Some 3D printing advice to start this section

scotta wrote:

Hi, any chance of sharing your config?

As requested, config attached as is, works with built in parallel port:

scotta wrote:

Hi Tom, thanks for sharing. I didn't realise that my config had made it into LinuxCNC. I was interested in you MAX_ACCELERATION and STEPGEN_MAXACCEL values. I've always struggled with following error.

STEPGEN_MAXACCEL = MAX_ACCELERATION + 25%
That always works.
I do get following errors but only when nearing the base period timing limit.

Here is another of my monstrosities, a Voron Legacy mounted on the Creality CR-10 MAX control box.
Original Creality board with silent drives, BL-Touch, AfterBurner with a Volcano hot end, double Z, etc.
Also attaching the config for it, someone on youtube requested it, remove the .txt after download.

Sovol makes decent ptinters and a good base to improve on, later, after you get a feel for what it can do.
Start with 30 to 50mm/s for PLA.
Slicers do a good job of having usable configurations for almost all 3D printers. Almost, as for Vorons it has to slow everything!
And, do not get distracted by printing speeds, the imaginary 250 to 1000mm/s are far from reality.
They can be achieved, of course, but that implies using specialised hotends, starting from Volcano or CHT and up to Goliath by VEZ 3D, corexy with very lite gantry and extruders, runny/flowy materials, etc, etc.
Anyway you look at it, 150 to 200mm is reachable, anything above is to much fuss and money for low returns and plenty of failed prints.
And, just in case you get convinced by the youtube videos to run Klipper, you do NOT need a RPI of any kind, any old PC will work with it and be much cheaper, and more useable.

Filament dryer is waste of money, you have a heated bed, set it to 50 or 70 for PETG, put a lid on it.
Heatbreak is a must, PETG likes higher temps than what the internet says, so for slow printing 250, fast 265.
And do not bother with ABS and ASA, everything besides some specialised ones are cr@p.
Use HIPS, much better in every respect and can happily print at 245, with much, much better layer adhesion.