I printed all the parts I needed for my 2.4 build on my Monoprice Maker Select Plus (a rebranded Wanhao Duplicator i3 Plus), enclosed under a couple of cardboard boxes taped together. The parts were… functional, but not exactly pretty.
Motive for reprinting:
- My z-homing isn’t that consistent and I need to fiddle with live z a bit for each print. My StealtBurner didn’t fit together that well, so I’m hoping that better fitting parts will result in more consistent homing
- Moving to a Bondtech BMG Integrated Drive Gear Assembly in hopes of having fewer z-artifacts. If I’m going to rebuild my CW2, I might as well print it again too
While disassembling, I noticed that one of the bolts attaching the carriage to the linear rail was… very very lose (backed out 3+ turns). Maybe that was another contributor to my inconsistent homing.
More photos:
My first print with the rebuild is underway! I’m very excited to see if there’s any change to the random z-artifacts I was seeing before, but I’m sad to report that my first klicky attach probe failed.
Fantastic results! Looking forward to hearing if the integrated BMG drive gear assembly noticeably improves your prints. I have one in a box I’ve been putting off installing.
Early results: it’s an improvement, but z-artifacts are not gone. I’ll have to try a hollow cylinder to see if there’s a pattern there. I also have a machined POM gear in the mail, complete with helical drive gears. I’ll be sure to post results with that as well.
Here’s a series of photos using a Pixar style desk light at a few angles. The light is fairly direct/harsh. New part on the left, old part on the right.
90 degree to the cube’s face and fairly close. Pardon the spec of lint on the left cube :(
Shallow angle:
Getting steeper:
Here’s the light nearly perpendicular to the face of the cubes: