You never fail to amaze me with your projects Jon, your content is always unique unlike the other printing channels who follow each other like sheep. Until next time thanks, man!
This is really the best of the best channel related to 3d printer DIY project which I can find on RU-vid. Ender with swappable hotend, foldable structure, printer server, carbon fiber nylon heat-up tray, multitool machine (CR-10), laser head... etc.. you name it... Man, end up you are building a SUPER 3D printer, genius !!!
Thanks for your awesome comment and watching all those videos! I actually do have some neat ideas for building such printer and I cannot wait to start with that :D
I like that you leave in all your frustrations before you eventually get sucess. Alot of channels edit those parts out and make things like this look way too easy. never edit anything out mate, you're content is brillaint.
I really needed this comment. Today I completely screwed something up, got frustrated and stopped filming. I won't quit and comments like yours really helps in these kind of situations :D
I have not laughed so hard in ages. The comment about the reflective table has brought tears to my eyes!! I love your videos. Keep up the amazing work.
I subscribed to the channel simply because if this. Many providers cut out their moments of absolute defeat. It's refreshing to see that I'm not the only one that gets to this moment.
Haha, it sounds very funny putting it this way xD This is strangely the easiest way for me to make this happen with the stuff and knowledge I have. And now, the possibilities are endless! :D Thanks for your comment!
Hi from Brazil, this is my best reference video for Ender 3 modifications. So amazing job! Keep going with that great knowledge and commitment. See you next!
Thanks man! I wanted to say that I've just started with this printer, but that's not true xD I can't wait for that next video as well. It might take a bit longer since the upcoming steps aren't easy ;)
Great project Jon! Its nice to see all the small errors that happen (which are absolutely normal), it makes me feel with you the relief when its finally working 😅
Thanks Ali for your comment! I'm glad we've shared this feeling of relief. I like showing my errors because this is a major part of the learning experience
Love how all your videos are a trial and error! It just shows that we are all humans and this is the proper way to approach a problem :) keep up the great work! and as always...thumbs up!
Thanks Milosz! This video was the first one of which I wasn't completely sure I would be able to pull off. Chances are that there will be a video in the future which will be too ambitious for me to finish properly. I'll always show the process because I think much can be learned from this and I hope to get to that point of real failure someday ;)
@@properprinting you're welcomed you are really amazing! And you really should get looking into klipper now that you have your 🐼 latte installed... github.com/KevinOConnor/klipper
Thanks for your comment! What I intended to do at first was a bit over my head as well haha xD Luckily I have experience with programming in LabVIEW so I was able to get away with it ;)
Thanks a lot for your comment! I'm glad you mention my storytelling because I was a bit unsure about this at first since English is not my main language.
Thanks for your comment! That mouse feature is a lot of fun! I'm going to improve that further and maybe I'll be able to make a drawing like I did with my drawing machine :D
Awesome work. Nobody does what you do. You prepared to take things to the next level. Makes your videos always worth watching. Thanks for the awesome content.
Thanks Devon! It's insane what's possible with 3D printing and I'm very grateful that I can share this on RU-vid and that it's picked up! This definitely motivates me to go the extra mile :D
Proper Printing yeah and you’ll grow. I only discovered you last week and instabinged the whole channel. Started printing in december and great to see the real power of diy if you’re nuts enough :)
And another great video! Thanks! Just a question: do you use Windows on purpose? I have seen a video with response times between Windows and linux and overall the linux distributions have quicker responses.
Thanks for your comment! I'm very fond of Linux and the response time, especially with the low-latency and real time kernels, is indeed much lower which is interesting when making music for instance. I wanted to install Ubuntu but the reason for me to use Windows is that the LattePanda came packed with this and it turned out to be less convenient to install Linux than I thought it would be. Running LabVIEW is easier on Windows but this was not the initial reason.
I use LabView for work all the time but only for my test routines... you inspired me to maybe use it also for not work related things where I need a UI :) Awesome serious, great content 👍
Awesome that you use this as well! It's insane what's possible with this program and I like to make the UI not as LabVIEW like. I didn't think I would ever use this for controlling a printer, but now I did I'm starting to see the opportunities :D
Now you just need to get the chocolate printing attachment and your foldable / portable Ender 3 Pro will have every possible attachment! ( I think ) great video / content, thank you.
