Excellent review, I love the level of detail, think you got the detail level/length just right. (Of course, I don't know if there are even more juicy details you could have told us, but it seemed pretty complete :-) I think anyone who's taking the time to listen to a video review of a product like this is going to want to hear all the ins and outs of the product, not just a quick feature list. Really well done, thanks!
Thomas mentioned that we're working on a GNU FDL-licensed user manual. I just wanted to let everyone [who cares] know that it's finished and has now been released : reprapelectro.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/RAMBo-1.1B-User-Manual.pdf And a big thank you to Thomas for providing us with some really nice shots of the board for the user manual! :) Thanks!
I wasn't sure if I could trust RepRapElectro before this review. This definitely helped me trust that they will deliver me a quality product despite their very affordable prices. Thank you for the great review!
Fantastic review Thomas, I love how in-depth you go actually looking at the components used. I cannot think of any changes you should make, keep them coming!
Thomas - the length and in-depthness were -perfect-. I have been a subscriber for several months, loved your Lulzbot Taz 6 review, but I'm still learning. I've got an old-school wooden Printrbot that I am upgrading with self-printed parts, and am thinking about ditching the Printrboard and going RAMPS. I was under the mistaken impression that RAMPS > RAMBo, but was confused and googled "ramps rambo comparison" which led me here, and you set me straight. Thanks! I'll probably go back and watch several of your older reviews to get up to speed. I'm especially interested in the SilentStepStick drivers; it sounds like I can use them with the RAMBo and not have to go RAMPS.
You have it right , but , you tease me with the "insane number of extruders" and no names given for them and that's what I need. I'm always popping into your videos for good advice and information and never leave without learning something new.
Hi Thomas, Great review, very in depth and i loved it! One note though about shipping, you said it would take 3 to 6 weeks. You forgot to mention we also offer expedited shipping for extra cost (2 to 5 days). Also, in terms of shipping times that i know of, we had 1 order from the US who received it in 13 days and another US customer who got it in only 6 days. I was myself surprised at the speed at which it was shipped. I haven't had feedback on shipping time from customers in Europe yet. Thanks again for doing this awesome review! :-)
***** thanks for the quick fix. I'll check the annotation when I'm on the pc (doesn't show on Android). We used the prices from speedpost and they aren't expensive indeed. Sometimes we pay more but we handle the difference. Ups is expensive but we're trying to find a way to get quotes from DHL since they are cheaper for sending from HK. Again thank you for the review, i really loved it. In depth review like that with that level of details is the way to go, i couldn't hope for a better review :-)
I bricked my RUMBA board. Using a colleague's arduino uno I managed to repair the bootloader and upload the modified FW to the flash memory. I changed the old Allegro with TI ones. 2 of the old ones were blown. Strange , they are supposed to be compatible, but I had to reverse step direction in the configuration file for all steppers.
By the way, for those interested, here's an unboxing video of the RAMBo from RepRap Electro : Unboxing: RAMBo 3D print controller from RepRap Electro.. This video was done by @ZennmasterM who also received a review board.
Very informative video, now i regret acquiring a ramps for the same price (i did get an lcd and DVR8825 though) about 3 months ago. Lengthier and in depth videos are a lot more to my liking, and in my opinion you remain perfectly clear and understandle to non tech nerds. Great job!
I love your engineering point of view presentation. I know that might put some off but there other channels that have a less technical presentation. Rock on.
