@3D Printing Nerd the Mini + is exactly the same wiring wise. Just got mine and it's the same to do this mod. Only big difference is the new one has the super pinda.
@@3DPrintingNerd will do, it's not going to be as nice looking as your unfortunately lol. I only have white and black petg and a tiny bit of galaxy black pla prusament atm
Nice video. If I had a mini, I would improve it with this too. You should consider printing the orange parts and replace them in blue or the other color ;)
I did the stand as well. You might find the extrusion covers helpful as well. The one thing I didn't like was that the old PSU holder was too big to print on the Mini. However, there was a remix of the PSU holder that does fit and I used that one instead. I also found that the zig-zag was too shallow for the larger cables. If you have a filament runout sensor, the screws will go through the zig-zag and cut into the wires. I just left my sensor as built.
I loved this mod, I have a problem... I recently bought the prusa mini and it works very well but I don't know why when I download an stl and slice it in prusa slicer and put it in the usb, said stl does not appear in the prusa mini and I don't know what to do, could you tell me what I'm doing wrong? thank you very much and greetings from Spain.....:)
@_Manuwar_ Hello, hopefully you have fixed this by now but I had the same issue yesterday (a friend gave me their old mini). My issue was the firmware. The slicer will export a binary code file for the prusa mini but that only appears if you have updated the firmware past 5.1 (I think). You can either update the firmware or turn off bgcode in the settings.
Hi, I can see one possible Problem with the Cable you are using. At (12:14) you can see that you are using 16 AWG CCA (Copper Clad Aluminium) Cable. It is more comparable to an 18 AWG Copper Cable. I'm unable to see the diameter of the wire you are replacing which means it could be perfectly fine. If the wire you are replacing is effectively to small for the current, it can overheat and burn. It is best to replace Cable or Wire for power transmission uses with the same or higher effective diameter Cable or Wire. CCA can be a bit of a trap.
CAUTION: 9:48 Yes, a motor is also a generator. Move parts slowly otherwise you are backfeeding electricity. That’s why the display lit up, and you CAN damage your printer like this. What a fabulous design!
The design is great! However, I think there are protections in place. I remember Proper Printing tried to destroy a machine by backfeeding electricity, and it didn't break. Maybe this requires a deeper dive.
This video will help for anyone doing the upgrade understand it a little better. But man, those color choices? Most of the upgrades out there with different colors than the orange and black do a full reprint of all the plastic parts on the mini so the upgraded parts match. I chose orange and black for my upgrade because I didn’t have the time or patience do disassemble and reassemble my entire printer to make it look neater than the original upgrade. This blue and vanilla bean is a terrible mismatch to the black and orange and makes me think this guy might be colorblind? Also, if you don’t want to wait on Amazon, I was able to pick up the spade connectors and wiring at my local auto parts store.
Looks great Joel! I've done the same upgrade and I really enjoy how compact it looks. Have you tried printing with the spool under the bed yet? I'm interested in your thoughts on how well the spool rotates as it's printing. Move has the sensor so it has a small section of PTFE tubing after it. The tubing gets wrapped up into the spool of filament as it's trying to pull the spool to unload filament for printing. I'm playing with it too see if I can make that process smoother. What's your experience? Great video and as always with Joel excitement while doing it.
I've been using the filament under the bed for awhile now, and the only thing I've noticed that could be a problem is that when the line rubs against the legs, it digs a small groove, but other than that, it works really well
I'm going to be using this mod, but with some modifications that will basically make my Prusa Mini Original look like Mega Gengar from pokemon. Cause I hadn't seen anyone do it yet and it's one of my favorites.
I wouldn't say the power supply currently hangs out and does nothing. Did you know that if you unplug it, the printer stupid working. Supplying the required electricity in the correct voltage and amperage is not "nothing", it's kind of critical actually. LMFAO.
Oh no, you didn't use Prusa colors. Isn't that sacrilegious or something. Looks good though. Let's hope you never need to take those legs off. I stopped printing anything that slides into the extrusion as I could never get them to fit properly. I just redesign the part to use t-nuts.
Nice video, A 3d printer is so awesome, make educational videos about it, innovate with it, I can't afford a 3d printer, but I have been trying to get one for 6 years. Please make more cool videos like this one 🙂 🤠
@@ClickItYT I live in a place where maker spaces are uncommon, and most of them close after 1-3 months, mostare only available for educational institutions( ;( not even 3d printer farms) I will sell art on etsy for money and buy a 3d printer from that
Mounting the power supply to the printer means you will most likely have to run an extension strip to be able to plug it in, I considered having a power brick to be an advantage over a fixed power supply, and the whole point of getting a small form factor printer was a small size, it's like mounting a raspberry pi in a full-size tower case!
Oh, I definitely know what you mean. For me, the power outlet is super close. The power supply mount is super optional and not needed to make the new legs look fantastic :)
9:54 - 9:58 are the motors sending current to the control board when the mini is unplugged and off? that's a cool... feature. hand powered 3D printing is coming.
@3DPrintingNerd - Thanks for the vid- looking into a possible purchase of the Mini+. Can you provide what the overall footprint of the printer is with those legs added? I have a smaller shelf that this is going to need to fit on. Thanks!
Seeing those filament colours made me want to browse their wares. As beautiful as they are, I'm so bummed that no one has any good PETG in purple. I don't mean a red or a blue with a faint hue, but I mean like a real purple, like Barney terrorizing your kids purple, or Grimace stealing your nuggets purple :/
I am thinking about getting one of these once I get my Prusa Box put together. Nice stand lol to each is own with colors I personally don't like the blue..
This video made me wanna buy a mini+ now, im ordering it tomorrow and doing a payment plan cause I just got paid and mostly used it all already on other stuff...
Notice in step 10... he's moving the unplugged mini bed... and it is lighting up the screen... DON'T do that... It can damage the electronics.. when moving the bed when it is powered off.. do it slowly.
14:58 There are three screws to even out the pressure. Ever lay on a bed of nails? It’s easy. Using only one screw may exert too much force and bend the internal parts of the connector.
Hi, What infill did u use on the legs. I was hoping to make this for myself but I didnt want to have to reprint the legs because they arent strong enough.
Didn't even need an angle grinder to fix the power supply holder! :D (sorry, I still liked that solution for the Ender 7 problem) I do like how it's both functional and decorative.. we look at our printers a lot over time, so we really should like their appearance. I've added lighting to my Ender3's, but I feel like doing some more custom upgrades after seeing this.
