Thanks for the shout-out! I have since added parts for the thick old PSU and I am using it on my printer! I had the same problem with the t-nuts on one side but when the nut is rotated it fits on my printer
Cardboard + clear film/plastic from some other packaging to add a viewing window that doesn't leak the warm air, careful not to cook your control board/motors though
It wasn't just the printer upgrade that was amazing, the production quality of this video was on another level! The video was also genuinely entertaining! Loved the "great memories" montage :D
This is amazing! And your cinematography is spot on! I love how you did the off axis slow spin angled camera shots during the reveal of the completed printer. Really cool
@@epp9122 I agree but I need 100% for my application sadly. My anycubic mega s had no problem printing with the same settings and filament as the ender yet it bends badly sometimes. Even in an enclosure, using a brim and changing the temperature it still bends. I think that might be because of the stock fan and it's too strong part cooling idk
The satisfaction of addressing all the challenges and overcoming all the challenges in such an ambitious DIY project will always hold more personal value than just buying something off the shelf. Also the production value and edit for this video came out great too. Not to mention making an Ender look that attractive is a feat all on its own. I'd say this project was 100% worth it.
I view modding my ender 3 as a more affordable way to force myself to become knowledgeable about how 3d printers work both electrically and mechanically. My first 3d printer was a folgertecjh prusa i3 which I could never get to work after the first print. The Ender 3 was my first real working printer. It has way more successes than failures. And Through Modding it and taking it apart and putting it back together I've learned a lot
No shit that took longer than expected 😂 Those are some serious upgrades! And that thing looks sick too! Almost makes me want a 3D printer... Almost😉 Merry Christmas, man!
I recommend getting one lol. I just got a babulab X1 carbon and it's awesome. I have an ender 3 and 3 of it's clones and none of them compare. They got me in the door but the X1 builds the whole house haha. Love your videos too
@@mrpanda876 man having manly tools inherited by his family, building manly stuff He needs no plastic nerd tool lmao, jk yeah his video is awesome I think 3d printed could be useful for him, like....soft jaw?
Your panning time lapse shots while you were building the printer are awesome! I know they must have taken hours, so I wanted to make sure you know how great they turned out
Everything about this video is spot on! I would point out that for the price, you could have gotten pretty close to a Trident kit. As nice as the Switchwire is, getting to a core XY printer is a big jump in performance, IMHO. Getting away from a bed-slinger printer may mean that you can't reuse the Ender 3 parts, but overall, it will give a big jump up in performance. Obviously, this isn't a comment Christoph, but for someone reading the comments considering upgrading their Ender 3.
First time on the channel watching this video took me back to the old ages before Ender was a thing and how much I spend rebuilding my Anet A8 to AM8 then few years later rebuilding it again adding linear rails going for silent steppers with new board, power supply, volcano instead of regular e3d hot end. I had to replace some wiring few months back really makes me wonder if anything is left from that good old anet
Awesome video! Your cinematographic skills rock! The story is fluid and well delivered, scene chronology is excellent! And what to say about the final result! A performant, reliable and sexy machine. But most importantly, it is YOUR design! Congrats! I loved every single minute of your video. Keep it up!
Converting it to klipper and later adding microswiss DD with SB front and doing the belted z conversion, and then it being such a great machine was such a rewarding experience. I learned a shit ton about 3d printers and gcode. I think i know how you feel
Love the conversion and chuckled at some of the "you have a problem" / therapy sections you edited in. I'm in a similar boat with an aging Ender 3 and have been looking for a way to mount a Rapido and a direct drive extruder to my Ender 3. I see you accomplished this task prior to doing your conversion in "the plan of attack section". Curious what prints you used to mount the Rapido and Orbiter v2 to print your ABS before the full conversion around 4:37?
@ChristophLehner Surprisingly didn't locate that toolhead in my searching. Was looking at the Trianglelab DDE-R, metal Klemco groove mount + printable STLs, a few toolheads from squirrelf ( Apollolander, Solar orbiter, Mars orbiter, Saturn Orbiter, etc ), and hero me gen7. Much appreciated, I'll look into that toolhead.
Brilliant stuff, fantastic video production. I'm currently investigating doing some meaningful upgrades to my trusty old Ender 3 Pro and debating whether I should tackle a similar project (for the fun / educational side of it) or simply spend a bit more on a modern, fast 3D printer. Either way, it's incredibly inspiring seeing what the community has come up with. Long live tinkering!
Definitely subscribed. Very entertaining video. I seen a lathe and a mill. I’m curious on make and model. Only because I’m a machinist by trade. Still have my first Ender 3 pro. It doesn’t even resemble one anymore. This must be what chasing the dragon is like for a heroine junkie 😂
I just post this here to be invited to the 1 million subscriber special: this bro is definitely going places. Not even interested in 3D printing before…now thinking about getting one.
Hello i just got a ender3 its printing the test prints perfectly but as soon as i download a file and convert it into a gcode on Cura it goes through The motions of the print but it doesn't extrude anything properly or not at all did you have this problem and how did you fix it????
Thanks Andreas! Well, it always depends on the perspective. Some guys are publishing one video each week 😅 But i guess build videos, simply take longer. However, i also wish you nice holidays ❤️
Nice job for getting a voron done. I felt the same way that you did about my ender 3 but opted to make a 0.1 and keep my klipperized ender 3 instead. I then did a sub 4 min benchy and built a 2.4. The switchwire was a good choice too tho.
