Voron Life , for anyone going into 3D printing !

Even this does not come close to explaining my own mess, from hating everything related to 3D printing (vase, everything was a vase!), to now having 10 of them and constantly thinking and building more of them.
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"and several hundred hours of my dumb f*#$ questions being answered on discord" <--- that made me laugh.

Several years ago I was gifted an Anet A8 for Christmas. Which I spent an unknown amount of time printing upgrades for the printer, seemingly endlessly. Then I discovered the AM8 upgrade, and naturally since I had to do that, the process started over. The process went on and on...Marlin firmware, different bearing blocks, belt upgrades, tensioner redesigns, glass bed, etc. Happy to say, I just slice and print now. It never lets me down. I have been looking at the Vorons, because for what the AM8 has in reliability/quality now, it really lacks in speed. But, I'm afraid of the rabbit hole again, and honestly, it's rare that I need prints NOW.

Printy doesnt always get used, but sure is useful when it does!

I've had one for 6 months now and have resisted the upgrade/mod disease up until this week.  A pi zero 2 and Klipper are on the healing bench at this moment.

Every time I see youtube printer vids I start thinking "these 3D printer people don't know #($%&@) about REAL motion control" and I start shopping for granite surface plates, linear motors and 1um scales on FleaBay...

I've even got some Parker 404XR's with scales and non-cogging servos I could repurpose to be the most accurate Ender 3 on the planet...

Must. Not. Go. There..

spumco wrote:

Must. Not. Go. There..

LOL, waiting at the edge of my seat for the result !

In the real world micron accuracy and repeatability and are not going to happen unless you have controlled conditions. Hoping to achieve it with an aluminium structure and a high heat source is folly IMHO. I call recall a thread, time & place are mystery, but they were trying to achieve an accuracy that below the thermal expansion of cast iron, the machine was in a environment with no temperature control.

Oh I have seen some youtube videos trying to get that kind of accuracy with just common chinese trapezoidal screws.

If you were to achieve that we are dealing with a medium that goes from a molten to solid state. I guess it may be possible to control that, but at what cost.

If I get a print that is close and doesn't require rework to fit I'm happy. If I need accuracy I use a another medium.

But in saying all that by some freak of nature or some yet unbeknown quantum feature I'm getting sub quark repeatability & accuracy on all tools in my shed, even the 10lb lump hammer. Except the 3D printer, I'm only getting molecule ratings.