Would anyone skilled with CAD be willing to draw up an X assembly that can house two E3D v6 hot ends and Titan extruders on top for the Cubex? I'm wondering if it would be easier to print an assembly that houses the bearings or one that just bolts to the top of the two existing bearing housings. Something along these lines:by Dancook - General
I agree... sounds like a scam. I'd keep my money and run... fast! Last time I looked, these things are still plentiful in Ebay...by Dancook - General
QuotePDBeal Even trying to print 1.75 Ninjaflex with the Titan E3D with the tension screw backed off to nothing at 5mm/s wouldn't take enough filament while trying to do the 100mm calibration, and then slowly giving it 1/4 turns it would then start sticking to the idler and making its way outside the captured path. I managed to create some Ninjaflex parts, but I highly doubt they were not undereby Dancook - General
I have my Cubex roughly put together. I printed a test cube over the weekend, but my Bowden extruder and the knock off chimera hot end just weren't performing. I ordered an E3D Titan and v6 hot end, and they should be here today or tomorrow. I wanted to do Bowden, but I'll probably be printing with Ninjaflex more than anything. Here's what I'm going for (Titan with short NEMA 17) It took a whiby Dancook - General
QuoteKasahabo Thank you for your offer of the control board Dancook. I will keep that in mind. Kasahabo, I wish I could help you, but I have very little experience with 3D printers other than the Cubex. The Cubex Duo was my first printer, and I bought it specifically because it has really good bones as a first tinkering 3D printer project. And it was $260!! In my experience, if you don't haveby Dancook - General
QuoteKasahabo Hello I have recently purchased a Cube Pro Duo for $200 plus shipping it is non working condition. Assuming that the worst thing would be a burnt up control board. Its condition doesn't bother me as I am prepared to learn and will be replacing it anyway. Hopefully it will be here in a week. I do have a few questions before getting started with the build but first a question aby Dancook - General
Thanks for the reply... my Replicape is using TMC2100 drivers, which are rated for an RMS current per phase of 1.2 A and the peak current is rated at 2.5 A... it does specifically say to run cooling and possibly add heatsinks for anything over 0.5A... I haven't wired in the fans yet, so I'll do that when I get home. There are also settings for the Decay and Microstepping on my steppers... I'm usby Dancook - General
Sooo... I finally (after a week) got some help with Redeem last night... finally got my X and Y axes homing to the right location, and XYZ all have positive coordinates now... my Z axis is a little funky... I'm wondering if I have the power setting right for the NEMA 23 stepper. I have all of the 17s set to 0.5 amps, and the 23 as well. I need to adjust the X assembly so that I get X0, Y0 over thby Dancook - General
Quotethe_digital_dentist Moving on to other things... Other prints or another printer project? I'm still having issues with my controller... I've got my stepper directions correct, end stops are working... I'm homing to the X,Y,Z endstops correctly... I haven't figured out the soft end stops yet. I have to home the steppers and use G92 to zero the coordinates. My X axis has a positive number whby Dancook - General
QuoteTheJones Sorry I can't help more, I've never used Redeem. About the best thing I can tell you is to start watching every YouTube video you can on the subject. Your first searches might not show the video you need, but after a few videos you will start seeing related videos in your "recommended" section. You'd be surprised what you can stumble on that way Yeah, silly me gets the hardware witby Dancook - General
QuoteTheJones QuoteDancook I'm having a lot of issues with this Replicape controller in my printer... there's not much support for it, so it was probably a bad idea for my first attempt at building my own. I wish I would have gotten a smoothieboard instead. But assuming that you are going to keep the Replicape, what issues are you having with it? I'm having trouble configuring the stepper direcby Dancook - General
I'm having a lot of issues with this Replicape controller in my printer... there's not much support for it, so it was probably a bad idea for my first attempt at building my own. I wish I would have gotten a smoothieboard instead.by Dancook - General
QuoteTheJones So, I modified my E3D heatsinks to fit the CubeX. I basically hacked off the top of the stock heatsink and used some brazing rod to attach it to the top of the E3D. I did the whole thing using really basic tools. Here are some pictures (brace yourself, it's basically a full write-up). Excellent job on those hot ends, TheJones!by Dancook - General
Maybe someone here can help me... I was planning to use the reed switches on my X and Y axes... I used my multi-meter to make sure I was getting a signal when the magnet touched the reed switch, and they were working fine, I was getting a tone with my multi-meter... Yesterday, I was connecting everything to my controller and I decided to check the reed switches for a tone once more with my multiby Dancook - General
QuoteTheJones QuoteDancook I don't plan to use the original extruders, but I honestly can't see a reason to keep them... I was trying to find a way to use them as bowens. Why not just clamp a bowden fitting where the hotend used to go? Seems pretty straightforward to me. Quotethe_digital_dentist As you can tell, I like reusing the existing cables as much as possible. Are you planing on usby Dancook - General
I had a few flat parts that absolutely refused to come off of that plastic build plate using the glue... I also used hairspray and masking tape which also had good adhesion, but were much easier to remove. I removed the plastic layer from the build plate using a putty knife, and I'm going to use it above my heated bed. It's a nice thick piece of glass. I think I've bitten off more than I can chby Dancook - General
CubexDuo before the mods only said "Print Failed" when the filament ran out or hot end jammed... after several hours of printing... it should have been easy enough to have it pause the print instead... I know it's possible nowadays.by Dancook - General
I don't plan to use the original extruders, but I honestly can't see a reason to keep them... I was trying to find a way to use them as bowens.by Dancook - General
The filament monitoring system is one of the few good ideas 3DS had with this printer. I'd like to find a way to pause my print if the system realizes there is no flow. I think 3DS used the sensors more to measure how much filament was used so they could deem your proprietary rolls empty and make more money.by Dancook - General
I live in Greenville, SC... I'll have to order a piece some time soon. I have to spread my "hobby money" between my 3D printer and my racing quads... not to mention I'm renovating two bathrooms to make the Mrs. happy... these things will nickel and dime you! Thanks for the suggestions... I'll start looking around online for the materials. Worst case, I can just use the stock build plate to get itby Dancook - General
Ok, I'll set it up from the top in that case. I'll order a normal switch for it instead of using the magnetic switch. I'll read back through, but I'm going to use your drawing to make an aluminum x-screw plate if you linked it. I had a heck of a time finding aluminum to make my build plate... and it's not the straightest piece. I'm going to rebuild it as well as soon as I get it running.by Dancook - General
I ran mine without the enclosure before I started modifying it... it was very wobbly. The enclosure definitely helps with rigidity. I'm waiting for my dupont connectors to get here, and I'll finally have mine running for the first time.by Dancook - General
Guys, I just read through the entire thread... I bought my printer back in March of this year, and have been slowly collecting parts to improve it. I ripped out the bed and installed a 310mm x 310mm (ish) aluminum plate with a 300x300 heatbed above it. Maybe I was wrong, but I also calculated around 600 watts of power needed for the heatbed, so I have a 600watt (24volt) PSU specifically for thby Dancook - General
It's awesome to see someone else reprap a Cubex Duo! I spent two weeks trying to decide on my first printer, and started with absolutely no experience with 3D printers... I started reading about people making there own printers, and I just thought the kits and trying to build one from scratch were too expensive for me at the time. That's when I saw a Cubex Duo on Ebay for $260... Buy It Now... fby Dancook - General
I'm interesred in converting my Cubex Duo as well. I'm not very familiar with the Arduino based programming so any info you guys can offer would be greatly appreciated. I haven't had much time to search on the web, but are there any good videos covering the conversion? Thanks, Danby Dancook - General Mendel Topics