not economical for me to buy from the Czech warehouse

[echo cipher]

Ah dang

[tender dawn]

any updates on yours?

also

found out you could've messaged them and asked them to fit a Dragon HF

tho I think that'll have to be from CN warehouse

[echo cipher]

FedEx has it and it should be here Saturday

[tender dawn]

fedex delivers on saturday?

must be national fedex, I don't think fedex express ships on sat?

[echo cipher]

Just USA things

FedEx delivers 7 days a week here.

[alpine geyser]

Lovely, both of you will get your machines before I get a reply for a refund on my sv06+

[gloomy heron]

whats wrong with your sv06+?

[alpine geyser]

Very shortly, bad mobo and extruder, and I dont want a replacement since its my 2nd dead sovol

[gloomy heron]

from amazon or their site

[robust shore]

this looks dope. why didnt i get this one instead of my mk4 kit?

[gloomy heron]

dont be fooled

its pre assembled but it will 100 percent require more work than a mk4

to print flawlessly

[robust shore]

but it's cheaper, bigger, faster

[robust shore]

whats not to like?

[gloomy heron]

mk4 is like perfect out of the box

this thing will not be

[robust shore]

it was like 5000 parts out of the box 😭

[gloomy heron]

my bad

once you build it

[tender dawn]

yea idk

I’m not sure what evidence you’re going based off of @gloomy heron

[gloomy heron]

videos ive watched of the troodon

[tender dawn]

remember

he got a mk4 kit

troodon requires less assembly time than a mk4 kit would

[robust shore]

been easily busy for 16h, maybe more. Wasn't difficult but took quite a bit of time.

[echo cipher]

@robust shore preassembled doesn't mean much either. There's still a lot of assembly involved.

[echo cipher]

Didn't see the rest of the chat. An Mk4 kit would defo be more involved.

[echo cipher]

@tender dawn https://teamgloomy.github.io/troodon_v2_assembly.html This guide is better than the one they provide

[alpine geyser]

Site, paid thru paypal and I opened a dispute there

[alpine geyser]

They said that one and the one from tinymachines

[echo cipher]

What

[tender dawn]

@alpine geyser @echo cipher

Update

they’ve upgraded me to Troodon Pro for free

[alpine geyser]

This one

[alpine geyser]

Damn, wasnt that most of the mods u wanted to do anyway?

[tender dawn]

pretty much yeah

[alpine geyser]

Lovely

Doesnt say anything at all about it on their website

[tender dawn]

Yeah I think you have to place the order and ask for it

[tender dawn]

I assume they’ll use BTT Pi

But I may just copy their printer.cfg and install my Pi 5

[alpine geyser]

When's your arriving again? And how's your progressing @echo cipher

[echo cipher]

That's fucked

Oh wait the only real difference is the screen and klipper

[echo cipher]

Mine won't be here until Saturday and I probably won't work on it until Tuesday.

Dw I made this thread to post build pictures. Shipping has just been the experience so far

[alpine geyser]

it's turning into an all troodon thread and I'm all for it

[alpine geyser]

what about input shaping/bed leveling and sensor thing they listed

[echo cipher]

Yeah, mines going to have a SB and Tap

[alpine geyser]

in any case, that's good?

[echo cipher]

Yes?

I don't really care about the changes if it's just Klipperizing.

I can do that with my Klipper laptop. Don't really know why I would need a touchscreen in that case either. I just control everything from mainsail.

[gloomy heron]

yeah that was a mistake

amazon is so much easier

[tender dawn]

he’s from Croatia

Amazon will bumboclart him tryna order from there

[alpine geyser]

my first one was from amazon and it died, had to return it

[tender dawn]

it’s better to buy a printer that you don’t have to play QC lottery with…

[gloomy heron]

no way there are that many bad ones

i couldnt have gotten that lucky

[tender dawn]

yes you did

I’ve had 6 bad ones

@alpine geyser has had two

we’re just looking for a good solution at this point lol

[gloomy heron]

technically mine wasnt great

everything works but the bed is extremely warped

[alpine geyser]

amazon was over 100 euros more expensive for the sv06+

[gloomy heron]

you can see the variation with your eyes

its like 1.7mm from one end to the other

[alpine geyser]

I figured I wouldnt be that unlucky to get a bad one the second time

and I paid with paypal so I had that safety net at least

[echo cipher]

My SV06 has been great

Bought it directly from them

[gloomy heron]

bought mine from amazon and its amazing

[echo cipher]

Silicone mod fixed the biggest issue. My inductive probe is dead now, but that's mostly my fault.

[gloomy heron]

i need silicone tubing

[alpine geyser]

you won the QC lottery 😄

[echo cipher]

Nah you just lost

[alpine geyser]

and I'm still sour 😦

[subtle sonnet]

i managed to fit one somehow lol

who needs furniture

[echo cipher]

Just use it as an end table

[alpine geyser]

Well, as long as it gets there before tuesday its fine, right? U had no time for it before then anyway

On my end, it looks like sovol may actually not reply to the return request on paypal at all

[tender dawn]

typical ShitEx

[echo cipher]

It makes sense it got delayed at least. We've been having a gnarly winter.

[echo cipher]

Should be here tomorrow. Some of the stuff I'll need got delayed from Amazon too. Weather really backed shit up. I'll probably work on assembling it this coming weekend.

