First Prints!

Now the build is almost complete and I can start using Voron to print remaining Voron parts :)

This is the very first print attempt. Some Z height adjustment errors.

Much better results after some tuning!

Looking quite good! Some ghosting or ringing can still be seeing.

I cancelled the print after some time as it was almost 2 AM :)

First real print. The model didn't stick to the bed for long enough.

Incorrect Z height, part cooling on, too much filament... So much errors still to fix.

And now we are printing Voron lower valance skirts!

Electronic Compartment

Initial layout of 230 volt section

Inserting wires into cable sock

All wires inserted to Z chain and sock

Most of the cabling done. Some cleaning up to do.

All wires have been tied and labeled

Toolhead And Belting Completed

Almost completed toolhead. Fans are still missing.

Some Random Parts

Random Stuff

Raspberry Pi 4 with a nice blue heat sink and a camera

I got this DIN rail mountable connection blocks from a local electronics store

Z drives assembly tests

I have a decent drill so I didn't want to pay extra for cnc machined bed.

Drilling and tapping the bed was quickly done

Heater mat from Keenovo came in very quickly. They also have a superb customer service!

There be dragons

Mechanics Almost Complete

A lot of things have happened during last two weeks. When starting this project I was sure that due the COVID-19 lockdown etc. I would not be getting anything from China for several months or so. But actually standard AliExpress shippings started to flow in after only three weeks from ordering! And after last update I have received quite a lot of shipments.

I was very excited when the frame came in from Fermio labs. Two days (plus weekend) after also screws and nuts came in. And thus began the real action.

Some screws to be sorted.

Bearings, idlers, pulleys, shafts and belts also came from Powge

Nicely sorted all small items

Linear rails came in, too. After cleaning and greasing the bearings I already mounted them.

Z Motors installed

Bed is not fixed yet, just for reference

LCD and threaded inserts

AliExpress orders seem to have started to flow in after about a month from order. Given the current state of passenger traffic and comparing this to normal shipment delays from China, I cannot say I'm disappointed. These came in much sooner than I would have anticipated.

Yesterday I received this new toy:

And today came in M3 threaded inserts.

Interestingly Finnish Post apparently didn't bother to scan and track this shipment at all. I wonder why. The package has a similar tracking code as most of the other AliExpress shipments I have:

But Posti Tracking https://www.posti.fi/fi/seuranta#/lahetys/SP104598560FI says this package is still at airport. To my knowledge that tracking status is provided by sending company, not Posti. This would suggest that for some unknown reason Posti has not scanned the package at all.

Update: tracking information came hours later and is now up-to-date, just missing normal sorting waypoints.

So, although things are looking good, I still have 26 AliExpress orders awaiting delivery :) Plus frame from Fermio Labs. And build plate heater from Keenovo.

We have a winner!

The winner of first-in-from-AliExpress competition is item no 3 on my orders list. Some M3 cap screws which were not available in the other store where I ordered all other screws.

These items were ordered on 2 May and dispatched on 4th, so a bit over three weeks for delivery. Pretty normal, I'd say. According to the tracking information the package arrived to Finland already on 22nd, 5 days before delivery.

Somewhat interesting detail is the package label heading, which is in Finnish.

New order placed: Raspberry Pi 4 from The Pi Hut. My old webcam is some crappy Logitech with a resolution only of 640x480 so I decided to get also a camera module for RPi from The Pi Hut.

I decided to go cheap and selected non-tracked standard shipping. Let's see when the shipment arrives.

Order status page updated, too.

Parts already printed

During the last couple of weeks I have been steadily printing parts for Voron 2.4. Here is my progress so far.

These are mainly Z motor and Z idler parts:

Some parts for the gantry: A/B motor parts, a lot of parts which I have no idea what they are, extruder and hotend parts.

And some red parts. These I may have to reprint and during the last 2 millimeters the printer decided to shift the remaining layers a bit. Or  I just may try to hammer them into place.

Most of the X carriage parts have been printed now. This certainly is an interesting piece to assemble. Parts seem to fit surprisingly well.

These I need to print more. I bought some DIN rail from a local hardware store and wanted to see how well printed DIN brackets work.

Not all prints are successful. Apparently I messed with some incorrect settings in Cura slicer and that didn't end well. This happens when infill print speed is accidentally set twice as high as the recommended value for my printer (Geeetech i3) is:

Digikey shipment

Digikey shipment was the first one to arrive. Their have a free shipping for orders over 65 € and yet the order is shipped via UPS or similar. It took only a few days the get the stuff from them from US to Finland. Amazing. So, now I have some electronics: 24V, 12V and 5V power supplies, solid state relay, microswitches, a diode and a connector kit.

I hate this...

I really hate it when this happens.

Steppers are here

These just arrived!