Tridentbert

[desert escarp]

Eh the core one indx has a top hat

Same problem just a bit easier with only PTFE tubes

[ripe spindle]

Mhm yea your right

[ripe spindle]

Its time to rip it apart and do some much needed maintenance

• Need to fix the y rails beeing not equal height and pararell
• Regrease rails
• Add ptfe spacers to z motors
• Add holes in the ebay into the chamber for cpap and cpap flap
• Add ethernet port to the ebay
• Add 10mm cork sheets on the inside
• Enlargen structural panel holes

[ripe spindle]

If only assembly is as quick as disassembly lol

[ripe spindle]

I also need to enlargen a bunch of holes to making passing jst xh connectors trough easier

[junior nacelle]

Grommets not only make the hole larger to clear connectors, they also isolate the wires from abrasion.

[ripe spindle]

yea i would if i could but i havent found rubber grommets that work on 6mm panels yet

[junior nacelle]

You have machines that can print them. LOL

[ripe spindle]

oh .. yea .. lol true

could just use cable glands .. i already have some here 🤔

[gleaming helm]

Or just print grommets from tpu....

[ionic lynx]

When are you getting rid of nasty takeoff?

I guess you ordered that cpap tube

I hope it works

Because I would try cpap again

[chilly comet]

He's got el fuego iirc, now would be a good time to install it

[ionic lynx]

He was having cpap issues

Cpap is loud

So he ordered sonny cpap tube

Hopefully that will make it quieter

[ripe spindle]

the plan is with this rebuild

the new tube should get here next week

and im just gonna trust sonny that its actually smooth inside

[ripe spindle]

yep nows the time!

the smart person i am i dissamsbled before printing pc pbt gf parts that i need for reassmble

but asa parts should last long enough until Tridentbert can print its own replacment parts lol

[ionic lynx]

I bet it will still make noise but not nearly as bad

[ripe spindle]

likely but hopefully nowhere near as painfull lol

and i have the ws9290 in my steel ebay with Basotect sound dampening inside. Also gonna try to design a mount using shock absorbers

So with a bit of luck it should be almost not noticable

[ripe spindle]

Took the ebay off and there is one not so nice giant crack in the bottom wodden panel

[ripe spindle]

But it should be fine, its only 1/3 of the way across the panel and not all the way through to the bottom

likely just a crack from it beeing bone dry and cracking because of that

[candid swan]

can't see any el fuego here /s

[ripe spindle]

https://klipy.com/gifs/dog-husky-UzV

[candid swan]

SoomTN

[ripe spindle]

ive got the toolhead for like 5 months now

whats another 2 weeks

[candid swan]

dude i envy you so fking hard

[ripe spindle]

ey i havent installed it just yet lol

me installing it relies on the cpap tube not sucking

[candid swan]

but you could tease us with a little bit of IS results

h3h3

[ripe spindle]

i would but the printer is currently in .. ugh .. pieces

[jagged garden]

lol me still not posting froron IS results is funny

[ripe spindle]

have you even printed with your machine?

[ripe spindle]

Could not have broken in a worse spot ngl

[jagged garden]

I told you like seven times now lol

All I haven’t done is a proper multi toolhead print cos I haven’t setup carto

[ripe spindle]

could just use the build in tap?

its been working really well on #1434612830614585476

[ripe spindle]

Ordered a new set of allen keys, this time without the stupid ball that made it break in the first place -> https://www.wera.de/en/tools/950-9-hex-plus-2-l-key-set-metric-chrome-plated

[ripe spindle]

How much junk do you want in your rails?

[ionic lynx]

Oh man. Metal rails?

I bet they are loud

I have some and they are not great

[ionic lynx]

Have you thought about trying thk high temps?

[ripe spindle]

yea they aint quiet

[ripe spindle]

yes .. but 💵

thouse are cna full metal rails

[ionic lynx]

I would message brazuka

[ripe spindle]

and they arent bad but not good either

[ionic lynx]

he can do thk now

[ripe spindle]

ohh

[ionic lynx]

yeah'

[ripe spindle]

il keep them for now

[ionic lynx]

THK is still more than hiwin and airtac

[ripe spindle]

cause they are holding up kinda well

[ionic lynx]

but they are actually somewhat affordable for the average high temp user

[ripe spindle]

yea no doubt

maybe some day for xy but not today 😄

[ionic lynx]

Yeah it seems like what you have right now is working really well

[ripe spindle]

yea i mean the seal could be better, there is a lot of junk in there

but i doubt it would be better with thks

cat hair just gets everywhere

[ionic lynx]

