🖨 3D printing

[late trench]

A thread for those who have interest in 3D printing, 3D design, electronic work, soldering, etc

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⚙ Engineering workshop

🛠 Engineering workshop

⚒ Engineering workshop

trying to find an emoji that actually works lol

WAIT

🛠 Engineering workshop

[late trench]

will post introduction soon

[lapis lodge]

is this taffo's blog

[late trench]

shush will get around to it soon

had shit prepared then so much stuff came up

[late trench]

So this one @lapis lodge is the one i'm talking about

it's called a voron trident

prints stupidly quick and with higher strength materials like ABS/ASA

[lapis lodge]

that looks crazy cool

[late trench]

this one is my second one, called a voron trident. it was more custom by me i'd say

it also prints higher strength materials and has an enclosure that clips into it, and has heating equipment to work with even stronger/more demanding materials like polycarbonate

[late trench]

for starting, you definitely do NOT need machines of this category, these are probably $800-1000 & $1500 each

cheaper machines do very well, like $200 ones, but they typically are suited towards printing PLA which is a weaker material but still prints well

PLA is probably the most common used materials and is very easy to print, and you do not need expensive hardware to print it with

$200 printers can print PLA just as good as these machines can

[lapis lodge]

Yeah, i wasnt thinking of anything super expensive. Probably just like a small printer, and then as time goes on i work up the tier list

[late trench]

i personally started off with a $200 one and learned it.
these machines can do it too, but maybe a bit quicker at the same quality

but same end result

[feral cloak]

Cool

[lucid bison]

@late trench is this thread for all types of engineering shit

[late trench]

yeah i guess

if there is a significant disparity between topics we could split them up, but as for now we will just keep it in one place as to at least have some form of activity

[lucid bison]

thats neat

[late trench]

updated 29/4/2025

3d printing channel waoooo

[tame wharf]

oh baller

that’s convenient timing

#qs-fan-creations message

[lucid bison]

Would astronautical engineering designs fall under this orrr

[late trench]

yep

[lucid bison]

great

[tame wharf]

(laser cutting and woodworking)

[late trench]

so im aware this might not be popular but i wanted to see how it goes

[lucid bison]

ig ill spam this thread with my designs whenever i actually GET to making them (im going to kms)

[tame wharf]

so true

[grave hemlock]

wish i got images from my e guitars electrics after soldering new parts, unfortunately didn't took any as i was working together with my father on it

searching for suitable parts and repairing it was actually quite easy

[late trench]

what soldering iron do you have?

[grave hemlock]

an old one from my father, so yeah need to buy a new one for myself

[late trench]

was thinking for things like that you'd need a powerful iron or something

[late trench]

do you solder often? i couuuld recommend a few

[grave hemlock]

not really, but since there are now 2 hobbies where soldering can be useful i might consider getting into

[late trench]

what are those hobbies? guitar and anything else?

[grave hemlock]

computers as well

but atm i'd rather don't do microsoldering

[late trench]

yeah, its a bit annoying to do microsoldering

and for microsoldering you often need hot air stations and stuff, it's a pain to get into

microscopes too

[grave hemlock]

like i could fix the broken microphone jack from my old laptop and sell it for a good price

i mean i will get a good price anyway due to the nvidia but yea

[late trench]

sounds good

but before repairing any valuable electronics, practice first on scrap things, i cannot stress this enough for others

you need practice because it can be very easy to burn off solder pads, and boards have different tolerances for heat

[grave hemlock]

only thing stopping me is the emotional bondage, as it was my first device bought from my own money

[late trench]

if in any slight doubt of your own repair abilities of fixing something valuable, my advice is to 100% not risk it

[grave hemlock]

yea

[late trench]

but yeah although researching and stuff will be helpful, the best way to learn it is to do it

and from scrap boards

it might seem easy to do because "just wait till metal gets molten and pull off" but there's many factors, like solder pad damage, overheating the board, burning flux, etc

this is one thing that i struggled with and ruined boards with

i know i probably sound a bit over the top but yeah you deffo dont want to be doing that with good boards

as for soldering irons, i recommend ones with active temperature control and regulation, ensures you get good temperatures and dont overheat things

i myself have a tilswall one, but it's getting a bit old and broken so i'm opting for a "pinecil", probably both cost me around $30 equivalent each

[late trench]

Put a clear case on my soldering iron

miles better

[warm swan]

bruh my engineering teacher literally needed to teach the class how to use calipers wth

[late trench]

manual ones yes you need to learn them

[warm swan]

really? I already knew how and thought it was mostly general knowledge

[sudden linden]

SOLDERING

I genuinely love soldering

I made a light once

A solar powered light

[sudden linden]

Yeah thats rlly nice

[sudden linden]

I burnt a motherboard once 💀

[late trench]

guuuuuuuh

[sudden linden]

😭

[late trench]

doing this today

need a new connector for my PC's rgb

[late trench]

woo

opted for jst sm connector due to locking capability and i cannot be bothered to use molex right now

Some pics of probably my most annoying board repair yet, Xbox controller capacitor explosion

[sudden linden]

Ack

[late trench]

made an led mount for my pc

[late trench]

Printing ASA parts for stuff

Needs to be strong

Also ASA is better than ABS imo

[languid dagger]

yo, are you able to put sneak peeks on computer builds here?

[late trench]

technology thread is best for that imo

[languid dagger]

ok

[sudden linden]

@late trench I've been soldering all day

I nearly have a circuit finished

Sadly I can't get a pic

I've been soldering and gluing and cutting and drilling 😭

I wanna buy a soldering iron any suggestions?

