daring light
Anyone have any experience sourcing their own parts?
I already have motors, 8mm linear rod and 2020 rail laying around so I don't need a full kit. I also don't need 8 bmg gears right now even though that's the size I'm building. Three or four filaments would be fine to start.
daring light
It seems to be the most popular open source one. The v2 uses a 2020 rail which I have laying around.
Docs are also super good and I found the bom and ordered $100 USD worth of parts today. The most expensive parts seem to be the bmg gears
outer creek
Did you look into tradrack or chameleon
daring light
I looked at both, the tradrack was my top pick due to the 2020 rail but once I saw the ERCF v2 used it I decided to go with it. Mostly as there were kits for it. The chameleon is a cool design but going past 4 colors and things kinda turn into a spider web
patent heron
But why did you decide to go with the ERCF v2 after seeing it also used a 2020 rail?
Answer in detail please, we are taking notes for our MMU.
Also, the github has a BOM with where to find everything
twin pumice
It seems to be the most popular open source one. The v2 uses a 2020 rail which I...
if by BMG gears you mean the bondtech small gears.
get them on aliexpress , i payed like $3 for 6
daring light
The gears I got off Ali Express as well as most everything else except the savox servo which I got from amazon
twin pumice
The gears I got off Ali Express as well as most everything else except the savox...
lol atleast you got some of the other stuff haha all i got are printed parts and the gears
Honestly i think i want to make a PET filament maker first.
daring light
You mean like a soda bottle to filament machine? I have seen a few and they are neat, but cleaning, drying and processing the bottles seems not worth the $12 a roll of petg coats. Granted I know in some areas it's a lot more expensive
outer creek
If you have a bottle return policy a spool of pet will cost you up to 150 euros
daring light
Lol yea even with no bottle return here it's still not worth it.
I should have everything I need tomorrow to do the build. Not sure how long the assembly will take but it doesn't look like it will take real long.
Just got the z axis driver's on the printer switched over to 2209's and also installed the driver's for the ERCF steppers as well
daring light
After I'm done with the build I will try to post a list of things that was in the BOM that are listed as needed but are not
