Chaoticlabs cnc full rebuild

[3dCase]

Finally the time came to totally rebuild my V2.4 350 with chaoticlabs cnc kit to replace all the plastic parts.
At the same time I will address the crooked bed, get rid of clicky and z limit, already got rid of x and y limits. Will install canbus and cartographer.
First impressions of the chaoticlabs kit are unbelievably good, no missing parts, everything fits like a glove, finish is perfect and packaging is almost too good (very hard to unpack the tightly wrapped fasteners). The whole mechanical dissasembly and rebuild took about 8 hours sofar. Will do little things after work during the week and next weekend hopefully get started on the canbus and wiring. Got to figure out my mounting of the toolhead because its my own design and my voron has 2 linear rails for the x axis so it is not exactly like what the cartographer parts are in need of, but it will be ok.
Pleased with todays progress
Forgot to mention also that I already relocated the electronics and removed those daft cable chains. Months of grief with those and having to lay your printer on its back everytime you need to get to those electronics gets boring very fast, so seperate controlbox on an umbilical and the base will stay open.

 

[3dCase]

I found that one of the mgn9 rails for the x acis deformed at the point where the fixing screws are located. When I took it of it has a ridge along its back which makes it sit not level in the length of the 2020 profile. This comes as no surprise really, as the buying guide leads you to shitty cheap rails from unidentifyable origin and no guarantee for any quality or grade.
Purchased an original Hiwin mgn15 and I already have a carriage with Z1 and gradeP so will just be using one rail for the toolhead.
Nearly finished milling a small adapter plate from mgn9 to mgn15.

 

[3dCase]

So I finally had time to pick this up again. I have now build a new mainsail / klipper, got KlipperScreen to work again and flashed my MCU with a new firmware. Used Esoterical's guide to canbus to flash the EBB36 and to update my U2C. I believe it is all working because all the suggested returns are correct sofar. I have to say this Esoterical guide is near perfect. It just could do with a little more lower level advise for people like me who have never coded anything before but he deserves a KoFi for sure so will look at this when I am done.
Now what is left to do is to tidy up the wiring on the control box side. Then terminate all the tool head wiring to the can bus board. Then to take measurements and to rewrite the config files. Find some new homing macros for the Cartographer and carefully start testing.

Been a rollercoaster because I am totally not up to speed with this firmware flashing and it scared the hell out of me, but I feel good about finally having tackled it.
One thing is for sure the machine will look a lot better with the cnc parts on it and the umbilical. Hoping to have the wiring finished Tomorrow and then it is a weeks wait again due to life's other events.
Slowy does it.....

 

[NoGuru]

Wow, I can't believe I missed when you started this thread as I know some of your back story and how you obtained the printer.
The New parts look amazing and you have done a great job with the build. Curious to see how it all turns out.