[sudden linden]

(yes, I was doing a school project)

[late trench]

Me too, gotta repair a stick drifting Xbox for someone

[sudden linden]

dang

[late trench]

I put a new potentiometer in but it sucks

[sudden linden]

😭

Man I love soldering

I could do it forever

[late trench]

Me too, what soldering iron you got

[sudden linden]

I used the school one

[sudden linden]

^

[late trench]

I have a pinecil V2 and it's great

[sudden linden]

Funny thing is when I started soldering I destroyed a soldering iron

Cuz the school ones are corded

I melted the cord 💀

[sudden linden]

How much?

[sudden linden]

Oh that's sick

It's wireless too 😭😭

[late trench]

probs 30-40 dollars

[sudden linden]

Oh that's cheap

[late trench]

but you need a power supply for it

and tips are like $5 each

[late trench]

no it's not

still needs power source

mine is 65w over usbc

[sudden linden]

oh

how much are they

[late trench]

$15?

[sudden linden]

oh easy

DAMN IT'S NOT SOLD AT MY LOCAL DIY STORE

[late trench]

needs to support PD for higher wattage

[sudden linden]

I'll just order it

[late trench]

yeah you can only buy on their store

[sudden linden]

So you plug it in and solder away?

[late trench]

there are other options but that's what I like

[sudden linden]

Ah

[late trench]

yes

[sudden linden]

Afk I got dinner

[late trench]

when i put it down it goes to a sleep temperature

then when i pick it up it goes full temp again

[sudden linden]

Back

[sudden linden]

That's sick

[sudden linden]

It seems like a really high quality iron

Idk what I should make

[sudden linden]

@late trench found this YouTube shorts ad do you think it's a scam

https://youtube.com/shorts/N3J1YYrHAzI?si=Oh5izKOI99WQNh0o

[late trench]

I wouldn't go for any wireless one

Good consistent power input is a requirement

[sudden linden]

Alr

[lapis lodge]

does anyone have any knowledge of how an arcus proteus xes board works

[late trench]

stepper motor driver?

[lapis lodge]

yeah

[late trench]

gonna start a super secret engineering/design project

will drop hints and you guys have to guess

first, mechanical tracked eyes

[sudden linden]

Smh

[late trench]

🐟

[late trench]

Gotta do tests between servos, servo actuators and stepper motors

I love my steppers but they're pretty heavy and require constant power even when holding

I do have stepper drivers capable of stealthchop modulation but it can't be heavy

Probs servo actuators or modified regular servos

[late trench]

(discarded as not low profile enough)

Started assembly of it

rough idea and measurements but will fine tune

you can actually 3d print linear rod bearings, metal on plastic is pretty smooth

[late trench]

part of the mechanical eye assembly, will probably convert from rods to rails to slim it down

also been trying to find some decent slim servo actuators and i really don't want to use steppers, although i have tons

just not suitable for this

[late trench]

I think I found super tiny linear rails, this project IS HAPPENING

gonna be belt driven so i can move the motor elsewhere and less chance of binding

mgn3 rails to the rescue, i dont think i have any left

[late trench]

some fucking GOOBER forgot to clean off flux (me) so it corroded a pad and fell off but i improvised

[late trench]

ignore it being wet that's just isopropyl

[sudden linden]

[late trench]

so for this it didn't take me long to realise that rods are bulky and heavy and this shit needs to be as slim as possible

will use tiny rails like mgn3 and maybe belts and it'll make it very flat

[late trench]

slimmer prototype

[sudden linden]

https://youtube.com/shorts/AaInrYKgPcM?si=Ui10gskzwifO8iu5

[sudden linden]

Ooh

[late trench]

gonna be good but i need to keep it slim while being actuated

so will probs do timing belt and servo/stepper oriented to the side

steppers, although i massively prefer them, are bulky and require constant power

[sudden linden]

Yeah

[late trench]

ah yes

[sudden linden]

Hm

[languid dagger]

im excited

[languid dagger]

yessir

[late trench]

printing something for the first time in a century

[languid dagger]

what printer is that

[late trench]

Voron trident 250mm

[languid dagger]

oh nice

[late trench]

I have a Voron switchwire but in parts right now

[languid dagger]

ah

you ever heard of ultimaker?

[late trench]

Yep

[languid dagger]

oh nice

[late trench]

I like my Voron because it levels its own bed and calibrates offsets

[languid dagger]

ah

[late trench]

like actual levelling not just compensation

[languid dagger]

the most recent 3d printer i got was a ultimaker 2 (the travel version)

[late trench]

Has a little magnetic probing tool it picks up at the back when needed

Nice

[languid dagger]

but it's an old printer

but it still gets the job done

[late trench]

this is my other one

[languid dagger]

nice

[late trench]

it uses corexz so no leadscrews, all belts. very quick up/down movements

[late trench]

yeah I'll be honest that's what mine are at this point

i don't have the time to fully fix them up

I've kinda lost interest

[languid dagger]

ah

[late trench]

Nicee

looks better than mine which is in a mess

[languid dagger]

oh lol

[late trench]

it's supposed to look like this but hey

[languid dagger]

ik

[late trench]

Pog

do you 3d print much then

[languid dagger]

yeah, i'm 3d printing a pencil case

[late trench]

pretty good

trying out a 0.8mm nozzle

had to slow it down a bit because i haven't tested maximum volumetric flow rate yet

[languid dagger]

ah

[late trench]

might redo this goober

like yeah it looks good but it's annoying to disassemble/swap things because of the wires ziptied together

wiring is better here, actually modular

it's alive

[late trench]

cleaned up wires

almost

[late trench]

the grease dried up too much

[late trench]

it be printing for once

[late trench]

automatic offset calibrations

taps the points on the bed to level it and find the shape
taps the nozzle and probe against that switch to find distance between
perfect layers every time

i had to source all the parts for this printer from so many random Chinese vendors 😭 hell to make

[sudden linden]

I am doing petrol engines this year

and working on a car

So awesome

[late trench]

pog

[empty otter]

im a woodworker

[late trench]

we like wood

[charred jay]

In printing using tpu and i can't find the tube i need for the external spool

[sudden linden]

g

[late trench]

hello

[late trench]

guh?

