Anet A8 3D printer E3D V6 fine tuning in firmware for best results
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ม.ค. 2017
- I make this video to help you guys to get even more quality with yours Anet A8 V6! Check your Firmware and make fine tuning of extruder steps-speed and get even better quality. I add some small mods to filament path and I add mod for bed leveling.
Links to bed mod parts:
hotbed spring cup
www.thingiverse.com/thing:1374667
Hotbed adjustment nut
www.thingiverse.com/thing:1484261
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This was super helpful. I upgraded to the Titan extruder and was having all kinds of issues. Followed your steps, jacked mine up to 390 and now it's printing perfectly. Thanks a bunch man.
I just did this with my Machine. I went to 100mm instead of 50mm per some other things I have read online and I only extruded 94.1mm! So, I just adjusted per your instructions and I am so excited for my first print!
Been watching you for a few weeks now Nexi, glad to have a reliable resource as I am new to the 3D Printer scene!
Thanks!
Your the first person I've seen so far to properly explain how you install the leveling knobs. Thanks
Thanks! You welcome! :)
thanks for the excellent explanation and hands on tutorial. it's People like yourself that are making 3d printing less of a black art and more fun for everyone. without information like this being produced I'm sure that a lot of printers would be gathering dust. well done.
Wow thanks a ton man! Going to be checking this on my A2 right now.
awesome videos man.... I'm new to 3d printing and I am trying to get mine to your level. I would love to see a video on how you upgraded the firmware and the install of the 3eD!! keep printing!
Great explanation Nexi. As always, great work. Thanks for sharing mate.
Jose Rozua You welcome:)
Nice video!!
I've done to mine the same thing,it had the steps set to 90%.changed to 95% straight from printer's configuration and there is a big difference indeed!!!@100% it extruded 105mm.
I'm very curios about the E3DV6...I've found a few on amazon.co.uk and i'm not shure what to do due to original/chinese debate.On the other side I saw that you bought one from AliExpress so I just ordered the one that you posted!
Thank you very much for video!
Thanks Nexi tech! This should work on any 3D printer even with the Marlin code nad not just the Skynet3D.
would you mind uploading your cura profile so we can download it? your print quality is amazing and ive been following all your videos! thanks so much for posting quality content!
Keep the good work for this printers!!! :)
Excelente, Gracias Amigo
nice work! Merci beaucoup
My friend all of that software has a name, "and this window and you end up with the other window" doesn't tell you what it is," here and here" doesn't say where in the line of the Arduino program the corrections must be made you are the only one addressing the issue at hand but you are not being specific about the subject and the close up don't help the situation, but thanks for you are one of the few at trying and getting best results.
Thank you!
Your videos are great, could you do an updated version of this video with a little more in depth? I think you would help a lot of people out.
LMAO I literary pause the video and did the same target/actual calculation a minute before you did it and was actually gonna comment how easy it was to get a close number. then hit play and was amazed you did the same thing. I use this all the time to dial in the Air fuel ration when tuning fuel injected systems.
Hi, your video is great, thanks ! I would like to know what is your setting about retraction distance ? I heard there is some issues with this setting with bowden extruder.
Love you videos Nexi, could you do a tutorial on how you installed the e3d v6?
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Hello my friend.
I wanted your help I'm starting in 3d printers and it makes me a lot of confusion about Firmware because for me this is all new.
I have seen that there is a Skynet V2.3.2 but it seems that there are a lot of people that after updating they had problems in the screen of Anet A8.
And if this happens to me, I do not know what to do, because what I know about printers is still very little for me.
In your video has installed the Skaynet v1.1-Alfa do you think this is reliable for those starting and after knowing more about printers and Firmware update for a recent mair ??
I'm sorry for the long comverse but I really liked your video and it seems to be the ideal person to guide me in this new adventure :)
Great videos man thank you! Was wondering if that is the stock blower fan that came with the a8. Gonna print that mount but wasn't sure if the stock blower would work or not.
Thanks man! You welcome! Yes its stock fan.
first question: what parts did you use to add the extruder on and can you please do an assembly how to video so we can follow along?
Hi Nexi, thank you for ur video it was useful
I have a ِAnet A8 printer when I try to move the Extruder stepper motor via control panel it does not work!!
Do you think that one of the Firmware lines needs to be modified?
thank you..
