I hope you enjoyed the video. I am working on a rocket for the next big project and this will be a long project so I will be uploading it in parts. So make sure you subscribe and turn on post notifications so you don’t miss them. Thanks for watching.
@benv9771 RUclips and google. I still don’t know much about coding, I learn the code as I work on the project. So if I get to a point where I have no clue how to code something I’ll just take a break and learn that part. It’s probably not the best way to learn how to code but it has worked for me so far.
Hey man this is sick!! Hope you keep creating. Stuff like this will take you far. For the print issues, first off a high quality glass/pei plate and a pretty much a must. Then, regular cleaning and adhesion (glue sticks, etc) is also critical. Get your bed leveling dialed in, experiment with some first layer settings (maybe try turning fan off during the first few layers, run a little hotter). Try a temperature bridge, layer adhesion in general looks like a bit of an issue. Hope these tips help, I’m a total arduino noob but want to at least help with the printing side of things.
I think you print bed is way too high, it shouldn't be leaving that many marks on the plate, generally people say to level is so that a piece of paper can slide between the nozzle and the bed, but I find that I need it to be a little closer to stick well. Also personal opinion but I would recommend buying nuts and bolts and printing much smaller pieces that can be easily bolted together. It's more work but you save filament, print time, your mind if you have to reprint a connection piece 5 times. Also I buy aluminum dowels from a local hardware store and use them for structure so that I really only have to 3d print the connector kind of things and it saves me a lot. (I just know how frustrating it is when a 9 hour print fails after 8 hours) Also I'm not hating, I loved this project, never stop creating stuff dude!
Yeah after I printed all these pieces I leveled the bed and it was much better quality. I usually just get a piece of paper and fold in half and it’s good. Also nuts and bolts definitely would have been a better idea. I was thinking of using them but decided not to. However, after I printed everything and started putting stuff together I regretted that decision because it definitely would have made the project easier. That’s a smart idea to use aluminum dowels. I’ll definitely consider using them for the 3D printed parts when I build the next robot arm. Thank you so much for the feedback!
Hey man, incredible work on that robotic arm, you made a super clean build, if you consider pursuing an engineering career I'm sure you would enjoy it! How did you get started in designing 3D and embedded systems with Arduino?
Thank you! I got into all of this mainly because I took a CAD class my freshman year of high school and decided to get a 3D printer after taking the class. After that I just started designing and printing some simple stuff and then eventually decided to start doing some bigger projects involving arduino.
i loved the project, and i recommend you using a servo driver which will make it a lot more smoother and stable and you have enough room for an servo driver like a PCA 9685 driver, although the outcome is lovely
I just finished my first one last week using an esp32 board and a ps4 controller but mine is much less stable. i want to make one with steppers and maybe planetary gears in the future but now im making an rc airplane. super cool design.
That’s awesome. I bet being able to control it with a controller is fun. Also using stepper motors and planetary gears is a great idea. I originally planned on building a bigger arm using them but instead went with a smaller one with servos. If you ever build one you should definitely post it, I would love to check it out. Also good luck on the rc airplane.
@@OliverPaff Yea i wanted to make the stepper controlled arm but i dont have experience with steppers and i wanted to work with stuff i already had which was a bunch of servos. I have an extremely modded ender 3 thats just piling dust and im considering hijacking the motherboard to control all of its steppers and making a new robot with that but thatll be a while.
Nice work! If you decide to upgrade your ender, consider the belted z mod (only costs maybe $20) and a new fan duct, plus a knockoff CHT ($2) if you don't already have it. Between those, you get way more reliability out of it!
@nhnova1452 It’s extremely easy to work with and great quality. However it is very small so if you want to print bigger items I would recommend the regular A1.
You should dry your filament. Calibrate your 3D printer as well, it looks like it's over extruding. I also recommend you use gyroid infill, it's more stable, never had a part break mid print.
I actually just got a filament dryer and I’ve definitely seen improvements in the quality. I will try calibrating it, I haven’t done much calibrating when it comes to flow rate or anything like that, but I definitely need to. Also I will check out the gyroid infill, the current infill I’m using is definitely not the best. Thank you for your feedback.
i had a really old ender as well, if you want to skip the hassle just try and sell it and get a different printer with bed leveing, I did this and got a Bambu lab A1 mini.
