Questions tagged [hardware]
Any questions related to 3D printer hardware, implying physical parts of the 3D printer or in the immediate vicinity of the 3D printer may be tagged with this tag
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Sovol SV08 -- Mechanical Hardware Diagnosis -- What are the most important factors leading to "diagonal" printhead after quad-gantry
First off, I apologize greatly for the vagueness of my question. However I hope you are at least willing to give advice.
Many months ago, I was performing a repair on my Sovol SV08. However, due to my ...
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What would be gained from removing the electrical components from the frame of an ender 3 and make them desk standing?
On the Ender 3 the electrical components are attached to the frame by default.
The mainboard is housed under the frame on the left hand side. The screen is attached to the front right hand runner, and ...
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How could dual end-stop switches on each axis improve the functionality and precision of 3D printers like the Creality Ender 3 V2?
Looking at a bare Creality Ender 3 V2, I realised that there are three end-stop switches, one for each axis, X, Y, and Z. But this only helps to determine the start (0) position of each axis. Wouldn't ...
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Are plastic resin vats inherently inferior to metal ones?
I'm looking at getting several resin vats. So that I can use different colors of resin without having to worry about cleaning them out between prints.
Are plastic vats inherently inferior to metal ...
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What do linear rail codes mean?
In looking at 3D printer motions systems, I've seen linear rails with codes like MGN15H and MGN9C. What do the letters and numbers mean?
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How to stop scratching the bed and print properly on an Ender 3 V2
I am new to 3D printing, and I just put together the printer yesterday, and I spent a while trying to level it, but if I move the bed too low when it moves it gets stuck on the motor for it in the ...
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Y-axis on KP3S Kingroon only moves in one direction
I recently got a KP3S Kingroon 3D printer and have been trying to set it up.
After a couple of test prints, the Y-axis seems to only move in one direction. At first, I thought it was a motor issue, ...
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My FlashForge Creator Pro has started to spontaneously restart mid-print, begin vibrating, printing along one axis repeatedly, etc
I've changed SD cards, printed from USB connection, upgraded/reloaded firmware and attempted using different software packages. Nothing has worked yet. When connected via USB, I get a "...
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Making durable 3D printed drill templates?
I’m gearing up for making batch of 30 or so drilled aluminum enclosures (guitar pedals!), and getting the holes drilled accurately is a challenge. I’d like to make a 3D printed drilling template that ...
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Does it matter where I place my models on my Resin printer build plate?
I have a resin 3D printer, so I can print multiple models of a similar size without the overall build time increasing very much. So long as I stay within a set height range.
Presuming that my build ...
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Why is my Ender 3 restarting spontaneously in mid print?
tl;dr How can I test whether my sporadic in-print restarts are a thermal problem or a firmware issue?
The problem
I've had my Ender 3 (not V2 or Pro) for about a month, and gotten a number of ...
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Standard Settings for AnyCubic Printers?
Does anyone know where I can find a list of recommended settings for different types of resin / print objects for Anycubic printers?
I realize that some of the details will need to be tweaked on a ...
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Fixing temperature Issues on I3 Mega / Where to find spare part
I have an old Anycubic i3 Mega printer which started having issues keeping the hotend-temperature. The peak at the start of the diagram was when I was touching the cable on top of the hotend:
It also ...
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Are control boards switchable?
I am interested in buying a larger printer, either a Sovol SV01 or a Sunlu S8 (or something else similar).
What I am wondering is, can the control boards and LCD displays be changed to better units ...
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Is it possible to upgrade the CR10-S Pro to CR10-S Pro v2?
What I really want to do is to upgrade hardware components to support 'print recovery' after a power outage.
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