[charred jay]

The ams can't handle tpu

Well normal tpu

They sell stiffer tpu for the ams

Its 38 dollars

[late trench]

I mean you can probs bypass ams if that's the only material you use

[charred jay]

I know, it has a external spool holder, but i lost the tube that connects the spool to the extruder

[late trench]

earthquake generator

[late trench]

🛠 3D printing

Changed to 3d printing, other topics can have their own threads

Kinda dead otherwise

[empty otter]

thank god now i have a place to be

my school has a v3 SE, thought i'd go for a higher end model

got a killer deal on the filament too

[late trench]

yeah this always included 3d printing but it wasn't that clear

[late trench]

nice

tis ok price for filament

[late trench]

I need to build a printer out of this

[empty otter]

found smth that would dehydrate my filament

[late trench]

got some parts coming for my printer

bunch of noctuas, dragon heatbreak, mosfets, 350w 24v PSU, etc

[empty otter]

ooh nice

i decided to pick up a nice kilo spool of elegoo silk pla today

crealtity gave me ALL WHITE with my bundle and i was not gonna take that

[late trench]

pics

[empty otter]

this is the color i got

arriving overnight which is surprising

i'll take it out of the box tmrw tho

[late trench]

SMOL FAN

[late trench]

looks good

[empty otter]

maybe ill print a 2-part thing

1 in the two-color filament

1 in the white pla

[empty otter]

is glue really worth using

i know my k1 comes with some but i wonder

[late trench]

bed glue?

if im printing pla on textured pei then yes because it hates it

[empty otter]

built a cost-effective filament dehydrator because im not buying a space pi

[empty otter]

at max it should do 3-4 spools maybe

its pretty much a convection oven

think my model goes 70c fixed

hope thats not too much

70c for 3hrs i think

yea

[late trench]

yeah uh do NOT do that for pla

it softens at 60

🤣

[empty otter]

ruh roh

well its been used for a few years so its prolly lower

so its been cooked down to 60c

and the pla? well i checked, it seems like it has factory stuff (itll release tension i think it has when unspooling) so my method is ok

[empty otter]

kay so i fixed my schools ender 3

its printing really well

[empty otter]

some stringing, had to lower z offset BUT it printed very very well

it passed my personal test and it is in full operation

[west wolf]

Right now i have a Ender 3 Max Neo as my starter printer and i want to get a new 3d printer as a nicer one that is easier to use/more accurate/more filament support. can anyone give me some recommendations? my budget is 1,000ish USD. 1500 at most but thats pushing it. I want something that supports OctoPrint, I'm getting into EE stuff so actual general fabrication of parts of things i want to design is my main usecase. Maybe Pew Pews too but i doubt 3D2A is something i can talk about here.

One of the main EE things i want to get into is robotics.

[late trench]

someone sent me parts

[late trench]

I mean bambu is an option, perhaps prusa core one or xl

those are big brands with minimal configuration needed and stuff

for that price you want those good brand names

there are other printers like vorons which you generally can't buy as they are fully custom
but you need a lot of experience in electronics and 3d printing
i have two now for some reason

depends on experience and how customisable you want it to be

got my printer better working

so it wasn't calibrating z offset very well but it's doing it better now

means i can switch plates and stuff and not have to change any settings, it'll detect plate thickness

printing in ASA rather than abs because yes

need to rewire the lighting so that's why a wire is hanging out but it prints fine

[west wolf]

I saw on YouTube that Bambu is locking a bunch of stuff down and making it so you can only use their software.

I’ll look at prusa

[late trench]

oh yeah that is a thing

[late trench]

chinese/cheaper printers can do just as well but usually they take significantly more knowledge and time to get printing well

[late trench]

i have a load of carbon fibre nylon printed parts now

[charred jay]

I also just learned that each spool has a serial number

https://cdn.eilioimacat.xyz/u/zz3sFn.png

they could do something stupid with this, doubt they would

at that point someone would most likely just make a custom firmware I guess

[late trench]

yeah this was a concern when it was announced

but it's for filament auto detection

[charred jay]

I know

its useful

[late trench]

i think they'd have a pretty big lawsuit if they suddenly switched it

[charred jay]

they are nfc tags apartenly, I can scan them with my phone

[late trench]

yes

[charred jay]

pretty sure they are encyrpted though

[late trench]

currently making one of these again

a new hotend mount

because the one it has sucks

but printing it in ASA

needs 60c air though otherwise it warps

my other printer could heat the air past 70c but it'd would start deforming if too much

[charred jay]

atleast they give you spare parts and maintenance manuals

[late trench]

yuh

[charred jay]

https://cdn.eilioimacat.xyz/u/C7BPmB.png are they rfid?

are they both or something

[late trench]

nfc is part of rfid

RFID tech

[charred jay]

https://cdn.eilioimacat.xyz/u/ereGo0.png well the chip uses that and nfc uses that so im assuming its nfc

the ams lite has the same chip

[late trench]

🐟

im too tired for this sheet

[charred jay]

heres the mainboard for the ams lite I guess

https://cdn.eilioimacat.xyz/u/Sa6X8F.png uses arm

[late trench]

idk what that chip is but it's probably a multi use programmable one

[charred jay]

https://cdn.eilioimacat.xyz/u/seFg7t.png theres laso this

[late trench]

wtf

[charred jay]

this is if you need to get a new mainboard for the a1

[late trench]

