Voron 0.1 to v0.2 upgrade

[Penatr8tor]

Well... That's a pretty interesting series of events...

...and outcomes. 

I have to head to Florida for a couple of weeks in early September. Work related but it times up with my Moms birthday, she's going to be 89, and I get a chance to see family and some old friends. Going to drive this time around and might drag a motorcycle behind me... we will see how I feel.

Once I get back to the land of tumble weeds and prairie dogs, I will dive headfirst into finishing my Voron refurb. I already have a Mellow CAN board and UTOC. One thing I will do before leaving is to try setting up most of the electronics hardware on my "The Rig" bench tester. I'm going to try mounting and running a Pi5 on the Leviathan board and if that works, in theory it should, I will try connecting, flashing and configuring the Mellow Voron-SB2040 Pro CAN board I bought. That will be a fun experiment.

[mvdveer]

7 hours ago, Penatr8tor said:

the Mellow Voron-SB2040 Pro CAN board I bought. That will be a fun experiment.

You'll be surprised at how easy it is. Have a great holiday - have fun and be safe. Happy birthday to your mum

[mvdveer]

Well it wasn't the heater that blew - it was the thermistor on the EBB36 board. Officially ditching it and waiting for Mellow board to arrive.

[TitusADuxass]

5 minutes ago, mvdveer said:

Well it wasn't the heater that blew - it was the thermistor on the EBB36 board. Officially ditching it and waiting for Mellow board to arrive.

I've had one of them fail, fail fail not induced (or secondary) failure.

[mvdveer]

This failed due to an incorrectly defined pin. You would have thought there would be redundancies built in the board to prevent this. But, it has solidified my believe in Mellow products..

[Penatr8tor]

Feeling better about my recent Mellow CAN purchase. 

[mvdveer]

The curse of the BTT SKR mini E3 Strikes again .........

When I originally built the printer, this was the board recommended. However it FAILED - could not read driver UART - a know issue with these boards.

I was just about to move on with the build, did the final round of testing to make sure everything works - endstops, heating, homing, etc and then FAILURE

Replace the board with a BTT SKR Pico board - flashed easily, installed and configured. All tests completed and on with the build.

Next: Skirts and Panels

[TitusADuxass]

7 hours ago, mvdveer said:

Replace the board with a BTT SKR Pico board - flashed easily, installed and configured. All tests completed and on with the build.

I've got one of them in my v0 hybrid.

It's acting strangely since I upgraded to BoxZero. 

It wouldn't home correctly, Y worked fine but X moved diagonally to home. So I pulled the belts off and did some motor tests. Y works independently but X drives both X & Y.

New board ordered.

[mvdveer]

Just now, TitusADuxass said:

I've got one of them in my v0 hybrid.

It's acting strangely since I upgraded to BoxZero. 

It wouldn't home correctly, Y worked fine but X moved diagonally to home. So I pulled the belts off and did some motor tests. Y works independently but X drives both X & Y.

New board ordered.

It is a problem with these small boards it seems - the built in drivers just don't last!

[TitusADuxass]

1 minute ago, mvdveer said:

It is a problem with these small boards it seems - the built in drivers just don't last!

But they're cheap and available on Amazon, who have a good return service for failed items.

[mvdveer]

Just now, TitusADuxass said:

ut they're cheap and available on Amazon,

In Europe, but not here down under. That's why I order two of everything 

[mvdveer]

V0.2 Build Manual Pages 213 - 222 Skirts and Panels

All fitted and final testing done before enclosing the printer. Fitted some case lights, A Crazy Cam (Damn thing is autofocus, not fixed focus which may cause an issue) and the Bento Mini instead of the Nevermore.  Fitted the BTT TFT 4.3 screen, loaded klipperscreen via KIAUH.