Been trying to solve this and figured that you'd know for sure. Have a Ultimachine Rambo 1.3 in a Taz 4/5 with a newer hot end. The heated bed is not working and it is not the fuse, not the wiring harness or the bed itself. So the only thing left is something on the board? Short of replacing the board, on these boards is there a workaround for using a different plug or something external if not? Or some kind of test I haven't done yet? Really, really hate swapping the boards out. Thanks much!
i have a couple of suggestions for videos, ultimachine has the rambo mini, and matter hackers has great user friendly and free software called matter control and matter control tablet. i enjoy your videos and thank you for all your help and time you've saved me
Wow RepRapEletro are in Montreal really close to me (100 km) I will order heatbed from them, price are good! Nice review. like the fact you go deep in chip info end all the rest. I am not ready to switch for Rambo, I just love to much the Ramps 1.4
Appreciate all your work on videos. I would like to see a demo of how to properly crimp the connectors you showed in this video. I have the connectors and the crimpers for that type of crimp connector but they are a pain to get crimped properly. I usually end up soldering instead. Thanks.
Hi Wayne, The user manual we're working on will show you how to do that in detail. Until I release it publicly, here's a paste from the relevant part which has links to helpful videos for crimping the connectors : pastie.org/private/gc7spgide4lotwd3m7ouq The rest of the section wouldn't be so useful to paste without the pictures. Hopefully, UltiMachine approves of the manual's contents soon so we can release it. I hope this helps.
I appreciate your to the point descriptions and tutorials. Has anyone thought of inviting a NooB to their channel and helping them pick up in the middle of their possibly disastrous/cluster of a build? I think that has to be worth quite a bit to the rising 3d community. Your welcome for the idea, lol. Have a great day.
Is it 32-Bit? Well, im just going to by 32-Bit boards, like the RADDS which is a external shield for the 32-Bit arduino board (forgot the name -_-) With this boars you can handel up to 128 microstepps, faster and better prints. The microsteps form those driver are better too(StepStuck)
I have got a tronxy melzi2 0 v5 control board The XY and Z axis motors work fine. The problem I have is with the extruder and the hotbed. No power is going to them from the control board. When I power them independently they work, Also the thermostat on the hot bed is open circuit, Therefore I believe the problem is with the control board, Could you please advise me as to what I can do? Could I repair the control board and is it worth it Winston
Hi Thomas, I have a question about the drive system for 3D printers. Why use most 3D printers stepper motors instead of DC motors plus encoders or BLDC motors?
Through stupidity, I've actually blown a fuse on a Mini RambO in a Prusa i3 MK2. You can bet every future printer I build will have automotive fuses soldered onto the boards given the opportunity!
Does anybody know if the second Z motor output is electronically paralleled to the first or is it fed the same steps via firmware? Im wondering if its a totally separate driver that could be used for another function.
+Thomas Sanladerer Ok thanks, now i look at a closeup its obvious. Your guides are very helpful. Are people using heat sinks on those drivers? Looks easier to fit a strip of aluminum than on the ramps. Anyway just ordered one.
I am surprised that RAMBo is still being made considering everything is moving into the 32bit ARM arena and Arduino 2560 based controllers are going the way of the dinosaur. What is really bad for the RAMBo is that is costs more (2x) than what some of the faster 32bit ARM based boards do. Death Knell.
Excellent review, I love the level of detail, think you got the detail level/length just right. (Of course, I don't know if there are even more juicy details you could have told us, but it seemed pretty complete :-) I think anyone who's taking the time to listen to a video review of a product like this is going to want to hear all the ins and outs of the product, not just a quick feature list. Really well done, thanks!
Thomas mentioned that we're working on a GNU FDL-licensed user manual. I just wanted to let everyone [who cares] know that it's finished and has now been released :
reprapelectro.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/RAMBo-1.1B-User-Manual.pdf
And a big thank you to Thomas for providing us with some really nice shots of the board for the user manual! :)
Thanks!
I wasn't sure if I could trust RepRapElectro before this review. This definitely helped me trust that they will deliver me a quality product despite their very affordable prices. Thank you for the great review!
Fantastic review Thomas, I love how in-depth you go actually looking at the components used. I cannot think of any changes you should make, keep them coming!
Tom you are my go to resource for thoughtful, thorough and concise reviews on 3D printing topics. Keep up the good work.
Length and depth are spot on IMHO. Thx for your work!
