New FT-5 Cube style printer. (Page 2 of 4)

Well again after months of pondering  I did it I placed an order for the FT5 . And a couple hand fulls of driver chip cards. I have a couple inland mega boards and a couple sainsmart ramps but no chips for them . Microcenter wants something like $11 each for sainsmart drivers the real thing only cost about $ 8 .
I was planning on picking one up at the factory a month ago  but life happens. Our long time friends had no room at the in and the wife's car had a brand new radiator leak. So no trip north.
And yes the FB discount code still works.
tin

You've been waiting since the 12th?

we both ordered the FT5 on the same day

here any updates on yours yet?

No word here either. it appears a guy who ordered his 2 weeks before me got his today, if that means anything,

i have my own machine shop at home, so i am using the time to draw up parts in cad. ill double check all the specs when my kit arrives, fine tune the parts, mill alot out of alum, ditch the melamine from the git go. also plan to ditch the z screws for some
misumi ball screws  i have collecting dust. i have a prusa I3 now. knowing this has alot more mass, highly considering more industrial grade electronics, motors. i want the ability to control accel/decel  better. i have a few galil motion controllers,  i have been using them on most every machine i build or retro. in light of that ive ordered some nice PID temp controllers, 24v heaters, psu. hiwin linear guides. the kit for its price is a good starting point. anxious

came home to a large box on the porch.
The printer is here and the packets pulled out of the box.

Yea I suppose. did not rip all the bags apart yet.
But the frame is assembled . I figure a good start. Phase 1 complete.
Tin

That is a pretty large frame Tin. You will be able to print some quite large items with that one.

Between a bit of a headache and a good part of the day at Makers day not a lot done during the day on Saturday. But some assembly work done in the evening.
build sub base assembled y and z motors mounted z axis hardware mounted guide rod hardware on .
So progress moves forward.
Tin

just a heads up - you need to remove some of the links in that cable chain - you have it WAY too long.

Pull the X gantry all the way forward, and shorten that chain to where it just makes the curve to the mounting point.
Same thing with the X axis itself... you only want enough links that the chain makes the length without binding. if you have a few links left over when you are done that is fine. but do not leave excess in place, you wont have enough wiring to reach.

Heartless . I did remove a couple links as you said . id did not count them may need to remove another.

The manual is on version 11 so they have tweaked from the beginning averaging about 1  a month i think. So far so good on the build have no real complaints so far a couple minor glitches and redo but all in all seems like good quality and things fitting well together. and going smooth. In some ways easier than the I3 kit. All the axis see em to move the way they should. this kit is almost twice the price of the I3 but more parts better parts and a bigger printer. The one 3d printed part looks a little iffy but not a big deal.
Will keep you posted.

And the control box

I have a couple that are likely better built but same type may throw on of those in for now. the good thing it is a visible part not hidden away