Froron - Stealthchanging 2x tall v2.4 350 with built-in tophat/filament drybox

[lucid kite]

oh right you are using rapidburner!

so many options 😆

[molten dirge]

does wwg2 need to be modified for anthead? didn't know that!

Also consider joining the rapidburner gang. @frail adder why did you leave us 🙁

[lucid kite]

thx but that btw does not include the build in support thats required for printing

[molten dirge]

just enable support and it's fine

I ahd to remove it cos of sls pa12 lol

oh, I also increased the umbilical plate

mounting threaded insert holes to proper M3x4x5

screws in a lot better now

[frail adder]

Probably cause Goliath does better in UAP.

[molten dirge]

Finally here

[molten dirge]

these should let me mount cekim's carto mounts finally

also time to replace belts with closed loop :d

[molten dirge]

cool

made 4 jst VH extender cables

time to fix zbilical, install kinematic bed mounts, and redo the belts for the 7th time

[molten dirge]

slow progress due to more life updates, but when i get the time I'll make the final upgrades then the printer should be ready for it's first full calibration!

[molten dirge]

Time to try adding some self leveling casters.

[molten dirge]

ok. finally back to the 3d printer in full force! It's moved out of my room and into the living room, which alone was a monumental task..

[hazy flame]

When are you doing a 4040 frame?

[molten dirge]

never, I don't ahve enough space already lol

[exotic hemlock]

Have you considered removing your bed?

[molten dirge]

The printer is similar in size to a bed actually

@burnt sinew lemme know if u get around to those wheels 🙂

the casters are here and I can also take a look on my own, maybe drill out the hole sizes to fit the inserts in g2zxl

[burnt sinew]

I am actually planning on it once I wrap this latch for my door and start the test printing.

[molten dirge]

❤️

[burnt sinew]

Just sent my stuff to the printer. Looking at the cad, I can definitely do this. Give me about 30 minutes

[hazy flame]

Speaking of wheels, have you thought about leveling casters?

[molten dirge]

those are actually exactly what wheels is making adapters for g2zxl for

also @burnt sinew my bambu lab a1 is up and running (lol) and the exact feet u used are also here now

😂

[burnt sinew]

Making? Made. To a test print and make sure everything fits. The outer corner bolt is VERY close to the m3 bolt (which are now socket heads)

[molten dirge]

woah

epic ill do a double check in cad

[burnt sinew]

That M5 bolt in the center is critical. Let me know if there are any adjustments needed.

[molten dirge]

i might have to drill enlarge the g2zxl holes and put threaded inserts

[burnt sinew]

The center bolt is what is load bearing. I wouldn't mess with it

[molten dirge]

those 3 small ones is what i mean

they're not screwed into threaded inserts.

[burnt sinew]

I know. I am not overly concerned with them

[molten dirge]

The center is the load bearing bolt, the rest should be fine- but i'm still afraid of it just not screwing in at all.

[burnt sinew]

Up to you of course

[molten dirge]

i'll print these 100% infill since i'm afraid a bit

but yeah if i think it's sus ill just go ahead and enlarge the holes w a drill, put some threaded inserts in

should be easy. No clue why G2ZXL just doesn't have them by default lol

[burnt sinew]

There is a lot of support area. I am nore concerned about your bottom panel clearing

[molten dirge]

good point, but i'd rather go panelless than no wheels lol. I'll print them and let you know / can probably make my own changes from ehre if needed. Awesome and thank you!

[burnt sinew]

Let me know if they work and I will publish them on printables 🙂

[molten dirge]

❤️

[burnt sinew]

And my test latch for my door just finished printing. perfect timing. LOL

[lucid kite]

Leveling casters are awesome!

[molten dirge]

printer just finished warming up!

It's print

[lucid kite]

Im using them on my trident and they are

[molten dirge]

ing now**

[burnt sinew]

And door latch works. Time for a beer

[molten dirge]

Awesome

@burnt sinew btw do u know what screw sizes / lengths for the

leveling casters?

[burnt sinew]

M5 button heads. 3 of them are 8mm 1 of them 12

Then you need m5 nuts, 4 per mount

and if they don't fit, I will slice a .5 off them in the cad. LOL

[molten dirge]

they are printing and printing well indeed

going to be a shitty gray cos sunlu sent me the wrong color

[molten dirge]

@burnt sinew they fit perfectly!

The only bad news is they (as expected) interfere with my acm panel

i might have to take a hacksaw to it which is quite sad

[molten dirge]

@burnt sinew actually

i do still need another ACM panel for my old voron

do you have a working panel for your mod? I think the clearance should be identical.

if you can send a DXF my way that'd be much appreciated, i'll just get it sendcutsent'

[molten dirge]

also they're definitely a little wriggly actually. Expected from just a single m5 being load bearing, i will definitely consider doing the m3 threaded inserts

It’s plastic mounted on plastic mounted on t slot extrusion nuts so definitely not expecting too much lol

Ig my g2zxl is CNC but still

[violet oasis]

would it make more sense to mount them with the m5 bolt directly beneath the vertical extrusions so the load goes directly thru the centre of the wheel?