Just for those that may experience this as well.. When installing Klipperscreen via KIAUH or command line , right at the end you get asked whether you want to install the network panel for klipperscreen. As it defaulted to yes, I just pushed enter. Raspi Pi disconnected from the network!. What the... Read the screen output on the terminal and turns out you need to turn on your wi-fi through klipperscreen or connect the Pi to ethernet and run the command "nmtui" which will then give you the ability to restore your wifi.

 

" If you were not using NetworkManager you will need to reconnect to the network using KlipperScreen or nmtui or nmcli"

 

The klipperscreen network manager, however did not correctly display my wi-Fi SSD - so I opted for the ethernet method. There is always something!

Here she is - all configuration checks completed, PID and Rotation Distance done. Ready to enclose. Going the Zero Panel way, so printing those now.

                                      

                                   

There is a lot of blue

Next TopHat

[TitusADuxass]

4 hours ago, mvdveer said:

V0.2 Build Manual Pages 213 - 222 Skirts and Panels

All fitted and final testing done before enclosing the printer. Fitted some case lights, A Crazy Cam (Damn thing is autofocus, not fixed focus which may cause an issue) and the Bento Mini instead of the Nevermore.  Fitted the BTT TFT 4.3 screen, loaded klipperscreen via KIAUH.

Just for those that may experience this as well.. When installing Klipperscreen via KIAUH or command line , right at the end you get asked whether you want to install the network panel for klipperscreen. As it defaulted to yes, I just pushed enter. Raspi Pi disconnected from the network!. What the... Read the screen output on the terminal and turns out you need to turn on your wi-fi through klipperscreen or connect the Pi to ethernet and run the command "nmtui" which will then give you the ability to restore your wifi.

" If you were not using NetworkManager you will need to reconnect to the network using KlipperScreen or nmtui or nmcli"

The klipperscreen network manager, however did not correctly display my wi-Fi SSD - so I opted for the ethernet method. There is always something!

Here she is - all configuration checks completed, PID and Rotation Distance done. Ready to enclose. Going the Zero Panel way, so printing those now.

                                   

There is a lot of blue

Next TopHat

Funnily I tried installing my Mellow Fly TFT this morning, it failed miserably.

I also installed klipperscreen via Kiauh, I didn't lose my network though but the screen didn't work. The backlight comes on but nothing else.

I'm using a BTT Pi V2 so I think that may be the issue, but I'll take a look at the network next time I fire it up. 

I do like that display mount.

 

 

[Juicebx93]

I just built a bento mini for my v0 as well. I had a hard time getting my nevermore v6s to print without warping. usable but im picky so we will see how the bento mini works

[mvdveer]

Well I have come to the end of this journey. Really enjoyed this build.

Renewed V0. 1632

 

  

 

 

From this:                                                                                                         to this:

                                             

 

 

 

[mvdveer]

As you can probably see, I gave up on the. Zero panels. Just could not get a solution for the door. Tried various options all without success. Also had to modify some of the panels to fit the V0.2. I have attached the files for those that are interested. The Zero panels had 3mm foam attached. Is it really needed? Thus went the traditional way as I do not see any reason I would want to remove the panels in the future.  If I do, I just need to deal with the screws 

ZeroPanels_v3_door bottom shortened.stl ZeroPanels_v3_VO.2_top_left_x2 v2 shortened.stl ZeroPanels_v3_VO.2_top_right_x2 v1.stl ZeroPanels_v3_VO.2_top_left_x2 v1.stl

[mvdveer]

Lessons from this build:

Don't be afraid to use Fusion 360 or any other CAD program  to change parts to suit your needs. I have learned a lot by playing around, , stuffing up alterations, trying various methods, etc. But in the end -I got the part I needed and learned a hell of a lot in the process.

Don't get fixated on an idea. Sometimes it just doesn't work or in my case, the knowledge base is not sufficient to get it done. Don't be stubborn - acknowledge your shortcomings and move on.

Don't be afraid to experiment.

But most of all - HAVE FUN!!!

Enjoy what you're doing and do it for you and you alone!