Umbilical and ptfe Tube how to?

[Dutchronnie]

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I plan to convert my Voron 2.4 LDO kit to a CAN bus version. I bought the BTT SB2209 (RP2040). Initially, I wanted to connect it directly to the Octopus 1.1, but I read that many people had problems with that. So I also bought the U2C. But now I am wondering how best to remove the two cable chains and how to bring the umbilical to the electronics bay, and also bring the PTFE tube for the filament to the back wall. Can these be combined?
And what is the best way to install the umbilical so that I can also remove the cable chain for the Z-axis?

I hope somebody can help. and can direct me to some examples.

 

[NoGuru]

I went to printables and typed Umbilical in the search https://www.printables.com/search/models?q=umbilical

I will say I keep my toolhead separate from the PTFE tube incase I need to change one or the other.

 

[Dutchronnie]

I went to printables and typed Umbilical in the search https://www.printables.com/search/models?q=umbilical

Of course i did that to0, but i see many different solutions, with and without z chain, umbilical to gantry, umbilical to back panel, i was wondering what is the best solution for all this.
When the umbilical is attached to the gantry, is it then possible to remove the z chain, or is that impossible.

 

[Aeronut]

AFAIK, the umbilical setup is only designed to operate the printhead, with no faciility to drive the two steppers and anything else associated with the gantry. My own recent Nitehawk setup uses a Z chain between chassis and gantry, then umbilical to the toolhead. It's set up for sensorless homing on X &Y, with Z being handled by Chaotic Labs Tap. It all works well now and my only real gripe is the time taken to perform a QGL, followed by a bed mesh. Hence the reason I've been looking into Beacon, though I'm not yet convinced that it'll actually be any better than what I have now.

 

[NoGuru]

AFAIK, the umbilical setup is only designed to operate the printhead, with no faciility to drive the two steppers and anything else associated with the gantry. My own recent Nitehawk setup uses a Z chain between chassis and gantry, then umbilical to the toolhead. It's set up for sensorless homing on X &Y, with Z being handled by Chaotic Labs Tap. It all works well now and my only real gripe is the time taken to perform a QGL, followed by a bed mesh. Hence the reason I've been looking into Beacon, though I'm not yet convinced that it'll actually be any better than what I have now.

You have basically the same setup as me, but I can tell you Beacon is WELL WORTH IT. Better first layers then I have ever had, Contact which means nozzle changes and build plate changes without re-calibrating Z, and full mesh in 10-20 seconds. I think the new Nitehawk allows Beacon to plug into it as well.

 

[Dutchronnie]

AFAIK, the umbilical setup is only designed to operate the printhead, with no faciility to drive the two steppers and anything else associated with the gantry. My own recent Nitehawk setup uses a Z chain between chassis and gantry, then umbilical to the toolhead. It's set up for sensorless homing on X &Y, with Z being handled by Chaotic Labs Tap. It all works well now and my only real gripe is the time taken to perform a QGL, followed by a bed mesh. Hence the reason I've been looking into Beacon, though I'm not yet convinced that it'll actually be any better than what I have now.

I have also a chaotic lab tap V2,. I have read about the sensoless homing, but i also understand that some people have a lot of trouble with sensorless homing , so i decided to install the can system first with an x and y endstop, when it is al woring then i can try the sensorles homing. i also want in the feture install a beacon sensor, i was thinking about the BTT eddy, in short time it wil also come in a can version.