HexMoss

[latent socket]

The time is finally here to attempt to build the craziest Salad Fork ever. It needs a serial first, so I'll take care of that, but immediately after is when the fun starts.

The goal is pure speed, not much else. I'll be using a custom gantry designed by our lovely Thor which will be AWD and Y assist, on Nema 17's. Obviously, structural panels and other things will occur, but this is just so I can log it as I go. Welcome to poor decision making!

Wonder who'd be interested... probably @lament ridge and @placid saddle

[lament ridge]

@latent socket Faster! 🤣

[placid saddle]

Yep! I'm excited to follow this one.

[latent socket]

I may or may not be working on a toolhead for it too...

[latent socket]

So where is this starting? Well, sorta jank to start. Its sitting on some boxes to my left currently as I work on the CAD to make it too fast. Lets call this a before picture

Ill be using some OMC 2504 motors to power the beast, so I gotta figure out how much its going to be for 6 of them

I'll be adding structural panels and frame support to reduce the frame wiggle (because its a lot) and most likely some rigid bed mounts to make sure the bed isn't too wiggly either

I may be shrinking/reusing Xiars printed e-bay when he's done with it, or making my own

The goal is to maintain the purple and green theme, so if anyone knows if a green high grade filament exists, do let me know so that I can keep EVA-01 lol

[latent socket]

Been forever, but the build has taken a different direction. I've ordered a 2020 frame for it from DLLPDF, and this will end up being closer to a Tiny T than a Salad Fork (sorry Yeri)

It's not going to stay EVA-01 (very sadly) since the color scheme is changing up, but I'll come up with some cool name

This will still be insane, and most everything is staying the same

The main difference is the larger extrusions for the frame, and the color theme

[lament ridge]

Moss-01?

[latent socket]

I'm not totally against that lol

MossHex?

[lament ridge]

HexMoss. It’s an actual product too. Hexagon wall decor that grows moss.

[latent socket]

HexMoss

So, dllpdf gave me a lead time of about 6-8 weeks on the frame for this printer, which means that this build will be on hold until late march/early April, which is sad. However they are the best option for the frame here, only downside is that I’m impatient lol. If I’m allowed, I’ll post a
couple of cad pics to keep it active as I go

[lament ridge]

At least you’ll have time to print parts, anneal them, and then change the design of the parts. Plus order everything for hexdrive. China shipping takes a while.

[latent socket]

That's the idea, get the CAD completely done and order everything I could possibly need, then once it's here I can speed through the assembly with no hold ups

[lament ridge]

Don’t speed too fast. You’ll miss a few bolts. Like I did. 🤣

[fringe gazelle]

Done that way to many times

[latent socket]

Lol Im going to try and CAD all of the bolts, but not sure I have that patience

[lament ridge]

Use construct. All the bolts are there and ready for easy importing.

[fringe gazelle]

Cheese fork only has like 5 actually accurate sized bolts to lazy to fix them

[placid saddle]

I'm going to have to use your cad file instead of mine for release lol.

[latent socket]

Once I get the 9mm stuff done I'll try and clean everything up and add all of the hardware in, I think I could get it ready for a release lol

[latent socket]

ITS BEEN FOREVER

We are so back, DLLPDF custom frame is finally in and I can start building this damn thing

I'll start printing Z drive parts today and assembling the frame, this weekend I'll most likely finally get to moving the bed, Z drive, and electronics over

That means I can also post my CAD for the 9mm version of Hexdrive that I'll be using

Still lots of CAD speculation going on, but the gantry is 99% complete in terms of the printed parts

This is also the first of my builds I'll actually be posting on the internet, so Im going to do my best to keep it clean and pretty

[placid saddle]

9mm belts on such a small printer with 6 motors is going to be absurd! I can't wait.

[lament ridge]

Oooo. Very pretty!