The thks aren't actually all metal

they are high temp polymer

with high temp silicone seals

good to 125 according to them

[ripe spindle]

ah

mhm

well

gues ill message the duck

[ionic lynx]

It might take a while for brazuka to find them

thk has a massive catalog and everything is named very strangely

[ripe spindle]

kk send him a message

[ionic lynx]

They have like 4 different types of high temp rails

[ripe spindle]

maybe as a birthday present for myself in june lol

[ionic lynx]

so make sure you tell him not the all metal ones

[ionic lynx]

worth a shot just to see how much they cost

[ripe spindle]

ye

[ionic lynx]

Brazuka is the best

I waste so much of his time and he still gets my weird requests

[ripe spindle]

oh yea he is awesome!

[jagged garden]

wera balled hex keysy are fine though

[jagged garden]

half disassembled cos of carto

and new gantry belts / replacements etc

i even need to replace the slm adapter for the monolith belts, bec it collides with carto

[ripe spindle]

Rebuilding the Gantry right now and thats about as good as im gonna get it i think

[hallow kraken]

Damn yeah I think thats good

[ripe spindle]

Yea there is 50 micron bow in both extrusions/rails

[hallow kraken]

Def good enough

[ripe spindle]

Yea and its the exact same in both extrusions/rails

Will have a negative effect on the bed mesh but thats alright

I do wonder if that bow was always there or introduced in the heating cycles

[hallow kraken]

Good question

[ripe spindle]

With a bit of luck the new cpap tube should show up today or tomorrow

[ripe spindle]

New tube has been collected and its realllyyy good

Its even better when the fan is in the ebay

[ripe spindle]

Well

Titanium really really really did not want to be tapped

[gleaming helm]

https://tenor.com/view/noo-gif-12326737461245487165

[ripe spindle]

Yea sucks im gonna ordered two replacements printed from steel

[gleaming helm]

What was the tap made from?

And did you use tapping compound

[ripe spindle]

the finest chinesium alloy of amazon 😆

but i just winged it lol its fine ... gonna order two more and try again

this time doing it properly 😆

[gleaming helm]

Try and order carbide, even though it's gotten extremely expensive

[sour vortex]

I used a reamer on a drill press and STILL messed up you’re Gucci

[ripe spindle]

Oh rip ti really does suck

[ionic lynx]

I can’t remember the last time I have seen someone tap titanium. Normally people thread mill it

[ripe spindle]

Im sure its possible with the right tools or technique but i have neither so steel it is

[ionic lynx]

Yeah it is possible but not really ideal for stuff like blind holes. I am surprised your tap broke in this hole

[ripe spindle]

Its a through hole and it did cut a thread 50% down the hole

[candid swan]

wen toolhead

[ripe spindle]

soontm

need to order a replacement slm part that i broke

[ripe spindle]

Ordered one of the last few remaining available trident kits .... from Australia

[jagged garden]

Curious how much directed airflow over the nozzle matters vs general cool the entire area

What if u just have a toolhead that’s a fan over the hot end

[ripe spindle]

🤔

what are you on about? 🤔

[jagged garden]

Due to how air works it would wrap around the hotend right

Like imagine a fan just blows air down the entire hotend

It should theory wrap around the hotend and make its way to the nozzle to cool it

Like it’d require good insulation around the hotend but I’m thinking all the complex ductwork and stuff isn’t necessary with a good cpap design

[jagged garden]

lol ur talk about toolhead broken slm part got me going about a interesting idea for a toolhead

[ripe spindle]

yea idk

seams like a solution for a issue that isnt

passive hotend cooling works well enough (for materials that arent pla 😆 )

[jagged garden]

no no i'm just trying to compact things down as much as possible and remove the ductwork that typically cools the nozzle

[magic bobcat]

lol that shipping is not bad to EU lol?

[ripe spindle]

Yea 50€ is pretty reasonable lol

[spring ocean]

I am really curious if it would be the same once heated to your maximum chamber temperature

[ripe spindle]

it doesnt really matter if it changes just that it changes the same ammount on both both rails

but no doubt it will change

[ripe spindle]

Ordered some new xy rails since im done with all metal rails 😄

[magic bobcat]

I got your rails nanannana lol their nice lol

[ripe spindle]

ive already got them installed in my v2, yea they are pretty damn good!

[sour vortex]

Also waiting on duck rails! At this point I’ll have an extra v2

[ripe spindle]

Elfuego parts have also shown up!

Jlc3dp's quality definatly isnt as nice as in3dtec but shipping was dirt cheap

[jagged garden]

what's this for?

