You've been a huge inspiration to me! I recently got a Aquila, and just replaced the 3 fans with the Winsinn ones. Now I can hear your video's without noise cancelling headphones!
Thank you Fedor for starting this series. I purchased the bigtreetech skr mini 3 v3 board and bigtreetech tft35 display screen and patiently waiting for you to start this.
Oh nice, I think it’s going to be an awesome upgrade. I have an SKR 1.3 on my custom machine and it’s never let me down. It’ll surely outlast the machine itself.
Just ordered the Voxelab Aquila from amazon today. They are running a deal on these now for $160 Ty for all the videos on this printer as I'm sure they will all come in handy =D new subscriber!
Just did a fairly major upgrade on my Aquila. Installed an ender direct drive kit then to fix the issue of the ender hot end bracket not having a nub to hit my x axis switch I just used a snip of spare PTFE tube and tiny piece of duct tape. It is printing better than ever.
Second! And Aquila is my first printer. Other than gumming up my nozzle to the point I can’t remove it because a print failed and I didn’t watch - I’ve had no issues with it! Love the Aquila
@@3DPrintSOS of course not! Was mostly my ignorance on the subject and trying a complex print without keeping a closer eye on it. I have more successes than fails with it - and the price I paid is easily worth it! Now if only I could figure out how to get my own stl files to print better
Great idea! I think the Aquila offers the best bang for your buck. In my opinion the Aquila matches or beats the Ender 3 v2 is every way except for community/modding support. Videos like this are certainly going to help fix that deficit, and I bet we are going to see some good printable mods out of this project!
Yeah I agree. The Aquila is a great deal, as long as you stick with the original. And it lends itself to mods really really well. Only because I can’t leave anything alone! Haha. I do have a few completely stock machines that print perfectly.
Yeah for sure. I think direct drives have are a bit of a double edged sword but it seems to be the trend correctly to keep the extruder and the hotend close. It wouldn’t be that hard. All metal hotend plus some higher maximums in the firmware and you can get up to 300. ;)
Excellent concept, can't wait to build my own! The only sticking point I have is the zodiac 3d pro nozzle. I know you love their products from watching previous videos, but I can't count how many times I've had to junk hotend assemblies with the nozzle being "concreted" in them and I'm having a hard time paying nearly $60 for a nozzle just to see it mangled when trying to remove it from a gummed up hotend. Thanks!
I see your point. Well hopefully the high end threads in these coated copper blocks and nozzles along with thermal paste that comes with them will come in handy.
@@3DPrintSOS looking forward to your results, Fedor! In the meantime I see no reason why I can't use a cheaper nozzle until more long-term results are in. 😉
Thank you for the detailed information :) I would like to ask about something. I got BTT Skr mini 3 v3 and I would like to use Aquila original display with this board. I'm having issues and nothing is showing on the display. Could you please provide some information about this ?
There is a cable that BTT put out for that specifically. Since the display if from an Ender 3 V2. Just search E3V2 display SKR Mini 3v3. Youll find it quickly.
I just ordered one of those printers and I really hope you make part 2 so I can see what all the stuff you can do to it. Can you explain more about the hot ends and what one does over the other or why you’d wanna upgrade ? I’m a 3D printer newbie and really am having a hard time finding explanations of stuff
For sure. That’s In the works. I will get it running with a new motherboard and screen first, then dual Z axis, then hotend. I’ll go into detail on each step likely.
Man, can't believe how your video production/editing have grown since the first few Aquila vids (even some cool "out of this world" humour). I'll get the tech-warning stuff out of the way first: be very careful with plastic casing design (grounding). Maybe consider a metal mounting plate. Cooling: you may not need a 2nd fan since the 2209 (?) run cooler, so overkill, keeps $ down and the full view. I'm taking this journey w you to test my Aquila. First thing is reduce the bed weight as low as possible with Al base plate with a thinner Al machined bed with heater more lie Anycubic's. I'll bet this will increase performance by an order of magnitude. And yes, Roxul insulation. Next, widening the bed rails for increase stability. Enough for now, more of my ideas in your next video. Great work Fedor!
