Anet A8 - How Hard is the Hardware Conversion?
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@dc42 This is shaping up to be more and more do-able (he says knowing he will regret)
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I went to the Duet from AM8 too. For the wiring, I re crimped all the connectors with the supplied crimps but I just sat and took my time and matched all the wires up one connector at a time, was easy to follow the wiring diagram for the Duet maestro with everything seeming easy to work out where it goes.
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Anet A8 comes with 12v fans and 12 psu configuring this is not easy since board only supply's 5v I haven't found a wiring diagram for this in the forums.
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Actually, you have an option on supplying the fans with your PSU voltage or with 5V. The jumper for selection is located under the fan connectors (V FAN JUMPER SELECT).
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@veti - ok, I have finally completed my AM8 conversion. Yes, it took me this long! But, I double and triple checked everything, printed extra parts, etc. Wow, what a huge difference. It's a different beast now - fast, quiet, stable. I've just ordered my Duet and I'll be trying out all the advice and tips you guys provided . . . hopefully within a couple of weeks (traveling at the moment). Anway, I wanted to post here because others reading may want to know how impactful the AM8 upgrade is.
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I got my first print with my Duet AM8 (thats what I call it now that my Anet A8 is an AM8 with a Duet processor). Thanks everyone for your advice and help. Especially, @nhof , your basic guide was so helpful. It may seem simplistic to you but topics of polarity are helpful to the novice.
It took me a loooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnggggggg time but I took it slow as suggested. Also, I converted over to 24 volts in the process which meant new power supply, hot end, heated bed. Never thought I'd be Googling about Ohm's Law.
Learned a lot of things during the process and I hope to be able to help some others with the same conversion. Mostly, thank you all!
Jack
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congratulation on building your own printer.
it does not matter that it took long. it matters that you stuck with it and learned new things on the way.
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This thread outlines a fascinated journey. A picture will make it even more awesome.
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Looks very clean, I mean the printer, not the desk,
and I like your choice of color.It uses a bowden extruder. I switch recently my printer (non Anet) to a direct extruder and got significant improvement in print quality.
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@zapta said in Anet A8 - How Hard is the Hardware Conversion?:
Looks very clean, I mean the printer, not the desk,
So I won't be showing too much of my desks anytime soon if that is messy!
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@jrwaters2 nice! Thanks for sharing your journey here (and also thanks to those on the forum that helped!).
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@zapta hahaha - yes, my wife's patience has been amazing. Maybe over the holidays I'll get it cleaned up. Let's see
Want to to a little wiring clean up as well!
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@T3P3Tony Roger that. What a great group!
