Topic: is it worth upgrading my Makerbot 2X with this.
is it worth the money to replace the plastic X axis (original part) with this aluminum one or do I have to worry about the difference in weight?
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Dale
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1 2018-08-09 21:02:51 (edited by dubbsd 2018-08-09 21:03:34)
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2 2018-08-09 21:17:08 (edited by yizhou.he 2018-08-09 21:19:15)
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Re: is it worth upgrading my Makerbot 2X with this.
If it is not broken, don't fix it. I see too many people trying to upgrade the machine with expensive fancy parts and accidentally damaged other part. Themositor wire and heating element wire are top victims and sometime motherboard.
In other cases, the new expensive fancy parts did not see difference or actually decrease the print quality. Unless your current plastic X axis is known to have issues, I don't see why replace it with aluminum one will give any specific advantage.
You can always do the upgrade if your stock carriage broken. You will have different expectation with the replacement part by then and will not feel as bad if you did not see improvement in print quality.
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Re: is it worth upgrading my Makerbot 2X with this.
is it worth the money to replace the plastic X axis (original part) with this aluminum one
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So what is the asking price?
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4 2018-08-09 22:10:53 (edited by carl_m1968 2018-08-09 22:11:39)
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My machine is a CT'c clone of yours. The only things I have done to it is changed the controller to an Azteeg X3 Pro and a Viki II LCD both from Panucatt Devices. I also changed out the extruders to MK10 extruders and put the aluminum stiffeners on the sides of the bed. It's now the best machine I have owned and is my work horse.
Printing since 2009 and still love it!
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Anycubic 4MAX best $225 ever invested.
Voxelabs Proxima SLA. 6 inch 2k Mono LCD.
Anycubic Predator, massive Delta machine. 450 x 370 print envelope.
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Re: is it worth upgrading my Makerbot 2X with this.
Carl
Here it is. the slots for the stepper on mine were letting it slip so should i try and get a stock one or this?
https://www.fargo3dprinting.com/product … y-upgrade/
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dubbsd wrote:
Carl
Here it is. the slots for the stepper on mine were letting it slip so should i try and get a stock one or this?
https://www.fargo3dprinting.com/product … y-upgrade/
Your link never opened, but I get all my parts from here.
http://unclechucks3dprinterstuff.com/du … %20oem.htm
Printing since 2009 and still love it!
Anycubic 4MAX best $225 ever invested.
Voxelabs Proxima SLA. 6 inch 2k Mono LCD.
Anycubic Predator, massive Delta machine. 450 x 370 print envelope.
Anycubic 4MAX best $225 ever invested.
Voxelabs Proxima SLA. 6 inch 2k Mono LCD.
Anycubic Predator, massive Delta machine. 450 x 370 print envelope.
7 2018-08-10 13:43:45 (edited by yizhou.he 2018-08-10 13:49:27)
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Re: is it worth upgrading my Makerbot 2X with this.
Looks like Fargo is out of stock for the item, try these if it take long time to find the right part.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1860194
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1533955
(Da Vinci 1.0, Jr. 1.0 RAMPS, miniMaker) X4, (Creality CR-10S, CR-10 mini, Ender-3) X4, Anycubic MEGA X4, Anycubic Chrion X1, ADMILAB Gantry X2 (MonoPrice Maker Select V2, Plus, Ultimate)X4--Select mini X1, Anycubic photon X4, Wanhao duplicate D7 X1.
iNSTONE Inventor Pro X2, CTC Dual X2, ANET-A8, Hictop 3DP-11, Solidoodle Press, FLSUN I3 2017X1
iNSTONE Inventor Pro X2, CTC Dual X2, ANET-A8, Hictop 3DP-11, Solidoodle Press, FLSUN I3 2017X1