Great tutorial! You sound like you have a French accent.
that print quality is awesome! Great job!
Could you estimate how much money you had to pour into your upgrades (including filament if you printed parts yourself)?
Thanks mate! Lets see: V6 was 9USD and 1kg of PLA was 21USD, Buildtak vas 20USD, some bolts, screws,switch,vga heatsink,belts,bed cable, lamp... Well everything for less then 70-80bucks and DAYS and DAYS and NIGHT after NIGHT of working and adjusting everything to be perfect as possible.
Nexi, Keep up the excelent work. You are a godsend with your helpful advice.
However when I go through the same steps I get 42 mm... After changing the settings the only changes that I get is the speed at which I get the 42mm. Any thoughts?
Turns out my Adrino wasn't actually writing to the board... something to figure out for another night... but by entering the gcode of
M92 X100.00 Y100.00 Z400.00 E292.60
where 292.6 was my calculation I was able to get it to the board.
followed by M500 to commit it to memory.
Hope this helps someone else.
it works. thank you so much. been scratching my head all day long
Hi Nexi Nice job!
Have you ever considered using autoleveling?
Thanks! I had autolevel sensor before but I take it off. I wasn't satisfied with results. I still have sensor in workshop btw. Maybe one day :)
Hi nexi just done this setup with exact skynet u r running and mine is extruding 31.9mm when I click it 5 times so I adjusted the figure to 141.0 and uploaded filmware and still getting the same 31.9mm when I click 5 times can u help ? Using the hob goblin gear with e3d v6 genuine thanks
does that editing software come with the printer? or do i need to download it somewhere???
what happened to your proximity sensor? I saw you had one on your previous upgrade video
Nexi, did you use glue or something on your bed?, I have the same vertex bed sticker, but it doesn't work perfect...
You should disable the hotend when not using it. it may cause a clogged nozzle when heating up for so long and not extruding. Send an M302 gcode to allow for cold extrudes :)
Jannes Vandepitte Thanks for tips mate! :) But for this short period of time it's not a problem. I even tried how long hot end can stay on 200C without printing to get clogged :D I had to test it :) Thanks again for code I should put in video description full list of codes from Wiki.
when using aluminium plate, go try again mounting autyolevel sensor, it will take a little time to set its position and autoleveling boundaries, then z offset as you will probably use non standard carriage, but its really worth it, just try mesh autoleveling not linear, as aluminium bed is not flat in the middle. I did try three of them capacity, metal detectror and that chineese blue metal detector usually sold with anet, that third one is most precise. just after moiunting, play a little with G30 and you will see that it is worth it. you will forgot about screws in bed, its is also very good option when you use vertex or buiold talk or coropad(this one is best in my opinion and the cheapest). also it is really time fo octoprint upgrade, managing printer by phone, tablet or monitoring it even outside of home is greate feature, you will also forgot about usb card as you will be able to copy things over wifi.. and you will be able to do timelapses :)
and btw. when doing extrusion caliubration you should really extrude, not only use it for pusing filament to the end of the tube as it is always pushed more than without real extrusion. just measure it in pleace before the extruder.. and it is common to measue 100 steps as it is easier to calculate and more accurate... also speed of the extrusion is importan during measurments, try 80 for 1,70 filament
I just bought the A8...
How can I raise the print head and move the table manually so I can remove what I printed it put on new tape
Hello I just converted over my extruder the same way you did for your printer and I followed all your step with Skynet. Problem that I am having is that while I'm printing halfway through the print the printer stops and reset and start re-printing and it does not lined up the ruins the print I was wondering have you encountered that with any of your prints?
Hey! was wondering if you could help me out, I want to get an Anet a8 but wanted to get all the mods you made before I get it so when I build it I can install all the mods, do you think you could print me out all the mods you used, as well as w/e is needed for the E3D so when I get my A8 I can install all the mods with my initial build. Let me know if your not able where you think that I could order the mods and if you could make me a list of exactly what you have that would be greatly appreciated.
Would you recoment to retune it for different types of fillament? Like, lets say PETG and PLA?
Do you have a video showing how to do this is Cura 2.6.1?
how to I open the window that you are using in Cura? I have the printer turned on and connected to my computer with Cura 15.04.6. I use Skynet firmware
that window is actually from "pronterface" or "printrun" he kinda made it sound like it was from cura. but its actually a separate program
Hi Nexi
Grate videos, i can’t find operational window in my Cura, where do I find it?? Which version of Cura do you use??