That is an awesome video! I am also debating between building enderwire or just buying something like p1p and selling my ender3 to friends. I will build a voron 0.1 this month and will decide after that :)
Looks great, always fun to re-engineer something into a beast. Those first much faster prints feel rewarding. Pretty sure I beat you on expense for an Ender 3 though, only thing stock now is the frame :/ 5 linear rails, IDEX direct drive, dual Z side lift belts, Octopus, AC heated cast aluminum bed etc. Has 10 micron Z resolution with microstepping disabled using a 20:1 reduction on Z. I designed it during lockdown and built it last year, every part printed was my own design including the compact DD's. It felt really good to get it up and runninng and tuned, Klipper is amazing. One last thing I may do is ditching the old style V6 hotends and putting on a pair of Dragon UHF, sick of fighting nozzle changes. That's what is fun about open source products, grab the CAD file and go nuts. Make something your own.
Sounds like a super interesting build👌 did you share the project anywhere such as GitHub and do you have pics or videos of it up? I’d love to convert my spare Ender to IDEX so I can do some experimenting with HIPS supports on complex ABS prints.
You clearly have engineering skills which got the build over the line. I could never attempt such a project! Thanks for the video which shows what is involved - a very accomplished result which looks amazing. 👍
Is nobody going to talk about how the flexi t-rex is in different poses every time the camera goes back to him in the therapy session part of the video?
21 seconds into the video and you answered my 2 main questions. Can't convey how nice that is. I then felt compelled to learn how any why you came to that conclusion. I recently purchased one of these from a buddy that already had a Micro Swiss NG head and linear rails. Aside from adding a RPi 3/4 to run something web based it seems like most of the other things you did ultimately have minimal return on investment. Perhaps I'll get the magnetic plate, PLA+ just glues to the glass plate.
Yes, but if you save a little money and don't spend $100 on nuts and bolts, you can build an Ender Switchwire CoreXZ much cheaper, around 250-400 euros, but that's very intuitive
Wonderful examination of the mind that would do such an upgrade! Good thing many of us understand that the Journey IS the Reward. I do think it needs a new name, though. Perhaps “Nender 3”. Not.An.Ender 3…
Thank you for this video, I started making my conversion in 2021 when I was 16 to my cr 10s into a Voron switch wire and the problem is that no one really made a nice project like this one’s for the ender 3 for the cr 10 (I dont know now I am talking about 2 years ago haha) so I decided to start modelling the parts to make it how I wanted it obv inspiring by other ender 3 project and after some months I did and I loved the results but then I was too lazy to print the last parts and make a GitHub page with all info and file but now you gave me back the enthusiasm to finish this infinte projects ahah
Think I'm gonna just go with the cardboard enclosure...oh yeah, and the dual-z-bar kit, BL Touch, BT Tech main board, BT Tech driver chips, dual-gear extruder, BT Tech touchscreen, silicon heater cover, Noctua fans, flexible couplers, bi-metal thing for the nozzle and that's all...maybe. Cheers
I have a new Max Neo..... I had zero experience before then. One thing I learned and hate? IT IS REDICULOUSLY SLOW..... to print a 6cm x 8cm box takes 15 hours? What a waste.
If you run 3600 acceleration you will only reach 300mm/s for 5mm on a line that is 30mm. So doubt you reach even 200mm/s. Also your minimum layer time must have bin set to 0. Nice printer though. I am converting a ender 3 to that I just picked up for 50$ :)
End'er story :D Yeah, I know the situation. I have three Ender 3 here... When I had one, I was able to give it all my time. Now I need to think what I will do and what not. I do everything three times. IT is like with childern. More you have, less pussystaff you do :) The magnetic plate + 3Dlac is one of the most important mod, I think. And well mounted extrusions together.
Now that is an extreme upgrade. Excellent. I am also currently rebuilding my Ender 3 but I just want it to churn out reliable prints so I can move on to start my Corexy build.
@@ChristophLehner I've been printing ABS for a while on my modded Ender 3 with pretty good results, but I'm really glad I spent the money on the PIF parts for my V2.4 build. Everything was printed absolutely perfect, no brims, no warping, perfect dimensions etc. Well worth the €80 extra or so vs. printing your own, and spending dozens of hours slicing, sorting, re-printing etc, if you don't have a perfectly dialed in large format printer like the PIF guys do.
IMHO: too expensive solution was chosen 1) If you include the price of a new ender 3, it should be new - with new wheels. Thus you can stay with the wheels. Minus approx 90 euro (including extra for an Ender 3 Pro). 2)If you'va got the rpo version, you would've had a magnetic table from the beginning. Minus 10 euro 3) With an ender 3 pro, you can put your PSU on the bottom with no need to raise the frame (printables com model 187424-ender-3-pro-bottom-psu-mount). So you don't have to print skirts and all the base. Minus around 40 euro 4) you can switch not to an expensive pahetus, but to an E3Dv6 (I chose mellow wind, see example printables com model 187417-bmg-wind-ender-3-stiff-mount). Minus 100 euro if you stay with the stock motor 5) MINI12864 LCD is completely not needed, as you can use stock ender 3 screen. Minus 15 euro 6) you've printed the dragchains, why buy a new set? Minus 25 euro So in total you can get the same quality for only 534 Euro. Which is still significantly more expensve than the stock Ender 3 Pro. BUT! In reality you will pay even less, cause you wont buy from amazon - you will source your build from aliexpress during sales periods. Nevertheless - your experience = good experience! Thank you for your video!
