Voron Trident 350 extremely slow build

[mbunjes]

Hi, as the title suggests, this is going to take a while. I don't have spare money laying around so a kit is out of the question. I'm going to source everything myself. This is actually something I like doing. 
So, the actual build state is as follows : I bought the extrusions (In Poland, great quality and price) and am now in the process of tapping and drilling.

Not very exciting I'm afraid, although I did design and print a few very simple jigs for drilling holes.

I have no experience in printing ABS, always having printed in PLA and PETG. I tried with an enclosure for my trusted Ender 3 but hated the smell and the results were below par.

So I decided to take advantage of the Voron PIF program, but since this is a slow build anyways I'll wait till the Stealthburner is officially the goto toolhead.
As soon as the screws arrive from Ali I'll start assembling the frame.

[Demosth]

Love these kinda build diaries, very detailed and methodical! Looking forward to seeing your project grow!

[mvdveer]

This is the best build experience. I did my Voron 0, in a similar manner, except ordered the frame. Learned so much about the need for accuracy in the build. Just enjoy

[claudermilk]

But...this crowd does get all excited about jigs. Especially Steve Builds! Thanks for sharing.

[mbunjes]

Ok, here's an extremely simple one that you can print two times, one mirrored, that'll give you the exact holes for a 354 x 354 mm alu build plate : 

[mbunjes]

At last, the bolts have arrived. 
I am going on a 2 day city trip to Brussels now but here's at least a picture of the frame building area complete with bolt. 

[mbunjes]

So, a quick question : I read a lot about checking the squareness of the frame but nothing about what to do if there's a slight "unsquareness".

What can you do then ?

[claudermilk]

Tweak it around to get as square as you can. Since you're building a 350 monster, I think anything within 1mm will be good. As nero has pointed out: we're building fancy hot glue guns. They don't need to be perfect. I have my 250 Trident within I think about 0.3mm-0.4mm and it prints fantastic.

[mbunjes]

Thanks. I found that rotating the horizontal extrusions can make a world of difference.

[mbunjes]

And here it is ! Squareness everywhere within 0.5mm.

[smirk]

That's looking really good!

[claudermilk]

Nice! From experience I will say triple and quadruple check that those Y rails are parallel and evenly spaced from the bottom. 

[mbunjes]

Yes, what I did was measure the gap from the top to the Y extrusions with calipers and made them exactly the same.

[mbunjes]

I received my PIF parts and am blown away by the print quality. Immediately proceeded to the next step of the build : 

before : 

[mbunjes]

And after : 

[mbunjes]

Step 1 completed, I deserve a beer.

[mbunjes]

Finally all the bolts arrived and I can start building. Happy days !
Those little idlers were pretty finnicky to assemble but I managed it in the end.

[mbunjes]

Assembling the motor mounts...

[mbunjes]

And mounting them on the frame

[mbunjes]

[mbunjes]

I'd like to share a very simple tool I've used for years now :
It's a plastic rod , 3mm square, that's perfect for placing T-nuts

[mbunjes]

So now the time has arrived to take care of the linear rails. I do have them but I have to score some grease to lubricate them.

[mbunjes]

Some progress :

Edited July 15, 2022 by mbunjes

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