Smart Effector including toolboard-capabilities?
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@mrac1 said in Smart Effector including toolboard-capabilities?:
@garyd9
Looks promising, but I still see room for improvement. This quality is possible without any problems:!This was a test of the D3E and two different slicers (S3D on the left, PrusaSlicer on the right).
That is nice. As I mentioned, the calibration on my side also needs some work. I'll surely be using the settings you've posted as a starting place when I start calibrating! First, I need to redo some things...
@o_lampe said in Smart Effector including toolboard-capabilities?:
Looks good, although I wouldn't have taken PETG. IMHO it's to flexible.
You are right about PETG and I encountered that last night. I was trying to print the bishop spiral chess piece (from here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:470700) and encountered all kinds of issues doing the spiraling columns. As with certain other test prints, I didn't re-slice this model just for this extruder, so the extraction is at 1.5mm @60mm/sec. When it starts the "columns", over time, it appears that the extruder is having a harder and harder time un-retracting, and the entire body of the extruder flexes. Eventually, the hot end appears to be getting starved of filament.
Note that I have MANY examples of this exact .gcode file working with this exact same spool of filament, temps, etc (all with different extruders.) I already know how I can get this to continue printing (increase the temp 5C.) Increasing/decreasing motor current doesn't help. I think (but I don't yet know for sure) if the extruder body was less flexible, it would push through (but even then I'm wondering if the temps should be higher for this filament.)
Regardless, I think I'm going to try to print the extruder parts again using ABS instead of PETG. First, I want to sit with the model and see if there's anything I can do to make it structurally stiffer. (Sadly, I'm not an structural engineer, so it's just guess work for me.)
@o_lampe said in Smart Effector including toolboard-capabilities?:
What do you think, why does the Titan show more ringing, than the D3E? Because it was mounted below the effector?
The effector with the titan is big, heavy, and poorly designed (by me.) Imagine an effector with a bracket attached to it's underside to hold a NEMA17. Mount a Titan Extruder on there. Then hang a Precision Piezo Orion from the titan extruder. From that, hang an E3D heatsink and hot end. Here's what it looks like (without a part cooling fan):
@Hergonoway said in Smart Effector including toolboard-capabilities?:
@garyd9 that's very promising! congrats! (I've just realized that we've exchanged not so long ago about my 5015 mount, I've recognized your remix on the picture
)Yep - I had to modify the effector arm again to shorten it 3mm to compensate for the 3mm thick effector adapter used here. Of course, once I had everything in fusion360 set up with parameters, making adjustments is a matter of changing a parameter or two and everything else falls into place.
@Hergonoway said in Smart Effector including toolboard-capabilities?:
What's the current BOM of your mrac1's D3E? I'm starting to be impatient and may join you and mrac1 too in this endeavor
At the moment, here's what I've purchased and what I already had on hand that I've used:
- Lots of filament
- M2.5 screw assortment
- M3 screw assortment + nuts (I prefer nylocks when there's room)
- M3 plastic or nylon washers (I have both 0.5mm and 1mm thick)
- 2 MR85ZZ (5x8.2.5mm) bearings (I bought a pack of 10 from amazon)
- LDO Stepper motor 36STH17-1004AHG
- Bondtech Drivegear Kit for 1.75mm/5mm (includes both drive gears, 3x20 shaft, 2 needle bearings)
- Bondtech Shaft/Gear assembly (this is the shaft with big plastic gear)
- Assorted wires and wiring connectors (for extending and added a connector to the stepper motor)
- M3x3 brass inserts. (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01IYWTCWW)
I included an amazon link for the brass inserts I used. Different vendors have different meanings and sizes for "M3x3 brass insert" so I wanted to be clear. Note that these are not great inserts for 3D printing, but they are all I had on hand that fit in the tiny space.