10:43 The thing is, though: a Bambu Lab P1P is way more than those 650 € from that screenshot nowadays. The price shown on it's website is 770 € for Germany. With customs and (import) taxes your going straight to 1000 bugs if you would import that thing. And thats without that highly praised AMS module which would add like 300 bucks as well. So for less (building) fun a good deal more. =) Although I have to say a newer Ender 5 S1 with a BigTreeTech Pad 7 and another Ender 3 for spare parts would also have been a valid option for me! Especially since there are some folks selling their barely used Ender machines on Kleinanzeigen which can also be a solid option.
Awesome video! I'm in the same seat as you were. I have a old ender 3 which i just cant throw away, so im planning on upgrading it with New Glass Bed, BIGTREETECH SKR Mini E3 V3.0, BLTouch, fresh bowden tube and maybe a new hotend. But after seeing this i think i need another Z-axis rod aswell. hmm.
I start in English just because everybody can understand it. It is a fever: I got an Ender 3V2, printed a couple of things and startet modifying. Second z-axis motor, self printed cooling fan assembly, full metal heatbreak, direct drive extruder. I can’t recommend it because I regularly had weeks nothing was working. Frustration was bad. The good thing is I know my printer pretty well now. Wouldn’t do it again though. Danke für ein sehr unterhaltsames Video.
I could write this in German, but I will stick to English. Your sheer amount of knowledge, but also sheer lack off knowledge astonishes me. Why was your Ender 3 having issues with layers, well you had a BL Touch, this continues adjusting the Z height, which will show the slack of the Z screw way more. If you had kept the normal mode, and used a glass bed your prints would be decent. Slow but decent. The ender is a slow machine, and for 99% of the users, this is enough. Just like any engineering company won’t need anything faster then a Prusa MK3.
All this talk about speed, but why in the world is nobody seems to be developing a closed loop actuator like an actual servo (not those hybrid-stepper...)?????? Seriously, the speed, silence, and reliability advantage is far better.... look at the professional CNCs!.... Sorry about the rants.... it's been quite a day....
Rebuilding a cheap, outdated 3D printer sounds more like an episode of MacGyver than a wise investment. Sure, it might seem tempting to cobble together a Frankensteinian machine, but is it really worth the hassle? By the time you wrestle this clunker into questionable functionality, a brand new, feature-packed printer will be on the market. Think of it this way: would you buy a used, unreliable PC just to browse the internet? Exactly. Unless you're a tinkering enthusiast with a Scrooge McDuck vault overflowing with spare parts, you're better off saving up for a decent machine that will produce quality results from day one. Invest in your sanity and your creativity - splurge on a reliable 3D printer that will keep up with your imagination.
Rebuilding a cheap, outdated 3D printer sounds more like an episode of MacGyver than a wise investment. Sure, it might seem tempting to cobble together a Frankensteinian machine, but is it really worth the hassle? By the time you wrestle this clunker into questionable functionality, a brand new, feature-packed printer will be on the market. Think of it this way: would you buy a used, unreliable PC just to browse the internet? Exactly. Unless you're a tinkering enthusiast with a Scrooge McDuck vault overflowing with spare parts, you're better off saving up for a decent machine that will produce quality results from day one. Invest in your sanity and your creativity - splurge on a reliable 3D printer that will keep up with your imagination.
I'm wrapping up my v2 build with the stealthburner. I agree the stealthburner is kinda big. I'll probably revert it later on. Still it's a fun build. Definitely learned a lot by building an Ender wire.
Ok bro... Lol I would love to see some of your 500mm/a prints that aren't just squares. Even 250 is a stretch in my opinion after doing this to my CR-10 and Ender 5's
we share a similar story. I found a core xy conversion from RH3D on RUclips. 200€ later it is similar to the voron legacy. I didn't want to let the Ender 3 Pro die after 4 years and countless modifications
So My question is. With using just the stock ender 3 pro frame/extrusions, if I upgrade to a direct drive and Setup Klipper. Would I be able to achieve the same results as far as speed and efficiency or at least come close to the same results? My printers are a 24/7 work horse so taking one down to print parts for this, is basically not possible right now, because the down time would kill production for me. So just looking to do the minimum for now until I can get my inventory up.
You are mean :) I have gone pretty far with my E3 Pro already and I still have some work to do. But there are moments like this, after I saw your video, when I have to look into the CAD and see, if I should go the route of converting it to a switchwire. It wouldn't take another 600€ now, because I have many parts already here.
Nice! Regarding "being worth it," I think the answer is more nuanced than just the cost of the upgrade. You're repurposing some hardware that would probably end up in the trash. I'm in favor of keeping these junk Creality printers out of the trash as long as possible!