[charred jay]

https://cdn.eilioimacat.xyz/u/MimLTy.png im guessing maybe its so the sn for the printer can be programmed onto the mainboard idk

[late trench]

i will stick with "manual" printers and use klipper forever it seems

[charred jay]

I honestly dont know how you buy a new mainboard, you may have to go through customer support if your broke

you can buy other parts though

also the printhead uses a usbc cable

[late trench]

hit 61c in chamber for first time lolol

[ashen lake]

🖨 3D printing

[late trench]

building the next one

@ashen lake changing my thread name? admin abuse. reported banned removed blacklisted reported to apollo

it's alive

JET ENGINE

[late trench]

a 3d printer from someone i know

real time video btw

[languid dagger]

3d printing extra spool holders for my ultimaker 2 go

[empty otter]

got my k1 today, the bency turned out REALLY well

the cooling system is perfect

[late trench]

i was gonna say bitch that ain't no ultimaker

[languid dagger]

no the white printer is a ultimaker

[charred jay]

I put a maxwell on mine lol(on the printhead)

[late trench]

hotend died (left) while i wait for parts to repair it i will use the dragon again (right)

[charred jay]

https://cdn.eilioimacat.xyz/u/7u4zMr.png so this exists in bambu studio(and im assuming it exists in whats its based on)

[late trench]

whar

[charred jay]

I have no idea

https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/software/bambu-studio/parameter/fuzzy-skin oh ok

[charred jay]

Maxwell

[late trench]

maxwell

spent most of today building this thing

gonna have to put the dragon hotend into it

printed in ASA

[empty otter]

some guy made this setting vaporize layer lines

i suggest checking that out

[late trench]

eeeeh

not really

it does but it shouldn't be substituted as a replacement for tuning

[late trench]

ok the dragon is alive

phaetus dragon hf

need to calibrate it though

parts for my rapido will take a month to arrive from china probs

[late trench]

earthquake generator

[late trench]

more parts

[empty otter]

i got a proper filament dryer

[late trench]

which

[late trench]

Ok so the guys sent me a beacon module, no more magnetic bed probe

[empty otter]

creality filament dry box 2.0

didnt get a space pi bcs it was 10$ more expensive

[late trench]

If it's good lmk

My current one sucks

[empty otter]

its pretty good

simple to use and such

only worry that i have is that i think it doesnt exactly want to let existing moisture leave, but that requires further testing

otherwise its really good, feeds easily

[empty otter]

decided to get 2 spare build plates

little fun fact

my school has an old, broken, non-functional stratasys printer

iirc it does multicolor which wouldve been so cool and dedicated chamber heating

[late trench]

Holy shit might have just solved 2 years of vfa issues

LMAO

The extrusions were cut wrong

gotta rebuild it now to alleviate the differences

[empty otter]

got one of the plates and my monitoring camera

[late trench]

niceee

is it a wide angle one

[late trench]

bro those are decent

depends on model but stratasys is good

[empty otter]

not too sure

it gets a decent range of the bed

[empty otter]

yea it had really cool stuff

this is the one we had

[empty otter]

got a timelapse

[late trench]

wao

[late trench]

waiting for this shit to calibrate

[empty otter]

decided to print a uhhh

new toolhead for my k1

reason: wanted some extra touch to my printer, stock is boring

and im p. sure it'll make it have the refraction on the front surface

[empty otter]

printed it

looks sick asf

[late trench]

got some ppscf parts, shit costs probs 200 dollars a kilo of filament

pog

[late trench]

new bed plate with some special adhesive

surface scanner which i bought off a friend but it has like half the stuff needed
need to piece together stuff

[late trench]

back to orange

[late trench]

woo

[charred jay]

That be a 3d print

[cold pond]

heyo

[late trench]

so you ask what software you'll need

you'll need a "slicer", this converts 3d objects into machine instructions

I recommend orca slicer

[cold pond]

hm okay

and what can you use to make 3d objects?

just something simple like blender?

or is it a specific program

[late trench]

yeah, or use online print libraries like printables.com, thingiverse, etc

[cold pond]

ohhh alright

[late trench]

i use fusion360 for mechanical parts and blender for artistic/abstract parts

[cold pond]

so you can just download objects, and paste them into the “slicer” ?

and then print

[late trench]

yes

[cold pond]

okay thats really simple

wow

[late trench]

but I'm not sure if ender has WiFi, so you'll probably need to move it to an SD card

[cold pond]

it does have an SD slot

[late trench]

but honestly shoulda gone bambu in my opinion because it cuts out a lot of calibrations and requires minimal knowledge

but yeah it'll work

[cold pond]

only question is

is there an sd slot in my laptop

lol

nvm there is

nice

alright well thats no problem then, i can easily find an sd card somewhere

or buy one

[late trench]

it might come with a usb adapter

let me check

not sure, doesn't say, just assume no i guess

[late trench]

yes but after hell of fixing this printer

it needs to be remade

already started remaking it

been out of commission for 2 years maybe and cost me $1500 equivalent idk

i have to solder the surface scanner together

[late trench]

ok no i think it comes with a basic sd card but as for the usb reader idk

[cold pond]

hm okay

[late trench]

if you have a raspberry pi you can plug it into your printer and run "octoprint" which allows you to send files over wifi

[cold pond]

hm okay

i dont have a raspberry pi, wanted to ask one for my birthday but

i asked a 3d printer instead

mainly for my arduino projects and other electrical things

but im also gonna use it to experiment with some things

like printing tools, etc

[charred jay]

