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- 28/04/2026
Back from my hiatus! - 07/03/2026
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27/04/2026 :: New Board!
Got the new board!
As I'd hoped, setup was easy and quick. I just plugged in the drivers, downloaded a fresh version of Marlin, tweaked a couple parameters and flashed to the board.
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29/03/2026 :: Y Axis Work 2/2
Glue worked great! Definitely not coming apart anytime soon.
I then screwed the linear bearings back on and the top plate to seal the top off.
This ones slides even better than the last! Haven't even finished the printer and I'm already ...
28/03/2026 :: Y Axis Work 1/2
Not much time today, but here's what I got done:
I got the stepper and idler mounts for the Y axis printed out and put together.
I also glued all the plates for the Y chassis together and got
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22/03/2026 :: X Axis & Plate
Got the X axis working today!
I also played around with the Z axis, and am noticing some significant problems...
The motors have not trouble when going down, but when I want to move up they immediately sieze.
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21/03/2026 :: Z & X Axis Setup
More parts! Got the PSU and lead screw couplings in.
Big problem though which I didn't notice... the power supply may be rated for 400W, but it was at 48V! Totally unusable for my setup. I'll have to get a new one (and absolutely make sure that it's at 12V) ...
08/03/2026 :: The Frame Pt. 2
Big day today! I focused on getting the frame all put together, as well as the build plate with its rails and bearings.
I started with attaching the stepper motors to their respective mounts. Although I quickly realised that the ...
07/03/2026 :: Design
Here is the design that I've been slaving away at for a while now:
I chose to use Onshape for this project, mainly because it's free, and because it's web-based it is super convenient to switch between
devices. I would do most of the modelling on my desktop, and then have the file open ...
07/03/2026 :: The Frame Pt. 1
After a brief hiatus due to catching some pesky cold going around, I'm back at it
I haven't been posting my progress updates regarding the design for the printer itself, so I'll dump it all in the next blog post. 😅
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19/02/2026 :: Even More Parts
Not super much done today, most of my time and effort is going to the printer design at the moment.
I've been mainly taking stock and measuremnts of the parts I already have to finalise some aspects of my design (which you'll get to see in the
next post) and figure out what I ...
17/02/2026 :: More Parts
Picking up where I left off in the last post, I got the hotend set up with the thermistor, heating block and extruder stepper.
I needed to do a bit of soldering for the fan wires to work with the pinouts on the board, after which I connected all 3 ...
12/02/2026 :: It's alive!
I had a box of parts to *almost* make an entire 3D printer given to me by a friend of my mom's, so I finally decided to open it up and
take a crack at making my own printer!
I started off with just connecting the board to a power supply and a display, and ...