Thanks for the kind words and advice. I do need to rethink the case unfortunately. Luckily I have other projects and videos to do before I have time to build this, so I will keep thinking of how to improve it.
@@3DPrintSOS Did you run into problems with the holes by any chance? I replaced the original with the Bigtreetech RRF E3 in the original casing and found that only 1 screw hole matches with the Bigtreetech board
That’s right. They are meant to be a drop in for an Ender. So only one will fit. It’ll hold with 1. But you can also print an adaptor or add some standoffs rather easily.
I have the that same board with a tft35 3.0 just sitting around. and I always wanted to make an electronics box with motherboard the psu and tft all in one for keeping outside of an enclosure.
I wanted to get she spider hot end as my next upgrade on my 1st Aquila X2, but have no recommendations except for Amazon and people put some odd reviews. What's everyone experience with the spider hot end, by the way I just pick up my second Aquila X2 after 1 1/2 month of 3D printing with my 1st.
Hi Feder, Do you know if these SKR boards are compatible with the stock Aquila screen? Also are these board capable of running Alex's fork of Jyers UI? Thanks in advance, Julian
Technically they are supposed to be. However with a repin of the cable. I haven’t tried it yet but two people I know who have, couldn’t get it working. So the tft35 or larger is likely the best way to go
I've removed the BMG Extruder from all my machines. They run for awhile ok.... then no amount of modding or cleaning will keep it running. I replaced them with OMG V2 Extruder. Once installed I've had Zero problems with filament!
@@3DPrintSOS I have feverishly watched your videos. You have personality respoded to me. You have personality helped me in my 3d journey. For that I personality thank you sir. 😊
I have. Several time actually. The orange one you night see in the background is scratch built. Believe me, its way more complicated when you have nothing to follow. At least here there is a defined chassis and dimensions and firmware. :)
hello, the volume question is, would it be easy to increase the size of a standard 3D printer 220×220 250 ender 3v2 to increase the printing pad by changing the body of the 3D printer to larger ones
Man, you are thinking exactly what I was talking with my Extended Aquila C2. Since , you are tapping bottom extrusions, how about getting longer z axis and making it a 400mm cube build area. You have dual z kit. Just need bigger lead screws right?
Nice idea for a project Fedor. as expected :-) I think starting with the electronics (brains) is good move. But one little observation in the footage your 3D model of the enclosure had a fan mounted in front in the transparent case, not good if you want to showcase the beautiful PCB ;-)
@@3DPrintSOS you probably don;t have much heat to get rid of, 'maybe' a small tube to suck the air out ? I'm doing the same but with a whole enclosure, so larger 100mm diameter, for venting toxic ABS fumes.
Wouldn't it be great if the manufacturers could come up with a standard plug like a couple of 21 pin D-plugs for our wiring that just plugged into our controller boards. They would need to form an association of manufacturers first though to agree to the standards, imagine the savings they could make, no more termination sockets on the board, the sales would increase also as the people who are scared off upgrading the board because of the wiring involved could just swap their board and plug in the D-plugs.
I have a strange problem. I have the Aquilla with the G32 board and BLtouch with alex's firmware. The Z axis is impossible to calibrate the steps/mm because from 0 to +20 it measures 18.45 BUT at level 200 to 220 it measures 21.12. so what do I do? have you ever seen that before?
To be honest with you, I have never calibrated any esteps outside of the extruder. I’ve never had the need to. What was happening to the z axis that it needed its esteps calibrated? Have you tried default?