Pretty useful little things

[cold pond]

yeah i know

but i dont have the money

[charred jay]

One lives here

[charred jay]

You can get a zero for like 15 dollars

And a 4 for i think like 35

Which is the one I have

This is usd

No 4 for 45

[cold pond]

zero is 25 euros here

30 including shipping

[charred jay]

Oh

[cold pond]

and thats without pins

its like 40 with header pins

and delivery is 3 weeks

[late trench]

imo don't get zero

at least zero 2

[charred jay]

What i ment

That's 14

15

[late trench]

zero 2 handles high speed printing and multi MCU management very well

it's still going

i don't have any pla filament

only abs or asa i think

this trident has a pi 4b 2gb in it so im happy with that lol

[charred jay]

How is the pi hooked up to it

[late trench]

its in its electronics bay

hooked up to an mcu and a utoc which converts to canbus

[charred jay]

I just got a notication that just said "it's in e"

[charred jay]

Oh ok

[late trench]

the utoc is the thin board and connects to the toolhead board using canbus

oh and it gets its 5v supply from the octopus board which is powered by the 24v psu

[late trench]

more printer parts for the printer it was printed on

[empty otter]

my print failed and the wood filament looks like SHIT

[late trench]

keep in mind wood filament is abrasive

make sure u have a good nozzle for it lolol

[empty otter]

ill prolly pick up a few hardened steel nozzles for that

thanks for the feedback

[late trench]

might need abrasive resistant heatbreak but idk what printer that is

[empty otter]

k1

has this weird unicorn nozzle bs

[late trench]

elaborate

unicorn nozzle whar

[empty otter]

basically its this weird ass "tri-metal" structure that feeds the filament quite well

no internal teflon needed with it

[late trench]

gyh

guh

"monolith" motor mounts

these things are s t r o n g

[late trench]

made the beacon surface scanner thing

[sudden linden]

I looked at these images again to show my friend the effect and realised we have a scar in the same place 💀

unless it's just a mark

[empty otter]

where lmao

[sudden linden]

Bottom of your thumb

[empty otter]

thats prolly just light

[empty otter]

Prolly a mark

[late trench]

I DID IT

rapido pt1000 edition repaired

a4t and beacon surface scanner installed

15k rpm 💀

[late trench]

yoooo

bed mesh at 350mms 💀

[late trench]

the stickeeeers

i had to order 14 DAMN PULLEYS

FOR THIS PRINTER

[sudden linden]

WHAT

[late trench]

yeaaaah 14

[sudden linden]

BROO 😭

[late trench]

few hundred shims, 20 pins, etc

[sudden linden]

Theres 3D printers in my electronics class that we're using this term

I'm excited

[late trench]

i gotta build this thing

that back area alone takes 6 pulleys

[sudden linden]

💀

What kind of amalgamation 3D printer is this

[late trench]

it's a custom build, had to search through all the chinese vendors to get the parts i needed

bolts, frame, controllers, wire rolls, panels, etc

😭

then had to make the wires and all

[sudden linden]

LMAO

[late trench]

tldr: it's a voron trident but heavily modified

[sudden linden]

modified for what bro 😭😭

are you building a car or something💀

[late trench]

idk i just put my own stuff on it

i want to change the design so its faster and more powerful

[sudden linden]

ah

[late trench]

one sec let me get image

[sudden linden]

idk I might get a printer in a few years but I'm not sure if I should do resin printing or plastic

FDM or SLA

[late trench]

It started off as this

[late trench]

Both are cool

[sudden linden]

oh

That looks clunky

[late trench]

now its currently going through a redesign so it look a bit janky but here

[sudden linden]

🔥

[late trench]

but you want to see the fun part?

the speed at which it prints

[sudden linden]

sure

[sudden linden]

Holy shit

[sudden linden]

far out

what's the mm/s on that bro

[late trench]

idk what its actually reaching but was probs set over 200mms

back then it wasnt that popular but now some consumer ones can reach that high

[sudden linden]

JESUS

[late trench]

this whole rebuild is gonna make me go even faster btw

[sudden linden]

😭

[late trench]

but yeaaaa its taking ages

waiting on china shipping

and my 14 pulleys 😭

this is my other one but its in storage atm in pieces

[sudden linden]

🔥

I actually made a shitty Roblox model of a 3D printer

I'll pull it up later

[late trench]

pog

if you need help with it lmk

or any printing related stuff

[late trench]

small improvement in resonance measurements

actually no that has to be outdated

yeah this is updated

[late trench]

hell

[void relic]

oohhhh, noice noice

[late trench]

petg?

[empty otter]

yep

[late trench]

i like it because you can change translucency depending on settings

go clear, slow, slightly overextruded for more glassy like i think

i need to order a bunch of parts tonight agggh

[empty otter]

does fan contribute to this

[late trench]

oh yea maybe that too

but not sure

[empty otter]

ill print a benchy with your suggestions

[late trench]

search it up first

im not sure what the exact settings are

also make sure its dry

[ember gulch]

my school got a bambu x1c to replace our raise 3d pro 3 thing that broke and wont work
i stg bambu has got to be the best printer company ive fucking seen so far

let me get a video of this thing

https://cdn.meemkade.com/u/88d1efb0-1e00-4003-a3a9-4fb447ddd574.mp4

their cloud software is actually suprisingly good and is like if you were accessing it locally its so fucking fast
the inital setup was amazing and it calibrates everything by itself since thats what our class needs, something thats set and forget and thats what this thing is
its worked absoutley beautifully and the only time its failed was because of operator error

it also has different speeds and putting it to ludicrious dosent even degrade quality from what ive seen

