Hello everyone,
I have been reading the forum and using IRC for more than a month now, trying to learn about 3 printers and getting advice from many, much thanks to the veterans!! My goal for my first printer was to get a complete kit so I did not have to worry about sourcing and possibly getting wrong parts or spending all kinds of money on shipping from many different vendors.
Here I will be posting everything about my build of the DIY Tech Shop Prusa I3X. This was the cheapest Prusa I3 I could find in the US. I will post as many pictures as I can. I have done a complete inventory, down to the last nut and bolt and everything is here and in good condition!!
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So I also ordered the LCD Controller, which was $40 extra. Everything else was part of the standard kit. The green plastic bag has all the plastic parts. They also provided the plastic box with all the hardware pre-sorted.
The stepper drivers come with heatsinks and heatsink tape that you must apply. I thought the heatsinks was an added bonus. The kit came with one fan, which I think is indended to cool the Ramps.
Now keep in mind, I am a newb to this. I do not think the hotend is of very high quality, but I hope to be able to make it work well enough for a while. Below is an image showing how the nozzle fits thru the heater block. There is quite an air gap around the nozzle, it is held in by a set screw, so it will not come apart, but I would think for heat transfer, you want complete surface to surface contact there. I did call Ben at DIY Tech Shop and he offered to send out a new heater block. If they are both like that, then I will probably shim the nozzle with something for heat transfer reasons. I also plan on putting a fan on the extruder to cool the peek portion of the hot end. My thought is you do not want to cool the brass hot end where the plastic flows out, but if you cool on the top by the black plastic (PEEK), it should help to prevent some jamming of the hot end. Any suggestions veterans have would be appreciated.
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I am gonna have fun with this!!!
I have been reading the forum and using IRC for more than a month now, trying to learn about 3 printers and getting advice from many, much thanks to the veterans!! My goal for my first printer was to get a complete kit so I did not have to worry about sourcing and possibly getting wrong parts or spending all kinds of money on shipping from many different vendors.
Here I will be posting everything about my build of the DIY Tech Shop Prusa I3X. This was the cheapest Prusa I3 I could find in the US. I will post as many pictures as I can. I have done a complete inventory, down to the last nut and bolt and everything is here and in good condition!!
So I also ordered the LCD Controller, which was $40 extra. Everything else was part of the standard kit. The green plastic bag has all the plastic parts. They also provided the plastic box with all the hardware pre-sorted.
The stepper drivers come with heatsinks and heatsink tape that you must apply. I thought the heatsinks was an added bonus. The kit came with one fan, which I think is indended to cool the Ramps.
Now keep in mind, I am a newb to this. I do not think the hotend is of very high quality, but I hope to be able to make it work well enough for a while. Below is an image showing how the nozzle fits thru the heater block. There is quite an air gap around the nozzle, it is held in by a set screw, so it will not come apart, but I would think for heat transfer, you want complete surface to surface contact there. I did call Ben at DIY Tech Shop and he offered to send out a new heater block. If they are both like that, then I will probably shim the nozzle with something for heat transfer reasons. I also plan on putting a fan on the extruder to cool the peek portion of the hot end. My thought is you do not want to cool the brass hot end where the plastic flows out, but if you cool on the top by the black plastic (PEEK), it should help to prevent some jamming of the hot end. Any suggestions veterans have would be appreciated.
I am gonna have fun with this!!!