Kobra Max direct drive mod & insulation

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨callcc@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨3dprinting@lemmy.world⁩

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I’ve been looking to switch the bowden extruder for a direct drive type on my Anycubic Kobra Max. I’ve always hated the blobbing and stringing due to the bowden mechanism. After having received an LDO Orbiter v2.0 today and a bit of tinkering, I now have what I was after :).

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The easiest way to install the new extruder was to simply attach it on top of the existing hotend via a small bowden tube and a coupler. I had to design a little adapter flange that attaches to the extruder and accepts a tube coupler. The extruder now dangles in the air. For now this didn’t seem to cause any trouble. In the future I might install it using a fixed bracket though.

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While I was at it, I also added some additional insulation to the bed (300x300mm in size, so I had to cut a bit). I’m not sure if it really helps a lot but the bed now heats up from 20° to 60° in 3:40 instead of in 4:00. The printer also seems to consume 100mA less (very inaccurate mental averaging of power meter).

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Bonus: First functional part printed with new setup, rectifying some of the original parts issues. Image

Up next: Get a second Orbiter and have it feed a mixing hotend. My goal is to make nice Lampshades.

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GullibleOyster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Nice move! I think you have it correctly mounted though, I wouldn’t put it on a bracket. I used a conversion bracket for direct drive on my Max and I kept getting pulsing issues.

I think they were due to the filament pushing down the hotend slightly when starting to extrude because the hotend is mounted on the compliant strain gauge mount. With your method, it stays isolated and doesn’t push down more on the strain gauge mount when the extrusion starts.

Please give me an update if you can if you run into any other problems!

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- callcc@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Btw, what is that conversion bracket called like? Where did you find it?
  
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- callcc@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Hah, good to hear from you. I spent some hours yesterday designing a replacement print head housing where I could mount the Orbiter on top. While doing it it occurred to me that what you describe could actually be a problem. I have three options now:
  
  Continue with my original idea but also attach the flange to the carriage in order to not have it dangle around while the X-axis moves.
  
  Try to attach the Orbiter onto the mounting fork together with the hotend
  
  Get rid of the whole strain gauge thing and use a modular mounting kit and add some other bed-leveling sensor.
  
  What do you think?
  
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callcc@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I don’t see why not. Many types of pasta like macaroni, penne etc. are extruded. The machines used for those types of pasta operate at pretty high pressure I could imagine though. What exactly do you have in mind?

I’ve been thinking about alternatives to classical 3d printing polymers, and dough might actually not be such a bad idea. When adding enough salt, it will not perish and it becomes pretty tough.

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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I just had an absolutely insane idea talk me out of spending too much money but combining 3d printing and fresh pasta is that a thing that is possible? I just saw the word extruder and got excited.

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Kobra Max direct drive mod &amp; insulation

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Kobra Max direct drive mod & insulation