its printed literally every material weve thrown at it besides abs that failed but that was because the bed temp was only 90 instead of 110 and the abs we have is old as fuck (makerbot)

https://cdn.meemkade.com/u/ee70b48a-d6b1-4612-be76-5c5f013263ff.mp4 not only that it fucking examines the first layers with fucking lidar and tells you if the first layer is shit or not

https://cdn.meemkade.com/u/3600d67a-9f00-45b7-b8df-16f15abdde49.mp4 heres more of it printing fast

the bad video quality isnt bambu studio its my recorder (preferences)

we wanted to get the h2d but there were so many preorders or whatever that we couldnt but when we come back from school in 2 months or so were going to order one

its good we didnt get it right now anyways since it has a few flaws bambu needs to fix

this thing also exposes a ftps server for timelapse access so thats nice of bambu

our only issues with it is that the chamber dosent have enough lights but that can be fixed and also the fact it dosent have an ethernet port

the wifi in our school sucks but theres ethernet literally everywhere

even the raise3d had it

[late trench]

it is good

i'm doing some testing of other laser solutions which can hopefully be accessible on other 3d printers some day

[ember gulch]

we've been lasercutting some cuts as a final project which ill take a pic of later but we're using some really fucking old laser cutter to do so

it has this stepper motor and wheel attachment where it rotates a cup or glass and you can laser on designs

[late trench]

im printing new parts for my printer

doing flow tests now

[late trench]

might get a tiny voron v0.2 for my desk

[charred jay]

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/sites/default/files/positron-benchy-timelapse-resized.m4v I kinda wonder what the benifit of this even is

[ember gulch]

lasercutter

as you could probably hear from the background we're having issues with the cups

[charred jay]

do these printers come with a higher frame rate camera than the other ones?

[empty otter]

fan off

finished setting up my schools 3d printing and laser engraving area

printers are creality ender 3 v3 se's

[empty otter]

yea bambu is really nice

it was too expensive for me tho so i got a creality

its also very set and forget if you get a k series, hi, or latest gen ender 3 v3

except some occasional maintenance, not as easy as bambu but if you got some practical knowledge its easy

these enders are actually replacing a old broken printer

a old stratasys

[late trench]

one of my printers needs to be rebuilt

guh

[ember gulch]

i got a ender 3 V2 in 2022 because i wasn't making good decisions and i regret it

literally the opposite of set and forget

ive spent more time and money on upgrades than it's printed anything

[ember gulch]

yes

this is on my home network not local

bambu has really good servers

usually other ones update really slowly or have degraded bandwidth to save on server costs but bambu doesn't really do that

[empty otter]

shouldve waited a bit longer

the v3 lineup is pretty much there

i wouldnt consider the se set and forget tho because you gotta check on it

[empty otter]

i hope 3d printers dont like do shit like this

[charred jay]

Lol, only thing that my printer struggles with is tpu in the ams

It can't grab it correctly

[charred jay]

The a1 has a lower frame rate camera, but it works good enough to see if your print failed, and it was a listed feature so its not a surprise

[ember gulch]

i also find the filament purging in real time amusing for some reason

[ember gulch]

god i love this thing so much

ive seen like little to no quality degradence besides slight dulling of whatever filament on speeds like ludicrous

which is also really fucking useful they put speed options for mid print since we have people that need to print stuff and i can make a print finish much faster before eg period 6 ends

the original print time was like 3:14 but ludicrous got it down to 2:37

[late trench]

LMFAO the amount of pulleys for this printer rework with new parts

8 of them get combined into 4 modified "dehubbed" pulleys then the other 4 go elsewhere

[sudden linden]

Started on 3D printing at school

This is the printer

Wrong image

[sudden linden]

WHAT

[charred jay]

Nice printer

[late trench]

basically my printer kept having artifacts and i wanted to put better designed parts into it

this new system will let me run very high belt tensions

called the monolith

[late trench]

finished motors

[late trench]

more stuff

[empty otter]

neat

i havent explored a printer thats fully like

"assemble me jarvis"

id imagine it being cool asf tho

[sudden linden]

Ah

[late trench]

It looks so good

[sudden linden]

ITS DONE?

[late trench]

no

[sudden linden]

damn

still looks cool

[late trench]

waoo had to redo some parts

[late trench]

this rail is a goner

[late trench]

stripped it all down

[ember gulch]

i can smell the grease through my screen

[late trench]

i think the frame is fucked

twisted slightly

shit costs a lot

[late trench]

I gotta put this back on

[charred jay]

Im assuming that's the build plate, how much power does it use

And what voltage or does it vary

[late trench]

300w 240v ac

its a cast steel bed i think idk

[charred jay]

Does it just give it power until its at temp or Does it use pwm or something fancy

[late trench]

uses pwm, has a solid state relay for this

[charred jay]

I wonder what the bambu a1 uses, could either use a multimeter or it could be listed somewhere

[late trench]

its probably 24v

[charred jay]

Is it controlled by the pi or something

[charred jay]

I think it is

[late trench]

yeah these ones are thick metal and need a lot of damn heat lolol

it's probably 120w or something

i have an old ender 3 bed that is 130 i think

pic of underside

actually has 2 blower fans mounted to it

[charred jay]

Could measure how much power it uses but without a kill-a-watt that can be sketchy with a multimeter, and I don't have a amp clamp

[late trench]

just search up

[charred jay]

Input Voltage: 100-240 VAC, 50/60 Hz
Max Power: 1300W@220V， 350W@110V

Why is it using 1300 watts at 220v

And only 350 at 110v

Mines on 110 since well us

Well its 120v usally

@late trench isnt the voltage 230 over there or is it 220

[late trench]

240

should be around that

[charred jay]

