Hey Scott, Thanks for taking the time to document this build. I have been interested in building my first 3D printer for a while now and this is the design I plan to go with. Like you I believe that having a rigid structure is the way to go. After all any movement in the bed will translate to the print. At this point I am just waiting for you to work out the final touches on the parts before I click the "order this printed" on Thinkgiverse. In the mean time I am eagerly following your build. Cheers, Greg
I'm wondering if some of the stepper motor noise could be lower, if other drivers with micro stepping is used? That would increase the wife acceptance factor quite a bit for someone like me. Btw. Love your videos on this project. Think I've seen them all a couple of times now. :)
I want to build this. i need measurements of the parts so i dont have extras. i really hate wasting metal and would appriecaite a list of all the zizes of extrusions
I really love the design and especially the dual Z-axis as I have always considered the mono z-axis a bit flimsy. How do you keep the two Z-axis’ in sync? Would it not be easier to have one motor and belt drive to the other leadscrew. In that way you save money and the axis’ will never be out of sync
thanks for sharing - thats a good idea about the fuses, I just removed the poly fuses and shorted mine with bodge wires, I didnt bother removing the diode instead I removed the ams1117 from my cheapo mega as it was popped anyway because I have a reprap full graphics and it couldn't seem to handle it :./ I soldered a L7805CV to the underside of the mega's Vin, ground & 5v pins for me it seems to run at 24v but for how long it will last I dont know , but its just done a 4 hour print - as these ramps boards do seem to vary quite a bit in quality your milage may vary
It's been a while since there was any further discussion of this printer. I'm actually interested in building this, but would like to hear about results with this printer after a couple years of printing. Has anyone been using one of these that long? How does the print quality with this printer compare with say, a Prusa It MK3S?
Hi Scott. Love your work on the Evolution. By any chance are you selling kits or your dual Z prototype? Cheers Andrew PS It's good to hear an Aussie accent on RU-vid. I'm from Brisbane
Nice build and looks very solid the dual Z-axis looks like a good upgrade and similar to a few other designs I have seen. I prefer your steel rods and guess there is a trade off with weight verses speed but they provide a more rigid system. Have you thought about using a single LM8LUU, LM10LUU bearings instead of the dual LM8UU etc setups? I am using these on my Y and X axis on my Prusa i3 clone and they provides a really solid alternative even with just 2 on the X-axis Look forward to future updates.
Hey Scott, I really love your videos showing us what you've done and how much time and effort put in to this machine and your channel. I have 1 question though and was wondering if you could make a video showing us how you wired the steppers to ramps. I have the steppers from my prusa kit and its not just a plug any play. if anyone could help that would be amazing thank you, and a special thanks to Scott.
Scott, Great job on this project. I'm collecting parts to build a similar but smaller version of the various cube builds. I just ran across the re-arm board which is a 32bit drop in replacement for a mega 2560 and it runs smoothieware. Curious if you've considered this? I have the mega for electronics but am considering this since it's 32bit should be able to crunch numbers better. I know it would be better in delta printers due all the math involved but what do you think about on these corexy type printers? Thanks, Dale
Hey +Scott3D can you please tell me how did you connected the dual z-axis stepper motors in the Ramps board and how you are coding them as either two separate ports or one port with the motors connected parallel (in some way which I haven't figured out)? Please help me I would be grateful.
There are two motor connection pins at the z-axis of Ramps board. And you see it as 1 motor. Both motors get exactly the same commands. So you have to use same motor types at both.
Scott, I have been looking for a large build volume printer for awhile. I was close to pulling the trigger on a Folgertech FT5, but now I am very interested in your project. My only concern is the cost difference. The FT5 can be purchased for $499. About how much do you have invested so far and why did you decide to build your own instead of a product like the FT5? Thanks for all your effort, looking great.
Hi Ken... I was also considering the FT5. However I found myself wanting to upgrade the fiberboard parts (especially the bed), stepper drivers etc. So for me spending $500 for the FT5 then replacing half of the parts doesn't make sense. I also appreciate how the HyperCube Evolution has evolved through trial and error and has become very solid in both form and function. Essentially it has most of the bugs engineered out at this point. I also personally enjoy scrounging up the appropriate parts and assembling something from scratch rather a kit. On the flip side the FT5 has great reviews and produces amazing prints from what I can tell. So if someone wants a kit and to start printing right away I see it as a great buy... Cheers, Greg
I am currently building this printer too. I owna Tronxy P802 (150$) and i am salvaging most of the parts from this printer (motors, controller etc). In addition i spend about 200$ on mechanical stuff like the frame extrusions (all 20x20, because they are cheaper - and i am a poor student :D), screws, belt, pullies etc. Should be the cheapest you can get away with (I estimate overall ~380$)
I have tried to follow this i used your bom from aliexpress the internal cross beams are 255mm with a 310mm bed there is very little space to mount the bed as there is only around 5mm on either side of the beams
Love your series. It prompted me to build one. I know this is an odd question but where did you get your green filament? It is the exact color I have been looking for.
Hey I’ve been trying to get the parameters excel file to work but It’s not updating the dimensions of anything in inventor, am I doing something wrong?
Hello Scott I built a Hypercube EVO 500mm x 500mm x 500mm. I'm having a little issue and I'm wondering if you have seen and fixed it. I was printing 4 quad copter frames and the front corners of the parts are distorted toward the corners of the build plate. Instead of nice round prop guards I have oval ones but just in the front corners of the build plate. I wrote a little gcode script that moved the print head back and forth and I could see it does an arc not a straight line. Any thoughts?
I am interested in building your printer design. I want to have 4 extruders with 1 hotend. Do you have any experience or have you done any research on the electronics that might be capable of doing this?
Will you have a video on how to program everything or is this information already out there. I really want to build this but I don't have any Arduino experience.
Thanks!! I found out how to do the mod on RU-vid. This link is ok ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ADpFjGaIxNo.html No. The Due will be with a RADDS board. An expensive board but I needed something that works with the Due so I can use LinuxCNC with an SPI interface, DMA controller etc.