Holly, this is so awesome, my respect for this great video and the great build conversion for the ender 3, I have one too that is like my baby, purchased on 2019 and still rocking, recently I purchased a skr e3 v3 but have not install it yet, I want to use klipper with it, I want to be able to print higher temperatures material for print automotive parts, what kind of upgrade can you recommend me and if is possible to use the same fanducts that you used and same extruder without all the others parts conversion? Another question is have you done multicolor prints on yours by simply changing filament color? Just curious about if would be possible by using the bltouch
Very nice build.. But, I think I've got you beat :p I've spent SO much money and time on my Ender 3. lol and then i went and just got a Prusa. I have a small clip of it from a while ago.
That was spot on, I want my ender to be perfect, not because I need to 3d print anything, but the engineer in me requires perfection. 6 months later, "hey honey, check out how great this benchy turned out"!!! Her, "what can it do for me?". Me "shrugs, nothing, its quite useless, I guess"
I feel like I wouldve done the same thing as you except I'm too dumb to do all the electronics-related legwork. Thats also part of the reason I just went and bought a CR10s pro instead of messing with my E3 pro.
Geile geisteskranke Aktion, super Erzählweise des Videos. Dafür gibt’s nen Daumen hoch und ein Abo von mir. Mein verbastelter Ender bleibt, wie er ist, dazu gönne ich mir nen P1P.
@@ChristophLehner Nach wie vor bin ich ein wenig skeptisch wegen des komplett proprietären Systems. Ich habe mich dennoch dafür entschieden, um mich daran zu hindern, irgendeinen anderen Bettschubser zu kaufen (und mit dem Hintergedanken, dass wir ggfs in der Firma irgendwas in dieser Richtung tun könnten). Und nochmals Respekt für deine krass geile Aktion!
Hey, great video. Can you share more info on your toolhead setup? I looked a your git repo and there are 3 x-carriages and a bltouch holder. I'm slowly modding my ender to SW. I have a microswiss DD and hotend, without some machining I can't adapt it to a linear rail.
All I can understand that it is very expensive and most important upgrade is Klipper. = ) What is more interesting is a video about what upgrade gave what. The experience. But fancy digits are gave more views then useful information, yes? = )
Thank you for making this, now i know why i'll never do this. You saved me a lot of money, thanks again! Awesome video, thank you for your sacrifice to the 3dprinter gods.
This should be called I badly built an expensive heap that chucks out poor prints. 9:18 Prints, utter junk surface quality. 9:11 so overexposed to hide the poor quality, what's the point in building a fast machine that you chuck all the prints in the bin
Thanks for the shout-out! I have since added parts for the thick old PSU and I am using it on my printer! I had the same problem with the t-nuts on one side but when the nut is rotated it fits on my printer
Thank you for the CAD files ❤️
Wish you nice holidays
Hello Can you incorporate trident skirt
Upvoted for the cardboard enclosure, seriously, that's all you need people, this guy gets it.
It's so convenient having a window or two to be able to watch the print
Cardboard + clear film/plastic from some other packaging to add a viewing window that doesn't leak the warm air, careful not to cook your control board/motors though
Only reason I dont like cardboard is the fire hazard
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@@briancarrollii4359 cardboard burns at 400 C
It wasn't just the printer upgrade that was amazing, the production quality of this video was on another level!
The video was also genuinely entertaining! Loved the "great memories" montage :D
yeah
This is amazing! And your cinematography is spot on! I love how you did the off axis slow spin angled camera shots during the reveal of the completed printer. Really cool
Thanks David, much appreciated ❤️
My man is building his own 3d printer while i still stuggle to avoid my 100% infill prints to bend on my ender 3v2. Mad respect!
Thanks man!! Appreciate it❤️
Sometimes 50% infill is stronger than 100%
@@epp9122You won’t need more than 30% in 99% of your prints, I print at 10-15%.
@@berfranper couldnt agree with you more, mostly print at 20, or 50 max. The infill pattern makes it stiffer than if you print it solid
@@epp9122 I agree but I need 100% for my application sadly. My anycubic mega s had no problem printing with the same settings and filament as the ender yet it bends badly sometimes. Even in an enclosure, using a brim and changing the temperature it still bends. I think that might be because of the stock fan and it's too strong part cooling idk
The satisfaction of addressing all the challenges and overcoming all the challenges in such an ambitious DIY project will always hold more personal value than just buying something off the shelf. Also the production value and edit for this video came out great too. Not to mention making an Ender look that attractive is a feat all on its own. I'd say this project was 100% worth it.
Thanks mate!
Not if it is redundant and full of diminishing returns.
It's just a waste of time.
I view modding my ender 3 as a more affordable way to force myself to become knowledgeable about how 3d printers work both electrically and mechanically. My first 3d printer was a folgertecjh prusa i3 which I could never get to work after the first print. The Ender 3 was my first real working printer. It has way more successes than failures. And Through Modding it and taking it apart and putting it back together I've learned a lot
No shit that took longer than expected 😂 Those are some serious upgrades! And that thing looks sick too! Almost makes me want a 3D printer... Almost😉 Merry Christmas, man!
I recommend getting one lol. I just got a babulab X1 carbon and it's awesome. I have an ender 3 and 3 of it's clones and none of them compare. They got me in the door but the X1 builds the whole house haha. Love your videos too
It took me almost a week to edit 😅
Thanks man! Wish you and your family also merry christmas!
Do you think one could 3d print that race car spindle from your last video? Surely it's more rigid than aluminum...
