VzBot 330

[TitusADuxass]

I appear to have a large amount of screws left over (probably because the Mellow kit comes with an assembled gantry).

[TitusADuxass]

So that's that then, it's been an interesting build. 

The documentation has driven me mad (I used to write Tech Docs as part of a previous job).

Without the support of this forum I would have been up the creek sans paddle, huge thanks go to @Penatr8tor & @mvdveer. Cheers guys, there's one in the barrel for you.

There are still some things to do:

Fit the gas struts to the lid,

Fit the Beacon H (when it arrives).

Now it's time to start printing with it and gaining confidence with it. This is my main printer now as the CB1 in my v2.4 shat itself this morning.

[TitusADuxass]

Hmmm, now that it's working - do I try Cartographer once again? What can possible go wrong.....

.....hold my beer...

[mvdveer]

17 minutes ago, TitusADuxass said:

I'm not too impressed with the hotend, I get better results with the Rapido 2 UHF in my v2.4, but I'll live with the 65 mm3/s.

Gad I am not the only one - though I have slowed down the prints (220mm/s) and results are more than acceptable.

[mvdveer]

14 minutes ago, TitusADuxass said:

Cheers guys, there's one in the barrel for you.

Octoberfest not far away - think of me then and have an extra on me 

[mvdveer]

15 minutes ago, TitusADuxass said:

Fit the Beacon H (when it arrives).

It will be worth the wait - Beacon Contact is GREAT!

[mvdveer]

16 minutes ago, TitusADuxass said:

Now it's time to start printing with it and gaining confidence with it. This is my main printer now as the CB1 in my v2.4 shat itself this morning.

Ahhhhww shit!. Go the Pi

[TitusADuxass]

7 minutes ago, mvdveer said:

Ahhhhww shit!. Go the Pi

I don't know if the Manta M8P will run without the CB1, but I do have a Mellow Super Fly board and a BTT Pi2 ready and waiting.

[TitusADuxass]

12 minutes ago, mvdveer said:

Octoberfest not far away - think of me then and have an extra on me 

I'll miss again this year, I'll be in Croatia basking like an old lizard in the late summer sun.

[TitusADuxass]

She fair rocks n rolls for a big girl.

 

[Penatr8tor]

3 hours ago, TitusADuxass said:

@Penatr8tor I do like that Prime Blob. 

Thanks... I stole it from RatRig 

The extrusion rate could be a bit faster and it should move along the Y (fan blows the little bridge it makes) but it gets the flow, flowing.

@TitusADuxass What nozzle are you running. I had a heck of a time getting good prints with a 0.6mm nozzle so I went to a 0.4mm Diamondback and it prints beautifully. The .4mm definitely eliminated the oozing issue I had.

I also bought myself the new Vz-Hextrudort-Low Plus extruder Mellow is selling.

If for no other reason than this...

The constant popping out of my bowden tube and kink where it enters the old extruder was annoying and I really thought I was over it until I saw this sukka. Now I'm 60 bucks poorer and have another hour or so job in a week when it gets here. 

[TitusADuxass]

First real print (for the serial number).

Orca said 47m 32s, actual time 34,55. I'm officially impressed.

There's a few tweeks that can be done, but overall it's quite good.

X measures 34.63

Y measures 34.89

Z measures 35.18

 

[TitusADuxass]

2 minutes ago, Penatr8tor said:

@TitusADuxass What nozzle are you running. I had a heck of a time getting good prints with a 0.6mm nozzle so I went to a 0.4mm Diamondback and it prints beautifully. The .4mm definitely eliminated the oozing issue I had.

I'm using a cheap knock off CHT 0.4mm from Aliexpress. Very little oozing.

[TitusADuxass]

4 minutes ago, Penatr8tor said:

If for no other reason than this...

 

The constant popping out of my bowden tube and kink where it enters the old extruder was annoying and I really thought I was over it until I saw this sukka. Now I'm 60 bucks poorer and have another hour or so job in a week when it gets here. 

It looks like I'm also going to be 60 bucks poorer, it needs that bowden clamp.

[Penatr8tor]

Print looks good @TitusADuxass, Only a little tweaking required. I had to work to get mine printing fast, reliable at high quality but that kind of goes for all builds for the most part.

[Penatr8tor]

2 minutes ago, TitusADuxass said:

It looks like I'm also going to be 60 bucks poorer, it needs that bowden clamp.

Yup 

[Penatr8tor]

30 minutes ago, TitusADuxass said:

She fair rocks n rolls for a big girl.

Hahahaha, Yeah 10K-20K accel will do that. TBH, I bumped mine down to 5K-8k, still fast but less violent and much better top surfaces.

[TitusADuxass]

It's going to be an interesting weekend. 

and only 2€ import duty.

[mvdveer]

5 hours ago, TitusADuxass said:

It's going to be an interesting weekend. 

And joyous - end result will be worth it

[TitusADuxass]

Beacon Rev H

First print (my usual 1st layer patch).

I just followed the Quick Start on Beacon's webpage, and ran my first print.

Amazing!! 

No adjustment, no baby stepping just print.

Here's the underside of the patch.

The other thing of note, the cable supplied with the Beacon is of a much higher quality than that of the Cartographer.

A big thanks for the recommendation.

[TitusADuxass]

I'll have to tweak the scan profile, it's going too far along X.

[TitusADuxass]

That's better, and only a 0.1 mm range.

[TitusADuxass]

And, I've nearly got the lid struts how I want them. The lid will not close fully, but I can park it where I want it.

Nearly fully closed (it doesn't take much pressure to close it).

Halfway open.

Fully open.

[TitusADuxass]

Nine near perfect 1st layer patches.

I'm stoked!!

[atrushing]

1 hour ago, TitusADuxass said:

I'll have to tweak the scan profile, it's going too far along X.

That's a nice scan of the Continental Shelf!