v0.2 Smol Printer Build: V0.2-S1r1

[mvdveer]

Well done to you and your daughter - great build

[claudermilk]

It was a lot of fun for both of us. She reports that her schoolmates don't believe her that she built a 3D printer. Apparently there is some kind of competition or fundraiser going on to get a 3D printer for her middle school. She doesn't know what printer but thinks it's about $200-$250. Hmm...Ender? She told me her response was "meh" which threw the other kids off. When they asked why she wasn't impressed she told them it was because there was already two printers at home, and she was building a third. To which they responded with disbelief; I told her to take pictures to show as proof. Which reminds me, I need to share the Photos album of all my source images for this thread. That should put those disbelieving schoolmate in their place.

She is already talking about what mods are first on the todo list. 

[YaaJ]

On 10/3/2023 at 3:58 PM, claudermilk said:

Fin.

Now for tuning, software tweaks , and mods! Oh, and recording a serial video.

She got distracted (and had some more homework to do), so I mostly handled sorting what subtly different bracket went where on the tophat for the panels. She did make sure to record herself doing the peels--she's a pro now.

Are you sure, for the plates ? It seams they are meant to be mounted this way : one on top, one on front.

[EDIT] or swaped, as the logos are symmetrical, making Voron the first one and LDO the 2nd.

Edited October 4 by YaaJ

[claudermilk]

 That looks better. I'll move mine around. I thought it was odd how the top end was set up.

 

Also, DANG! Vorons serials are processed at warp speed now. The Trident took about 2 weeks. This one took all of 5 hours. Welcome V0.3105.

[YaaJ]

LDO documentation and repos are a mess. Printed everything I found and then played with the puzzles. Took some time before I find what to use. Worse : their 3D models are F360, not STEP.

[claudermilk]

Well, from what I gather F360 is the most commonly used CAD in the community and you can get a free personal license for it. Their docs certainly aren't as Voron (a testament to how much work has gone into Voron's), I've seen worse. I really only had trouble with Picobilical and input shaper.

[YaaJ]

The CAD esperanto is STEP. This is why Voron designs are shared as STEP assemblies ; it was explained by the team in a livestream a couple years ago. Because some in the team use Engineer, others Solidworks, or Catia, Edge, F360, etc. They all speak STEP, and they exchange STEPs. When designs are shared, most of the time the files are STEPs.

Three years ago, they wanted to remove STEP export from the free version. After some backlash, they didn't... Until now... I hate cloud computing.

[Penatr8tor]

If I remember correctly, from the TAP livestream, the Voron lead designer/s use Autodesk Inventor. One can only speculate on why they're saving shared designs in STEP format. My guess would be that they chose STEP because every CAD software can import STEP so, there's no worry that someone can't open a file. And STEP is a very compact format, so you run into less file size limitations and the list goes on. I've been designing on CAD daily for the past ~40 years having started with AutoCAD 1.1 on an IBM PC/AT with an 80286 and amber monochrome display. 

@YaaJ I remember when they wanted to charge everyone for STEP and obviously the community did not agree. Just curious... What CAD are you using?

[YaaJ]

Yes, we are thinking of the same video.

Didn't start CAD with such an early version... It was circa 1990, with a 286, a VGA card and a Hercules one in text mode for commands. Turbo C had a similar feature, coding debugging profiling on one monochrome text CRT, the program running on the second one. Learnt drawing on paper earlier, loved it !!! What version ? Can't remember. 3 ? 4 ? 5 ? Anyway, hated it. And this stupid LISP ! (Lots of stupid insipid parentheses IIRC). Quickly switched to GEM Draw, much easier and sufficient for the tiny things that could be made in a small appartment. Really came to CAD when I was able to have a workshop 10 years later. Was more a codehead at this time. Of course, didn't pay for the softwares. 20 years ago, tried Inventor and SW, loved SW instantly (the little mule had to walk for weeks). Followed the wife and the daughter on hollidays, they were going to the beach, I was staying with a laptop, learning parametric modeling. A bit shy when it comes to CAD softwares, for obvious reasons... STEP has an advantage : being text, it can be "defaced" ;  can remove some signatures. Not sure it is enough...

Can't get rid of Windows because of 2 softwares : SW and VS (the heavy one, not Code ; addicted since Visual C++ 1.0 beta, that came for free from MS soon after NT 3.1 beta 2). No Linux equivalent. FreeCAD is ununderstable with its workshops unfortunately. Its on the HDD, because it's a companion for KiCad.

[claudermilk]

Mods!

Let there be light! Rainbow on a Matchstick in the very nice Maple Leaf Makers mounts. I'm not super thrilled with the wire routing, I'll have to come up with something to clean that up. Probably a 1515 version of the channel cover if the wires & cover can all fit. I've stolen my Trident klipper-led-effects definitions and tweaked them for the V0.2; ditched all the ones not applicable (Tap probing, z-tilt, mesh, etc) and altered colors. Because the standby now uses breathe effect from cyan to purple. Of course.

Also added the nice little handles to make carrying it around easier. I shifted them towards the back so it balances nicely.