Take care
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thanks! just ordered the pancake, already got the hardware (screws and brass inserts), and found this kit that should cover the rest (Bondtech and bearing stuff): https://www.aliexpress.com/item/thingiverse-BMG-Direct-Drive-Basic-kit-for-Great-DIY-player-can-be-use-for-ender-3/4000021186440.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.42164c4dt7vaan
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@Hergonoway said in Smart Effector including toolboard-capabilities?:
thanks! just ordered the pancake, already got the screws and brass insert, and found this kit that should cover Bondtech and bearing stuff (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/thingiverse-BMG-Direct-Drive-Basic-kit-for-Great-DIY-player-can-be-use-for-ender-3/4000021186440.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.42164c4dt7vaan)
That aliexpress item does appear to cover the parts. I'm not sure if the gears are 5mm ID or not (and I can't find anything that states either way.)
Wherever in the world you are, I hope you have more reasonable shipping times than what I see for shipping to the US. The only way I'd get it within a month is if I paid 50 USD for shipping (for a total of over 70 USD.) At that point, it's actually cheaper for me to get real Bondtech parts shipped from the US.
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it's got the 5mm ID drivegear:
where the only drivegear alternative trianglelabs proposes (the 8mm) got this fatty look and doesn't have the same barrel bearings. The 8mm kit pic:
VS The ones in the kit: 
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@garyd9 Can you post your Fusion360 files? I've got all the bits and bobs here and wouldn't mind giving this a go to replace my nimble with the mods you made to the D3E.
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Sure thing. I'm not sure how complete the fusion360 export is, but the plastic parts to print are in the main component.
For just the extruder, you need "idler lever", "motor mount", "front bearing idler bracket" and "filament guide."
If you use my modifications to the parts, the motor mount requires 0.5mm thick M3 washers to be between it and the smart effector (one for each screw.) (The original model from mrac1 had spacing built in.)
Assuming Fusion360 parameters are intact in the archive file, "BearingHoleDiameter" can be made slightly larger than 8.1mm. I found this was needed when I printed in ABS, as the bearing holes were too small (and forcing the bearings in would damage the ABS.) I used 8.3mm for ABS and the resulting post-print holes were ~7.9mm (which gave a nice snug fit for the 8mm OD bearings.)
"BrassInsertDia" and "BrassInsertIndent" slightly change the 2 holes on the bottom of the motor mount where the brass inserts should go. The intention was to allow me to better line up the inserts. It didn't work out very well.
The remaining parameters relate to the "effector adapter" piece. ArmSpacing is self explanatory. DesiredTES relates to the "TES" parameter I discussed earlier in this thread. MagBallMounting parameters should probably be left as-is. One is how big of a hole for the magball thread, and the other is how much flat space is needed to secure the magball.
The "PTFE Size Guide" is intended to be printed and placed on your smart effector (assuming the enter heatsink/hotend is assembled and attached.) Then put a piece of 4mm OD PTFE tubing through the smart effector into the heat sink as far as it'll go. Thread the size guide on top of that, all the way against the smart effector. Cut the PTFE tube flush with the top of the size guide, and it should be within 0.5mm of perfect.
Finally, please forgive the absolute mess I made of the fusion360 project. I'm hardly fluent with it, and sometimes I just kind of shove things together and hope they work.
Here's a link to the fusion360 shared from my google drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d7YBo-knfZ-HGiYp8PYGQUGXExMkRIlC/view?usp=sharing
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@garyd9 Awesome, thanks a lot. I'll give it a go this week. My setup looks a bit similar to yours, I've got hayden's magball arms too. I'll have to rework some carriages for the new spacing but that shouldn't be too bad.
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So I found 2 other projects very closed from the D3E that I'm going to add to my current fusion360 D3E-WIP in order to eventually find new structural ideas that could be merged or refactor from.
#1: the sherpa mini: https://github.com/Annex-Engineering/Sherpa_Mini-Extruder
#2: HextrudORT (no yet available)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQB3-0PIEN_wn-932h0LNOw
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@Hergonoway said in Smart Effector including toolboard-capabilities?:
So I found 2 other projects very closed from the D3E that I'm going to add to my current fusion360 D3E-WIP in order to eventually find new structural ideas that could be merged or refactor from.