Shouldn't the wattage be similar between voltages instead of 1300 on 220 and 350 on 110

[late trench]

yeah i dont know why its listed like that

its probably the bed drawing different amount of current due to voltage change, as in the beds are universal

it would probably be limited to 300w on 240v, but TECHNICALLY could reach 1300w

[charred jay]

The x1 has 100-240 VAC, 50/60 H, 1000W@220V, 350W@110V
So i don't think its a typo

[late trench]

yes refer to message above

[charred jay]

My internet sucks so that took a while to send lol

[late trench]

i did calculations, assuming it's a fixed resistance and not like PTC heaters, it would take quadruple the power

but there is no way it consumes that much and will be limited

[charred jay]

What is the limit for devices

Here you can pull up to 1800 watts without tripping the breaker but I think devices can only use 1500 continuously

[late trench]

wym limit for devices

[charred jay]

Like how much power can one device use

[late trench]

dunno our plug sockets can output 4000w i think

no 3000

[charred jay]

Also is this hooked up to the pi

[late trench]

no up to the mainboard

[charred jay]

Oh ok

How is the pi hooked up

[late trench]

it's the octopus, supports up to 8 motors

[late trench]

pi takes 5v from octopus, provides signal back to octopus by usb

then it uses a canbus interface to connect to the toolhead board

[charred jay]

Does the octopus take in gcode to control the motors or something

[late trench]

well it handles the motors yes not just gcode

it powers and drives them using stepper drivers

[charred jay]

Ok so the pi tells the driver board what to do

I haven't played around with this stuff lol

[late trench]

this is how it communicates with stuff

[late trench]

yeah the pi runs firmware with the board and they almost act as one, not just pi sending gcodes

I run kalico which is a fork of klipper

the pi is the host and tightly integrates connected boards

Also the octopus supports up to 4 hotends 💀

[charred jay]

Time for a printer that prints 2 parts of a print at the same time

Don't they make printers with 2 hotends?

Oh prusa makes them with up to 5

[late trench]

yes

[ember gulch]

going to start a day long print with wood infused pla

the test cubes were promising enough and the ugly layers dont matter since ill be sanding this down since its wood

im printing an extender for the ikea lack table

[late trench]

make sure you have a good nozzle for it

because wood is abrasive

needs hardened/abrasive-resistant nozzles

[ember gulch]

i noticed anything besides the default microswiss nozzle won't work on the hotend

[ember gulch]

not happy with this print quality but there's no reason to stop it now

im going to sand it down anyways

biggest issue ive had with everything is probably flow

god i just wish there was some plugin for klipper that replicates the bambu x1c's dynamic flow calibration

shits also randomly been warping for zero reason even on normal pla so i just put a brim on it since im not going to spend 4 hours looking for why it's warping

[empty otter]

@late trench any insight on this

[late trench]

Lolll

so it's covered?

I usually heat it up a bit and scrape it off but I don't really know that hotend

[empty otter]

yea its covered

keeps blobbing up, prints failing

[late trench]

I use a brass brush but eh

Sounds like something is loose and it's leaking

[empty otter]

further research, my hotend dieded

got it replaced and its working much better

apparently the old one had the issue i had

upgrade fixed it

[empty otter]

one self-check later and its produced a really damn good benchy

first one failed because well i didnt account for leveling with a brand new hotend and nozzle

[late trench]

guh

do you manual level

before i used to have automatic nozzle height calculations but now i have a "beacon" which touches the nozzle against the bed

it also does a 10x10 mesh in a few seconds

problem is that it costs $80 for a damn bed scanner but i bought it cheaper from a friend but had to repair it

[empty otter]

no

[empty otter]

printer js gave an abnormal heating error

prolly adjusting, working just fine now

yeah its stable

[late trench]

guh

did it start smoking?

probably would have for a min since it's new

residue oils

I accidentally engraved a motor

[late trench]

fixed this thing tho

[empty otter]

first extrude yea

the wiring came loose since its glued on from factory

got my hot glue gun and fixed it

[ember gulch]

forgot to post timelapse

this print sucked

did not like it

the top parts broke off because the dimensional accuracy is fucking schrodinger so i cant print any parts that rely on dimensional accurarcy

really starting to think about getting an A1 or carbon

my only issue with bambu is the fact that you cant really modify the stuff on their printers too much but there isnt even alot to modify tbf

(and the fact they didnt add an ethernet port for some reason)

[ember gulch]

this looks

very tempting

ughhhh i need a wage

[late trench]

check out h2d if ur spending that much

[late trench]

so you got klipper working

it can be hell if you're new to it, as you know

i've gone on to kalico which is danger klipper

[ember gulch]

h2d is too much for me

very nice printer but i don't know if i need that much

1.6k is already cutting it close

[ember gulch]

i did a while ago but ive been having issues with print quality and warping so just basic things

eg these lines

bad layers on this print

brim is also being weird

if i get a bambu it's most likely going to be x1c due to how set and forget it is and the fact it has so much shit that you don't need to do (eg flow calibration with lidar and etc)
the h2d would be very nice for the sheer amount of things it has but it's very expensive and idk if i actually need that

(keep in mind i still don't have a wage yet and my only source of income is my grandma and me cleaning the pool)

people also have complained about the h2d but it's mainly things firmware updates can fix which i think bambu sent one out a few days ago

one thing i wish i could do though is change the print speed
there's a print speed kinda thing on the dashboard but i noticed it dosent multiply flow correctly or other measurements like bambu does so if you ever change the multiplier there's a good chance it's going to come out looking like crap

[late trench]

squarin time

[late trench]

fuck it im selling the frame i don't like it

slightly twisted but a friend says he'll fix it up and use it

[ember gulch]