@@3DPrintSOS the problem turned out to be binding, upgrading to a dual z axis would have fixed it also. Had to move the adjustment nuts for about 1.5 hours to get it right
Can you please wire up the BigTreeTech SKR Mini 3 V3, I have bought one myself and am waiting for it to be shipped, I would like to see how you wire it in. I'm really excited to move towards klipper with this board and don't know if I should keep octoprint or move towards mainsail
I would rather see a build using diy parts to get the same things done. All of the extrusion, larger bed, etc. Can be purchased much cheaper than the Ender Extender kit. A little bit of diy and you can save a lot of $$. I'd like a comparison between the higher end hotends and copy versions as well. I know it's difficult to recommend something else because these are sponsored but most of these products are overly expensive for what they offer (imo)
Yes, you’d like my materials videos. I show that you can print practically everything with just some nozzles, some printed parts and a higher quality ptfe tubing. I’m not opposed. It would be fun to make a budget version of the ultimate Aquila. And once this one is done, it would be fun to compare its performance. :)
Hey Fedor, I'm having trouble out of nowhere with my Aquila, I have had it for almost a year and have had great prints right along. Now, for some reason I'm getting layer shifting on my x axis. Yes, belts are tight, I have changed nothing to the printer at all, I have no idea how to correct this... Please Help
Depends on material. Check my pla profile. I think at the moment I do half the print speed for outer wall and print speed for inner wall and double speed for movement.
So I have installed the ender extender XL kit on my aquila X2 and have updated to Alex's firmware. My question is how do I reconfigure print volume in the firmware so the machine knows that it is bigger.Any help or assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance
You have to either recompile your firmware with the correct size of find one that is already compiled. I have one in my linktr.ee/3dprintsos at the bottom but it’s a specific build. If your doesn’t exactly match, you’ll have to grab one online or compile yourself. :)
You've been a huge inspiration to me! I recently got a Aquila, and just replaced the 3 fans with the Winsinn ones. Now I can hear your video's without noise cancelling headphones!
Haha. Nice! Glad I’ve helped.
Ever since the community post I’ve been so excited for this video.
Thank you Fedor for starting this series. I purchased the bigtreetech skr mini 3 v3 board and bigtreetech tft35 display screen and patiently waiting for you to start this.
Oh nice, I think it’s going to be an awesome upgrade. I have an SKR 1.3 on my custom machine and it’s never let me down. It’ll surely outlast the machine itself.
Just ordered the Voxelab Aquila from amazon today. They are running a deal on these now for $160 Ty for all the videos on this printer as I'm sure they will all come in handy =D new subscriber!
Good deal! :)
Of course I'm anxious to see you test the Spider! But anxious in general to see ALL of those upgrades!
Just did a fairly major upgrade on my Aquila. Installed an ender direct drive kit then to fix the issue of the ender hot end bracket not having a nub to hit my x axis switch I just used a snip of spare PTFE tube and tiny piece of duct tape. It is printing better than ever.
Nice! Which direct drive did you go with?
@@3DPrintSOS I got a creatality kit for sn ender 3.
Nice!
Excited
for the poll: i would like to see the motherboard and screen ASAP pls. Thanks and keep up the good work
Noted abs thank you!
Thank you for this I really want to turn my Aquila to a 400×400×400
Check out the Ender extender videos I did. It’s a really cool kit.
@@3DPrintSOS I did I plan on buying it and a few other options I loved the video
Thanks for this. Really appreciate it. My aquila broke the other day so hopefully I get some ideas to fix it with this series.
Hop into the discord, we can surely help you fix it
Yeah I would like to see a video on the Spider and how to upgrade the firmware for higher temps at all metal hot end.
Noted
First!!! Your videos sold me on this printer…it’s my first one and I love it…thanks man
You are definitely first. This video wont even be out until the 5th. haha It's Unlisted. Talk about a sneak peek! haha ;)
Amazing video! Excited for part 2!
I'll be watching all of these.
Second! And Aquila is my first printer. Other than gumming up my nozzle to the point I can’t remove it because a print failed and I didn’t watch - I’ve had no issues with it! Love the Aquila
Glad you’re looking at it in a positive way even when a mishap happens. Too many people blame the machine and instantly give up.