[ripe spindle]

Elfuego extruder mounting plate

[ripe spindle]

Gonna install a new slm extruder as well 🔥

[jagged garden]

For a second I thought u were making a slm metal voron

Like

Voron for slm

[ripe spindle]

lol

i dont want that cancer stuff in my home

fdm is enough

[sour vortex]

Been eyeing that slm lgx if I ever decide to go big boi 👀

[ripe spindle]

just accept months of wait time lol

[ripe spindle]

Stuff has finally shown up 🔥

[barren stag]

nice dude

[ripe spindle]

Yea im excited to have the machine working again

Idk if i want to go 2wd or awd

2wd is easier but slower and awd would be faster with very minimal build volume loss but would require belt sync

[barren stag]

why not 2wd but with some really strong nema 17 motors

[hallow kraken]

AWD has Around double the quality accel

[barren stag]

oh dang i thhoughht it was just more max accel

thats pretty good

[hallow kraken]

Its cuz its got half the effective belt length so theres less belt actually stretching

[barren stag]

i see i see

[ripe spindle]

Yeaaa thats why i think im going awd

Even if beltsync is a pain and a half

[hallow kraken]

atleast the Auto sync gets ya close-ish

its usefull to do both manual and auto though

[ripe spindle]

Manual sync is kinda impossible if the belt tension is high enough 😅

[hallow kraken]

fair enough

[sour vortex]

No idea what I’m doing

[ripe spindle]

hahaha .. i made a little jig to mount the dial indicator to the extrusion for checking the rail

much simpler then using it with its arm 😄

[ripe spindle]

[hallow kraken]

is that really needed

[ripe spindle]

probably not but it defiantly can not hurt!

[ripe spindle]

would you look at that .. its still off by 0.02mm, but i think it should do lol

[hallow kraken]

now thats close lol

[ripe spindle]

Ordered new motors. I could not for the live of me get the pullies of the exiting motors and instead of damaging the motors il just use new once 😄

[ripe spindle]

Guess its now time to actually build the gantry - nothing left to procrastinate lol

[hallow kraken]

Ive got a solution Start Another voron build

[ripe spindle]

not gonna happen lol

3 printer is more then enough

[hallow kraken]

definitely (me who has 7 and trying to get rid of some to get better ones)

[ripe spindle]

i bearly use the one i have lol

[sour vortex]

after struggling with squaring my new frame all weekend I don't think I'm ready to indicate the frame. no, I refuse for my mental health

[ripe spindle]

how did you square the frame? by hand?

I squared/build my frame using extrusion join plates to alling the extrusions while i tightened the blind joints and then remove them after. I can not recommend that method enough!

[sour vortex]

Prob should’ve done something like this. I clamped onto a granite surface plate but when I final torque I still introduce a twist into the frame 😭

[ripe spindle]

ah the default way of building the frame .. yea ive never had great result that way 😄

[left vapor]

Where are the join plates sourced from? I think im going to use this method going forward 🙏

[ripe spindle]

where ever else you buy all your stuff. misumi, amazon, aliexpress among many others

i got mine of amazon for a couple of €. The cheaps once are more then good enough

[left vapor]

okay, thanks 🙏

[sour vortex]

yeah you def convinced me to revisit my frame when I get back from vacay.

[ripe spindle]

nice! A perfect frame is the cornerstone of a well working printer. 😄

[ripe spindle]

Started building the gantry

I'l hopefully be done by next year, ive got a time agnostic build schedule afterall!

[ripe spindle]

1 out of 4 are done

[ripe spindle]

All done, plan for tomorrow is to mount them on the frame

[barren stag]

monolith cnc is so clean

[ripe spindle]

Indeed!

And its so damn easy to install and get right!

[barren stag]

💯 💯 💯 💯

[ripe spindle]

god dammit..

[gritty stream]

i hear you are opening a tap school 😉

[sour vortex]

damn ldo round corners and misumi horizontals faces dont exactly line up nicely so I can't externally plate them like you, will have to work top and corners I think

[ripe spindle]

oh rip

also i ordered some cable sleeving. silver + muted orange should look great

[ripe spindle]

[sour vortex]

now do the other hole

[ripe spindle]

already done. Toolhead is also already mounted!

[sour vortex]

I tease hahahaha very beautiful shot! wish I had that much sunlight coming in to work on mine

[ripe spindle]

oh thats on my balcony. my workspace isnt outside 😆

[ripe spindle]

And its moving again!

Plan is todo a 48h stress test to see if everything works. I wanna check primarily for belt ware before i move on.