Looks amazing great job! Me and my friend are currently trying to make a robot arm as well And I was wondering how you went about supplying power to everything and what you used for that. Thanks a lot!
Thank you! I used a 9V 1A arduino power supply and a 5V 15A power supply for the servo driver. I will link them in the description. If you have any more questions feel free to ask. Good luck on the robot arm.
I actually bought an A1 mini after building this project and it was definitely a great decision. No more worrying about failed prints or horrible first layers. What Bambu printer do you have?
Nice project, and a perfect timing. I just got my first printer (A1 Mini) and I was looking how to get started with robotics. I was looking at the cad model and have few questions. How does the rotating base (part 3) connect with the arm (part 10). Also when I try to make the arm's length smaller (too big for my printer) from 5inch to 4 inch the back cover (part 11) just disappears. And if you don't mind can you provide the links for the electrical components and how do you power the servo driver.
There should be a disc that connects to the motor that goes into part 3 the disc then connects to the arm (part 10). I would recommend however to redesign it yourself because I designed this in the worst possible way so it’s not the easiest to build. However I am working on getting the parts fixed and making it easier to put together. Also I will link all the electrical components in the description. The servo driver is powered by a 5V 5A power supply. Also about the part disappearing, it’s probably because if you go in and edit the length it messes with the other features causing failures within the design. To be honest I have no clue if there’s a way around that. I would recommend probably finding a better design than mine that’s easier to work with.
Super cool! What 3D cad did you use? Curious because i’m using fusion 360 atm and wondering if there are other alternatives that are better suited for implementing components into the design
Thank you! I use Onshape; It’s easy to use and free. I would say Fusion 360 is probably better but you can always try Onshape out and see if you like it.
I have I’m currently looking at the A1 mini. However, the X1 Carbon seems like an awesome printer but currently out of my price range. Hopefully when I’m older.
If you're going A1 id say skip the mini and get the A1 atleast. Am on the creality 3 v3 rn and even with 220x220 bed i always want more so i cant imagine how frustrating the a1 mini would be
No, I did look into both of those gearboxes when designing it but decided not to use them. However, I am planning on using them when I build a bigger robot arm with stepper motors.
@@OliverPaff also when you use gearboxes your movement is gonna be less jittery while reaching a point and stop …and also give you more resolution and accuracy
I asked my parents and they said they haven’t seen a large difference. After looking it up it seems that it doesn’t add much unless you are printing a lot or with many printers.
hey man where can i reach out to you please share me your emali cause i wanted to ask you some questions about the process of whole particular project great job btw
I hope you enjoyed the video. I am working on a rocket for the next big project and this will be a long project so I will be uploading it in parts. So make sure you subscribe and turn on post notifications so you don’t miss them. Thanks for watching.
You're a very intelligent young man! Stay in this track and you'll create wonderful things!
I appreciate the compliment, I plan on continuing to work on these types of projects. Thank you so much.
@@OliverPaff how did you learn to code? I aspire to try this one day
@benv9771 RUclips and google. I still don’t know much about coding, I learn the code as I work on the project. So if I get to a point where I have no clue how to code something I’ll just take a break and learn that part. It’s probably not the best way to learn how to code but it has worked for me so far.
It's funny how people complained about the loud original Ender motor drivers and nowadays it's all turbine and motorsounds again :D
Hey man this is sick!! Hope you keep creating. Stuff like this will take you far.
For the print issues, first off a high quality glass/pei plate and a pretty much a must. Then, regular cleaning and adhesion (glue sticks, etc) is also critical. Get your bed leveling dialed in, experiment with some first layer settings (maybe try turning fan off during the first few layers, run a little hotter). Try a temperature bridge, layer adhesion in general looks like a bit of an issue.
Hope these tips help, I’m a total arduino noob but want to at least help with the printing side of things.
I think you print bed is way too high, it shouldn't be leaving that many marks on the plate, generally people say to level is so that a piece of paper can slide between the nozzle and the bed, but I find that I need it to be a little closer to stick well.