In cura 15.04.06, do the following:-
Connect USB cable to printer and computer
File menu ＞ Preferences
“Print window” section ＞ “Printing window type” ＞ Select “Pronterface UI”
Click Ok
File menu ＞ Print (or Ctrl + P)
Wait for Cura to connect to printer
Thanks @james tourish
Is it normal that I get only 11mm when I extrude 50mm ? May it be a problem with the Titan extruder assembly ? I thing the error is too gross
How do you get to the menu to extract the filament?
i dont have bowden now i have direct extruder. and i measure 4mm deference!!! i use repetier firmware. does the repetier have any settings to change the offset through UI and save them to eeprom?
Got 50mm coming out now. using the same extruder and now every time i print it clogs up the nozzle.
Sir how to print center of bed after e3d v6 upgrade anet a8 stock firmware
Hi, did you have some links for the printed part you used for the e3d v6 extruder and the Bowden extruder mount ?
Jack Harper Watch his other videos... He did an entire video about it
thanks i just found it !
Can you tell me who connect extruder motor on Anet A8 motherboard??
@Nexi love your videos! I installed the same hot end as you on the same printer. My prints are great but I have one issue and am wondering if you experienced the same thing. As my hot end heats up, fillament comes out of the tip and then when it starts printing, nothing comes out for the first bit. Any ideas about how I can fix this?
Matthew P Try going into start gcode in cura and editing extruding length at start of print
what if i dont have the Skynet Firmware?
i mean, i want to upgrade my anet a8 with the e3D V6 but i have the default code running
Where do i change the settings of flow extrusion.
Thanks mate.
Hi nexi ! since you are using the Skynet firmware , so I wonder is it stable or not ?
And how good is it , user friendly ?
can I use this 12864 Display LCD 3D Printer Controller on our original board ?
will you ever do a tutorial?
how to open this control window?
did you need to buy a stepper motor for the bowden extruder upgrade or the anet a8 has it and you just moved it ?
He just moved the original A8 one
Tnx , I just bought mine and it should arrive in a week, so im making preparations. :D
Hey Nexi I upgraded to the v6 with bad problems. It prints fine for a while, then jams. I use pla. Any tips? I heard that pla could be sticking in the heat-break and is called 'heat creep". Any help would be great!
No I don't. I had a improper machined heat break and it was rough inside. I bought a microswiss plated heat break and i haven't gotten a jam since.
Any other suggestions? Checked port number, bit rate, running skynet. Was able to upload skynet via aurdino so computer picks up USB but cura will not. At least control window won't pop up
yep!same problem,would be nice for a bit of help!
Might be due to version of cura,are you usin 14.xx?
I have this same problem. Is there something you have to configure or a video to help.
sorted
cura 15.4.6
-File
-Machine settings
-communication port(mine is com4) and baudrate(mine is 115200)
Not sorted with command window YET!
just let me know if you need more details
Were you capable of manually controlling the printer with the stock firmware. I seem to be unable to with cura, repitear host, and pronterface
Try old version of CURA 15.04.6?
yes and I plan to eventually upgrade everything to roughly your set up with some design changes to the extruder mount to max z height. just haven't gotten all the parts in the mail. but wish to check extrusion distance.
yes and i plan to copy your set up except for some design changes to the hot end to max z-height. but till my parts are delivered i wanted to check the extrusion distance like you did here but have not been able to control my anet.
I cannot get the control window to pop up. I have skynet and followed last video and using cura 15.04. What do I do?
james poe Go to settings and choose your Serial port.
I have done that too. Window still will not pop up
Go to File > Preferences > choose "Printing window type" to "Pronterface UI".
James Poe, had the same problem. After you've chosen the serial port and switched to the Pronterface UI you just have to hit Ctrl + P or select Print from the File tab.
did your steps keep getting 45mm what is it iam doing wrong
I'm getting the same thing... 42 mm changing the setting only changes the speed I get 42mm.
Have you had any luck sorting this out?
Turns out my Adrino wasn't actually writing to the board... something to figure out for another night... but by entering the gcode of
M92 X100.00 Y100.00 Z400.00 E292.60
where 292.6 was my calculation I was able to get it to the board.
followed by M500 to commit it to memory.