@@3DPrintSOS of course not! Was mostly my ignorance on the subject and trying a complex print without keeping a closer eye on it. I have more successes than fails with it - and the price I paid is easily worth it! Now if only I could figure out how to get my own stl files to print better
Have you tried my pla profile?
linear rail that beast
Doing research on it. I’m interested in belts as well ;)
Que maniacal laughter! Should we call you Dr. now or will Frahnkunsteen do?
I'm so excited!
Haha Frahnkunsteen!
@@3DPrintSOS a little "Young Frankenstein" monster humor. Classic stuff.
I'm looking forward to the conversion..... When does it start?
I really want to get to is ASAP, but I gotta get a few machines reviewed. Lots of cool stuff to show. :)
Great idea! I think the Aquila offers the best bang for your buck.
In my opinion the Aquila matches or beats the Ender 3 v2 is every way except for community/modding support.
Videos like this are certainly going to help fix that deficit, and I bet we are going to see some good printable mods out of this project!
Yeah I agree. The Aquila is a great deal, as long as you stick with the original. And it lends itself to mods really really well. Only because I can’t leave anything alone! Haha. I do have a few completely stock machines that print perfectly.
Have you thought about going to a direct drive setup? And how hard would it be to go up to 300°c to print wider range of filaments.
Yeah for sure. I think direct drives have are a bit of a double edged sword but it seems to be the trend correctly to keep the extruder and the hotend close. It wouldn’t be that hard. All metal hotend plus some higher maximums in the firmware and you can get up to 300. ;)
Those and dual extruder for ez multi color prints would be nice :-)
Excellent concept, can't wait to build my own! The only sticking point I have is the zodiac 3d pro nozzle. I know you love their products from watching previous videos, but I can't count how many times I've had to junk hotend assemblies with the nozzle being "concreted" in them and I'm having a hard time paying nearly $60 for a nozzle just to see it mangled when trying to remove it from a gummed up hotend. Thanks!
I see your point. Well hopefully the high end threads in these coated copper blocks and nozzles along with thermal paste that comes with them will come in handy.
@@3DPrintSOS looking forward to your results, Fedor! In the meantime I see no reason why I can't use a cheaper nozzle until more long-term results are in. 😉
That’s a fact. The cheap stuff works. I’ve been using cheapo components on these things for a while. It’s more about calibration really.
Will the main board plug and play in the aquilla? If not what will I have to change to make it work
Mostly...the main fan needs a connector instead of just raw wires. Also the mounting holes don’t all line up. But that’s an easy thi be to solve.
Thank you for the detailed information :) I would like to ask about something. I got BTT Skr mini 3 v3 and I would like to use Aquila original display with this board. I'm having issues and nothing is showing on the display. Could you please provide some information about this ?
There is a cable that BTT put out for that specifically. Since the display if from an Ender 3 V2. Just search E3V2 display SKR Mini 3v3. Youll find it quickly.
I just ordered one of those printers and I really hope you make part 2 so I can see what all the stuff you can do to it. Can you explain more about the hot ends and what one does over the other or why you’d wanna upgrade ? I’m a 3D printer newbie and really am having a hard time finding explanations of stuff
For sure. That’s In the works. I will get it running with a new motherboard and screen first, then dual Z axis, then hotend. I’ll go into detail on each step likely.
Man, can't believe how your video production/editing have grown since the first few Aquila vids (even some cool "out of this world" humour). I'll get the tech-warning stuff out of the way first: be very careful with plastic casing design (grounding). Maybe consider a metal mounting plate. Cooling: you may not need a 2nd fan since the 2209 (?) run cooler, so overkill, keeps $ down and the full view. I'm taking this journey w you to test my Aquila. First thing is reduce the bed weight as low as possible with Al base plate with a thinner Al machined bed with heater more lie Anycubic's. I'll bet this will increase performance by an order of magnitude. And yes, Roxul insulation. Next, widening the bed rails for increase stability. Enough for now, more of my ideas in your next video. Great work Fedor!