Also personal opinion but I would recommend buying nuts and bolts and printing much smaller pieces that can be easily bolted together. It's more work but you save filament, print time, your mind if you have to reprint a connection piece 5 times. Also I buy aluminum dowels from a local hardware store and use them for structure so that I really only have to 3d print the connector kind of things and it saves me a lot. (I just know how frustrating it is when a 9 hour print fails after 8 hours)
Also I'm not hating, I loved this project, never stop creating stuff dude!
Yeah after I printed all these pieces I leveled the bed and it was much better quality. I usually just get a piece of paper and fold in half and it’s good.
Also nuts and bolts definitely would have been a better idea. I was thinking of using them but decided not to. However, after I printed everything and started putting stuff together I regretted that decision because it definitely would have made the project easier.
That’s a smart idea to use aluminum dowels. I’ll definitely consider using them for the 3D printed parts when I build the next robot arm.
Thank you so much for the feedback!
Subscribing because I’d like to see your progress as a design and builder! Good work!
Thank you so much!
great design 👍
Thank you
Great work, I always love to see someone doing creative and smart things like that. Someday I will try too.
Hey man, incredible work on that robotic arm, you made a super clean build, if you consider pursuing an engineering career I'm sure you would enjoy it!
How did you get started in designing 3D and embedded systems with Arduino?
Thank you! I got into all of this mainly because I took a CAD class my freshman year of high school and decided to get a 3D printer after taking the class. After that I just started designing and printing some simple stuff and then eventually decided to start doing some bigger projects involving arduino.
i loved the project, and i recommend you using a servo driver which will make it a lot more smoother and stable and you have enough room for an servo driver like a PCA 9685 driver, although the outcome is lovely
Thank you. I actually added a servo driver later on in the video since the servos couldn’t draw enough current, and it helped a lot.
@@OliverPaff nice to hear that
awesome broo
Thank you
I just finished my first one last week using an esp32 board and a ps4 controller but mine is much less stable. i want to make one with steppers and maybe planetary gears in the future but now im making an rc airplane. super cool design.
That’s awesome. I bet being able to control it with a controller is fun. Also using stepper motors and planetary gears is a great idea. I originally planned on building a bigger arm using them but instead went with a smaller one with servos. If you ever build one you should definitely post it, I would love to check it out. Also good luck on the rc airplane.
@@OliverPaff Yea i wanted to make the stepper controlled arm but i dont have experience with steppers and i wanted to work with stuff i already had which was a bunch of servos. I have an extremely modded ender 3 thats just piling dust and im considering hijacking the motherboard to control all of its steppers and making a new robot with that but thatll be a while.
Cool 👍
Thank you
Nice work! If you decide to upgrade your ender, consider the belted z mod (only costs maybe $20) and a new fan duct, plus a knockoff CHT ($2) if you don't already have it. Between those, you get way more reliability out of it!
I actually just bought an A1 mini but I still have the Ender 3 so I’ll have to look at some of those upgrades. Thank you!
@@OliverPaffhow is the A1 mini? Thinking about either getting that or the regular A1
@nhnova1452 It’s extremely easy to work with and great quality. However it is very small so if you want to print bigger items I would recommend the regular A1.
Ceep up the good work buddy!
You should dry your filament. Calibrate your 3D printer as well, it looks like it's over extruding. I also recommend you use gyroid infill, it's more stable, never had a part break mid print.
I actually just got a filament dryer and I’ve definitely seen improvements in the quality. I will try calibrating it, I haven’t done much calibrating when it comes to flow rate or anything like that, but I definitely need to. Also I will check out the gyroid infill, the current infill I’m using is definitely not the best. Thank you for your feedback.
@@OliverPaff No problem! Also, forgot to add that I like this project, great job on it!
i had a really old ender as well, if you want to skip the hassle just try and sell it and get a different printer with bed leveing, I did this and got a Bambu lab A1 mini.
@user-sr9yl6xj4t I was looking at getting the A1 mini, especially since it’s on sale right now. Do you like it?