You Do an excellent job with these reviews Tom!
no shenanigans, thorough and concise.
Thomas - the length and in-depthness were -perfect-. I have been a subscriber for several months, loved your Lulzbot Taz 6 review, but I'm still learning. I've got an old-school wooden Printrbot that I am upgrading with self-printed parts, and am thinking about ditching the Printrboard and going RAMPS. I was under the mistaken impression that RAMPS > RAMBo, but was confused and googled "ramps rambo comparison" which led me here, and you set me straight. Thanks! I'll probably go back and watch several of your older reviews to get up to speed. I'm especially interested in the SilentStepStick drivers; it sounds like I can use them with the RAMBo and not have to go RAMPS.
as always I enjoy the thorough, in depth reviews I see. I have relied heavily on your experience to complete my printer. thanks.
The length of this video is absolutely acceptable. Great videos!
You have it right , but , you tease me with the "insane number of extruders" and no names given for them and that's what I need.
I'm always popping into your videos for good advice and information and never leave without learning something new.
Fantastic review. Perfectly in depth and detailed.
Hi Thomas, Great review, very in depth and i loved it!
One note though about shipping, you said it would take 3 to 6 weeks. You forgot to mention we also offer expedited shipping for extra cost (2 to 5 days).
Also, in terms of shipping times that i know of, we had 1 order from the US who received it in 13 days and another US customer who got it in only 6 days. I was myself surprised at the speed at which it was shipped. I haven't had feedback on shipping time from customers in Europe yet.
Thanks again for doing this awesome review! :-)
***** thanks for the quick fix. I'll check the annotation when I'm on the pc (doesn't show on Android). We used the prices from speedpost and they aren't expensive indeed. Sometimes we pay more but we handle the difference. Ups is expensive but we're trying to find a way to get quotes from DHL since they are cheaper for sending from HK.
Again thank you for the review, i really loved it. In depth review like that with that level of details is the way to go, i couldn't hope for a better review :-)
I bricked my RUMBA board. Using a colleague's arduino uno I managed to repair the bootloader and upload the modified FW to the flash memory. I changed the old Allegro with TI ones. 2 of the old ones were blown. Strange , they are supposed to be compatible, but I had to reverse step direction in the configuration file for all steppers.
By the way, for those interested, here's an unboxing video of the RAMBo from RepRap Electro : Unboxing: RAMBo 3D print controller from RepRap Electro..
This video was done by @ZennmasterM who also received a review board.
As always, another very informative and well presented video.
Thanks Tom
I have a Rambo Mini 1.3could you make a quick video on how to get the Rambo board in to Arduino 1.6.7? PLEASE
Don't stop doing the reviews! :)
Very informative video, now i regret acquiring a ramps for the same price (i did get an lcd and DVR8825 though) about 3 months ago. Lengthier and in depth videos are a lot more to my liking, and in my opinion you remain perfectly clear and understandle to non tech nerds. Great job!
Interesting board, I really want this but with trinamic drivers for my Laser cutter
I love your engineering point of view presentation. I know that might put some off but there other channels that have a less technical presentation. Rock on.
Been trying to solve this and figured that you'd know for sure. Have a Ultimachine Rambo 1.3 in a Taz 4/5 with a newer hot end. The heated bed is not working and it is not the fuse, not the wiring harness or the bed itself. So the only thing left is something on the board? Short of replacing the board, on these boards is there a workaround for using a different plug or something external if not? Or some kind of test I haven't done yet? Really, really hate swapping the boards out. Thanks much!
i have a couple of suggestions for videos, ultimachine has the rambo mini, and matter hackers has great user friendly and free software called matter control and matter control tablet. i enjoy your videos and thank you for all your help and time you've saved me
Wow RepRapEletro are in Montreal really close to me (100 km) I will order heatbed from them, price are good! Nice review. like the fact you go deep in chip info end all the rest. I am not ready to switch for Rambo, I just love to much the Ramps 1.4
Appreciate all your work on videos. I would like to see a demo of how to properly crimp the connectors you showed in this video. I have the connectors and the crimpers for that type of crimp connector but they are a pain to get crimped properly. I usually end up soldering instead. Thanks.