#1: the sherpa mini: https://github.com/Annex-Engineering/Sherpa_Mini-ExtruderWow, that sherpa mini certainly appears to share a common ancestry with mrac1's extruder. I don't know which one came first, but having so many similarities allows people like us to enjoy the advantages of both.
For example, the sherpa mini really has no way to attach to a smart effector without an adapter. mrac1's design has that "built in." The sherpa design has a nicer (more constrained) filament path around the BMG gears. Oddly, the sherpa design might actually be heavier than mrac1's because it has so many more walls. (Of course, that could also make it stronger.)
I'll have to import the sherpa mini STL's into fusion360 to do a better comparison, but I honestly believe having two different designs that are so similar can give us the advantage of cherry picking the best from both.
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@garyd9 said in Smart Effector including toolboard-capabilities?:
Wow, that sherpa mini certainly appears to share a common ancestry with mrac1's extruder. I don't know which one came first, but having so many similarities allows people like us to enjoy the advantages of both.
The sherpa mini was the first. When I printed it, I noticed that the shaft of the 50 tooth gear grinds on the motor housing. Therefore, I have completely redrawn it. Because of the given Bondtech parts and the motor, there are not many possibilities for the design. Apart from that, the Sherpa mini is very nice and I wanted to get as close as possible to the look with my version.
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@mrac1 Thumb up for naming the source of inspiration.
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@garyd9 said in Smart Effector including toolboard-capabilities?:
Assuming that theoretical work is accurate (or close to accurate), the effector from mrac1 has a much lower stability of ~134.94. (64^2 / 30.354)
I am reprinting my effector, this time with 82 (rod space) to 18,257 ("b" value). So "TES" = 368.3. Thanks again for the article and your work. I'm very curious if anything changes (I think levelling should be the best way to tell).
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@mrac1 said in Smart Effector including toolboard-capabilities?:
@garyd9 said in Smart Effector including toolboard-capabilities?:
Assuming that theoretical work is accurate (or close to accurate), the effector from mrac1 has a much lower stability of ~134.94. (64^2 / 30.354)
I am reprinting my effector, this time with 82 (rod space) to 18,257 ("b" value). So "TES" = 368.3. Thanks again for the article and your work. I'm very curious if anything changes (I think levelling should be the best way to tell).
Good luck.! One thing I've learned with this hobby is the best way to learn something is to try it out for yourself.
Remember that if you change your arm spacing, you'll need new carriages with the same arm spacing. -
@garyd9 said in Smart Effector including toolboard-capabilities?:
Remember that if you change your arm spacing, you'll need new carriages with the same arm spacing
Already printed
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I've made more very slight adjustments to @mrac1's design. This time, on the "filament guide" body, I've done some work on the actual filament path:
I've added a bit more guidance to the filament immediately before and after the BMG gears. This (in theory) can help prevent a jam with soft (TPU/TPE) filaments.
I've also tightened up the tolerances on the filament path from the top of the part to the bottom.
If you use this, you should also have some drill bits on hand to clean the path. A 2mm drill bit should be used to clean out the entire filament path from top to bottom. I'd suggest putting the bit on a hand drill for this. If you only have a power drill, make sure it's on the slowest speed.
The bottom section (where the PTFE is inserted) should be cleaned out with a 4mm drill bit. For this, I use the drill bit without any drill (hand of powered) and just work it in some, and pull it out. The 4mm hole should only be cleaned out for 9.5mm. NOT the entire way.
In some areas of the world (like rural areas of the US,) metric drill bits might be harder to come by. I use a 5/64 inch bit instead of 2mm, and a 5/32 inch bit instead of 4mm. Converted to metric, they work out to 1.984mm and 3.967mm respectively.
.step file attached below...
