Off topic but stay safe my German friends, been watching the news about the floods, terrible.
Beiträge von humebeam
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BTW the current version you can leave in all the time if you like, it will not hit the frame, at least not on X-Max. Not tested on X-Plus and I-Mate.
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You must be overextruding, it's fine here
But yes, it's a tight fit, clearance is just 0.10 mm, I did not want it to move after insertion. I've printed mine in ABS though, not PC.The hole diameter for the dial indicator is undersized by design so it grips the steel rod without risk of it sliding up when measuring. I can adjust it and increase the hole diameter slightly. I can also increase the clearance of the dovetail a little. I'll post the update here.
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Yes that's the exact pancake stepper I use, I have a few myself.
BTW you could also offer the TL V6 clone as an option for people on a budget, works perfectly fine too. 4010 fan should be good regardless but I personally use a 4020 on my carriages. For a V6 I would probably stick with 4020 since its heatsink structure isn't nearly as effecient.
Hercules is confirmed to be compatible with X-Max, X-Plus and the newer I-Mate (S).
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Well as an option is not a bad idea.
I'm using a Trianglelab pancake stepper that's 85g lighter than stock motor (70g with heatsink on which I use), done a few hundred hours now without problems and no clogs, it's plenty strong enough due to the BMG gearing.
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Yes that's a different issue, either printing to hot, too cold or too fast. Or fan issue.
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Ah OK it might be, I haven't really inspected it before. It just works here
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Another thing I noticed is there is quite a bit of play between the handle and the gear on the TL BMG, might also affect troublesome filament. A thin washer to keep it secure might be an idea.
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Check your extruder gears.
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Yup but it was just a theory. Another theory I have is the filament gears not lining up perfectly.
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Perhaps there is binding between gears and the white filament guide in the BMG extruder. Torque should be plenty strong enough with the motors. Just an idea.
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Managed to take the V6 apart and was able to figure out where the filament stucks. It is really only in the hot melt zone. Within the cool zone of the heatbreak the filament was as newly inserted. Which rules out as well the heatbreak cooling I would guess. The object was a pretty round thing so from extrusion point of view no challenge with many retractions etc.
Only explanation I have is that the filament "produces" dirt which stucks in the nozzle and over time it fails to extrude. Now I wish I had some equipment to cut the nozzle to look inside to verify theory ...
Hmm weird. Sure you're not just printing too hot?
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Next to filament the only variable I see is the HB cooling but the 40x10 fan is blowing with 100%. Would be nice to have a sensor within the HB as well to monitor this effect.
it does - 30min
Cooling should be fine. The Dragon heatbreak is extremely efficient as you know. I have noticed though that the High Flow Dragon is a bit more difficult to work with than Standard Flow or it's just me.
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It is probably the filament then. I don't print PETG but have heard great reports of Dragon printing it perfectly.
Only filament I've had issues with clogging is Extrudr GreenTEC Pro Carbon. It's useless, clogs whatever I try
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Yeah - You will get your share as soon as shipped
Just got 2 standard TL from china - but the shoplink is again removed. OK the phaetus ones are more or less equal.No rush
You need to up production though Just kidding.
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Always sold out
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Z-Build volume reduction is only temporarily until you do the first fast leveling. I think it is more secure to go down a cm and then a well visisble steps up while leveling then unkown number down (what is a bunch? - just got feedback that even 50 were not enough) and crash. But please check with you stock - I don't have any stock extruder to check unfortunately.
Ah I see. Well I'll check later. I thought 50 would be enough for sure, that's 2.5 mm. My stock extruders aren't stock anymore, done too many modifications but at least the nozzles and bearings sit where they are supposed to
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Second one fits as well. Still some hopefully solvable issues but not related to bearings.
I also changed the mounting instructions to use a Z build volume decrease by one 1cm. the Fast leveling method with a "bunch" of steps seems to be to risky causing a nozzle-bed crash.
Nice to hear it fits
Regarding Z: I need to check by installing a stock carriage and see how it compares but now (since version 1.7) the bearings sit lower by 1 mm and therefore the nozzle 1 mm higher than before so it's possible you don't even have to lower the Z offset by fast leveling and pressing down anymore but I have kept the instructions as is until I know for sure.
The build volume does not need to be reduced, the full build volume is available. We just just set a different z offset value by using fast leveling and it will be stored/saved.
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here we are with the further test objects and one classic chad.
Nice touch with the different colours for the PCB cover and dial holder, love it
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I have set 19.10 to be the "normal" size, it should fit pretty much all builds unless the bearings are tiny. Even so it will fit better now that the fan duct sits flush with the bearings so it will also keep them secure.
Keep in mind the bearings clearance for the Chad version is 19.00 or a tiny bit less actually and no issues for people fitting that. But its design is more forgiving and not as firm as it doesn't "grab" the bearings like Hercules does, also the carriage itself is flexible.
