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[roptics]

Printer Model

Voron Trident

Hello All,

I'm newish to the 3D printing world...I saw a picture of a printer and just started getting parts and I was able to build a VERY solid bedslinger style printer. The problem is that everything is custom and any time I need or want something different I have to design and build it myself. That was fun for a while but now I would like something that is more mature so I decided to go the Voron Trident route. I'm not going to ask all of my questions here but rather ask what is the best flow/process to ask question: REDDIT, Discord, Github, Voron Forum, etc.

Typical questions:

1. If I would like to use a mainboard that is not on the Voron Trident github list where can I look around to see if someone has already created a printer.cfg file for board "???" for a Voron Trident.
2. If I use a different mainboard and need a mount for the DIN rails where is the best place to look for support.
3. A more general question. I like the Orbiter Smart V3 extruder with tool board and it seems like it does all of the things that a multi-piece stealth burner does. What is a good resource to understand the design philosophy behind the extruder?


Thanks all and looking forward to my new build.

 

[bomtarnes]

1. the board should generally have a github repository with useful info
2. as above. Which board is it anyway?

3. The orbiter project does have a decent website with some interesting background: https://www.orbiterprojects.com/

 

[roptics]

1. I have an MKS SKIPR that I have been using for over a year and it has been very good. I was hoping to reuse it for the Voron Trident. The MKS Github page lists a .cfg file for a Voron 2.4 but it is three years old. Between being three years old and the wrong version Voron I was hoping to find something more specific and up to date. I'm envisioning problems with a CANBus configuration.
2. MKS SKIPR. Printables lists a DIN mount for the SKIPR so I'm probably ok there.
3. Poor phrasing on my part. I understand the Orbiter it is the Stealthburner that I'm trying to wrap my head around. It seems like it is a Bowden type extruder configured like a direct drive extruder. What does a standard Stealth burner with tool board do that a direct drive extruder with CAN tool board doesn't do?

 

[claudermilk]

For Voron questions, here and the Discord would be my primary places to ask.

The Trident and V2.4 are largely similar; in the config the main difference would be the Z axis definitions. You could compare the two from a board with both definitions.

For the Orbiter, on a Voron with a Stealthburner tool head you will be looking at the Galileo extruder. It is a direct replacement direct drive extruder that takes the place of the stock Clockwork. You can put a CAN tool head board on it to use that interface.

 

[vinnycordeiro]

1. I have an MKS SKIPR that I have been using for over a year and it has been very good. I was hoping to reuse it for the Voron Trident. The MKS Github page lists a .cfg file for a Voron 2.4 but it is three years old. Between being three years old and the wrong version Voron I was hoping to find something more specific and up to date. I'm envisioning problems with a CANBus configuration.

As said by claudermilk, from a configuration of the motors point of view the only difference between a 2.4 and a Trident is that the former have an extra Z motor, so the config file is pretty much reusable with minor changes.

3. Poor phrasing on my part. I understand the Orbiter it is the Stealthburner that I'm trying to wrap my head around. It seems like it is a Bowden type extruder configured like a direct drive extruder. What does a standard Stealth burner with tool board do that a direct drive extruder with CAN tool board doesn't do?

Stealthburner is a toolhead with a direct drive extruder, you are maybe confusing the reverse bowden tube that's there just to prevent filament tangles inside the printing chamber. It usually is a 3mm ID tube to reduce filament drag, unlike the more common 1.9/2.0 mm ID tubes like the Capricorn.

As for the use of the Orbiter extruder on a Stealthburner, there are mods out there for that. This one is for the Orbiter 1.5 on the older Afterburner toolhead, but I'm pretty sure that you can find a mod for a newer Orbiter model for the Stealthburner if you search well enough, like this one, or this one.