Voron Trident 350 extremely slow build

[mbunjes]

7 minutes ago, claudermilk said:

What's the voltage to the extruder motor?

It's at 0.5A at the moment

[claudermilk]

Is it skipping steps? Maybe bump to 0.55A? Oh, also is the tension on the latch set ok? I had to fiddle a bunch at first.

[mbunjes]

No it's not skipping steps. The tension on the latch, that's a tough one. I sort of tightened it tlll it felt ok. It seems to work fine. I saw a fine tuning guide but it involved removing the stepper motor from the extruder and I wasn't willing to go that far. I did all the tensioning steps in the build manual.

[claudermilk]

Well, I'm out of bright ideas for now. Try different filament?

[mbunjes]

15 minutes ago, claudermilk said:

Try different filament

Yeah, I was going to.

[mbunjes]

So I used different filament but mainly I re-soldered the broken connection to the hot-end fan so it actually turns when printing.
Makes a huge difference !

Very exited : the very first print !

[smirk]

A first print to be proud of! Glad you got the cables/fan sorted.

[mvdveer]

Good quality for a first print

[claudermilk]

Nice first print! Congrats! Cereal time?

[mbunjes]

19 minutes ago, claudermilk said:

Nice first print! Congrats! Cereal time?

Not a fan. I'll have some sushi please.

[claudermilk]

I'm good with that. 

[mbunjes]

I proudly present : a fully enclosed Voron !

Ready to start spewing ABS goodies.

[smirk]

1 hour ago, mbunjes said:

a fully enclosed Voron

Looks gorgeous....wait is that some finger prints on the top?!

[mbunjes]

How dare you ! This can only be touched with baby-seal gloves.

Edited December 2, 2022 by mbunjes

[smirk]

23 minutes ago, mbunjes said:

baby-seal gloves

It's the clubbing that makes them so soft and supple.

[mbunjes]

ouch. Didn't want to dwell on that. OK, fingerprints it is.

[smirk]

4 hours ago, mbunjes said:

fingerprints it is.

At least it's not glue, I just got superglue on one of my panels (don't ask).

[mvdveer]

Looking good. ABS here we come

[mbunjes]

Roll arriving tomorrow. Then I can print some righteous skirts.

[claudermilk]

Heh, wait till he sees the Bowden tube scrapes start appearing on the inside...

[smirk]

6 hours ago, claudermilk said:

Bowden tube scrapes

Yup got those as well.....

[mbunjes]

Hmmm, I was wondering about the bowden tube and the top panel....Do I have to live with the scrapes ?

 

[smirk]

1 minute ago, mbunjes said:

Do I have to live with the scrapes

I was trying to give an answer that did not sound like I'm being cheeky (comment about raising the ceiling or replace the acrylic with something harder). I suspect it wil be difficult to avoid damage.

Since it's a trident and the head only moves in the X/Y plane(s) you might be able to shorten the bowden to prevent it riding up. There's also that bowden guide which might help to prevent the bowden from riding up by keeping it under control nearer the top of the printer.

[mbunjes]

I already tried that just to see if it was an improvement. Sadly in my case there was no difference.

[claudermilk]

I use that guide and it works. Keeps the tube from scraping. My only gripe is I've now broken two of the 90deg clips. I need to remix the CAD and thicken the sides up a bit.