@@paradoxx_4221 lol
@@mrpanda876 man having manly tools inherited by his family, building manly stuff
He needs no plastic nerd tool lmao, jk yeah his video is awesome
I think 3d printed could be useful for him, like....soft jaw?
Would it be possible for you to add like to where you got the parts needed? Or at least where there is a parts list for a conversion like this?
Your panning time lapse shots while you were building the printer are awesome! I know they must have taken hours, so I wanted to make sure you know how great they turned out
Thank you, Darren!
I suffer the same affliction, my motto is "if it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing".
DD FTW! I'm at 3:21 and not only I'm still watching, I am watching at normal speed, I love this.
I had a lot more laughs from your jokes than I thought I would when originally clicking on your video. Thank you!
Everything about this video is spot on! I would point out that for the price, you could have gotten pretty close to a Trident kit. As nice as the Switchwire is, getting to a core XY printer is a big jump in performance, IMHO. Getting away from a bed-slinger printer may mean that you can't reuse the Ender 3 parts, but overall, it will give a big jump up in performance. Obviously, this isn't a comment Christoph, but for someone reading the comments considering upgrading their Ender 3.
01:26 Hey, I know that guy....! Thanks for the shoutout ;) GREAT video, very humorous... you're going to grow like crazy, I can tell :)
Thanks man, much appreciated ❤️
Hey I'm subbed to you
First time on the channel watching this video took me back to the old ages before Ender was a thing and how much I spend rebuilding my Anet A8 to AM8 then few years later rebuilding it again adding linear rails going for silent steppers with new board, power supply, volcano instead of regular e3d hot end. I had to replace some wiring few months back really makes me wonder if anything is left from that good old anet
Awesome video! Your cinematographic skills rock! The story is fluid and well delivered, scene chronology is excellent! And what to say about the final result! A performant, reliable and sexy machine. But most importantly, it is YOUR design! Congrats! I loved every single minute of your video. Keep it up!
Thank you very much! I love your animations & CAD skills as well!
Converting it to klipper and later adding microswiss DD with SB front and doing the belted z conversion, and then it being such a great machine was such a rewarding experience. I learned a shit ton about 3d printers and gcode. I think i know how you feel
This is DaRk_dOg's design. Thomasfjen just incorporated the single rail Y Axis from Gizzle.
The 3D printer project NEVERRR EVERR ENDSSSS 😈😈😈😈😈!!!!! Lovely video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love the conversion and chuckled at some of the "you have a problem" / therapy sections you edited in.
I'm in a similar boat with an aging Ender 3 and have been looking for a way to mount a Rapido and a direct drive extruder to my Ender 3. I see you accomplished this task prior to doing your conversion in "the plan of attack section". Curious what prints you used to mount the Rapido and Orbiter v2 to print your ABS before the full conversion around 4:37?
It's called Apogee toolhead
@ChristophLehner Surprisingly didn't locate that toolhead in my searching. Was looking at the Trianglelab DDE-R, metal Klemco groove mount + printable STLs, a few toolheads from squirrelf ( Apollolander, Solar orbiter, Mars orbiter, Saturn Orbiter, etc ), and hero me gen7.
Much appreciated, I'll look into that toolhead.
Is there a chance that you could add a parts list of what non 3d-printed parts you used such as the electronics? Maybe an amazon list?
people like you make my life easier . thank you !!!!!
This is me, except I haven't done the belt z conversion yet
Brilliant stuff, fantastic video production. I'm currently investigating doing some meaningful upgrades to my trusty old Ender 3 Pro and debating whether I should tackle a similar project (for the fun / educational side of it) or simply spend a bit more on a modern, fast 3D printer. Either way, it's incredibly inspiring seeing what the community has come up with. Long live tinkering!
Might be onto the next big ender remix here if you simplify the printed parts into sheet-metal metal brackets.
The whole beauty of this is, it's all diy printed on the ender3 😃
When you're way too preoccupied with whether you could...
9:09, 9:20
What about the layer lines, you see some shifts.
Is it because of the speed ?
For 800€ I would expect almost perfect prints
Definitely subscribed. Very entertaining video. I seen a lathe and a mill. I’m curious on make and model. Only because I’m a machinist by trade.
Still have my first Ender 3 pro. It doesn’t even resemble one anymore. This must be what chasing the dragon is like for a heroine junkie 😂
I just post this here to be invited to the 1 million subscriber special: this bro is definitely going places. Not even interested in 3D printing before…now thinking about getting one.
Hello i just got a ender3 its printing the test prints perfectly but as soon as i download a file and convert it into a gcode on Cura it goes through The motions of the print but it doesn't extrude anything properly or not at all did you have this problem and how did you fix it????
This is such an awesome video! Everything is so well done, it's really quite inspiring. Can't wait to see what you do next!
Man your work throughput is crazy! No idea how you find enough time to get through this many projects? Have a great Christmas and see you in 2023
Thanks Andreas!
Well, it always depends on the perspective. Some guys are publishing one video each week 😅
But i guess build videos, simply take longer.
However, i also wish you nice holidays ❤️
That is some quality content right here!
Nice job for getting a voron done. I felt the same way that you did about my ender 3 but opted to make a 0.1 and keep my klipperized ender 3 instead. I then did a sub 4 min benchy and built a 2.4. The switchwire was a good choice too tho.
A sub 4min benchy? Kudos to you 👌
Which on do you like most?
