Anet A8 - How Hard is the Hardware Conversion?

[Veti]

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.

[zapta]

This thread outlines a fascinated journey. A picture will make it even more awesome.

[jrwaters2]

@zapta and @veti - thanks guys. I'm so glad you asked :-). I can't believe this was my Anet A8 when I was first posting here.

[zapta]

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.

[DocTrucker]

@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!

[T3P3Tony]

@jrwaters2 nice! Thanks for sharing your journey here (and also thanks to those on the forum that helped!).

[jrwaters2]

@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!

[jrwaters2]

@T3P3Tony Roger that. What a great group!