I only have the one printer, so its always a little extra stressful to work on it, because if something goes wrong the single most useful tool to fix the printer, would have been the printer. I've had to do a bit of repairs on mine over... I think its getting close to three years. Gone through a few built surfaces, A new heat block, heat cartridge and thermistor, had to replace both my fans, and I'm at the point of having spare linear bearings on hand because those are starting to wear out. But at the same time, I've also put probably 80Kg of filament through it. I'd say its doing a pretty good job.
Great video! I was looking into upgrading the bed with a flex bed as well! I just got the printer used and it has a broken surface. I have friends who own bigger printers, but the quality of this one pretty much tops theirs =D
I almost bought one when they came out and have been thinking about picking one up recently. My full size Monoprice Duplicator i3 V 2.1 burned up it's Melzi board a while back. It was / is also a pretty decent machine but sadly it's a known flaw and mine ended up burning up. Sadly now days finding a good motherboard replacement costs almost as much as a brand new modern machine.
Few tips for better quality Dont use spring tensioners for gt2 belt Manualy tension the belt without any springs, that will eliminate ghosting , dimension problems etc Use capricorn ptfe tube (oryginal one) it have 1.9mm hole And can work with 250*C + where average ptfe can only work up to 240*C Best upgrade for extruder Oryginal bondtech gears...not cloned ones , oryginal ones are made out of tool steel with 0.01mm accuracy ... Average cloned ones cost 70-80% of the oryginal bondtech but are made out of cheap steel with slopy fiting and wrong dimmensions Most of them cant push properly carbon fibre filaments And even worse, after few hundred grams (for example petg+cf15) tooth disapear on then or few kg of standard PLA can destroy the tooth :| Tip for the hotend Cloned e3d v6 But with bore heatbrake + capricorn ptfe Then good nozzle and heatblock for pt100 case (not pt100...average 100k ohm in pt100 case-steel tube) Work avesome and no maitenance needed for few hundred hours of pla + petg + abs With extra tip... Unscreew fast tube connector from hotend by 0.5- 1 turn Push ptfe all the way Then tight it back And before u push filament into the extruder push it trough any plastic sponge for dust cleaning = less maintenance needed with the nozzle cleaning For settings Always go with the lowest possible retraction But change the speed untill u have good results In case of retraction less is better for quality :) For infill always set thicker wall of infill than the nozzle so it will be stronger = less infill needed Hope it will help Ps. Sorry for my English Im making custom diy 3d printers for 8 years now (for working with composites etc) with ones that can print peek etc in heated chamber :)
I picked up one of these as a shelf queen for 10 bucks. You mentioned the SD card in the beginning. Mine didn’t have one. Can I get one of those somewhere that already have the programming on it?
My co worker is giving this to me tomorrow. I think he said its missing a power cable and thats it supposedly. He said he couldnt find parts anywhere for it
I have one of these🎉 I need a new bed cover, where can I get one? When the printer starts the head will move over to the car right and make a loud rattling sound. Any idea what that is? Thank you
Best upgrade I made was getting rid of the awful chrome control knob and replaced it with a 3D printed one. The original one is so slippery and hard to use.
I am looking at getting a used Monoprice Mini Select v2 for 50. You mentioned an out dated memory card what does that mean? This would be my first experance with 3D printing
I can't remember the details off the top of my head, but it needs a very specific size and format of memory card that, for the most part, isn't really made any more since storage technology has advanced so much. A google search should be able to tell you what to look for
I only have the one printer, so its always a little extra stressful to work on it, because if something goes wrong the single most useful tool to fix the printer, would have been the printer.
I've had to do a bit of repairs on mine over... I think its getting close to three years.
Gone through a few built surfaces, A new heat block, heat cartridge and thermistor, had to replace both my fans, and I'm at the point of having spare linear bearings on hand because those are starting to wear out.
But at the same time, I've also put probably 80Kg of filament through it. I'd say its doing a pretty good job.
I have done all that and a mainboard in one year lmao, I have not been so lucky with my printer but I am still learning
My first 3d printer and I’ve had it for about 5 yrs, it’s had its issues but It’s still running!
Tomorrow my ender s1 will be here!!!!
Great video! I was looking into upgrading the bed with a flex bed as well! I just got the printer used and it has a broken surface. I have friends who own bigger printers, but the quality of this one pretty much tops theirs =D
Yeah. It's a little weirdo, but I'll be damned if it doesn't consistently produce impressive results
I have one of the original V1 MP Select Mini's and with a little TLC they just keep going.