[latent socket]

Meant to ping you, but you saw anyways lol

[latent socket]

Status for the night, I forgot to get more M5 bolts lol

I’ll scrounge for some more or grab some at home in a couple of days, but this is all I can get done for tonight

[lament ridge]

Very nice! Hope it’s square.

[latent socket]

Not in the slightest, it was built on carpet lol. I’m going to square it on a counter soon though

Oh just checked, not far off of square

[lament ridge]

Nah. Just send it. I built most of my vorons on carpet.

[latent socket]

This frame is probably the best I’ve worked with though… hats off to DLLPDF lol

Looks gorgeous and assembles amazingly

[lament ridge]

Imma have to get me a DLLPDF frame at some point.

I’m just impatient and 8 weeks is a long time.

[latent socket]

It flew by for me since I’m in college and perpetually doing something lol, but yeah it is quite some time

[lament ridge]

I’m very project oriented. So if it takes 8 weeks to arrive and costs my project budget for a payday then it kinda sucks. Lol.

[latent socket]

Very understandable. I will also say, mine took the full 8 weeks because it’s a custom frame that he had to fully fab and coat

For a common frame it’s much shorter, iirc

Given this, I’ll happily shill them lol. If they want some showcase printer pics…. This may be the build log to pull from

[lament ridge]

I shill them and I haven’t even ordered anything from them. 🤣

[latent socket]

Frame status for tonight, completed!

Given its a 160 frame, feels pretty solid. Suuuuper happy with DLLPDF quality.

I also pulled the Z axis apart from the Salad Fork, and someone went 8 weeks of CAD and planning without actually checking if the SF Z components are the same as the Trident

Luckily, they are

I did however, forget that I am not an infinite hardware store and am lacking some roll in T-nuts

Got some ordered, hoping to have the Z axis printed and completed next week.

As for the gantry, I'll be printing the initial parts out of ABS to ensure that I did my CAD right, and then afterwards print them from PET-CF

[latent socket]

New parts are in but I have been swamped in homework this weekend. We shall see if I can work on it this week and post updates.

[latent socket]

Once again, I forget to post updates

CAD hasn't changed much, though dev on the custom toolhead is getting started

I'll post some stuff later this week, but parts are being developed. Once my V2 is functional (which I say 4 times a day) I'll print prototyped parts for the 9mm Hexdrive out of ABS so that I don't burn my PET-CF on parts that could be CADed wrong

[lament ridge]

Send it. It’s fine. Nothings wrong with your cad. You definitely won’t regret doing it. 😆

[latent socket]

I really do admire your confidence in me lol

[lilac wharf]

👀

[latent socket]

Now I have a bit of pressure to finish lol.
Alright, current update is the parts I have printed work pretty well and fit as far as I can tell, I'll be ordering rails here quite soon

[lament ridge]

YOUR JUST NOW ORDERING RAILS?!

[latent socket]

[lament ridge]

What have you been doing that is not ordering build parts?! 🤣

[latent socket]

School lol, finals are next week and after that I'll finally start my internship and get a bit of a cash flow to start properly building this thing

[lament ridge]

Alright. School is an acceptable excuse.

[lament ridge]

@craggy coral

[craggy coral]

hmmmm

[lament ridge]

I’m calling you out @latent socket !

[latent socket]

Oh man it’s been a minute lol

[lament ridge]

No kidding! 🤣

[latent socket]

This build will happen very soon, because in two weeks I will officially be graduated and have free time!!

[lament ridge]

Congrats on the graduation!

[latent socket]

Thanks!! I’m so happy to nearly done lol

[lament ridge]

You’ll have so much more time to do stupid things!

[craggy coral]

ive still got a few months till i graduate lol im luckily online and have hell of a sleep schedule

money is my main issue though tbh

but congrats

[lament ridge]

Money is everyone’s issue. LOL

[craggy coral]

#1317641303609180273 message Evades saying there printing it in Pet-CF so heres the thing i was planning on doing mine in Pet-CF

[lament ridge]

Yessss…. He was planning on annealing it in a toaster oven in his dorm room.

