The best part of the video is Chuck explaining WHY you should take so many of these actions. A square, rigid frame is SO important to sub millimeter accuracy in 3D printing.
Received my Ender 3 printer last week and set out to assemble it. My 3 year old daughter insisted on helping and both of us looked at the supplied instructions with the same confused face :) Instead I whacked into Google how to set it up and your video came up 1st - and I'm glad it did. Your instructions were super clear and despite me not having a speed square on hand and just eye balling, having an awareness of which bits to make sure are straight certainly helped. We printed a small dog as our first test print and it came out perfectly - good adhesion to the base, nice and straight with good detail. My only adjustments to your instructions were at around 10:30 where the pully isn't getting the belt quite straight in the groove and required some bending to align it correctly. I also struggled to get the filament thru the extruder - cutting at 45 degrees made it much easier without taking out the brass screw. The plate levelling using paper has also worked well enough for me. There doesn't appear to be any major bumps in the plate so upgrading to a glass plate is something not on my agenda right now. Otherwise this was a pleasure to use as-is and would provide a good foundation for 3D printing to newbies like myself, although I'm still looking to add a couple of extra bits like: Ikea Lack Enclosure - I have an old Lack Rack I made for networking equipment so have 2x spare Lacks that I'll use to either make an enclosure or at least have a shelf on top to add somewhere to store stuff Octo-print - I've set this up already using a Pi Zero W and it's made transferring prints a doddle. I've got the camera but struggling to find a good place and mounting setup Arduino - I need this to flash the firmware to get thermal runaway protection, and once done it'll be repurposed as a smoke detector and temperature sensor, activating a relay to shut off power if smoke is detected or the temperature goes above a 'normal' threshold as a belt and braces safety approach Tool holder - the tools that come with it are great, and good quality too. Thingiverse have numerous holders for these that attach onto the printer LED lights - My room isn't the best lit, so having a torch has helped inspect the leveling and quality of the print in progress. Having fixed LEDs on the printer would help Thanks again for a great video!
Are you sure it doesn’t have thermal runaway protection? Most have it now. And if you machine has a v4.2.2 32-bit board then updating firmware only requires SD card no Arduino required.
Chep i really do appreciate this video. I stayed up 2 hrs trying to figure out step 5. I was sure me and my 8 yr old would deemed alittle slow after that. But because of you i have my printer up and ready and we are ready to print. Thank you so much. CREALITY pay this man.
So I got my Ender 3 Pro, built it and then found this video....promptly ripped it all back apart and built to the specs in this video. LOL It’s been printing flawlessly ever since. Thanks good sir. Definitely a hooked subscriber 😁
I have had problems since I started with the 3d printer, submitted it on service and got it back. I am a beginner and have screwed on every bolt available, following instructions from a number of youtubers with no results. I am very grateful for all the videos you post and I actually got some prints if I used a raft on all my prints thanks to you. What I never succeed with, however, are all possible calibration models that totally fail every time and I always troubleshoot without solving the problems . my biggest problem is that i tested everything and changed everything so now i don't know how it was from the beginning. I haven't tested this one, but it feels like it's my last resort. I return with tears or joy
I cannot thank you enough. Santa got this for my son and assembling it was tricky. It went way smoother because of this video! It's accurate and extremely helpful. I am now a subscriber. Will continue to watch previous videos and future videos to come!
I found your video because manual in the box didn't cover some crucial things, I just assembled my first ever Ender 3 and successfully printed my first print, and the quality was decent! Thank you very much, that helps A LOT!
I just received my Ender 3 today. My second printer. Moving up from an Anet A8 (modified a fair bit) which has been very reliable and has delivered flawless prints. I'm going to turn this Ender 3 into an Ender-Extender 400x400x500. But for now, I'm going to take single steps, starting from the beginning. I just wanted to say the segments in your video I found most helpful and for which I am most grateful are: * How to mount the right side wheel assembly to the X-axis. The Creality pictogram baffled me. * How to level the wobbly, rocking frame. * How to square the X-axis to the Z-axis. * How to square the X-axis to the bed. You made an extremely helpful video. You are so pleasant and your videos have such clear explanations. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
I received my printer last year and have not gotten around to the assemble it yet. I guess I was waiting to discover your instruction video! Thank you, very helpful. With your assistance, I am looking forward to the assembly now! Thank you so much!