[molten dirge]

perhaps, it's wriggly though as in the whole wheel seems to be tilting a bit and i'm not sure which is the non rigid component. If i'm not pushing on it w/o the levelers all the way down it doesn't wriggle during moving, i'm just concerned for later when I do use them.

But for now i think it's fine and an easy upgrade is to drill out the g2zxl holes and make them bigger so i can fit inserts and properly screw down the m3 bolts (not load bearing, but will prvent horizontal wiggling better than threading into plastic)

[lucid kite]

eyyyy nice!!!!

they should make a giant differnce when moving the machine around!

[molten dirge]

already did

working on a better clearanced ACM panel than hacksaws cos is till have to open the machine up lol

it's really annoying but also super tempting now to just

fully rebuild the machine with bedside electronics mount

ngl

[royal cairn]

under bed electronics sounds a bit painful to work on😅

i slapped din rails on the back of mine, then simply extended z motor wires with long jst-xh lipo balance leads. no enclosure or anything yet 😂 it's so nice when i need to plug in something new, add another board, or check a pin

[molten dirge]

not if the unimportant stuff is under the bed haha but yeah esp since i have a toolchanger backpack a rear e-bay would be ideal

[molten dirge]

@burnt sinew any chance you have the bottom panel DXF for the wheel mounted one?

[burnt sinew]

Negative. You can cut ACM perfectly with a utility knife BTW

[molten dirge]

wait fr?

ok

i do have some smith blades which would be perfect

can i just score and break off, or do I just cut through all the way

[burnt sinew]

Yep, that is how it is done professionally, score through the aluminum cladding on one side and snap it on the line. I like going a bit into the core. Cuts super easy. The only readson I would ever Cnc ACM is if it had 50 holes in it

[royal cairn]

scoring, depends on the acm. usually acm is just san/acrylic between very thin alu so scoring works.
if you cant be bothered then saw, jigsaw, circular saw, dremel/multitool with cutting disc all makes short work of it just be careful so you don't go overboard and shred/delaminate it.
then clean up mess with deburr.

[frail adder]

Can confirm. $1 knife and a pair of pliers is all that’s needed.

[burnt sinew]

I watched a crew renovate a car dealership. The entire facade of those things is ACM. Thick stuff too. They score and snap that entire building together. Also a good place to dumpster dive if you want some

[molten dirge]

Got an ikea SKADIS pegboard

time to 3d print a fuck ton of stuff to help organize room / 3D printer tools

[royal cairn]

skådis ftw 😁

[molten dirge]

lol works great

also i scootered part of the boston marathon

[violet oasis]

that's cheating 😆

[molten dirge]

it's like the night before where everyone cycles it

i did like 33% of it on the scooter and now my back is cooked LOL

[violet oasis]

ah, gotcha

[molten dirge]

also after all that i wiped out on the way home 30ft away from my house which is wild

[molten dirge]

Well it’s here

Holy shit that’s sexy

[lucid kite]

its fantastic!

cant wait to order a kit for my trident

[molten dirge]

my sheet metal gets comparable graphs to you so i'm not gonna bother upgrading Froron

this kit is going (with west3d berserker bearings) onto the shitty fysetc printer 😂

[hazy flame]

where the hell are mine?

I ordered mine months ago from kb3d and I still don't have them

[molten dirge]

this is why you go with west3D!!!!

[hazy flame]

I ordered the last trident kit on the internet yesterday from west3d

I got a trident today

my first trident

[molten dirge]

pre ordered all of mine hehe

but yeah i'm not even using my 2.4 mono kit lol i'm perfectly happy w my sheet metal rn

[hazy flame]

yeah I pre ordered my 8 2.4 gantries like 3 months ago

[frail adder]

Finally got the superior printer I see.

[molten dirge]

holy

having no bandwidth SUCKS

i am working at a startup and just got a contract @ another startup as a trial too so

i'm sitting at 0 time

all i have to do is reinstall the belts, extend the Z wires, tidy up zbilical and install cartographer / umbilical and i would be set

but i'm so tired all the time 😭

[royal cairn]

auch. careful doing that. hope youre getting paid accordingly at least 🫤

[molten dirge]

paid ok for sure

wasn't, now am

[hazy flame]

man, I have been messing with the trident more. I really hate to admit it but this is a way better design for messing around with different stuff. Everything is so much simpler and easier to deal with. I can't speak for performance because both seem about the same but the trident is way more user friendly and I like it a lot

[molten dirge]

well. Got a few successfull two tool prints going

which is great

but unfortunately I'm now moving from Boston to SF... and idk how the printer is coming with me

[violet oasis]

it's on wheels, right? 😆

[molten dirge]

😂

Uhaul time though

[molten dirge]

woot

2 tool print worked well

100 toolchanges

just doing petg support with pla

[lucid kite]

that is awesome!

[molten dirge]

interesting

magigoo polypropylene works great