[craggy coral]

lol i gotta get stuff to anneal mine

[craggy coral]

im guessing thors the first HexDrive build

[lament ridge]

Yep! Mines the second.

[craggy coral]

if he calls the machine HexDrive that means each Machine with HexDrive would have a different name

HexDrive, HexDent, HexMoss, and HexDex

[lament ridge]

I got to build it cause I asked Thor if I bought a trident instead of a computer monitor if I could. Lol

[craggy coral]

lol

[lament ridge]

The machine is Orion. Orion Hexdrive is the gantry.

[latent socket]

Possibly, since it’s been so long and I’ve got a couple of printers I’ve been working on and not posting, I may be doing a different material

[lament ridge]

Ooooo. Whatcha thinking now? PPS-CF?

[craggy coral]

though that means there all different too. with his being 250 i beleive. yours being 350. Evades looks like its a 180 maybe 120. and mines 350 IDEX

[latent socket]

I think so, gotta work on the annealing PID oven but I think I can make it happen

[lament ridge]

Hexmoss is a 160

[lament ridge]

Very nice!

[craggy coral]

a 160 tiny machine with 6 steppers 9mm belts is gonna be a speed demon

[latent socket]

It’s a tiny printer lol, excited to see how it moves once built

[lament ridge]

Same! I wanna see the graphs already!

[craggy coral]

i might start the build log now to get it all setup

[latent socket]

I made this one with full confidence I’d finish it, and yet these are the first messages here in about a year lol

[lament ridge]

Start it with CAD pics. Like all good build logs. Lol

[lament ridge]

Yea… but not the first time I called you out.

[latent socket]

Yeahhh 💀 I need to get back in the groove of building printers soon

[lament ridge]

I might start Hexdents rebuild before too much longer myself. Lol

[craggy coral]

itll be finished eventually if you forget youll be reminded youll join the Hex Crew and so will i since just 2 people seems pretty lonely

[latent socket]

My Vorons have helped me with some school projects though, which has been very nice

[latent socket]

What’s lined up for the rebuild?

[lament ridge]

Great place to study thermodynamics. Lol.

[lament ridge]

Proper sidepack frame.

[latent socket]

Ooh right, you’re on printed side pack rn

[lament ridge]

Plus an extra 50mm above the toolhead. Lol.

Need the space.

[latent socket]

I can imagine, that’s what the custom frame I have added over just a normal 160 trident

[lament ridge]

It’s probably the biggest struggle with tridents. Lol

[latent socket]

I actually used an aux heater from my V2 as one of my heat transfer projects lol

[lament ridge]

[latent socket]

Riiiight my bad lol

I’m a helper, I should know that lmao

[lament ridge]

Not that I’m one to say that.

That was smart though. Using that to help with your studies.

[craggy coral]

ruh roh i did it

[latent socket]

It’s been super applicable, especially once I started doing vibrations and frequency response systems

I also printed some rocket parts with it, which was fun

[lament ridge]

Clearly. I went in the wrong direction after HS. 🤣

[latent socket]

Engineering is a ton of fun I will admit lol

[lament ridge]

I’ll stick with hobbyist engineering for now. Lol

[latent socket]

I kinda want to officially return to 3d printing lol, start actually saying things in the discords again lol

I just planned the rebuild for my V2 so I’ll have a few projects at the least

[craggy coral]

@latent socket I was told to ask you for either the Cad files or to figure out what needs change to put 9mm belts on Hexdrive

HexDex might want 9mm over 6mm

[latent socket]

Yep, I’ve got a mostly finished cad that I’ve somewhat verified with some test prints, I’ll be printing the full test set probably next week

[craggy coral]

Noice

[latent socket]

Ill upload the unverified version to my own GitHub but once im sure it work, Ill poke Thor about getting official release

[lament ridge]

Can always poke @placid saddle anyways.