Looks amazing great job! Me and my friend are currently trying to make a robot arm as well And I was wondering how you went about supplying power to everything and what you used for that. Thanks a lot!
Thank you! I used a 9V 1A arduino power supply and a 5V 15A power supply for the servo driver. I will link them in the description. If you have any more questions feel free to ask. Good luck on the robot arm.
Great work
Thank you!
Hey man I so impressed. So I want to make that could you tell me list of equipments with counts ?
Best thing I ever did was buy a bambu printer and ditch the ender! rarely have any failed prints nowadays
I actually bought an A1 mini after building this project and it was definitely a great decision. No more worrying about failed prints or horrible first layers. What Bambu printer do you have?
Nice. I hope you pursue engineering
Thank you, and yeah I’m planning on going to college for engineering, I’m thinking either aerospace or mechatronics engineering.
Nice project, and a perfect timing. I just got my first printer (A1 Mini) and I was looking how to get started with robotics. I was looking at the cad model and have few questions. How does the rotating base (part 3) connect with the arm (part 10). Also when I try to make the arm's length smaller (too big for my printer) from 5inch to 4 inch the back cover (part 11) just disappears.
And if you don't mind can you provide the links for the electrical components and how do you power the servo driver.
There should be a disc that connects to the motor that goes into part 3 the disc then connects to the arm (part 10). I would recommend however to redesign it yourself because I designed this in the worst possible way so it’s not the easiest to build. However I am working on getting the parts fixed and making it easier to put together. Also I will link all the electrical components in the description. The servo driver is powered by a 5V 5A power supply. Also about the part disappearing, it’s probably because if you go in and edit the length it messes with the other features causing failures within the design. To be honest I have no clue if there’s a way around that. I would recommend probably finding a better design than mine that’s easier to work with.
@@OliverPaff Thanks, you designed it better than I could.
Super nice!! 😊
Thank you
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Super cool! What 3D cad did you use? Curious because i’m using fusion 360 atm and wondering if there are other alternatives that are better suited for implementing components into the design
Thank you! I use Onshape; It’s easy to use and free. I would say Fusion 360 is probably better but you can always try Onshape out and see if you like it.
@@OliverPaff Thanks!
Have you look into Bambu 3d printer yet? It is great and 100% success every time.
I have I’m currently looking at the A1 mini. However, the X1 Carbon seems like an awesome printer but currently out of my price range. Hopefully when I’m older.
Hey, I know some folks that reach out to Bambu sometimes get sponsored by them. Wouldn't hurt to ask right?
@@Drise13 I'll consider doing that. I'm not sure they would do it since my channel is kind of small but it's definitely worth trying. Thank you.
If you're going A1 id say skip the mini and get the A1 atleast. Am on the creality 3 v3 rn and even with 220x220 bed i always want more so i cant imagine how frustrating the a1 mini would be
nice
I would love ur help
What do you need help with?
Thank you boss
Just looking to buy a 3d rprinter soon ill be making
1:47 I kept saying you should use some glue and there we go
Are you using any kind of drives ( gearbox like planetary or cycloid at the joints
No, I did look into both of those gearboxes when designing it but decided not to use them. However, I am planning on using them when I build a bigger robot arm with stepper motors.
@@OliverPaff oh can’t wait to see one of those … nice work 🙌🏼
@@OliverPaff also when you use gearboxes your movement is gonna be less jittery while reaching a point and stop …and also give you more resolution and accuracy
Did your electric bill increase when you start printing?
I asked my parents and they said they haven’t seen a large difference. After looking it up it seems that it doesn’t add much unless you are printing a lot or with many printers.
@@OliverPaff my last bill is $175 when it usually $90 - $100. But it just probably summer and we ran ac.
Can you drop stl file I have ai project to use with Robot arm but I don’t have it now I just have a equipment for make Robot arm
Hi, I just put the 3d files in the description. Make sure to read the warning I put since you might want to find better 3d files to use.
@@OliverPaffthank you so much
hey man where can i reach out to you please share me your emali cause i wanted to ask you some questions about the process of whole particular project great job btw
I need your help in the national project competition.
dude i subscribe because of the something you building(robot arm)...please help me