Project: 3D printer
This is my moded ender 3
Why do I have it?
I have my own 3D printer (ender 3 v1) both as a hobby and as a tool to speed up prototyping. Since making small adjustments to models to make them fit better takes time if I use the university to print for me. But it is also a lot of fun to tinker with the printer by upgrading it.
What upgrades have I done (software)?
I have first done an upgrade to the printer motherboard, mostly to it has silent stepper drivers. The stock drivers make quite some noise. Furthermore, the printer's firmware is now Klipper instead of marlin, meaning that there also is a raspberry pi that controls the printer main board. This allows for things like resonance compensation and a webcam to monitor the prints. But also easier changes to the firmware since with marlin u had to recompile everything. Now I can change the config and do a quick restart.
What upgrades have I done (hardware)?
There also are quite some hardware upgrades, starting with the hotend. There is a 3d printed hotend housing that also enables it to be direct drive, have more cooling, a bltouch and support a new hotend. The hotend has been upgraded to a pheatus dragon, and the extruder is a BMG clone. The bltouch enables auto bed mesh leveling, this makes printing more reliable with less inter from me. The z-axis is now also supported on two sides instead of one and works with belts instead of a lead screw. And lastly, some cosmetic changes have been made like relocating the boards to the back so I can have some drawers in the front. And lastly a light I can turn on and of with Klipper on top. All thes upgrades enable faster, more reliable and quiter printer.