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Post by Marathonman on Jun 25, 2023 10:35:31 GMT -6
Well after many trials and tribulation I was able to get the right combination in Marlin 2.1.2.1. The cheep White BuMat ABS I had bought was causing a lot of dust as it ran through the filament sensor so I removed it. I went back to the ESun ABS black and was a lot more happy with that. I still have to fine tune the printer as you can see below. This is at very low quality but I still need to tune it more as this was the first print with Marlin 2.1.2.1. Eventually I will update the Neo as well but for now I will just tune the Ender 3 pro. I named the printer the Beast so in the LED display it says Ender 3 Beast lol! I drilled a hole in the face plate of the screen bracket so to have access to the reset button on the TFT. A friend of mine brought me a new TFT35 that worked so I hooked that up and was working well. I like the blue letters in the Marlin screen so not sure what screen I want now. I think I might send this print to Joe Biden letting him know just how I feel about him and his crooked admin.
Regards, Marathonman
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Post by Marathonman on Aug 7, 2023 17:30:59 GMT -6
Still here just lying low for a while. After tweaking my firmware a few times it seems it is dialed in rather well. I have tram with probe set to .01 and I get consistently good results.Did a print test pattern and it was perfect so i have no complaints. Ben helping others with their printer problems as I always try to play it forward. Regards. Marathonman
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Post by Marathonman on Aug 12, 2023 13:30:32 GMT -6
I have a guide I put together that is really simple to understand for compiling your own firmware I posted on the entirely screw up agenda pushing platform Reddit. I try to help people there with there printers.
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Post by Marathonman on Dec 14, 2023 18:04:45 GMT -6
Sorry I been go to long as life is life typically dragging me through the coals. I have made a few upgrades to my printers, My Ender 3 Pro had the SKR E3V3 which was moved to the Ender 3 Neo as my stock board died, Doh figure. along with a DD unit and a 500C Phaetus hot end and a 50 watt heater. The Ender 3 Pro now had an SKR 3 with the new 550mhz chip and a PT1000. Printing PLA from Hatchbox right now and I must say it is lookin g good. I decided to spruce up my printers with V grove covers. The Ender 3 Pro has neon green grove covers on black and the Neo had shy blue on black n I must say looking good.
I have a 650 watt power supply I have been breaking in which is directly behind the printer. The power supply is a medical grade which is half the size of the Meanwell 450. I am blown away at the quality and now know Mean well is complete bull shit from the git go. I have made an aluminum frame for my TFT 70 which will be mounted on the top of the gantry along with a filament dryer
All in all I love my new additions and my sprucing up of my printers. Now I just need to get back on Figuera and power my new house next year.
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Post by Marathonman on Dec 20, 2023 17:21:19 GMT -6
I have been Modding my Ender 3 Neo as the board went crazy so I replaced it with an SKR E3V3 from my Ender 3 Pro and Blessed my Pro with an SKR 3. My Neo now has a 500C Phaetus hot end with a 50 watt heater with top tier thermister and a direct drive unit. I have also done some beautifications to both lol!. As you can see to the right I have purchased two Sunlu filament dryers to mount at the top on both printers. Let the good times roll.
Regards, Marathonman
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Post by nobody on Dec 20, 2023 17:50:47 GMT -6
You ever play around with pure Zn [zinc] it seems to to have no effects (EDDY CURRENTS) from magnetic fields unlike copper or aluminum..
I made some wire of Zn and it works good of course it has greater resistance but it also has good R reactance to magnetic fields. you can get from roofing supply it used as a non bacteria shield [flat plate] round stock from welding supply used as additive welding to rust prone metals (spray welding wire) it is a-lot cheaper than copper. it is hard to hold paint on. Iron phosphate it rough and prime [190 deg F].
I was thinking maybe it could be used to reinforce the plastic printer parts as they are said not to last long.
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Post by Marathonman on Dec 21, 2023 17:15:03 GMT -6
Well since my printers are indoors I am not to worried as heat and direct sunlight kills plastics. My frame I printed for my TFT 70 was to flimsy so I reinforced it with an aluminum frame epoxying them together plus a rear support bracket so good to go. I then printed a back cover for my TFT is well protected. I was having problems with my TFT70 when I realized I flashed the wrong firmware, I realized it had (GD) at the end I simply overlooked. Now it acts as it should lol!. Can't wait to install my filament dryers.
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Post by Marathonman on Dec 24, 2023 9:04:17 GMT -6
Printed this last night. It is for a lady I really like that works at Lowes that has two daughters 4 n 6. They are going to loveeeeee this.
I have this dialed in almost perfect, just look at the finish on this. Her girls are going to scream when they see this hehehe.
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Post by Marathonman on Dec 24, 2023 20:04:03 GMT -6
Woo Hoo! I got my Neo-pixels working this evening, I guess that is my Christmas gift. Now I always kinds pride myself in understanding of things, I mean I can generally figure it out. I was literally stumped for almost two weeks rather deeply disgusted ready to toss the lights. I was inspecting everything one last time when I spied an arrow on the Neo pixels. I said " NO damn way". I cut the wire and routed then to the arrows and BAMB! the darn things came on. I can not believe my ignorant self had the wires on the wrong side. The sad thing is both sides had wires so I thought nothing of it. Sure enough I have event lights now so tomorrow I will weld my canopy and attach the lights to it then to the top of the printer. I will post a pic tomorrow all lit up.
Regards, Marathonman
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Post by Marathonman on Dec 27, 2023 18:25:24 GMT -6
All I have left is the housing for the electronics and the canopy for the LED lights.
Regards, Marathonman
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Post by Marathonman on Dec 31, 2023 10:30:17 GMT -6
In the previous post and pic I will be either building a box or purchasing one that will be attached to the back of the printer legs that will house all the electronics ie.. control board, High power Transistor bed heater control and power supply. It will sit right at the back just out of the way of the bed. The board will be seated at the right of the enclosure as to have access to the SD card if needed. I will also embed my Pi5 in the enclosure will access to it's connection to attach the second printer and the Asus router. This gives me access to wifi to control and monitor bot anywhere on the property.
I will post pic when done. Regards, Marathonman
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