Armoured Turtle modular AMS

[xyleth]

Came across this in my YT feed today.  Looks like it could be an interesting alternative to the current AMS state of the art (Carrot, TradRack style).

 

[Pappy3831]

Amazing.  Any wait to see the progress and alpha testing. 

[NikosSprocket]

Thanks for the info. I built a working ERCF but it was unreliable and put it in the closet!

[7milesup]

Unfortunately for me, he is doing almost everything on Discord.  I freaking hate Discord, it's nothing but a jumbled mess unless you read it every day.

It looks like a super awesome project though.  I am really looking forward to seeing it come along. 

@mvdveer,  When are you going to start on yours? 

[NikosSprocket]

Yah! Discord is not my favorite media either but most projects are on it. The main thing will be if they document well the design like Voron, ERCF etc.have done. Then Discord is the last resort lol

[mvdveer]

2 hours ago, 7milesup said:

,  When are you going to start on yours? 

Once I finish:

• doing the maintenance on the 2 Vorons and 2 Tridents: 
• Completing the tradrack setup on the trident
• Completing the ERCF V2 on the Voron 2.4 300mm build
• Updating all printers to Beacon or Cartographer
• Rebuilding the VZBot toolhead and updating the Z-axis to CNC parts
• Tuning all the printers
• Upgrading the V0.1 to V0.2 (had the kit for 3months now)
• Starting and finishing the Milo1.5 build

Not necessarily in that order.

Then...... Maybe 

 

[7milesup]

Well, @mvdveer, you could scratch bullet point 3 off of the list. 

[mvdveer]

9 hours ago, 7milesup said:

Well, @mvdveer, you could scratch bullet point 3 off of the list. 

Nah - still got to do the electronics on that one and mount it....sigghhhh

[sleepster217]

On 5/25/2024 at 6:25 AM, mvdveer said:

Nah - still got to do the electronics on that one and mount it....sigghhhh

How many printers do u have and how many are vorons just curious and what one is your favourite 

[mvdveer]

8 hours ago, sleepster217 said:

How many printers do u have and how many are vorons just curious and what one is your favourite 

A total of 14:

• Voron 2.4r2 - 350mm
• Voron 2.4r2 - 300mm
• Trident - 300mm
• Trident - 250mm
• V0.1 - Stock
• v0.1 - Trizero Mod
• V0.1 - Boxzero Mod
• Voron Micron - 180mm
• Voron Switchwire
• VZBOT 330 AWD
• Rat Rig V-Minion
• Ender 5 Modded and Ikea Lak enclosure - working but not in use
• Ender 5 Plus Modded and Ikea Lak enclosure - working but not in use
• Ender XRX Modded - dual color - working but not in use

Favourite? How can that even be possible? One most used - Trident 300mm which is currently "in maintenance". Rebuilding the toolhead for Galileo 2 extruder, twin sensor with Filametrix.  Have not done much printing lately. 

[mvdveer]

The 8 track is out in Alpha for download and building.

Github link

But the POGO boards are already sold out - seems to be either high demand or lack of supply.

[7milesup]

Robert (the person behind Armored Turtle) only made 8 sets. Of course, they sold out very quickly. Maybe it is just me, but I find it strange how he is going about this. He is making some money on those PCBs to fund further orders, so why not order 100 of them? He should realize that they will sell out.  Also, under the cassette BOM, parts and quantities are listed, but also a line that is "? m3 screws - many - assorted."  Weird.

Don't get me wrong, this looks like an awesome alternative to other AMS systems and once the build is fleshed out a bit more I am going to have a go at it.

I nearly pulled the trigger on a Bambu X1 Carbon a little while ago just because of the AMS.  It also just works.  We purchased one at work a little while ago and it was about an hour and a half from the time we pulled it out of the box until we were printing.   I was extremely impressed with the print quality and speed of that machine.

[mvdveer]

8 hours ago, 7milesup said:

I nearly pulled the trigger on a Bambu X1 Carbon a little while ago just because of the AMS

Nothing wrong with that approach. But were is the fun frustration in that?

[Reg_B]

On 5/27/2024 at 9:07 AM, 7milesup said:

Robert (the person behind Armored Turtle) only made 8 sets. Of course, they sold out very quickly. Maybe it is just me, but I find it strange how he is going about this. He is making some money on those PCBs to fund further orders, so why not order 100 of them? He should realize that they will sell out.  Also, under the cassette BOM, parts and quantities are listed, but also a line that is "? m3 screws - many - assorted."  Weird.

Don't get me wrong, this looks like an awesome alternative to other AMS systems and once the build is fleshed out a bit more I am going to have a go at it.

I nearly pulled the trigger on a Bambu X1 Carbon a little while ago just because of the AMS.  It also just works.  We purchased one at work a little while ago and it was about an hour and a half from the time we pulled it out of the box until we were printing.   I was extremely impressed with the print quality and speed of that machine.

I have made similar assumptions (-:

Since then I have acknowledged that "tech smarts" and "biz smarts" in the same person is very unusual.

 

Musk, Gates, Jobs, et al.

 

 

 

 

[mvdveer]

On 5/24/2024 at 12:59 PM, 7milesup said:

@mvdveer,  When are you going to start on yours? 

see my post - I'm back - Update/s

[TitusADuxass]

On 5/24/2024 at 4:59 AM, 7milesup said:

Unfortunately for me, he is doing almost everything on Discord.  I freaking hate Discord, it's nothing but a jumbled mess unless you read it every day.

It looks like a super awesome project though.  I am really looking forward to seeing it come along. 

@mvdveer,  When are you going to start on yours? 

I agree with you about discord.

[TitusADuxass]

I've been itching for a MMU or whatever you choose to call it.

This one seems to be the one for me, I think I'll be self sourcing it as I have a truck load of "spares" after stripping the TronXY down.

[sleepster217]

On 5/24/2024 at 11:36 AM, mvdveer said:

Once I finish:

• doing the maintenance on the 2 Vorons and 2 Tridents: 
• Completing the tradrack setup on the trident
• Completing the ERCF V2 on the Voron 2.4 300mm build
• Updating all printers to Beacon or Cartographer
• Rebuilding the VZBot toolhead and updating the Z-axis to CNC parts
• Tuning all the printers
• Upgrading the V0.1 to V0.2 (had the kit for 3months now)
• Starting and finishing the Milo1.5 build

Not necessarily in that order.

Then...... Maybe 

How is the milo build going

[mvdveer]

2 hours ago, sleepster217 said:

How is the milo build going

Milo is done and working. (Not using it much)  but the casa enclosure still needs some finishing touches - just not a priority at present. The size of the thing puts me off

[mvdveer]

10 hours ago, TitusADuxass said:

I've been itching for a MMU or whatever you choose to call it.

This one seems to be the one for me, I think I'll be self sourcing it as I have a truck load of "spares" after stripping the TronXY down.

I self sourced - most parts are readily available.