Hope this helps.
What version of skynet r u using? It used to keep giving me 29 eventhough i requested 50 when i use version 1. When i update to version 2 it start to give me the right amount
Get auto level inductive sensor dude, so nice
Bobby Mansfield I have sensor from day first. You can see in my first upgrades video. I didn't like it so I take sensor off. I wasn't satisfied. I might try different type of sensor in future.
try 3DTouch
Your latest video, the Vertex one, is blocked here in Norway: "This video contains content from WMG, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds." (sorry for posting it here, but couldn't find a better place)
Ole Bendik Kvisberg I know It was song in background! I already did editing but the still not approve it... I try to fix it soon asap.
Hey Ole, you might search around on the net for sites that will let you download youtube videos, basically you just have to provide them with the link to the video and if the site extracting the video is in a different country then it may be able to bypass country copyright grounds message. Not trying to promote copyright infringement but no one gets banned from an elevator if a copy written song is playing in the background lol.
Firmware is good, oreginal, can a person have a EEPROM file?
i dont get Anet A8 in Cura?
set on mandrel 3 after you add printer+custom the change to the mandrel 3
Hi Nexi,
I've been printing stuff on my Anet A8 since I got it this month, and so far the quality is excellent. I used some of your helpful videos to get it up and running.
imgur.com/a/pwVm4
I have an advanced question about bridging. I have become obsessed with getting it "perfect".. it is alright, but not quite perfect yet.
imgur.com/a/Ii0qy
My bridges are very good, but still have a fraction of a mm of droop. I can print 5 of these in a row, and they all come out the same.
I watched it printing and saw what was happening. When it makes the initial pass between the towers, it isn't extruding enough, so there's about 1cm of really flimsy thin filament, then a small gob, then a smooth straight stretch reaching the other tower. Then it does the same on the other side without any thin portion... on the next pass across, the fan blows hard enough that the thin portion can't hold, and the strand across droops slightly. It's very minimal, but when I was watching it, I saw no droop at all on the initial pass. That makes me wonder if the solution to perfect bridging might be three things?
1) Pause before initial bridge to allow some filament to build up in the extruder?
2) Perhaps building a tiny ledge to grab onto before crossing the gap?
3) Cut fan speed slightly to prevent it from snapping the filament?
Do you have any thoughts? You're clearly knowledgeable on this stuff, so if you have any input/ideas, I'd appreciate it.
I'm not averse to getting my hands dirty with coding, so if I need to rewrite something to get it perfect, I'm totally up for it - but I'd like a second opinion with more experience before spending the time on something like that.
-BikeHelmet
Can you please ghiv"me youre configuration.h ?
Great work
I need help with mi anet
I have instal ramps 1.4 on it
Please help me with youre confug.h
dont cut your filament after you extrude 50mm, just retract it so you dont waste fillament.
MyRedStallion Well it's easier to cut it on video Instead changing camera angle :)
Anet A8 in stock in USA Warehouse. Here is link: goo.gl/C0SnJy
straighten up the filament before taking any readings...
Who has a reset please a firmware and A8
Here you go! Reset! www.dropbox.com/s/achvqfszam66jb1/firmware_Reset.zip?dl=0
Anet A8 original firmware
www.dropbox.com/s/vho6pr8mf30x9nz/A8_firmware_update.zip?dl=0
Good luck!
thank you friend
Or just put a glass sheet over the heatbed.
Mateus Abreu Well I tried Glass,Hearspray,Tape etc but this VERTEX cover is AWESOME. Best thing ever.
PLease turn of the music when you make a video and use a tripod. the handheld footage is awful. You could even print one
hansdietrich83 I try to be better in my next video.
Have you thought about a direct drive system for flexible filaments such as this setup www.thingiverse.com/thing:1798616/#comments
Hm... Looks interesting BUT am not going back to direct drive and that heavy setup. Bowden extruder setup can print Flexible filaments as well with little of settings. I order already some flex filaments and ABS so am going to test it up. It should not be a problem.
+Nexi ok thanks for the feedback. I wasn't sure if your setup would still push filaments like Ninjaflex through but I'm looking forward to seeing how you go. Thanks for the great videos. They have helped me a lot.