9:18 maybe extruder gears need a clean? You still have some banding
That is an awesome video! I am also debating between building enderwire or just buying something like p1p and selling my ender3 to friends. I will build a voron 0.1 this month and will decide after that :)
Looks great, always fun to re-engineer something into a beast. Those first much faster prints feel rewarding.
Pretty sure I beat you on expense for an Ender 3 though, only thing stock now is the frame :/ 5 linear rails, IDEX direct drive, dual Z side lift belts, Octopus, AC heated cast aluminum bed etc. Has 10 micron Z resolution with microstepping disabled using a 20:1 reduction on Z. I designed it during lockdown and built it last year, every part printed was my own design including the compact DD's. It felt really good to get it up and runninng and tuned, Klipper is amazing.
One last thing I may do is ditching the old style V6 hotends and putting on a pair of Dragon UHF, sick of fighting nozzle changes.
That's what is fun about open source products, grab the CAD file and go nuts. Make something your own.
Sounds like a super interesting build👌 did you share the project anywhere such as GitHub and do you have pics or videos of it up? I’d love to convert my spare Ender to IDEX so I can do some experimenting with HIPS supports on complex ABS prints.
I was expecting you to have at least 300k sub based on the quality of the video. This is insane !
Nice effort, but isnt this what they call putting lipstick on a pig?
Absolutley, but would i do it again? For sure 🙃
You clearly have engineering skills which got the build over the line. I could never attempt such a project! Thanks for the video which shows what is involved - a very accomplished result which looks amazing. 👍
amazing video mate keep it up
This comment section is now owned by the BRD. Geiles Video ^^ nice zu sehen, was du so an Maschinen hast bzw Zugriff 🤤
Is nobody going to talk about how the flexi t-rex is in different poses every time the camera goes back to him in the therapy session part of the video?
Take a ender 3 put a direct drive to it and no need to buy parts for 700€ and done
Stock ender 3 can also run 10k accel without Problem
21 seconds into the video and you answered my 2 main questions. Can't convey how nice that is. I then felt compelled to learn how any why you came to that conclusion. I recently purchased one of these from a buddy that already had a Micro Swiss NG head and linear rails. Aside from adding a RPi 3/4 to run something web based it seems like most of the other things you did ultimately have minimal return on investment. Perhaps I'll get the magnetic plate, PLA+ just glues to the glass plate.
theres a treadmill mod thats like $400
Yes, but if you save a little money and don't spend $100 on nuts and bolts, you can build an Ender Switchwire CoreXZ much cheaper, around 250-400 euros, but that's very intuitive
Great Video
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My question is, is it worth it when compared to a Bamboo labs ?
Nope, I also bought a p1s when it was released.
But building was fun 😊
I didn't even know this was an option, very cool build, it came out beautiful, and the videography on display here is awesome!
To Christopher, the ship of Theseus isn't a paradox. It's a challenge.
Wonderful examination of the mind that would do such an upgrade! Good thing many of us understand that the Journey IS the Reward. I do think it needs a new name, though. Perhaps “Nender 3”. Not.An.Ender 3…
Thank you, John!
The proper name for this thing enderwire, since it's a ender X switchwire conversion
Thank you for this video, I started making my conversion in 2021 when I was 16 to my cr 10s into a Voron switch wire and the problem is that no one really made a nice project like this one’s for the ender 3 for the cr 10 (I dont know now I am talking about 2 years ago haha) so I decided to start modelling the parts to make it how I wanted it obv inspiring by other ender 3 project and after some months I did and I loved the results but then I was too lazy to print the last parts and make a GitHub page with all info and file but now you gave me back the enthusiasm to finish this infinte projects ahah
ah yea the good old times when you were able to get a 3d printer for 120 bucks (like my anet a8 in 2016), but never saw a ender 3 this cheap
Think I'm gonna just go with the cardboard enclosure...oh yeah, and the dual-z-bar kit, BL Touch, BT Tech main board, BT Tech driver chips, dual-gear extruder, BT Tech touchscreen, silicon heater cover, Noctua fans, flexible couplers, bi-metal thing for the nozzle and that's all...maybe. Cheers
I have a new Max Neo..... I had zero experience before then.
One thing I learned and hate? IT IS REDICULOUSLY SLOW..... to print a 6cm x 8cm box takes 15 hours? What a waste.
If you run 3600 acceleration you will only reach 300mm/s for 5mm on a line that is 30mm. So doubt you reach even 200mm/s. Also your minimum layer time must have bin set to 0.
Nice printer though. I am converting a ender 3 to that I just picked up for 50$ :)
End'er story :D
Yeah, I know the situation. I have three Ender 3 here... When I had one, I was able to give it all my time. Now I need to think what I will do and what not. I do everything three times. IT is like with childern. More you have, less pussystaff you do :)
The magnetic plate + 3Dlac is one of the most important mod, I think. And well mounted extrusions together.
WHAT IS THE DINO DOING ??? Awesome video !
Now that is an extreme upgrade. Excellent. I am also currently rebuilding my Ender 3 but I just want it to churn out reliable prints so I can move on to start my Corexy build.
