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                        <title>RE: My Ender 3 Upgrades so far.</title>
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                        <title>My Ender 3 Upgrades so far.</title>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2019 02:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I have done several upgrades to my new Ender 3 since getting it this year.I figured I would share my progress so far. First upgrades I printed were filament guides, these help push the filam...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have done several upgrades to my new Ender 3 since getting it this year.<br />I figured I would share my progress so far.</p><p> </p><p>First upgrades I printed were filament guides, these help push the filament out so it will feed abit better while printing.</p><p>Top guide<br /><a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2917932" target="true">https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2917932</a></p><p>Lower guide<br /><a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2920344" target="true">https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2920344</a></p><p><img src="http://www.crackedconsole.com/wp-content/gallery/3d-printing/20181226_184543.jpg" width="50%" height="50%" border="0" /></p><p> </p><p>I then followed up with an extruder knob to help when feeding in new filament.<br /><a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3005278" target="true">https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3005278</a></p><p> </p><p>For cable management, I settled on these 2 sets of cable clips for the Ender 3.<br /><a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2960375" target="true">https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2960375</a></p><p><a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2981386" target="true">https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2981386</a></p><p><img src="http://www.crackedconsole.com/wp-content/gallery/3d-printing/20190106_121658.jpg" width="50%" height="50%" border="0" /></p><p> </p><p>For the remaining basic upgrades, I also printed an LCD back cover for the stock control panel. This one allows use of the factory screws.<br /><a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3092176" target="true">https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3092176</a></p><p>And lastly the controller fan cover.<br /><a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2935204" target="true">https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2935204</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Advanced Upgrades</strong></p><p>I decided to setup OctoPrint for use with my printer, this originally started out to be a "great way to use a spare raspberry pi" I had sitting around, then quickly spiraled out of control.<br />I started off with a spare Raspberry Pi B+ I had sitting around for the past several years, and a Pi camera version 1.2, printing the following case to go along with it. Needless to say I've since upgraded to a Raspberry Pi 3 B+<br /><a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3030160" target="true">https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3030160</a></p><p>I opted for the version with the 40mm fan mount in the rear as I was pushing the Pi B+ abit hard once I started adding the touch screen and camera.</p><p>For the touch screen I settled with the following 3.5inch LCD touch screen.<br /><a href="https://amzn.to/2FqY5AP" target="true">3.5 inch Touch screen LCD</a></p><p><a href="http://www.crackedconsole.com/community/3-general/wip-installing-and-configuring-octopi-octoprint-for-raspberry-pi-to-control-your-3d-printer/" target="true">Here is a full write up</a> for installing OctoPi with OctoPrint for the Raspberry Pi, as well as Setting up OctoPrint-TFT.</p><p>And I ordered 2 Noctua fans, 1 for the print head work I would be doing and 1 for the Raspberry Pi itself.<br /><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009NQLT0M/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_detailpage_o06_s01?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1" target="true">40mm Noctua Fan - 12v</a></p><p><img src="http://www.crackedconsole.com/wp-content/gallery/3d-printing/20190105_234634.jpg" width="50%" height="50%" border="0" /></p><p> </p><p>To power everything, I needed 12v and 5v, so I opted for the easy and quick way of using 2 buck converters to drop the 24v supply down to 12v and then 5v. Yet in retrospect, it would have been possibly easier to pull 5v from the Ender 3 controller board to power the Raspberry Pi, though I am not sure it could handle the Pi, LCD and Camera.</p><p>I used the following Buck converters, the have an adjustable potentiameter allowing you to step down to the desired voltage.<br /><a href="https://amzn.to/2M2ZfDU" target="true">DC-DC Buck converter</a></p><p>Feeding power to this, is a split of the main power connection going into the power supply with the following adapter.<br /><a href="https://amzn.to/2VL4kFu" target="true">Y-Splitter power adapter</a></p><p><img src="http://www.crackedconsole.com/wp-content/gallery/3d-printing/20190105_234403.jpg" width="50%" height="50%" border="0" /></p><p>I then printed 2 of the following Buck Converter cases for mount to my Ender 3, one with rail mounts and one with out.<br /><a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3164882" target="true">https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3164882</a></p><p>The first buck converter gets power from the power supply Y adapter and drops power down to 12v and is routed to the left side of the printer.