#anycubicdeltaplus

[rdcgomes]

Another weekend has passed and I decided to get rid or the ugly cables connecting the raspberry pi zero to the 3d printer. For this to go well (in one end because the tri-gorilla doesn't output power in the usb-B port and in the other because the raspberry had the connections on the opposite side that I wanted) I decided to solder the 4 wires directly to the raspberry pi zero (2nd pic) and in the other end I used a female usb-b (so that I can still disconnect the whole thing easily when needed),solder the data- and data+ to the tri-gorilla and the power I connected to the aux 5v & gnd pins.

I would say the end result got pretty neat and now I'm not afraid anymore to tune the camera direction when printing since it's not so easy to disconnect the cables anymore :P

[rdcgomes]

Another post today, yeahhh ;)    ... almost as awesome as Pickle Rick 

Just wanted to share some improvements I’ve been doing in my Anycubic Delta Plus.

So basically I now have a raspberry pi zero with a camera in a 3d printed box & holder that controls the 3d printer, has the camera, holds the web interface and is being powered directly from the 3d printer board (5v pins). Currently I have it running AstroPrint, but before I had it with OctoPrint and works as good.

Second was the built of a spool holder inside an ikea samla 22l box (lots on this in thingyverse) and I have to say I really like the idea. It gives me an easy way to have all the spools together and usable, dust and humidity free and to transport them safely around. Next improvement on this will be connecting the box with the printer via PTFE tube, just waiting for the parts to arrive.

I did some other improvements but they are are not that worth mentioning. 

Lastly but not least, I would like to share a link to one of the most awesome designs I printed lately - “Ikea Samla Clip. The best one ”  https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2110134 - believe them, they are that good, I already printed 24 during the weekend ;)

[rdcgomes]

Decided to reactivate my interest in 3d printers and since I was still not able to finalize the one I was building, I decided to get a kit as an advice from some friends. It’s an anycubic delta plus, and here in Germany you can even get it via amazon same-day delivery ;)

The quality of the parts are good and they seem to have made good choices from the materials to the overall construction. The instruction manual is very good, all parts are labelled and there are also videos available of the full assembly process in their youtube channel. It’s definitely a kit I can advise and totally worth the price tag.

Its working stable with almost zero calibration (only the main center z axis point) but I’ll definitely be loosing some more time to calibrate it properly and print some improvements found on thingy verse.

Just as an additional information the full build took me around a full day, so I would say between 8-12h and don’t forget to get some blue tape if you don’t want to waste the awesome logo sticker they sent you (was also advised not to use it because it sticks too much).

[rdcgomes]

3D printer fixed, re-calibrated and working better than ever. Also added the new Ziflex magnetic base, works great :)

Great video for re-calibrating the deltas:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk7remEhUx8

[rdcgomes]

Some more improvements on my Anycubic Delta Plus, this time a I just finished my Night Vision Mode.

So in order to make this happen, I managed to find in aliexpress an IR Led Strip ( https://www.aliexpress.com/item/SMD3528-IR-InfraRed-850nm-940nm-Flexible-LED-Strips-120-LEDs-per-meter-LED-Tape-with-Black/32483847826.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.52b04c4dnWPhwQ ) from where I ordered 1 (1 meter is more than enough for this build) of the 850nm IP65 (for some protection and nicer finishing) in the time for 16,74€.

As for the camera, I’m using one that I both on Pimoroni for 16,50€  ( https://shop.pimoroni.de/products/raspberry-pi-zero-camera-module - the one with NoIR filter).

The rest was basically cut the led strips to measure, solder the wires, add some heat shrink tube to cover the solder (metal frame, needs some protection), with some pain slide the wires in the aluminium rails and pass the cables via the holes in the plastic holdings, wire everything together (via the power on/off button) and to the 12v output of the TriGorilla. 

For newer models, since they came already with heat bed and a power supply, you can power everything from there, in this case (old model, no heat bed) I’m quite happy I’m able to connect everything directly to the TriGorilla board (RaspPi Zero W + camera module from the 5v, IR led strips and a fan for the steppers from the 12v) still using the original external power supply that came with the printer.

[fritzkandur]

something iz extract... #anycubic #anycubicdeltaplus #kossel #3dprint #macarena

[rdcgomes]

Another weekend and some more work on my 3d printer.

This time I managed to finish some foot and top coverages (both the same design), this allows a better protection of the wires, more stable structure and no dust setting on the inside of the rails. Additionally I also added some covers for the side of the print bed, for the same motives as above, unfortunately the black spool ended after the second, will eventually print the 3rd one once the new black spool arrives. Outside from that I printed a new electronics holder and simple fan support.

Next things in the list are: connecting raspberry zero without using the USB cables (direct soldered connection), auto bed leveling and some lights for the printing ( maybe infra red since I have a noir cam).