Hi, My name is Tim and I am addicted to modding!

**2n2r5** · 2013-06-23 02:42:37

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This is why I think the people here make this the best forum for innovation and mods. If it wasn't for all the great people sharing wonderful ideas I wouldn't have this superb setup. I now have my heavily modified 'doodle running Lawsy's and Adrian's fork of the Marlin FW on my Mega 2560 / Ramps board with fully automated fan controls through the fan extender for Ramps. I am set up to run at ~150 mm/s and haven't even started my bowden setup yet.

Below is a picture that I like to call "sidecar spaghetti". It may look chaotic but I promise you that every thing has a place and works awesome.

^ note that most cables have been re-terminated or custom made to make connecting or relocating connections to the Ramps easier.

Thanks again everyone who has posted a mod. Keep 'em coming!

SD3 w/ mods:
Glass bed with QU-BD heat pad upgrade, threadless ballscrew w/ 8mm smooth rod, spectra line belt replacement, lawsy MK5 extruder, Lawsy replacement carriage, E3D hotend, Ramps 1.4 w/ reprap discount controller, DRV8825 drivers, 12v 30A PS, Acrylic case, Overkill Y-idlers, Filament alarm, Extruder fan + more.

**mcbride19** · 2013-06-23 04:44:28

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Re: Hi, My name is Tim and I am addicted to modding!

Oh my god !
Maybe this could help :

**2n2r5** · 2013-06-23 04:46:11

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Re: Hi, My name is Tim and I am addicted to modding!

haha,

I am working on that right now actually.

SD3 w/ mods:
Glass bed with QU-BD heat pad upgrade, threadless ballscrew w/ 8mm smooth rod, spectra line belt replacement, lawsy MK5 extruder, Lawsy replacement carriage, E3D hotend, Ramps 1.4 w/ reprap discount controller, DRV8825 drivers, 12v 30A PS, Acrylic case, Overkill Y-idlers, Filament alarm, Extruder fan + more.

**mcbride19** · 2013-06-23 05:19:18

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You should, it looks like Italian's spaghettis

**adrian** · 2013-06-23 05:34:49

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Re: Hi, My name is Tim and I am addicted to modding!

Looking good there with the mods! Nice sidecar board too

Velcro Waps for the win I fiddle with too much to use something like zip-ties But I do have rolls of the crap as a left over from dark dark days in the past when I spent far too much time in Data Centers

BTW... Whats the purple you've been using ? the Octave ?

**nlancaster** · 2013-06-23 08:59:48

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Re: Hi, My name is Tim and I am addicted to modding!

I have modded the hell out of my machine also. Just ordered items to make a GT2 and a "mod" of lawsy's linear bearing setup. About the only stock parts of my machine are the pulleys rods, y-axis carriages and control board.

**Staffordknot** · 2013-06-23 12:15:05

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Love the super mario btw! Haha

**2n2r5** · 2013-06-23 12:51:54

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Re: Hi, My name is Tim and I am addicted to modding!

adrian wrote:

Looking good there with the mods! Nice sidecar board too
Velcro Waps for the win I fiddle with too much to use something like zip-ties But I do have rolls of the crap as a left over from dark dark days in the past when I spent far too much time in Data Centers
BTW... Whats the purple you've been using ? the Octave ?

Yep, It's Purple ABS. That stuff flows like butter. I don't really care for purple parts but it's hard to argue with results. The pigment is really interesting. It isn't consistent throughout so it makes differing shades of purple.

Luckily, I found a natural that I am using right now that is even better. It might be solidoodle's natural actual. I got it from Tim and he wasn't sure whether it was his or SD.

nlancaster wrote:

I have modded the hell out of my machine also. Just ordered items to make a GT2 and a "mod" of lawsy's linear bearing setup. About the only stock parts of my machine are the pulleys rods, y-axis carriages and control board.

Let me know how your GT2 upgrade goes. I am getting some over shoot at high speeds. I think I might need to look into some belts with kevlar.

SD3 w/ mods:
Glass bed with QU-BD heat pad upgrade, threadless ballscrew w/ 8mm smooth rod, spectra line belt replacement, lawsy MK5 extruder, Lawsy replacement carriage, E3D hotend, Ramps 1.4 w/ reprap discount controller, DRV8825 drivers, 12v 30A PS, Acrylic case, Overkill Y-idlers, Filament alarm, Extruder fan + more.

**MolecularConcept** · 2013-06-23 16:38:32

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Re: Hi, My name is Tim and I am addicted to modding!

what are the benefits with lawsys firmware?

**2n2r5** · 2013-06-23 17:05:26

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Re: Hi, My name is Tim and I am addicted to modding!

All 'doodles come with Lawys's fork of Marlin. Adrian nailed down what the software changes were that they made in this post here. http://www.soliforum.com/post/26841/#p26841

Adrian's new update adds more functionality. The filament change and filament alarms specifically. A good overview of his latest additions are here. http://www.soliforum.com/topic/2470/bet … t-chg-etc/

SD3 w/ mods:
Glass bed with QU-BD heat pad upgrade, threadless ballscrew w/ 8mm smooth rod, spectra line belt replacement, lawsy MK5 extruder, Lawsy replacement carriage, E3D hotend, Ramps 1.4 w/ reprap discount controller, DRV8825 drivers, 12v 30A PS, Acrylic case, Overkill Y-idlers, Filament alarm, Extruder fan + more.

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