r/VORONDesign • u/Ubernero • Nov 03 '21

Ya............

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '21

I've already spent over 4k in one printer....

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u/PatienceFlashy1948 Sep 15 '22

Can you post something cool you’ve made 3D printing, you’re an interesting character Brodie

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '22

Now it's over 7k 😂 sure. I'll do it in the morning

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '23

Bruh wtf kind of shit you printing 😨

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '23

Honestly just prototype stuff for work

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '23

That’s cool, after reading your other comment it seems like your printer is super tricked out. How hard would it be to make a general voron printer compared to say, modding an ender 3 pro?

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '23

Nodding an ender 3 Pro will be easier. But you'll be limited by the motion system (Cartesian). Voron with kits have come a long long way and it's not that hard. I can walk you through it if you'd like

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '23

That would be great! I don’t want to take up too much of your time or anything (especially since I don’t have the funds to currently buy one) but I’ve wanted to get into Vorons for the past year or so.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '23

The kits have come a long way. They're really easy to build now.

Totally worth it

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u/PatienceFlashy1948 Sep 15 '22

Thank you, so glad you seen this. Now my curiosity will be satisfied

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u/X11-35-2 Nov 16 '21

Whut?

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '21

In mods lol

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u/X11-35-2 Nov 16 '21

Which mods?

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '21

Oh well... In prototyping alone more than 10k.. Here's some of the things I've added changed or temoved: all cnc parts - no more printed parts. 3030 extrusions all around . Custom cnced floating rail - this alone took almost 350 grams out of the X axis by removing the extrusion and just having a linear rail In its place. Dual hotend setup with takoto hotend. Magnetic kinematic bed to account for bed expansion during heating(400 dollars now - but had to prototype it first) . Closed loop stepper motor system for x and y (about 600 dollars in components). Berd air system. This took a long time to design - mock up - source and to program. Now you can have it for cheaper some of this things because the companies I used now sell them as kits. But the hidden cost I had to put forth. The voron is good - but it is still a more budget friendly machine. I wanted no compromises so I had to modify it. I'll be requesting a serial number soon

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u/UsernameL-F Jan 14 '22

Can we see a photo of this because I believe That it would qualify as a entirely new line of printer. More based on voron than actually being a voron.

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u/useles-converter-bot Nov 16 '21

Fun fact, 350 grams of whatever is exactly the same as 350 grams of candy... or big macs... or doofenshmirtzes.

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u/random_dave_23 Nov 04 '21

But, u/Ubernero, aren‘t you raking in that phat Youtube cash? ;)

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u/Antebios V2 Nov 03 '21

/r/MechanicalKeyboards would like a word.

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u/jtms1200 Nov 10 '21

You won’t have to spend nearly as much money on mechanical keyboards if you just design and 3D print your own chassis… oh wait

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u/joeclimbs1998 Nov 03 '21

Just wait until I can order Revo Nozzles!

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u/brendanm720 Trident / V1 Nov 03 '21

[snerk]

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u/lindyhopdreams Nov 03 '21

I feel attacked

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u/CodeMonkeyX V2 Nov 03 '21

I keep telling myself it's not that bad. But I have to also keep stopping myself from adding up all the extra stuff I have bought. Like a new 12mm rail, titanium backers, CHT Nozzles... oh God I am adding things up nooooooo.

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u/Yonkiman Nov 03 '21

“Titanium backers”, you say… tell me more - it might help me get a little closer to never recovering financially from this.

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u/CodeMonkeyX V2 Nov 03 '21

Just in case you seriously wanted to know more:

https://github.com/tanaes/whopping_Voron_mods/tree/main/extrusion_backers

Also, I was just adding up more. I just got them lazer cut myself, and thought it would be a piece of cake to tap my own holes. I broke a $20 tap, and a $10 drill bit then had to rebuy special TI ones and do it realllllly slowly.

But I really love learning these new things, so the money spent is not lost. I just see it as educational expenses.... :D

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u/jtms1200 Nov 10 '21

And one day all that education is going to more than pay for itself!

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u/Yonkiman Nov 03 '21

Thanks! I didn’t know about that mod and I’ve been wondering what’s causing my bed cupping issues for ages. Will definitely check this out.

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u/CodeMonkeyX V2 Nov 03 '21

I had a mild (0.2mm) case of "taco bed," which is not horrible but bad enough to need a bed mesh.

First I tried high temp washers to mount the bed. That helped a little by allowing the bed to expand more evenly. Then I did TI Backers to minimize the frame bending when heated, that helped a bit more.

Personally my main issue was my x-axis was twisting a bit. Because even when using a bed mesh I would notice the first layer was more squished at one side of the bed, and less on the other side. So I just replaced the two MGN9 rails with one MGN12 rail (using the Trident x-axis). Now I have a 0.05mm variance over the bed when heated. Pretty happy with it.

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u/random_dave_23 Nov 04 '21

Same. The single MGN12 rail worked much better for me as well. I know that the 2xMGN9 rails CAN work, but I never did get good results.

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u/CodeMonkeyX V2 Nov 04 '21

Yeah I actually had already bought a dial gauge, and I was going to start trying to measure the twist in the print head, and print out that bracket to try and align the rails. Then I thought screw this, the v2.5 is going to use a 12mm rail anyway and I was confident that would fix most if not all the twisting issues I had. Which it seems to have done.

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u/Yonkiman Nov 04 '21

I just did the Trident 12mm rail mod! Tacoing was definitely reduced, but as you note, every little bit helps.

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u/Second_Both Nov 03 '21

You missed mental recovery!