[echo cipher]

It has arrived

[echo cipher]

I'm assuming the extrusions are in the bottom of the box.

[gloomy heron]

id say thats like 75 percent preassembled not 95

[echo cipher]

Yeah, at least the xy is already put together

Rn I'm doing the z belts and it's pretty easy

[tender dawn]

@echo cipher How much did it cost ya?

[echo cipher]

650

[tender dawn]

noice

so it's basically a pre assembled 250 2.4?

anything special or not special about it?

[echo cipher]

I got it from the US (domestic for me) but I think they shipped it from China to the US warehouse considering how long it took. Saved me on shipping at least. The China list price was lower, but after shipping it was like 720.

Yeah, lazy mode 2.4

Rep Rap Firmware by default

[tender dawn]

ah

interesting

[echo cipher]

More sheet metal less printed parts

Hopefully that will be a pro and not a con

[tender dawn]

cool

[echo cipher]

Having Tap will probably be nice too

[tender dawn]

ehh, i don't really like tap

even with cnc tap, input shaping results leave a bit to be desired

[echo cipher]

It does come pre-drilled for klicky

[echo cipher]

Back panel on, looks weird because I used the android magic eraser to keep me mostly out of it.

[echo cipher]

Just the side panels. Panels are tedious as shit

Realized I put the wrong foam on the back panel, luckily there was still enough for the front

[echo cipher]

One more wall, then the roof

[echo cipher]

Didn't use any of the 1mm foam in the end

[alpine geyser]

well, didnt expect seeing this when I wake up lol

u fully done?

[echo cipher]

Assembly ya

Not sure what this is for though

Oh it might be tool to take off the extruder

Mmm fingerprints

[alpine geyser]

u gonna hit a print on it?

[echo cipher]

No, having issues. Need to wait until I can grease the bearings as well

[tender dawn]

ver nice assembly

yes, I forgot, I should get some grease or w/e

I think it comes with some but I just need a syringe

[alpine geyser]

Meh, just use pig fat, it works

Justslavicthings

[alpine geyser]

What sorts of issues?

[echo cipher]

Looks like the header is broken

I was able to get it plugged in, but I'm probably going to bug formbot for a replacement. That's a pain in the ass motor to get to.

[echo cipher]

Bent it back into place and now it seems fine

Now I need to figure out why I'm getting a thermistor fault on my hotend

@tender dawn when you get your save the rrf config.g and share it here please.

[alpine geyser]

That's an oof, sounds like my sovol experience with the printers arriving outright broken 😦

[tender dawn]

mines coming with klipper

I’m getting the troodon pro mini

[echo cipher]

Fack

The gloomy configs are all for the 350

[alpine geyser]

What's with your sv06? Asking cause of the hammers in your name

[echo cipher]

I stripped the heatblock

[alpine geyser]

Ah, rip

[tender dawn]

u could always just configure it no?

im ngl configuring rrf looks like a PITA.

I prefer klipper conf, but I prefer the mentality RRF has

[echo cipher]

I just used their and adjusted the dimensions

[robust shore]

doesn't sound quite as nice as they make it sound on the website.

[echo cipher]

Assembly wasn't bad, just having other issues

[echo cipher]

Figured it out

I was misled to believe the SB had a pt1000

[ivory falcon]

Potentially gonna sell my SV06. Spend money on a troodon if possible.

[alpine geyser]

Time?

[echo cipher]

It was like 40 mins or something, wasn't going for speed.

Just seeing what the Orca defaul profile with no additional tuning would produce.

[alpine geyser]

Sure, sounds good, just that minor stringing, which I'm sure you'll be able to get rid of

[tender dawn]

good idea

[echo cipher]

@tender dawn When you get yours remove the bottom panel and inspects all the wiring. One of the JST connectors on a motor was broken on mine. I think they're going to send me a replacement, and I was able to still plug the cable in to see if everything else worked.

The bottom has 2 separate panels, an acrylic panel which is mounted to the bottom metal panel. Remove the bottom panel to check.

Be careful though, the PSU is mounted to the removeable panel making it kind of annoying to remove

[tender dawn]

Cheers man

[echo cipher]

Nice, they're sending me a new motor

[alpine geyser]

hopefully it wont take forever for it to arrive

[echo cipher]

My printer is working fine atm, just dont want there to be a broken thing in it

[alpine geyser]

makes sense, ofcourse

and you have a spare motor as well then

[alpine geyser]

did you print anything else since?

[echo cipher]

Yeah, just business as usual now.

Got the input shaping mostly tuned and printed some gridfinity things with it

[alpine geyser]

send some pics once u do some regular printing stuff if possible :D?

[echo cipher]

RN I'm using shitty filament to refine a book holder design for an upcoming market. If it's not obvious left to right are the versions.

Top surface needs to be tuned a littlbit

[tender dawn]

Mine is coming next Tuesday

[devout yew]

So you pretty much just asked them about upgrades and they gave up an upgraded screen and preinstalled klipper for free?

I just read through the thread and saw that

[tender dawn]

Preeeeeetty much

I can talk you through it more in DMs

[tender dawn]

^

[devout yew]

It’ll be a while out before I can buy one but I’ll definitely ask you about it later

[tender dawn]

Np

[echo cipher]

@tender dawn