#Building my first 3d printer with scraps

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That sounds like an interesting project! Feel free to share the pictures and more information about your DIY 3D printer build, and I'd be happy to provide guidance or assistance.

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static oracle
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what i have so far.
1x frame with bed of a neptune 2
a lot of fans of differend sizes
2x

a metalic carrage because the carrage was destroyed.
a mosquitto clone hotend
an orbiter 2.0
a serpa ultra heavy
a fly dp5
a klicky
the original motherboard and screen of the neptune
a volcano hotend
a lot of mk8s
a lot of shitty old extruders.
acouple of fillament sensors made by elegoo

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ill need to know if some of those can be used to my project or just buy new parts

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or if its even possible to build a printer of my own

cold cargo
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im not too experienced in this though so

proper crater
cold cargo
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you could make your own printer by just getting extrusions and the belts you need

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maybe a core xy

static oracle
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i see

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@cold cargo @proper crater
any idea what should i start with? should i use this frame or make another one?

cold cargo
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bedslinger you basically have one

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just missing parts

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id say build around the size of your bed and maybe find conversions that can use it

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and find which parts u can reuse in each scenario then choose

static oracle
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i see

cold cargo
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thats what id do

proper crater
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yeah it really depends what you want

static oracle
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that makes sense. so i should use the shell of the neptune 2, i was kinda asking about this shell because its REALLY limiting you on the upgrades you can do

cold cargo
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only if you want to

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if you use the shell you have like 70% of the parts id say

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but removing the frame just lets u go to core xy etc

static oracle
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any idea what changing the frame will cost me?

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prolly alot more right?

cold cargo
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you could always print it like the t250

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but extrusions i heard are cheap itself

static oracle
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i can print the extrusions?

cold cargo
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no

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well

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some people just print frames

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you dont HAVE to use extrusions but they are pretty reasonable for price and strong as hell

static oracle
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for an x y can i use the bed also or does it have to be a different bed

cold cargo
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ive seen many core xy reuse the ender 3 bed

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should in theory work i think

static oracle
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do you belive that the core xy will be alot harder to make to an unexperienced person like me than a bedslinger?

cold cargo
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since you already have the frame for the bedslinger itll be harder either way

cold cargo
static oracle
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to be honest i wanna build a core xy but because i am unexperienced i feel like i should settle for something smaller until i gain the experience for something better

cold cargo
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do you have a working printer?

static oracle
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i have an sv06 a q1p and a couple of others

cold cargo
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oh ok

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how are u unexperienced then

static oracle
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never made my own printer before, and most i had to do for the rest ware change a hotend

cold cargo
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ah

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u meant unexperienced in that then

static oracle
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yes

cold cargo
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is q1p core xy?

static oracle
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yeah its this one

cold cargo
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im stupid lol

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then by ur use on both ur printers decide what u want

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u could even go for something different but idk much about those

proper crater
cold cargo
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lol

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but aluminum extrusions are cheap af

proper crater
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extrusions are quite cheap

cold cargo
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ye

proper crater
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you can reuse some of the ones from your Neptune if you design right

cold cargo
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its better to tell someone of all options than to gatekeep one for no reason

cold cargo
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they are so cheap id say to NOT design around that

static oracle
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the problem is that i dont have toold to drill holes and such

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and no experience at all

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i can always buy a drill but ill probably fuck it up

cold cargo
static oracle
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no sadly

cold cargo
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i mean you have all the time in the world as you have 2+ working printers

cold cargo
static oracle
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i am in europe

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we sadly dont have those here

cold cargo
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oh odd

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then thats your issue

alpine warren
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We have them but they are few and far usually

static oracle
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will it be wise for me to buy a broken down tronxy 600x600 and just use that as base?

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or it would still be better to make my own

cold cargo
static oracle
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does ali express have frame kits ready? with holes and everything?

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ill check

cold cargo
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unsure youd have to look

static oracle
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they only sell frames for something named VZBOT

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i dont think that this is gonna work as those frame sets are 100 bucks and they are not a part of a well known printer that would be documented

cold cargo
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if u go core XY itll prob be a custom build

static oracle
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i really wanna stick with something that is well documented

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should i go for the voron 2.4?

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but wont that be super expensive to finish?

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i heard those printers go for like 2k

cold cargo
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for that ur gonna have to ask someone more experienced

static oracle
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ok, i think we started this kinda wrong XD

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i think i should have started by asking a well documented build that is compatable with some of the parts i have to save some money

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and go from there

cold cargo
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i mean

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extruder should be fine to reuse
motherboard i think fine
fans are all fine, could make double fan build

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if you got the parts for free then could sell them and get parts for the build but idk

static oracle
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i live in bulgaria and people dont really care for printers, its practically imposible to sell parts here

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but i can always buy new ones 😄

cold cargo
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fair

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did u buy all of the parts tho or get for free out of curiousity

static oracle
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I bought them a long time ago

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Never found a use for them