Thanks for the kind words and advice. I do need to rethink the case unfortunately. Luckily I have other projects and videos to do before I have time to build this, so I will keep thinking of how to improve it.
@@3DPrintSOS Did you run into problems with the holes by any chance? I replaced the original with the Bigtreetech RRF E3 in the original casing and found that only 1 screw hole matches with the Bigtreetech board
That’s right. They are meant to be a drop in for an Ender. So only one will fit. It’ll hold with 1. But you can also print an adaptor or add some standoffs rather easily.
I have the that same board with a tft35 3.0 just sitting around. and I always wanted to make an electronics box with motherboard the psu and tft all in one for keeping outside of an enclosure.
The time is now. Haha ;)
I wanted to get she spider hot end as my next upgrade on my 1st Aquila X2, but have no recommendations except for Amazon and people put some odd reviews. What's everyone experience with the spider hot end, by the way I just pick up my second Aquila X2 after 1 1/2 month of 3D printing with my 1st.
I’ve held off because of the proprietary nozzle. I can’t find replacements online. :(
Is that BTT board a silent board as well? I see there are 2 different boards the 2.0 silent and the 3.0.
Yes, silent. ;)
Hi Feder, Do you know if these SKR boards are compatible with the stock Aquila screen? Also are these board capable of running Alex's fork of Jyers UI?
Thanks in advance, Julian
Technically they are supposed to be. However with a repin of the cable. I haven’t tried it yet but two people I know who have, couldn’t get it working. So the tft35 or larger is likely the best way to go
Been looking at getting one of these since the price is so good.
I am very interested in the hot end upgrade
Noted. ;)
Would this be viable using an original aquila or should I buy the x2
Either or. I’m using a standard Aquila.
Everything looks very exciting!
Have you thought about putting any BMG extruder?
I have but I love the Fedorstruder. Literally zero issues once it’s installed.
I've removed the BMG Extruder from all my machines. They run for awhile ok.... then no amount of modding or cleaning will keep it running. I replaced them with OMG V2 Extruder. Once installed I've had Zero problems with filament!
Love this series, however if really like to know how much is the cost?
Good idea. Maybe toward the end when I have everything running I can show the cost of the build. :)
@@3DPrintSOS I have feverishly watched your videos. You have personality respoded to me. You have personality helped me in my 3d journey. For that I personality thank you sir. 😊
Personally, you’re welcome. ;)
for all the work done on that printer you might as well have designed and made your own.
I have. Several time actually. The orange one you night see in the background is scratch built. Believe me, its way more complicated when you have nothing to follow. At least here there is a defined chassis and dimensions and firmware. :)
@@3DPrintSOS I apologize I didn't intend to come across a bit bitchy.
Hey I just bought the 300 xl for it can you point me in the direction of a cr touch firmware for it or can I use the cr 10 firmware.
Only if your board is an STM board. If not, Alex’s fork of JyersUI is your best bet. github.com/alexqzd/Marlin/releases
hello, the volume question is, would it be easy to increase the size of a standard 3D printer 220×220 250 ender 3v2 to increase the printing pad by changing the body of the 3D printer to larger ones
Yep. I have some videos on making these larger. I made one 400x400. :)
And how to apply software on a larger bed plane?
@@O_KODEL_GI_NE Lots of firmware out there to get you started. I have some in my links as well. ruclips.net/video/ktMMgBriDE4/видео.html
Man, you are thinking exactly what I was talking with my Extended Aquila C2. Since , you are tapping bottom extrusions, how about getting longer z axis and making it a 400mm cube build area. You have dual z kit. Just need bigger lead screws right?
Yea, technically making it taller is very easy. Wire length wold be a concern too.
Nice idea for a project Fedor. as expected :-) I think starting with the electronics (brains) is good move. But one little observation in the footage your 3D model of the enclosure had a fan mounted in front in the transparent case, not good if you want to showcase the beautiful PCB ;-)
That’s true. I was even going to do a double fan setup. I’ll have to rethink it or move it a bit.
