Monolith Gantry Updates

After testing the current heatblock design, one thing that stands out is that the temperature isn't consistent in the cross section and the thermistor lags behind a while. This isn't ideal and can cause degradation in the filament, and print quality issues in general…

Another thing I've learned during the CNC kit testing is that even though the coil spring dimensions are in the BOM, the different materials have a significantly greater impact on spring stiffness and axial preload than I expected…

I designed an updated part for the old toolhead to support the U-groove idler. I can do direct flow rate comparisons using the milled copper block that I have.

During the milled LDO gantry development and testing, I switched from printed Z-belt clips to belt clamps. These are also available off the shelf, so I'm considering adding them to the sheet metal and maybe even the printed gantry…

I've spent the entire day finishing the sheet metal parts for both of my printers. It should be good enough now for a fully functional "all-metal" prototype…

I'm visiting this local place soon to get my panels and other sheet metal parts for the M0. It makes sense to get everything for this conversion as well…

I wanted to give you guys something to play with over the weekend…

Learning from my plastic V2 Z-joint mistake and the lead screw clearance difficulties with the toolhead, here's what's gonna change on the Z-setup:…

I wanted to get back into PLA printing to learn more about the toolhead's thermal performance. I chose this skull pencil holder because it has a crazy amount of retractions…

Today I was trying to beat my previous best flow rate of 83mm3/s (1000mm/s)…