They're just beasts
I almost bought one when they came out and have been thinking about picking one up recently. My full size Monoprice Duplicator i3 V 2.1 burned up it's Melzi board a while back. It was / is also a pretty decent machine but sadly it's a known flaw and mine ended up burning up. Sadly now days finding a good motherboard replacement costs almost as much as a brand new modern machine.
Maybe ask for a solution on reddit, r/3Dprinting.
Well done.
Few tips for better quality
Dont use spring tensioners for gt2 belt
Manualy tension the belt without any springs, that will eliminate ghosting , dimension problems etc
Use capricorn ptfe tube (oryginal one) it have 1.9mm hole
And can work with 250*C + where average ptfe can only work up to 240*C
Best upgrade for extruder
Oryginal bondtech gears...not cloned ones , oryginal ones are made out of tool steel with 0.01mm accuracy ... Average cloned ones cost 70-80% of the oryginal bondtech but are made out of cheap steel with slopy fiting and wrong dimmensions
Most of them cant push properly carbon fibre filaments
And even worse, after few hundred grams (for example petg+cf15) tooth disapear on then or few kg of standard PLA can destroy the tooth :|
Tip for the hotend
Cloned e3d v6
But with bore heatbrake + capricorn ptfe
Then good nozzle and heatblock for pt100 case (not pt100...average 100k ohm in pt100 case-steel tube)
Work avesome and no maitenance needed for few hundred hours of pla + petg + abs
With extra tip... Unscreew fast tube connector from hotend by 0.5- 1 turn
Push ptfe all the way
Then tight it back
And before u push filament into the extruder push it trough any plastic sponge for dust cleaning = less maintenance needed with the nozzle cleaning
For settings
Always go with the lowest possible retraction
But change the speed untill u have good results
In case of retraction less is better for quality :)
For infill always set thicker wall of infill than the nozzle so it will be stronger = less infill needed
Hope it will help
Ps.
Sorry for my English
Im making custom diy 3d printers for 8 years now (for working with composites etc) with ones that can print peek etc in heated chamber :)
I am new to this printer which is the gt2 belt?
@@Flashtony76 The two belts that drive the bed and the hot end.
I picked up one of these as a shelf queen for 10 bucks. You mentioned the SD card in the beginning. Mine didn’t have one. Can I get one of those somewhere that already have the programming on it?
My co worker is giving this to me tomorrow. I think he said its missing a power cable and thats it supposedly. He said he couldnt find parts anywhere for it
I have one of these🎉 I need a new bed cover, where can I get one?
When the printer starts the head will move over to the car right and make a loud rattling sound. Any idea what that is?
Thank you
Great video! Would you be able to share your profile settings? That is if you’re using Cura like I am?
Best upgrade I made was getting rid of the awful chrome control knob and replaced it with a 3D printed one. The original one is so slippery and hard to use.
I am looking at getting a used Monoprice Mini Select v2 for 50. You mentioned an out dated memory card what does that mean? This would be my first experance with 3D printing
I can't remember the details off the top of my head, but it needs a very specific size and format of memory card that, for the most part, isn't really made any more since storage technology has advanced so much. A google search should be able to tell you what to look for
I just wish these came with an all metal hotend.. can’t get away with PLA for our printers.
What was the process to adjust the build plate / z height to accomodate the springsteel sheet?
hi! have you ever printed flexible filaments on it?
It is very difficult although I've been playing with Overture's Highspeed TPU lately and that works MUCH better with bowden setups
did you have to adjust the z axis height after the build plate upgrade?
yes, I just did it with the built in leveling bolts
Did you cut the old heat bed wires to remove it?
Why does nobody seem to address replacing the belts? Particularly the bed drive belt.
I just bought one of these secondhand and the connecting part that attaches the filament to the printing box is gone. Is there a way yo replace this
I broke one of thr pieces, I don't know what it is call, or can't find anything online. Anyway you can help
I tested this printer for the first time and it seems that it melted a hole into the bed, is the printer still fine or does it no longer work?
what temperature do you heat your bed to with the new bed plates?
I just picked one up for 7$ couldn't not buy it lol
I just use PEI.
My version one is still going strong. Theres also a control board cooling fan mod.
ruclips.net/video/jklVIc2YX_A/видео.html
Where can I get replacement parts for mine?