Great videos, these helped me immensely. However at 0:45 you mention TBStron says they're ready to be installed with grease from the factory and that doesn't seem to be the case. Other videos and posts I've seen have said they need to be greased, and the grease they come with is more for corrosion protection. I installed them without adding grease and they are very dry now, waiting for some lithium grease and syringes to arrive tomorrow. You were right to clean and grease them yourself, I think everyone needs to go that before installing. That said, your videos were great and helpful. Thanks for posting!
Hey @EdsTechTalk94 I'm considering getting only the X-axis linear rail kit right now. The Y is a little more than I'd like to spend at the moment. Do you think it would be worth it for print quality just to upgrade the X only. I'm not really too conserned about speed. It prints pretty fast to me at the default speeds. I've got my printer really dialed in and getting great quality, just like the idea of the linear rails adding that extra. Lemme know honest opinion. I looked at the graphs you linked, but I'm not knowledgeable enough with those to tell which is better. I do understand the concept.
I would save up and do the Y axis first if I had to choose between the x and y axis to upgrade first. Not having to deal with the pom wheels and how much easier it makes bed leveling would be the biggest reasons.
I was just looking at those dusty wheels all this past week. Wondering how often I'll have to replace them, and noticing that one on the left side wasn't even touching the body.
Hey, is there anything i need to change in the printer config? Like, is the head- position identical to the original? Nice work anyway ! Got both kits sitting at my printer, going to start tomorrow 😅🤙🥳
@@EdsTechTalk94 Well, but i have to do some Changes on the printer itself. The big part cooling Fan in the Back of the x Axis doesnt fit the printhead Position anymore. The head sits lower, so the part around the nozzle doesnt get cooled as good as before. I also needed to shim the cooler from the Axis above the screws, otherwise it grinds at the z Axis pom wheels. So actually, the hole Positions of the bracket for the fanpaket need to be about 7mm deeper in Z. But that's what the printer IS for, solving Problems😅 May i ask you which accelerations and speeds you recommend with both Upgrades? According to inputshaper my max acc. for y is
Well from my understanding, not every machines acceleration will be the same. Our belts could be at a different tension, the base they sit on places a huge factor in the machines stability. A lot of things play into that factor, I’ll let you know what it is at when I’m near it next time. I believe in my review of it I have a Google drive with my orca slicer profile if that helps!
Great videos, these helped me immensely. However at 0:45 you mention TBStron says they're ready to be installed with grease from the factory and that doesn't seem to be the case. Other videos and posts I've seen have said they need to be greased, and the grease they come with is more for corrosion protection. I installed them without adding grease and they are very dry now, waiting for some lithium grease and syringes to arrive tomorrow. You were right to clean and grease them yourself, I think everyone needs to go that before installing.
That said, your videos were great and helpful. Thanks for posting!
Yea I thought just to be safe I would clean and grease them myself before installing them.
@@EdsTechTalk94 You definitely made the right call. Just sharing my experience for anyone considering skipping that step.
Hey @EdsTechTalk94 I'm considering getting only the X-axis linear rail kit right now. The Y is a little more than I'd like to spend at the moment. Do you think it would be worth it for print quality just to upgrade the X only. I'm not really too conserned about speed. It prints pretty fast to me at the default speeds. I've got my printer really dialed in and getting great quality, just like the idea of the linear rails adding that extra. Lemme know honest opinion. I looked at the graphs you linked, but I'm not knowledgeable enough with those to tell which is better. I do understand the concept.
I would save up and do the Y axis first if I had to choose between the x and y axis to upgrade first. Not having to deal with the pom wheels and how much easier it makes bed leveling would be the biggest reasons.
I was just looking at those dusty wheels all this past week. Wondering how often I'll have to replace them, and noticing that one on the left side wasn't even touching the body.
It’s a pain to get them just right plus, the dust can really get annoying
Hey, is there anything i need to change in the printer config? Like, is the head- position identical to the original?
Nice work anyway ! Got both kits sitting at my printer, going to start tomorrow 😅🤙🥳
Nope! After you install it, you don’t need to worry about changing anything in the configuration.
@@EdsTechTalk94 Well, but i have to do some Changes on the printer itself. The big part cooling Fan in the Back of the x Axis doesnt fit the printhead Position anymore. The head sits lower, so the part around the nozzle doesnt get cooled as good as before.
I also needed to shim the cooler from the Axis above the screws, otherwise it grinds at the z Axis pom wheels. So actually, the hole Positions of the bracket for the fanpaket need to be about 7mm deeper in Z.
But that's what the printer IS for, solving Problems😅
May i ask you which accelerations and speeds you recommend with both Upgrades?
According to inputshaper my max acc. for y is
Well from my understanding, not every machines acceleration will be the same. Our belts could be at a different tension, the base they sit on places a huge factor in the machines stability.
A lot of things play into that factor, I’ll let you know what it is at when I’m near it next time. I believe in my review of it I have a Google drive with my orca slicer profile if that helps!