Recent content by Cena

Weekly update: The Galileo parts came in, but the printer forgot to include the x-carriage, so I fiddled around with some smaller things this past week. Carriage should be here tomorrow (22 May). I’ll be very interested to see how much it actually varies from the original; ie, whether I...

Er, should I? Doesn’t Beacon replace the inductive probe/Klicky, and maybe TAP?

KB3D - That’s it! Since last time, I’ve reorganized my work area, put the hot end (Revo) into the housing, put together the lil clear Voron logo piece and inserted it into the SB face plate. (That was possibly one of the most fiddly things so far! Why??) Broke down and bought 3d printed...

Okay, quick update here! I ended up replacing the stock front idlers with the Ramas - it was going to drive me crazy otherwise. Along the way I found various screws that needed tightening, and a misaligned belt, so I consider this time well-spent! Mounted the Pi and power supply (that is...

So, part of what I’m trying to do is avoid CAN, which is why I’m going with the Nighthawk and Beacon. It sounds like this is a relatively new combo (since Nitehawk just came out) so this is likely to be an unwise choice for a CN like me! Still, I’m gonna give it a whirl. I get stuck between...

I did see that, but I also imported the step file into orca and it looks like, rather than the entire carriage, an insert, lets call it, that attaches to the existing/default carriage. Can you confirm whether that’s the case, or if I should just reprint the carriage?

How dare you! /s Seriously, not sure where? Manual: Carriage: That said, I just realized I need to print a new carriage to accommodate the Beacon, or at least one of these insert things.

Well, it took a couple of attempts, but finally got the A/B belts on. I think my ‘intuition’ about what’s correct build-wise is improving a bit - I was able to catch a couple of mistakes (‘wait, that can’t be right’) before I got too far along. The main issue was running the B belt, where it...

Don’t worry, I’m having to laugh ruefully myself! Got the Z belts on, futzed around with squaring the gantry (which I think it is, after I finally realized some of the little rubber stops on the linear rails were still in place, apparently causing the racking I was seeing.) Next up, A/B belts...

Took the gantry down again, thinking maybe the z bearing block itself was an issue, then it turned out that …..THERE WAS NO NUT in place. When I checked that yesterday, I checked the wrong (mirrored) side.

Okay, where did I leave off? Oh yes, a couple more CN mistakes: I went to put the xy drives together, and had various issues with the screws not fastening. I spent 8 hrs reprinting the parts on the Creality. Well. Turns out that a) I somehow completely missed the part in the manual about...

I got the biggest kick out of you creating your own PCB! I haven’t gotten here yet but will keep this in mind if my own printed part is similar to yours. The rabbit holes Voron leads us down…

As an aside, the right xy drive shouldn’t do this, should it? Basically, the screw through the idler pulley goes straight through the top hole (no anchored to top piece), and the other screws don’t seem to be biting into the plastic- I can just pull the parts apart with no effort. I assume this...

Good tip! For me, part of the printing of these random things is just “learning how to 3D print” - using a slicer, fiddling with settings, etc. Dang you, Dave, that’s a good point that never occurred to me. Although, thinking further, do Crealitys get ‘out of square’? It’s level, and...

Looking forward to your next update!