27/04/2026 :: New Board!

Got the new board!

Also the right power supply!

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.

Motors work! And they don't seize anymore! Plus they sound smoother as well.

The SKR 1.4 has two ports for the Z output to accomodate the dual-Z setups which are quite common. The SKR 1.3 only had one, and I soldered my steppers together for that. Now I had to separate them again...

I wanted to extend the wires for the Z steppers as well since they have no connector on at the moment, but didn't have the proper colors on hand. I ordered some proper cables for all the steppers. Tidier than what I have at the moment.

In the meantime, since I was impatient to see how the Z steppers worked with the new drivers I made a *super* temporary setup with alligator clips.

I'd test both at once, but I didn't have clips. At least testing individually, the steppers moved fine, and super quiet!

I didn't have anything more to do with the motors until the cables arrive, so I got to work on setting up the PSU.

First I got an old extension cord and cut + stripped the female end off, connecting it to the PSU. Then after testing the voltage and trimming it down a notch, I just got some wire (rated for 15A since that's what the board takes) and connected the board to the power supply.

And that's all there was to it, the board turned on fine, no issues. Now I don't need to rely on the variable PSU!

Today went pretty seamlessly, it's nice to have days when things just work. Next steps are to improve the wiring quality with the cables, and while I'm waiting on those get the hotend shroud, extruder and filament holder designed.