I was in the exact same place. In order to print a 2.4 or vzbot, you need a proper printer in the first place 😅
@@ChristophLehner I've been printing ABS for a while on my modded Ender 3 with pretty good results, but I'm really glad I spent the money on the PIF parts for my V2.4 build. Everything was printed absolutely perfect, no brims, no warping, perfect dimensions etc. Well worth the €80 extra or so vs. printing your own, and spending dozens of hours slicing, sorting, re-printing etc, if you don't have a perfectly dialed in large format printer like the PIF guys do.
@@lukasmatzinger yeah the PIF program is imo a steal
Idk man, spent like $200 on mine and it performs the same, gets like 18 minute benches that look clean. It’s a tuners game not a money game
It is easy to go down the rabbit hole, but you received enjoyment from the process and have a great looking machine in the end.
Dang. 3d printing a 3d printer is pretty cool haha.
At least you are not alone with your "sickness"... see you soon with new CoreXY....
IMHO: too expensive solution was chosen
1) If you include the price of a new ender 3, it should be new - with new wheels. Thus you can stay with the wheels. Minus approx 90 euro (including extra for an Ender 3 Pro).
2)If you'va got the rpo version, you would've had a magnetic table from the beginning. Minus 10 euro
3) With an ender 3 pro, you can put your PSU on the bottom with no need to raise the frame (printables com model 187424-ender-3-pro-bottom-psu-mount). So you don't have to print skirts and all the base. Minus around 40 euro
4) you can switch not to an expensive pahetus, but to an E3Dv6 (I chose mellow wind, see example printables com model 187417-bmg-wind-ender-3-stiff-mount). Minus 100 euro if you stay with the stock motor
5) MINI12864 LCD is completely not needed, as you can use stock ender 3 screen. Minus 15 euro
6) you've printed the dragchains, why buy a new set? Minus 25 euro
So in total you can get the same quality for only 534 Euro. Which is still significantly more expensve than the stock Ender 3 Pro. BUT! In reality you will pay even less, cause you wont buy from amazon - you will source your build from aliexpress during sales periods.
Nevertheless - your experience = good experience! Thank you for your video!
So, you spent more than a Prusa MK3S+ just to print as fast but with worse quality. Neat.
Is it OG Ender 3? motor shafts was the same lenght?
Thank you for Tinkering instead of buying an x1c and do tiktoks! Keep it up i like your channel much
The list of parts you posted on screen is full?
Or you have more detailed list in cad files?
I want to replicate this thing fully
10:43 The thing is, though: a Bambu Lab P1P is way more than those 650 € from that screenshot nowadays.
The price shown on it's website is 770 € for Germany. With customs and (import) taxes your going straight to 1000 bugs if you would import that thing. And thats without that highly praised AMS module which would add like 300 bucks as well. So for less (building) fun a good deal more. =)
Although I have to say a newer Ender 5 S1 with a BigTreeTech Pad 7 and another Ender 3 for spare parts would also have been a valid option for me!
Especially since there are some folks selling their barely used Ender machines on Kleinanzeigen which can also be a solid option.
Awesome video! I'm in the same seat as you were. I have a old ender 3 which i just cant throw away, so im planning on upgrading it with New Glass Bed, BIGTREETECH SKR Mini E3 V3.0, BLTouch, fresh bowden tube and maybe a new hotend. But after seeing this i think i need another Z-axis rod aswell. hmm.
I start in English just because everybody can understand it.
It is a fever: I got an Ender 3V2, printed a couple of things and startet modifying. Second z-axis motor, self printed cooling fan assembly, full metal heatbreak, direct drive extruder.
I can’t recommend it because I regularly had weeks nothing was working. Frustration was bad. The good thing is I know my printer pretty well now. Wouldn’t do it again though.
Danke für ein sehr unterhaltsames Video.
I could write this in German, but I will stick to English.
Your sheer amount of knowledge, but also sheer lack off knowledge astonishes me.
Why was your Ender 3 having issues with layers, well you had a BL Touch, this continues adjusting the Z height, which will show the slack of the Z screw way more. If you had kept the normal mode, and used a glass bed your prints would be decent.
Slow but decent. The ender is a slow machine, and for 99% of the users, this is enough. Just like any engineering company won’t need anything faster then a Prusa MK3.
All this talk about speed, but why in the world is nobody seems to be developing a closed loop actuator like an actual servo (not those hybrid-stepper...)?????? Seriously, the speed, silence, and reliability advantage is far better.... look at the professional CNCs!....
Sorry about the rants.... it's been quite a day....
Rebuilding a cheap, outdated 3D printer sounds more like an episode of MacGyver than a wise investment. Sure, it might seem tempting to cobble together a Frankensteinian machine, but is it really worth the hassle? By the time you wrestle this clunker into questionable functionality, a brand new, feature-packed printer will be on the market.
Think of it this way: would you buy a used, unreliable PC just to browse the internet? Exactly. Unless you're a tinkering enthusiast with a Scrooge McDuck vault overflowing with spare parts, you're better off saving up for a decent machine that will produce quality results from day one. Invest in your sanity and your creativity - splurge on a reliable 3D printer that will keep up with your imagination.
Rebuilding a cheap, outdated 3D printer sounds more like an episode of MacGyver than a wise investment. Sure, it might seem tempting to cobble together a Frankensteinian machine, but is it really worth the hassle? By the time you wrestle this clunker into questionable functionality, a brand new, feature-packed printer will be on the market.