[craggy coral]

Lol

[craggy coral]

It'd be cool if we could get Thor's Orion, HexDent, HexMoss, and HexDex in one place all together at one of the conventions once me and Evade are done

All the HexDrive machines in one place 2 with 6mm belts and 2 with 9mm

[lament ridge]

Yea. Probably not gonna happen with me at least. 😅. I don’t have budget or PTO to be able to go to conventions.

[craggy coral]

Have Thor kidnap HexDent on his way over

But it would be cool to have happen

[lament ridge]

That would require a reprap south of me. Which is just incredibly unlikely. Lmao

Steven would be more likely to pass me going to a reprap festival.

[craggy coral]

Is that Thors name?

[lament ridge]

No. @austere spindle . Lol.

[craggy coral]

Id do it myself but uhh im on the opposite side of all the conventions id go to than you

[latent socket]

There's a dallas area one soonish, I'm thinking about going

[craggy coral]

Ah. Fair enough

[craggy coral]

Quick speedrun Hexmoss

[lament ridge]

Judging off where I think Thor lives. I’d be too far east of that if he went. Lol

[latent socket]

Yeahhhh he's about the most northern person I know lol

[craggy coral]

I dont even know where he lives i just know he exists

[austere spindle]

Steven to Loveland = 18 hours.
Steven to Xiar to Loveland = 23 hours.

And I think Shifting is further north?

[craggy coral]

20hrs for me to Loveland CO by car

[austere spindle]

Now Steven to family in Texas = 18 hours
Steven to Xiar to family = 18 hours

I literally drive through Xiar's hometown when visiting family

[craggy coral]

Love how you didn't say no. You were instantly
"Hmmm how long would the drive be?"

[austere spindle]

To be fair, I looked before going to RMRRF, I just didn't remember the times.

[craggy coral]

Me to my Family in Austin Texas in 34hrs

[austere spindle]

Family is Ft. Worth area. Boyd, Hurst, Watauga

[craggy coral]

Thats 32hrs for me then

[latent socket]

they're in the "way too cold for me" reigons lol

[craggy coral]

This image should show the Area im in

[latent socket]

oh hey, i looked at a job there

[craggy coral]

I love rain😃

[austere spindle]

I prefer the cold. I can always wear more layers.
Ain't nobody wants to see me nekkid!

[craggy coral]

No i dont

[latent socket]

well anywho, I graduate in about 14 hours, then move home next day, then its finally back to doing things with my printers

[craggy coral]

https://tenor.com/view/congrats-congratulations-leonardo-dicaprio-celebrate-celebration-gif-3447802063960970082

[lament ridge]

They’re in the “please adopt me” regions. 🤣

[lament ridge]

https://tenor.com/view/you-made-it-gif-6962869610200796093

[craggy coral]

Im in the Everyone has Starbucks and Weed area

We are known for being green

[placid saddle]

It's actually surprising close to my name lol.

[latent socket]

Alright ladies and gents, I am officially a mechanical engineer and am making my return to printing (for the 5th time). My V2 is mostly functional and I've got a roll of Zyltech ABS on the way for the wonderful HexMoss to begin getting experimental parts printed and a gantry officially made. I'm also getting underway with a secret experimental printer that will hopefully be able to print some very fun material for future printers here soon. I also have some beta parts that I totally definitely didn't fail to use because of school, but they will definitely be included in upcoming builds

[lament ridge]

Congrats! Time to see what toolheads you make now that you know how it all works! 😆

[craggy coral]

Congrats

[craggy coral]

@latent socket not to bother you too much but did you ever get the 9mm version uploaded to github? just curious also congrats again

[lament ridge]

I believe he’s still settling into new place.

[craggy coral]

He can take aslong as he needs lol

[lament ridge]

He went on a cruise immediately after moving…

[craggy coral]

Lol.

[latent socket]

Whoops lol

[craggy coral]

Lol

[lament ridge]

I mean. No one can really blame you. You graduated and then celebrated. Everyone would’ve. Lol.