cabinfourus
New member
Hello everyone.
The forums didn't seem to have a place for new members to introduce themselves, or in my ignorance, I couldn't find it.
My apologies if this is located in the wrong section.
One day, while doing some work at a wedding with my wife, I accidentally flew one of my drones into a power line, and it came crashing to the ground. When returning home and looking up the replacement parts, I was shocked at the prices I saw for simple plastic parts. Also, one of the companies that made the drones I use went belly up, and you could not get parts for them. I saw an episode of The Big Bang Theory with a skit on 3D printing. So, I thought I would give it a try and learn to print replacement parts for my drones. I got online looking for a cheap 3D printer to get me started, and settled on the Anet A8. I figured for ninety bucks if I could not get it to work, I hadn't lost much. It came in a small box with some faded instructions written mostly in Chinese. I am a mechanical engineer, so I didn't have much trouble figuring it out, but for someone without a working knowledge of basic mechanics, it would have been a challenge, since most of the instructions didn't match the parts I was sent. Once I got it all together and printed my first PLA filament cube, I was hooked.
Today, I built and own five printers, one laser cutter, and a steel CNC. Three of the printers I built, I used the Ender 3 Pro design as a starting point, that led me to designing and trying different setups, including water cooled hot ends. I have never built or used a Cartesian XY Head and Z bed movement printer, so here I am. It is finally time for me to build a Voron 2 printer. I have printed most of the STLs and am currently waiting for parts I ordered. I chose to build mine from scratch and not use the kits. It really didn't save me too much, but I figured I could learn more by doing it this way. Also, I had a LOT of spare parts from other builds that I could use to build my Voron 2.
Klipper's firmware is great! I plan on using it with this new build, with a RPi 4 carrying the load. I have a spare BigTreeTech Octopus Pro I will use for my main board, with the TMC2209 drives. Does anyone prefer Marlin over Klipper? These are the only two I have ever tried, and I am all ears to opinions about other firmware.
Everything is coming together nicely, but I am a bit troubled about hot ends. I have always been partial to the ceramic hot ends, since I moved away from the heater blocks. They heat up much faster and the temperatures stay even. It also takes some weight off the X axis mount, since the ceramic hot end is much lighter. I am also partial to the all metal E3D V6 heat sinks also.
I would like to get some opinions and ideas from others who built this printer and which hot ends you use with it. I'd like to know about the Revo hot end and how well it works with the Voron 2. Does anyone know if they make a Revo nozzle/throat for use with the E3D V6 heat sink? What type of heater does the Revo use?
I apologize for all the questions, but I cherish the opinions of people who have traveled my journey ahead of me.
Thank you for allowing me to be a part of this community,
Happy printing!
The forums didn't seem to have a place for new members to introduce themselves, or in my ignorance, I couldn't find it.
My apologies if this is located in the wrong section.
One day, while doing some work at a wedding with my wife, I accidentally flew one of my drones into a power line, and it came crashing to the ground. When returning home and looking up the replacement parts, I was shocked at the prices I saw for simple plastic parts. Also, one of the companies that made the drones I use went belly up, and you could not get parts for them. I saw an episode of The Big Bang Theory with a skit on 3D printing. So, I thought I would give it a try and learn to print replacement parts for my drones. I got online looking for a cheap 3D printer to get me started, and settled on the Anet A8. I figured for ninety bucks if I could not get it to work, I hadn't lost much. It came in a small box with some faded instructions written mostly in Chinese. I am a mechanical engineer, so I didn't have much trouble figuring it out, but for someone without a working knowledge of basic mechanics, it would have been a challenge, since most of the instructions didn't match the parts I was sent. Once I got it all together and printed my first PLA filament cube, I was hooked.
Today, I built and own five printers, one laser cutter, and a steel CNC. Three of the printers I built, I used the Ender 3 Pro design as a starting point, that led me to designing and trying different setups, including water cooled hot ends. I have never built or used a Cartesian XY Head and Z bed movement printer, so here I am. It is finally time for me to build a Voron 2 printer. I have printed most of the STLs and am currently waiting for parts I ordered. I chose to build mine from scratch and not use the kits. It really didn't save me too much, but I figured I could learn more by doing it this way. Also, I had a LOT of spare parts from other builds that I could use to build my Voron 2.
Klipper's firmware is great! I plan on using it with this new build, with a RPi 4 carrying the load. I have a spare BigTreeTech Octopus Pro I will use for my main board, with the TMC2209 drives. Does anyone prefer Marlin over Klipper? These are the only two I have ever tried, and I am all ears to opinions about other firmware.
Everything is coming together nicely, but I am a bit troubled about hot ends. I have always been partial to the ceramic hot ends, since I moved away from the heater blocks. They heat up much faster and the temperatures stay even. It also takes some weight off the X axis mount, since the ceramic hot end is much lighter. I am also partial to the all metal E3D V6 heat sinks also.
I would like to get some opinions and ideas from others who built this printer and which hot ends you use with it. I'd like to know about the Revo hot end and how well it works with the Voron 2. Does anyone know if they make a Revo nozzle/throat for use with the E3D V6 heat sink? What type of heater does the Revo use?
I apologize for all the questions, but I cherish the opinions of people who have traveled my journey ahead of me.
Thank you for allowing me to be a part of this community,
Happy printing!