So I was just sitting in front of my Ender 3 Pro which arrived yesterday, it was still in bits and I was about to start the build. Your timing is impeccable Sir! Thanks for a great video and thanks for "hand-holding" me through the process.
Nicely done Chuck, you definitely show new beginners and the rest of us just what is important when building this printer and "Trust me Beginners you will want to use his profiles!"
We got our E3P on Thursday, and set aside this afternoon to assemble it - I had watched a bunch of assembly videos over the past week, but settled on CHEP's as our reference for today. We watched and paused this video perhaps a dozen times in most spots, so we know it quite well now. It is infinitely better than the supplied instructions, which, if we were limited to, I doubt we'd have a functional 3D printer tonight! After your bed levelling video and thingiverse files, we have a nicely level bed too.... Thanks CHEP, a great video, and a great channel. Certainly worth another patreon contributor..... :)
Yeah, I got mine a week ago, and I've gotta say this tutorial cleared up some things that were not listed in the manual. Even though the manual wasn't that bad.
is this what its like to have a dad. just someone calmly explaining things to you to help show you how to do things 😭 thanks for the video! just got my first printer to build and I really didn't want to mess it up ❤
Hey There Chuck. After watching this video I purchased an ender3 it arrived yesterday assembled and then used your bed levelling Gcode. Thanks for helping us newbies to 3d printing.
you are a life saver, first time to mess with one of these and the directions were just not doing it for me, your video was PERFECT, thank you so much!!!!
I've had the Ender 3 for more than 1 year, but your video is so good that I watched it all the way through. Almost making me want to disassemble it, get it clean and start over 😝
This video was super helpful! Having said that, keep the printed instructions handy, because you will need to reference them for the correct screws to attach the various bits, and also to reference orientation of printer. I almost installed the wrong gantry arm. The printer gets rotated a few times in this video, so it was difficult for a complete beginner like me to figure out orientation at first. Thank you for the very good video, with these instructions I have had very successful prints so far! Once again, THANKS!
Chuck you are the man! I built my first E3P using the Creality instructions and just built #2 with yours, it took half the time and already feels 15% better than my first without weeks of adjustments!
You are the man! I had it half assembled from the directions and then they wanted me to load the belt with everything attached to the bar. I found your video, disassembled everything and started over and it went much better. The only thing I would say is the cable that goes to the LCD gets blocked by the text on the screen so I was not sure which cable to attach. I finally figured it out and everything was awesome. Fabulous job on the video!
Hey there!!! I just wanted to thank you for such detailed and easy to follow instructions. I had ordered an Ender 3 which for some reason didn't work after I had put it together following the instructions that came with it. I ended up returning it and getting a new one. This time around I followed your instructions to the teeth and everything worked like a swiss watch. I'm currently printing my first test print as I write this and the quality of the print seems to be coming out beautifully. After this video I feel I have a much better and in depth understanding of the machine as a whole and all of its parts. Thanks again and I am now subscribed to your channel and will be watching all your videos. Thanks a lot Chuck!!
Dude, thanks!! this video was amazing. really helped me get the build done right the first time and working for my fist test print. I am 100% new to 3D printing and this was a ton of help. appreciate the time you took to make this video. on a side note... this took you 17 min, but me 5 hours (I had lots of pause, and rewind! :))
I can't say enough about this video. I watched it once all the way through, then a second time as I assembled my ender 3. The assembly itself took less than an hour. The instructions were all clear and concise and the tips really helped me to get a good build. I only needed to look at their written instructions a couple of times for clarity. Just following along with this I probably could have done the entire assembly without any documentation.
Assembled in less than an hour! I'm impressed. How have the test prints turned out? I don't like CHEP's advice on the build. (I service business class copy machines. The parts support each other. To not include a supporting part in the build is an error. I've found better posted building videos, over all. Not going to post a link. That would be disrespectful to this one. I have watched two build videos at the start. They were 3 or so years old This is the third video I've look at to see if I've missed something. This is the most recent build that I've found. I like the other 2 better. All three of them were wrong about the "T" nuts. I found it was needed to turn the nut wide then put it in the rail channel for the best grip. My build is practically done.
@@tigerzero5216 I'm super happy with my results so far, and everything seems to be printing well. I haven't watched any other build videos, so I can't compare them. But I found it really easy to follow along with this one and my machine feels solid and prints nicely.
Excellent!!! I started assembly last night. Step 5 gave my tired mind a little confusion, I stopped to continue in the morning, found this video and it was smooth sailing the rest of the way.
