This is a very interesting video with lots of points covered. Thanks for the in depth chamber explanation as I would like to add somthing like that to my Voron and you have given me much to consider. Many thanks for sharing. Regards Karl
Rather than using round cable, you could use flat with a twist. This could be a flexible PCB or flat data ribbon cable attached to a flexible metal carrier strip. Less mass, less cost, less metal fatigue, less stiffness, more flexibility,
Also one thing I just thought of concerning you're concern about standby temperature: I have no idea if it'll work as I think it might, but I wonder if doing a draft/ooze shield would be good. Could make oozing less of an issue during tool changes and it would basically act like having a skirt throughout your entire print. Because of the latter point, you could probably also retract more during standby since you'd have time to prime the nozzle. As I said I have no idea if it'll work or if it's a good idea or not as I've never used it at all, but could be worth playing with.
@@literallykey3298 Cura does have an option for an ooze shield, but I haven't gotten around to experimenting with it yet. I eventually want to have a piece of silicone blocking the nozzle when it is parked and then wiped as it returns to print. Unfortunately I've been busy with other non-3D printing projects.
Very cool, I have a bcn3d sigma (its an idex running marlin), I'm torn between turning it into a vzero corexy for kicks, but I might try klipper on it first. One thing that may or may not be of use to you is their version of cura, (the new version called Stratos, but they have older versions,)
As you probably are aware of, there are some pretty good projects for Python on both Canbus and Modbus (used both). If you familiarize your self with the protocols they’re kinda nice as David N says.
The next iteration will use Canbus. I have two BigTreeTech EBB42s and a U2C. The programming itself is over my head, but I can follow instructions. The only thing I don't like about Canbus is having two more MCUs to update when Klipper is updated.
@ eddietheengineer is part of Voron dev and has several videos of his IDEX Trident project on his channel. That is what inspired me to give it a try. The project is hosted at github.com/FrankenVoron/Tridex In Nero 3D's recent MRRF video, Eddie mentions that 5 or 10 people have built one. Hopefully some of them are Voron devs and it evolves into an official release.
Nowhere really. It's just a thrown together L shaped belt path. What info are you interested in? I have moved on to a full Trident conversion and am working on a Y drive for that. I am not happy with it so far. The first step in adding IDEX to a trident might be to flip the rails over. 😆
This is a very interesting video with lots of points covered. Thanks for the in depth chamber explanation as I would like to add somthing like that to my Voron and you have given me much to consider.
Many thanks for sharing.
Regards Karl
Rather than using round cable, you could use flat with a twist. This could be a flexible PCB or flat data ribbon cable attached to a flexible metal carrier strip. Less mass, less cost, less metal fatigue, less stiffness, more flexibility,
Really interested in your project. Are you planning another update????
Super cool project! I need to learn more about IDEX so I can hopefully I can play with it someday when I can afford it.
Also one thing I just thought of concerning you're concern about standby temperature: I have no idea if it'll work as I think it might, but I wonder if doing a draft/ooze shield would be good. Could make oozing less of an issue during tool changes and it would basically act like having a skirt throughout your entire print. Because of the latter point, you could probably also retract more during standby since you'd have time to prime the nozzle. As I said I have no idea if it'll work or if it's a good idea or not as I've never used it at all, but could be worth playing with.
@@literallykey3298 Cura does have an option for an ooze shield, but I haven't gotten around to experimenting with it yet. I eventually want to have a piece of silicone blocking the nozzle when it is parked and then wiped as it returns to print. Unfortunately I've been busy with other non-3D printing projects.
Very cool, I have a bcn3d sigma (its an idex running marlin), I'm torn between turning it into a vzero corexy for kicks, but I might try klipper on it first.
One thing that may or may not be of use to you is their version of cura, (the new version called Stratos, but they have older versions,)
Nice work. Think you will find canbus will clean things up.
As you probably are aware of, there are some pretty good projects for Python on both Canbus and Modbus (used both). If you familiarize your self with the protocols they’re kinda nice as David N says.
The next iteration will use Canbus. I have two BigTreeTech EBB42s and a U2C. The programming itself is over my head, but I can follow instructions. The only thing I don't like about Canbus is having two more MCUs to update when Klipper is updated.
Have the Voron team done any partial development of IDEX?
@ eddietheengineer is part of Voron dev and has several videos of his IDEX Trident project on his channel. That is what inspired me to give it a try. The project is hosted at github.com/FrankenVoron/Tridex In Nero 3D's recent MRRF video, Eddie mentions that 5 or 10 people have built one. Hopefully some of them are Voron devs and it evolves into an official release.
Where can i see more info about those y drives?
Nowhere really. It's just a thrown together L shaped belt path. What info are you interested in? I have moved on to a full Trident conversion and am working on a Y drive for that. I am not happy with it so far. The first step in adding IDEX to a trident might be to flip the rails over. 😆