</p><p>This 12v line is then splint into several feeds.</p><p>12v White LEDs are the top of the printer frame.<br />12v 40mm fan on the print head<br />12v 40mm fan behind the Raspberry Pi<br />12v into the second buck converter and dropped down to 5v to run the Raspberry Pi</p><p><img src="http://www.crackedconsole.com/wp-content/gallery/3d-printing/20190106_122754.jpg" width="50%" height="50%" border="0" /></p><p>For the 12v White LEDs, I used the following parts;</p><p>12v White LEDs<br /><a href="https://amzn.to/2RJOz2n" target="true">12v White LEDs - Non Water Proof</a></p><p>LED frame mounts<br /><a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3272248" target="true">https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3272248</a></p><p>12mm push buttons<br /><a href="https://amzn.to/2RDZ2MV" target="true">12mm Push Buttons</a></p><p>And a 2 button mount I made to secure next to the Raspberry Pi Touch Screen<br /><a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3333594" target="true">https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3333594</a></p><p><img src="http://www.crackedconsole.com/wp-content/gallery/3d-printing/20190106_123004.jpg" width="50%" height="50%" border="0" /></p><p><img src="http://www.crackedconsole.com/wp-content/gallery/3d-printing/20190106_123251.jpg" width="50%" height="50%" border="0" /></p><p><img src="http://www.crackedconsole.com/wp-content/gallery/3d-printing/20190106_123731.jpg" width="50%" height="50%" border="0" /></p><p> </p><p>Now that I have a 5v line coming from buck converter #2 that is now mounted behind the Raspberry Pi, I took that 5v line and connected it to the Pi via a micro USB cable I cut up for this purpose.</p><p><img src="http://www.crackedconsole.com/wp-content/gallery/3d-printing/20190106_121356.jpg" width="50%" height="50%" border="0" /></p><p>Again for the Pi case and mount, I settled on the case version with the SD card adapter holder and then ordered the following Micro SD to SD card adapter.<br /><a href="https://amzn.to/2VJxnZU" target="true">MicroSD to SD card adapter</a></p><p>To mount the SD card adapter in the printed Pi case, I had to remove the plastic case from around the SD card adapter, and then I used a small drop of glue to hold it in place.</p><p>I also ordered a 12 inch angled micro USB to USB cord to connect the Raspberry Pi to the printer, placing a small piece of tape over the 5v+ pin on the USB cable going into the Pi to avoid reverse voltage being fed into the printer.<br /><a href="https://amzn.to/2VMgayY" target="true">12inch angled Micro USB to USB cable</a></p><p><img src="http://www.crackedconsole.com/wp-content/gallery/3d-printing/20190106_122842.jpg" width="50%" height="50%" border="0" /></p><p>One of the last items I picked up for this build was a longer ribbon cable for the camera, I found an article that mentioned the following cable and ordered it myself. Though I have yet to connect it and verify its not over sized.<br /><a href="https://amzn.to/2FqyPL9" target="true">610mm Raspebrry Pi Camera Ribbon Cable</a></p><p>Once everything was printed out and wired up, I setup OctoPrint on the Raspberry Pi, I have a write up of the process that can be found below.<br /><a href="http://www.crackedconsole.com/community/3-general/wip-installing-and-configuring-octopi-octoprint-for-raspberry-pi-to-control-your-3d-printer/#post-1" target="true">http://www.crackedconsole.com/community/3-general/wip-installing-and-configuring-octopi-octoprint-for-raspberry-pi-to-control-your-3d-printer/#post-1</a></p><p>I have several more upgrades underway, as I finish each up I will post their progress. Up next is the Hero Me fan mod, with dual 5015 fans.</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9P8JSu0wBk</p><p>I have a video I made showing how everything for the Raspberry Pi wiring, terrible quality, I'm new to all of this so forgive me.</p><p>For the Hero Me fan mod, I ended up going with the Dual 5015 Remix of it, using 2 <a href="https://amzn.to/2Vdtifp" target="true">24volt 5015</a> fans and 1 <a href="https://amzn.to/2X9TyJw" target="true">Notcua 40mm</a> fan.</p><p><a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3182917" target="true">https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3182917</a></p><p>I was able to run an existing 12v line I had (from my prior Buck converter upgrades above) to the print head through the flex loom to power the 12v 40mm fan.</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHQKr-LgvfI</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I have also swapped out the springs for some upgraded, more rigid springs </p><p><a href="https://amzn.to/2ValkUv" target="true">UXCell 8mm OD 20mm Light Load Springs</a></p><p>61</p><p> </p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmKm9IxFBDA</p><p> </p><p>To control the power of my printer via Octoprint, I picked up a 5volt relay and used PSU Control. A full write up can be found in our forums.</p><p><a href="https://www.crackedconsole.com/community/3-general/wip-controlling-the-power-of-your-3d-printer-with-octoprint/#post-45" target="true">Controlling the power of your printer via Octoprint</a></p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-Ol6Yvf0fg</p><p> </p><p>Another item I have yet to utilize is my Glass bed, sadly it still sits in the box waiting for its day of glory.</p><p><a href="https://amzn.to/2XhwVmp" target="true">Ender 3 Glass Bed</a></p><p>62</p>]]></content:encoded>
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