@@3DPrintSOS is there room on 1-2 of the side walls?
Not tall enough but I’ll have to rethink it all a bit I think.
@@3DPrintSOS you probably don;t have much heat to get rid of, 'maybe' a small tube to suck the air out ? I'm doing the same but with a whole enclosure, so larger 100mm diameter, for venting toxic ABS fumes.
Wouldn't it be great if the manufacturers could come up with a standard plug like a couple of 21 pin D-plugs for our wiring that just plugged into our controller boards.
They would need to form an association of manufacturers first though to agree to the standards, imagine the savings they could make, no more termination sockets on the board, the sales would increase also as the people who are scared off upgrading the board because of the wiring involved could just swap their board and plug in the D-plugs.
That would be awesome. Haha
@@3DPrintSOS The idea needs pitching to some big name YTbers that have contacts within the industry.
I have a strange problem.
I have the Aquilla with the G32 board and BLtouch with alex's firmware.
The Z axis is impossible to calibrate the steps/mm because from 0 to +20 it measures 18.45 BUT at level 200 to 220 it measures 21.12. so what do I do? have you ever seen that before?
To be honest with you, I have never calibrated any esteps outside of the extruder. I’ve never had the need to. What was happening to the z axis that it needed its esteps calibrated? Have you tried default?
@@3DPrintSOS the problem turned out to be binding, upgrading to a dual z axis would have fixed it also. Had to move the adjustment nuts for about 1.5 hours to get it right
Can you please wire up the BigTreeTech SKR Mini 3 V3, I have bought one myself and am waiting for it to be shipped, I would like to see how you wire it in. I'm really excited to move towards klipper with this board and don't know if I should keep octoprint or move towards mainsail
That’s the plan. :)
I would rather see a build using diy parts to get the same things done. All of the extrusion, larger bed, etc. Can be purchased much cheaper than the Ender Extender kit. A little bit of diy and you can save a lot of $$.
I'd like a comparison between the higher end hotends and copy versions as well.
I know it's difficult to recommend something else because these are sponsored but most of these products are overly expensive for what they offer (imo)
Yes, you’d like my materials videos. I show that you can print practically everything with just some nozzles, some printed parts and a higher quality ptfe tubing.
I’m not opposed. It would be fun to make a budget version of the ultimate Aquila. And once this one is done, it would be fun to compare its performance. :)
Hey Fedor, I'm having trouble out of nowhere with my Aquila, I have had it for almost a year and have had great prints right along. Now, for some reason I'm getting layer shifting on my x axis. Yes, belts are tight, I have changed nothing to the printer at all, I have no idea how to correct this... Please Help
Hmm. First thing I would check is the voltages.
ruclips.net/video/CjH7AXIHN74/видео.html
@@3DPrintSOS will do, my x motor is hot! Thanks Fedor
Hi there, what is your average print speed for production parts inner and outer walls if I may ask?🤔
Depends on material. Check my pla profile. I think at the moment I do half the print speed for outer wall and print speed for inner wall and double speed for movement.
Any updates on this video
Sooooon
im having trouble getting my PC to see my voxelad aquila i dont know what i need to download in order to get my printer and computer to talk plz help
You need to grab a driver. If you search “Ender 3 driver” I’m sure you’ll find it.
Dose it matter that it's a tottle different brand sorry not real tech smart either
No, it’s a fairly generic driver
nice
So I have installed the ender extender XL kit on my aquila X2 and have updated to Alex's firmware. My question is how do I reconfigure print volume in the firmware so the machine knows that it is bigger.Any help or assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance
You have to either recompile your firmware with the correct size of find one that is already compiled. I have one in my linktr.ee/3dprintsos at the bottom but it’s a specific build. If your doesn’t exactly match, you’ll have to grab one online or compile yourself. :)
@@3DPrintSOS thank you for your assistance
There is no Aquila only Zuul.