Hi Wayne,
The user manual we're working on will show you how to do that in detail. Until I release it publicly, here's a paste from the relevant part which has links to helpful videos for crimping the connectors : pastie.org/private/gc7spgide4lotwd3m7ouq
The rest of the section wouldn't be so useful to paste without the pictures. Hopefully, UltiMachine approves of the manual's contents soon so we can release it.
I hope this helps.
Liked the video. Good content wish you would do more. Love them.
I appreciate your to the point descriptions and tutorials. Has anyone thought of inviting a NooB to their channel and helping them pick up in the middle of their possibly disastrous/cluster of a build? I think that has to be worth quite a bit to the rising 3d community. Your welcome for the idea, lol. Have a great day.
How does the RAMBo 1.1 compare with the RAMBo MIni 1.3? Pros & Cons?
Very good reveiw as far as I can tell. Thanks!
Tom if I was to use this board for the MPCNC. How would I put the softwear of other cnc machines like the shapeoko ?
Good review! Would you take the RAMBo over a ramps board? Do you think the added cost is worth it?
+Thomas Sanladerer Gotcha, thanks I'll have to look at saving for one
hi i have a MKS BASE V1.3 i found it almos have the exact caracteristics so im happy whit it
Is it 32-Bit?
Well, im just going to by 32-Bit boards, like the RADDS which is a external shield for the 32-Bit arduino board (forgot the name -_-)
With this boars you can handel up to 128 microstepps, faster and better prints.
The microsteps form those driver are better too(StepStuck)
I have got a tronxy melzi2 0 v5 control board
The XY and Z axis motors work fine.
The problem I have is with the extruder and the hotbed.
No power is going to them from the control board.
When I power them independently they work,
Also the thermostat on the hot bed is open circuit,
Therefore I believe the problem is with the control board,
Could you please advise me as to what I can do?
Could I repair the control board and is it worth it
Winston
Could you switch the board out of the Wanhao I3 and use this?
Thanks for the review.
For me it is perfect time or content..
Thanks for the review, very useful information :)
Is there any tutorial of how to set autolevel on rambo + repetier firmware? I couldn't find it myself :(
Hi Thomas, I have a question about the drive system for 3D printers. Why use most 3D printers stepper motors instead of DC motors plus encoders or BLDC motors?
+jamen1993 they're cheaper and have better resolution
Thomas Sanladerer Thanks (y)
Lenght 8.5/10 , details 9.0. Reliability and or toture test would make it perfect
Through stupidity, I've actually blown a fuse on a Mini RambO in a Prusa i3 MK2. You can bet every future printer I build will have automotive fuses soldered onto the boards given the opportunity!
wo i can buy this board from the eu ?
Dose RepRapElectro still exists? Do you know who manufacture RAMBo boards right now?
Does anybody know if the second Z motor output is electronically paralleled to the first or is it fed the same steps via firmware?
Im wondering if its a totally separate driver that could be used for another function.
+Thomas Sanladerer Ok thanks, now i look at a closeup its obvious. Your guides are very helpful. Are people using heat sinks on those drivers? Looks easier to fit a strip of aluminum than on the ramps. Anyway just ordered one.
thanks !
I am surprised that RAMBo is still being made considering everything is moving into the 32bit ARM arena and Arduino 2560 based controllers are going the way of the dinosaur. What is really bad for the RAMBo is that is costs more (2x) than what some of the faster 32bit ARM based boards do. Death Knell.
Does it work with delta printers?
+Thomas Sanladerer Okay, thanks for the help.
***** Does the azsmz mini work with deltas?
I have an AZSMZ mini on my scratch built Kossel and it works beautifully!
Well it work on a monoprice select mini 3d printer