E3D Titan extruder (Page 3 of 16)

Very nice! You might want to get in touch with E3D as they often provide store credit for writeup like this.

Why do you think you need a 40 watt heater? 30 watts is plenty for up to 300C, 40 watts can get hot enough to melt the aluminum heater block if the controller fails.

E3D includes 30w by default for a reason.

I like the daughter board mount.  Are you using stock thermister?

Im using the thermistor which comes with the E3D Hotend the stock thermistor does not fit the corresponding hole in the Hotend

Finally the printer is back together and I can confirm I have only lost 1.5mm of Z-axis. I am not too conerned, I dont think i have ever used that bit lol.

A few pictures of the nozzle height

and wiring

As the nozzle now sits towards the left more, I shall have to work out the new bed size for it too print in the middle and then change these settings in the eeprom.

That is me done. I am doing no more to this printer today. Testing can wait till later or tomorrow after the Grand Prix

Thank you for taking the time too read this.

Cheers matey,

I also missed my midday meds and so am feeling it right now. I got so engrossed in the installation I totally forgot about them, thank you for your kind words

Stuart

Thank you Mark, I plan to update with bed size, EEPROM etc....

1 - After I fitted my E3D I lowered the bed with the screws to allow for the lower position of the hotend.
2 - After flashing repetier, the filament sensor is rendered useless as repetier doesn't use it. That's one of the reasons I ditched the pcb.
3 - I didn't find I had to make any adjustment to the cleaning piece although I no longer use that either.

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1, Yes I could have left it in the raised position. I decided i wanted the nozzle in he same position as the standard E3D v6 mod. As the endstops are triggered by the Carriage Triggers, the carriage position as not changed therefore no adjustments needed.

2, in Repetier 0.92, once installed you can disable filament sensor, I also disabled upper door sensor. Just my preference, I'm not certain this modification would be useful or work with stock firmware, having never tried it. I'm not sure why you would install this mod to run on the locked original FW. I think it defeats the point.

3, The cleaning part, works perfectly and still hits the nozzle in the same place as the original Hotend nozzle. The only adjustment I can envisage it the Heated Bed size as the nozzle sits slightly closer to the bed in the X-Y home position

Hope these help

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Removing the stock gear could not have been simpler. I used a butane torch, got the gear red Hot while Holding the gear in a set of pliers. Lifted the the Gear up and the steeper motor stayed on the workbench, the gear fell off. Similarly replacing it. In the reverse. As meerkat's would say SIMPLES!

Hope these help

FYI, I made this with my printer, I know it's off topic, just thought it may inspire, no Pun intended. Lol

Enjoy

Thats keen, lol.

I finally got out of bed about ten minutes ago. Yesterday really took it out of me.
So for the setup.
I reflashed my Printer 1.0 with a fresh copy of Repetier 0.92, linked too earlier in this thread. Once restarted I followed the instructions about Load-Failsafe - OK - YES -home.

Then instructed it to turn the Light on and also Turned off Filament Sensor

OK - Settings - Light on - Fil Sensor off

Next dont forget too Heat Soak the E3D v6. i took mine too 300' left it for five minutes then tweeked it up. very small movement.

Measuring the Bed size, The original E3D v6 Mod had these settings
X-Max             237mm
Y-Max             217mm
Z-Max             202mm

X-Home Pos   -33.000mm
Y-Home Pos   -12.000mm

With the mod done as described above the new position as only changed very slightly
X-Max            233mm (so 4mm closer to the bed)
Y-Max            215mm (so 2mm forward)
Z-Max            202mm (no change)

X-Home Pos   -29.000mm
Y-Home Pos   -10.000mm

I think you will see not a great change. I now have to calibrate the Titan Extruder

Regards

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