Getting ready to assemble my Ender 3 Pro, thanks for the great tips on assembly. I highly recommend watching this video before assembling your printer.
This video saved me so much time and frustration. This is my first 3d printer so I know absolutely nothing about them. Thank you for the great content.
My Ender 3 came today. Trying to follow this and assemble printer. Having some difficulty small parts & old eyes do not go together. Had to take a break, maybe a grandson might help. Thank you so much CHEP for the videos.
This was a great video until about 12 minutes in. You started out super descriptive about what screws to use, and then got really vague and missed stuff. Now, I've got things all out of order and have to spend the next few hours sorting everything out. :(
I just got one of these but it was fully assembled, but my friend that I got it from, said to watch a video on the assembly so I'll know what to do if I ever needed to take it apart. Another friend just bought one of these brand new and I'm going to link this video to him so he will know how to assemble his. Thanks and I'm sure I'll be watching more of your videos, especially the bed leveling one.
I’ve been watching your videos so much I finally got the ender 3 and it comes in on Tuesday!!! Cant wait to start building! Definitely using your videos for all the help. Thanks a bunch!
Thanks So Much!!! The instructions are hard to understand. My friend took him days. Not knowing to check RU-vid. I'm glad my first search came across this video before I started. I got mine started within hours. First test print perrrrrfect. 🥰🥰🥰
Thanks man been watching you a lot. Just bought my ender 3 printer today on Amazon for $182. I had an elegoo Mars for 6 months and love it. Wanted to print bigger my buddy had one of these so and I Google and you came up. I’ll be watching your video on Tuesday again to put my ender three together. Thanks.
Awwwww man where were you a year and half ago! Could have really used this. Following the printed directions when you don't know diddley squat about 3d printers is a nightmare. Although I did get it working it took me all day and night. Thanks to your vids I now get some fabulous prints. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
This was brilliant! Thank you for showing us the various alternate ways to go about the build. In retrospect, watching this makes perfect sense, and now I'm off to rebuild my two E3's that are hit or miss as regards leveling and print stickiness. Now I know why!
Side mounting the spool as you said really makes a difference. Get some cheap skate board bearings and print out some spool adapters and you will get a smooth filament feed direct into the extruder. Best change it to the aluminium version, a real cheap upgrade. Great video as always, thanks and respect.
Just got delivery of mine today! Thanks Chep! After watching this I will now come back to this tomorrow when I have a child free environment to get mine built. Great advice for which bits are critical when it comes to the extrusion being square. Looking forward to printing my first projects, which will be the mods you have recommended in your other videos.
THANK YOU. The docs and at least one other video did not show the filament going through the extruder motor, so I was getting nowhere. This saved me from giving up on 3D printing entirely.
This is a really excellent video. Speaking as an engineer/tech writer/trainer, this is awsome. All the more so because the instructions that come with the Ender 3 are very iminmal. All the tips were useful, expecially the advice about adding shims (in my case washers) to the Z motor to make it like up better. I also like that you went back to connect that one last cable to the Z axis limit switch. My build went really well with no hiccups.
Hey boss, great video. Just got this machine to get started in this medium. Gonna follow these instructions rather that the in box ones. Thank you, and look forward to learning more from your videos
So glad I found your videos and website! Truly awesome. I was hoping to use a Creality Ender 3 in my classroom and with the information I've found from you I'm set to go. Thanks Chuck!
FINALLY! So many posts on reddit about problems I know were caused by poor, non-square, assembly, I use to point people to "The Edge of Tech's" individual videos on Z, X and Y reworks, now I can just point them to this complete guide.
Thank you for the explanation. I just received my Ender 3 today and will start the build tomorrow. Your video really helps and I appreciate some of the "gotchas" along the way. Thumbs up!
Make sure to untangle all cables first before you start. I had to take mines apart because one of the cables was caught underneath the bottom plate when I got to the final steps.
Me too, seems like he could have mentioned that, i think close to 50% of people will have that cable trapped under there because he doesn't mention moving it.
Thank you for your awesome video. I received my Ender 3 Pro yesterday. I followed your video, took my time and got it all lined up. After following your bed leveling video my first print went without a single issue. I have printed 3 more upgrades for the printer today and only had one issue with the Extruder Knob.
I love this video. Unfortunately, I purchased my Ender 3 Pro three weeks ago so I had to go through some of the mistakes you described. That's okay. You had a ton of other videos helping correct those.