Note (again) that this is sized for my effector on my printer. It's possible that this won't fit properly on another smart effector (if you are using something other than the E3D screw heatsink, for example.) The "effector adapter" in the step file is for 74mm arm spacing. That works for my printer, but might not for yours. Remember that your carriages must use the same arm spacing as your effector. The "PTFE Size Guide" is something I can stick on my effector with the heatsink in place (and without the extruder) - I shove a piece of PTFE into the heatsink as far as it'll go (to the heat break), pop on that size guide, and I know where to cut a length of PTFE to fit properly between the heatsink and extruder. (This is all described in an earlier post in this thread.)
Use this at your own risk. I'd suggest printing in ABS or PLA. (I had trouble with it printed in PETG.) See @mrac1's comments throughout this thread for suggested printer settings, stepper motor, motor current, etc.
The .step file included has 8.3mm diameter holes for the 8mm bearings (which works out well for me when printing ABS, but might not work out as well for others.) As well, the motor mount has holes that work perfectly (for me) for the following brass inserts: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077CL322T. (That's a standard United States amazon link.) If you use different size inserts, the two larger holes on the bottom of the motor mount should be adjusted.
mrac1 extruder on smart effector.step
Finally, once again, a huge "thank you" should go to @mrac1 for the design I started from (and to Annex Engineering for the premise he started with.)
"I'm not saying that you are wrong - I'm just trying to fit it into my real world simulated experience."
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I'm currently dealing with the same issue regarding the filament path right after the BMG gears in my version (the path before the BMG gears is not as critical, I'll keep it as it is). I think that maybe using a PTFE tube correctly cut to follow the curve of the gear is not a bad idea too. I'll try this approach and gonna design a cutting jig to perfect cut the required PTFE part.
Also Titan Extruder got this kind of piece already designed, maybe it could fit, and it would cost nothing on aliexpress.
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@Hergonoway said in Smart Effector including toolboard-capabilities?:
I'm currently dealing with the same issue regarding the filament path right after the BMG gears in my version (the path before the BMG gears is not as critical, I'll keep it as it is). I think that maybe using a PTFE tube correctly cut to follow the curve of the gear is not a bad idea too. I'll try this approach and gonna design a cutting jig to perfect cut the required PTFE part.
The problem with using a piece of PTFE extending up into the gear area is that on retraction, the PTFE might move up (toward the gears) slightly - and then get pulled up into the gearing.
Designing the filament guide piece to have the bump area to guide filament was easier than I thought it would be in Fusion360. Start with the sketch facing the filament guide head-on, on a place centered on the filament path. Then draw a circle matching the smallest existing "hole" for the BMG gear. Then mirror that circle using the filament path as the mirror line. That leaves you the perfect area to extrude in both directions. Then fillet the new extrusions and re-do the filament hole path.
In the snippet below (of my actual sketch in 360), "A" is a 3 point circle based on 3 points projected from the inner-most gap for the BMG gear. "B" is a vertical line which is the filament path. "C" is a mirror of "A", using "B" as the mirror line. "D" is the area extruded to make the bump for the filament path. (Cleaning up the extrusions from D to meld properly with the rest of the body is annoying, but probably only because I don't know what I'm doing with Fusion360.) After that "bump" is made, I just used a 0.7mm fillet on the ridge, and then re-cut the filament path holes.
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Here's my stab at a 74mm magball carriage for 40mm openbuild Vslot extrusions. Uses those fairly popular robotdigg metal belt tensioners to clamp the belts with the four holes in the center. I'll warn you that I'm not as good as some others in this thread with CAD
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I am using a nimble 2 in a big delta heated chamber going up to 80-100c. Im going to print with big nozzles around .6 to 1.2. It claims this motor is high temp around 120c. Will this orbiter extruder motor do what i want or am i better off using the nimble 2 with my water cooled nema 18 off to the side. What i have works but better is always good. I guess i could maybe find a way to run water from the kryo then to the orbiter motor in my loop.
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@garyd9
I tried to slice your version of mrac1's D3D with 0.8mm nozzle, I see a problem with the long hole for the stepper.
BTW: I found a cheaper/stronger motor for Orbiter and Sherpa mini. It's 2mm longer than the LDO. Will it still fit for the SmartEffector?
THX
Olaf