"squarin time"
gives up an hour later

[late trench]

this is like the 5th time i've tried resquaring this shit

cant resquare a bent frame

[late trench]

a found another 3d printer frame and i'll build one from that

but for this one im waiting for my friend in china to get me a new one

[late trench]

Got a bed and some tinted acrylic for enclosure

Need to think some chonky cable for the bed power

power supplies and fans located

it feels strange for once, being able to build a printer without waiting weeks for parts

[late trench]

just throwing parts at it to see how much i need to buy, so far nothing

[late trench]

decided to redesign it based off a later version

[empty otter]

my mf toolhead pcb died

found out because the heatbreak fan was fine but was saying it was brokey, and a chip on the board was very warm

[late trench]

guh

at least your toolhead board didnt nuke the rest of the printer

we ball

it's looking better

[empty otter]

ok the pcb fixed it

[feral cloak]

I think electronics go in here too I FINALLY got a 555 to work!!

I couldn't figure out for the life of me why it wouldn't work last night but turns out my power supply was bad

I've been trying to get one to work for years

Maybe it was a power supply issue the entire time

[feral cloak]

Hooked it up to a relay now

[late trench]

car indicator

[late trench]

555 is timer chip right

[feral cloak]

Yep

Well

Not quite

It is used to make timer cricuits

It's what it's made to be used for, but you need additional hardware for it to be a timer

But it generally is referred to as a timer chip

[ember gulch]

im starting to really think more about the x1c now

I just tried to do a simple print yesterday and i had to re level my bed like 10 times and then apparently the z offset or something was wrong

[grizzled girder]

Its goated

I lucked out and got one for free (or else id be too broke to afford one) and its been nothing but reliable day 1 to today

Highly recommend (for people who just want to print and to not tinker with things, just a rock solid machine that will work day in day out every single time)

[ember gulch]

FYM LUCKED OUT

HOW

HOW ARE ALL YOU MFS GETTING FREE STUFF 😭

[grizzled girder]

#1264496483957346346 message

[ember gulch]

GRRRRRRR

i have like 4k but i dont want to spend 2k on the x1c 😭

i dont have a wage still

only income is chores

[grizzled girder]

then don't

get a cheaper one from bambu

[ember gulch]

that's the thing something like the a1 would work but

[grizzled girder]

I heard they are just as reliable in terms of starting a print and just knowing it will work

[ember gulch]

dynamic flow and all that other shit the x1c can do is a really big selling point for me

my school has an x1c

[grizzled girder]

well idk what to tell u

thats the cheapest one on the market

for what it does

try comparing that price to the prusa xl or whatever

[ember gulch]

so ive actually had hands on experience but i cant just use theirs all the time (and im on break)

[ember gulch]

oh yeah i know

im going to like

keep trying to get my ender to be useful and if it fucks up something related to dimensional accuracy or offset again im probably just going to get an x1c

dynamic flow is a really big thing imo

[grizzled girder]

loool yea I struggled with an ender too

never owned one tho

just working with one a lot

until we got a P1S

that thing just churns out prints

[ember gulch]

talked with my mom and im going to buy it when i get back from poland in about a month

i have the money to do so and ill be getting some more later on

[grizzled girder]

why are u in poland??

[grizzled girder]

🙏

enjoy it

[ember gulch]

not yet lol

im leaving on the 19th because my mom's dad is uh

"not doing good"

so

[ember gulch]

it begins

as for my ender 3 v2 it works but its just way too much of a hassle

i think im going to keep it for now

ill think about selling it but im probably just going to keep it

i thought about getting the h2d but it isnt worth it for my usecase

plus if i ever need to get a h2d for some reason i can use my schools or buy my own since ill probably have an income

[grizzled girder]

Oh alright. Best wishes for a speedy recovery!

[grizzled girder]

What are the extra plates for?

[ember gulch]

they just give a cool effect on the build plate side of a print

they were on sale anyways so i said fuck it why not

what i didn't like about the bambu checkout is that the plate and filament you get is rng apparently??! 😭

eg my school got green PLA carbon fiber black and support material as well as a both side textured pei plate

i have no idea what im gonna get

im hoping i get at least what my school got

would really like carbon fiber and support material

[grizzled girder]

The... plate shouldn't be

"Free" filament is rng

[ember gulch]

the plate is apparently??

[grizzled girder]

You shouldn't be buying filament from bambu anyway

[ember gulch]

let me check the page

[ember gulch]

oh yes i know

i have so much fucking filament anywyss

but the carbon fiber is nice

and free

hatchbox is great

and overture

[grizzled girder]

I mean you can, some of their "high tech" filament is actually really solid and works good on their printers

[ember gulch]

yeah that's why im hoping for like special material

not regular stuff

the support material they sell is also great

[grizzled girder]

I've test run that paht-cf stuff

For high impact/temperature environments

It holds up

[grizzled girder]

Lol I think its rng color, always PLA 😁

Don't take my word for it tho. But I doubt the more pricy stuff is included

[ember gulch]

i would get abs but i dont have the proper filtration system although the printer is literally going to be less than a foot from my window and elevated so ill probably shove a exhaust pipe from the back of it to my window if i have to since we have a mod for that i made at my school

[ember gulch]

guess my school just got lucky then

ill have the person that's watching our house unbox the printer and see what material and build plate they gave

so i can order it while im away

let me go look at the listing rq

[grizzled girder]

X1cs have a carbon filter. Feed output of that with some draft from a fan out the window you will be fine

[ember gulch]

yeah found it

i think it's either a cool plate or pei

obviously i hope it's pei

[ember gulch]

good to know

im still going to put a exhaust pipe out the window just in case

(abs smells awful)