Think of it this way: would you buy a used, unreliable PC just to browse the internet? Exactly. Unless you're a tinkering enthusiast with a Scrooge McDuck vault overflowing with spare parts, you're better off saving up for a decent machine that will produce quality results from day one. Invest in your sanity and your creativity - splurge on a reliable 3D printer that will keep up with your imagination.
Stock E3V2 with klipper, and change fanduct to satsana with 5015 cooling fan - 22min benchy, with good quality - not best, but good.
I'm wrapping up my v2 build with the stealthburner. I agree the stealthburner is kinda big. I'll probably revert it later on. Still it's a fun build. Definitely learned a lot by building an Ender wire.
Ok bro... Lol I would love to see some of your 500mm/a prints that aren't just squares.
Even 250 is a stretch in my opinion after doing this to my CR-10 and Ender 5's
we share a similar story. I found a core xy conversion from RH3D on RUclips. 200€ later it is similar to the voron legacy.
I didn't want to let the Ender 3 Pro die after 4 years and countless modifications
So My question is. With using just the stock ender 3 pro frame/extrusions, if I upgrade to a direct drive and Setup Klipper. Would I be able to achieve the same results as far as speed and efficiency or at least come close to the same results? My printers are a 24/7 work horse so taking one down to print parts for this, is basically not possible right now, because the down time would kill production for me. So just looking to do the minimum for now until I can get my inventory up.
This was a whole ass movie. Vid deserves even more views.
Thanks man!
Much appreciated
You are mean :)
I have gone pretty far with my E3 Pro already and I still have some work to do. But there are moments like this, after I saw your video, when I have to look into the CAD and see, if I should go the route of converting it to a switchwire. It wouldn't take another 600€ now, because I have many parts already here.
Nice! Regarding "being worth it," I think the answer is more nuanced than just the cost of the upgrade. You're repurposing some hardware that would probably end up in the trash. I'm in favor of keeping these junk Creality printers out of the trash as long as possible!
Holly, this is so awesome, my respect for this great video and the great build conversion for the ender 3, I have one too that is like my baby, purchased on 2019 and still rocking, recently I purchased a skr e3 v3 but have not install it yet, I want to use klipper with it, I want to be able to print higher temperatures material for print automotive parts, what kind of upgrade can you recommend me and if is possible to use the same fanducts that you used and same extruder without all the others parts conversion?
Another question is have you done multicolor prints on yours by simply changing filament color? Just curious about if would be possible by using the bltouch
Very nice build.. But, I think I've got you beat :p I've spent SO much money and time on my Ender 3. lol and then i went and just got a Prusa.
I have a small clip of it from a while ago.
That was spot on, I want my ender to be perfect, not because I need to 3d print anything, but the engineer in me requires perfection. 6 months later, "hey honey, check out how great this benchy turned out"!!! Her, "what can it do for me?". Me "shrugs, nothing, its quite useless, I guess"
Nope. Bought a Raspberry Pi. Over 1000. LIES!
I feel like I wouldve done the same thing as you except I'm too dumb to do all the electronics-related legwork.
Thats also part of the reason I just went and bought a CR10s pro instead of messing with my E3 pro.
Geile geisteskranke Aktion, super Erzählweise des Videos. Dafür gibt’s nen Daumen hoch und ein Abo von mir. Mein verbastelter Ender bleibt, wie er ist, dazu gönne ich mir nen P1P.
Vielen Dank, Joachim!
Ja der P1P ist die vernünftige Entscheidung! 😅
@@ChristophLehner Nach wie vor bin ich ein wenig skeptisch wegen des komplett proprietären Systems. Ich habe mich dennoch dafür entschieden, um mich daran zu hindern, irgendeinen anderen Bettschubser zu kaufen (und mit dem Hintergedanken, dass wir ggfs in der Firma irgendwas in dieser Richtung tun könnten). Und nochmals Respekt für deine krass geile Aktion!
@@joachimeuler8269 ja die selben Bedenken hatte ich auch, sonst häte ich schon lange einen X1Carbon zuhause stehen 😅
Hey, great video. Can you share more info on your toolhead setup? I looked a your git repo and there are 3 x-carriages and a bltouch holder. I'm slowly modding my ender to SW. I have a microswiss DD and hotend, without some machining I can't adapt it to a linear rail.
Hy! And more expensive than voron trident 350. I don't wanna count my conversion, better... 😂😂😂 nice build bra! My is almost in the finish line 🎉
All I can understand that it is very expensive and most important upgrade is Klipper. = )
What is more interesting is a video about what upgrade gave what. The experience. But fancy digits are gave more views then useful information, yes? = )
What happened to that x axis? I don't mean the linear rails, I mean the motor and the belts. What's going on there?
Excellent video and Psychological profile of a typical Printer owner. Made me laugh many , many times. Thank you!
Love to meet ya and redesign my Anycubic vyper to direct drive and making it look awesome
Thank you for making this, now i know why i'll never do this. You saved me a lot of money, thanks again! Awesome video, thank you for your sacrifice to the 3dprinter gods.
Time to upgrade your ender 3 to 400MM Y and X axis using the ENDER EXTENDER KIT - Git Rekt!
This should be called I badly built an expensive heap that chucks out poor prints. 9:18 Prints, utter junk surface quality. 9:11 so overexposed to hide the poor quality, what's the point in building a fast machine that you chuck all the prints in the bin