Thanks a lot Chuck - saved this video while I waited for my Ender to arrive - have now just completed the assembly and super big thanks for your excellent demo. It made things a lot easier. Only thing I had to do extra was very slightly shim the Z motor to get the lead screw aligning properly. Now to watch your bed leveling and get ready for some printing! Thanks again.
Not only with regard to the 3D printer, but in general, this is the best tutorial I have seen. Every instruction is clear. I followed this video and assembled my ender 3 D . Big thanks. It might have been a lot more confusing without this video.
also ,Some close-ups could have been better. After sometime, the screw names were not mentioned. But since I was having the literature from the box handy..the pics helped.
Thanks a billion billion Chuck! I had watched another video and while it was good the guy must've been an engineer cause he was methodical about getting everything lined up and squared to the mm. Glad I decided to check your channel and you address the most important assembly aspects as well as how to double check your work. Creality should use this video on their website since they already have links to other videos on their page. I ran into the issue where all the carriage wheels were loose to a certain degree. Even though this printer has huge support you would think Creality by now would update their instructions about how to perform some of these adjustments and tips for proper assembly. Who knows how many people got frustrated with this printer and gave it a bad review after focusing solely on the slicer settings without knowing how much assembly can affect it. Definitely gonna get the upgraded belt tensioners down the line. Big thanks again!
Good day. Thanks for the great Ender assembly instructions. I have Ender V2, but your instructions are perfect for it. I do not speak English, so I reviewed your video with subtitles from Google translator 4 times (Google does not translate very well from English into Russian and I did not understand everything right away). Let me share my experience in assembling a printer. There is one unpleasant feature of the assembly of openbuilds and aluminum profile carriages. Usually the wheels supplied with the printer are of good or excellent quality, without damage. But after installing the carriage on the profile (and during adjustments, you have to remove and put the carriage on the profile several times), it turns out that the carriage begins to move along the profile with dips. This is due to the fact that, for an unknown reason, the wheels are damaged from an unknown source. The reason for these damages is as follows. When a profile is cut for a printer at the factory, the end of the profile and the plane of motion of the rollers is exactly 90 degrees, and this angle is very sharp for the material of the rollers and damages them when the carriage is installed on the profile. The situation is aggravated if the eccentric nut roller is firmly tightened in the factory and the carriage is installed several times. As a solution, on my Ender, at the ends of the profile, where the carriage will be installed, I blunt the corners with a fine grit nail file. And each time, before the carriage enters the profile, each time I loosened the eccentric nut as much as possible. On my first Ender, I unknowingly messed up the rollers of the X and Z axis myself. I got very upset when, after assembly, the extruder on the axis moved with noticeable dips. I realized that the dips have a frequency equal to the length of the roller's circumference (I experimented - I turned the rollers a little with my hands and the dips also shifted). I collected the second and third Ender in my collection without problems with the rollers.
Best assembly video I've seen, and I've watched several. Most other "well done" assembly videos I've seen the creator goes through it in a way where you would need to have knowledge of how everything works to understand what's going on and be able to get it done right. Yours explains how and why each step is done in a very easy to follow format.
Thanks Chep, this was my first step, so far so good, going to your next video on the bed leveling. I really appreciate your video and explanations, thank you.
Thank you so much! I had originally assembled this and hit a wall because the extruder arm cord was over the top bar. I knew this wasnt right, came here, fixed that. Found some other things to fix!
Triple check you're putting the pieces pointing the right way. Don't force the motors while wired or you risk frying the board, instead rotate the rising motor slowly. You got this champ
I'm waiting for my brand new Ender 3, so I'm watching everything I can find (because I can"t wait ^^^) as I'm totally new in this world. And your videos Chuck, are definitiley the cream of the cream, Yours and DrVax ones are awesomely helpfull and clear. I will immediatelly subscribe to the Patreosn because both of you guys are doing a tremendous work. Thank you so much, keep going on !
Im in almost exactly the same situation! Although I had a second hand XYZ Da Vinci printer- so not much modification or upgrading available. My Ender 3 is arriving on Tuesday.
Greeting from the UK :) So glad I watched this before building, all went together great and after leveling the bed following your guide we are getting 1st prints out 👍 Subscribed
Thank you very much, I'm newer into 3d printing, the guide is clear, extremely helpful and logically makes sense to square it off before preparing. If I'd followed the instructions as they were I expect there would have been some heartache!