Will you ever run out of ideas for this printer, I hope you keep coming up with them while I still own one. As always Great mate and so pleased the subs continue to grow.
Thanks man! Each video I upload generates more ideas because of the awesome suggestions I get from the viewers and new things the modifications enable. 2020 is already filled up with ideas and the list I started this channel with has grown faster than I was able to finish. I very pleased as well that the subs are growing, this is an awesome journey! :D
Dude your a legend thanks for the video. You keep it very entertaining and as with others nearly spin my coffee out at the table remark. Dude though! I love what you did here, on windows too! I hope you've edited windows power settings or you might get a nasty usb suprise but great work on the interface. Can't wait too see what's next.
Thanks James for your comment! I first wanted to install Linux because Windows has its downsides, but I admittedly kind of like this OS. I was anti-Windows for a long time xD. I'll take a look at the power settings you mention, thanks!
@@properprinting whatever works man! Good to see your pushing the boundaries and making your own custom made stuff. Took me a bit to get my head around the API properly.
Could you tell me what display you are using? Great videos by the way. I like that you put everything in the videos including the fails and thought processes. It's like, throw some shit at the wall and see what sticks.
Who else think that channel is most innovative among other 3d printer topic? There are people who copy somebody's ideas and there exists people like you - true passionate with open mind and great approach. I just can't wait till next video wondering what incredible you going to implement! And that waiting is killing me :) BTW my thoughts bellow: 1) Removable print head - awesome, awesome awesome.. 2) D-sub connector - cool, but during watching that part I knew that it's going be a problem with pins as they are fragile. There is also one issue: what if you going to add a new extruder to print in 2 colours ? Hope you see my point ;) 3) Foldable Z - I'm speachless! Here we are at geniuss area ;) That way I treat that particular mod. My question here is : what about Z wabbling or print shifting, are there any issues so far? Guessing other viewers would like to know as well behavior of printer so far.. Regarding a new ideas I have some. I own CR-10 S4 and working for some improvement as well. Istead of RaspberryPi I'm using BananaPi M3 (more powerfull with 64 bit procesor and flash memory). What I hate at FDM printer is a noise when some of motors is going out of it's range and then you hear unpleasent creak. My idea is why not add endstop switch on other side of each axis? If switch triggered a point then cut off that stepper either directly from printer or inject g-code into runing script. Do you think is it possible to menage? I'm guessing there is no point to change entire firmware for that (while at future we would like to update a firmware - then is no risk. Otherwise we need one more time implement our changes, but who knows how code of new firmware would be different from current..) Another idea: installing a Klipper firmware instead Marlin and connect it with OctoPrint, which will give us 32bit processing without having 32bit 3d printer main board. Please consider that! There is downside unfortunatelly: Klipper is still fresh, that's why it has some bugs and community isn't so big.. Adding a few addresable led strips to printer. One under a table, which will reflect by color temperature of bed (then you know whether is hot or not), one as information if there is any error, and last one as main source of light. Of course you can program it wit variety of animation what is benefitial :) Oldham coupling on Z rods - to improve 3d printing quality is very interesting topic. Please take a look on that subject while Creality 3d printer familly seems to have common problem on that point. What cool also would be is to create is auto aligment of X axis , to be sure is square with frame (sometimes you might have one side a little bit loose which causing failing first layer, or incorrect ABS measurements). So basically go on top with X gantry where are located 2 end stops for each Z motor and turn that one which already hit a sensor. Repeat that for second motor. Once both are disconnected you are ready to go with perfect square gantry. Finally do homeing. Probably each print it's worth to do it. If you'd like I can share you my design of magnet bed where I used LockBuild surface and 64 special magnets (neodimium magnets as some people suggest here shouldn't be used because of temperature which could demage them - above 80 C). I have mount them on cnc cutted sheet. You have a great content. It would be nice to see my mod on your channel as well. Just let me know if you are interested ;)
Thanks a lot for your comment and sharing your thoughts and suggestions! Nice thing about the custom connector is that this enables to print in multiple colors. Not like it is right now, but the goal of this design is to enable the possibility to embed a connector in whatever you can think of, including a dual head system. I have some fun ideas already I would like to work on in the future. About the foldable printer, the holders at the base must be improved in order to make it print more stable. Believe it or not, this will not be an issue with the thing I have in mind with this printer, but yes, this must be improved ;) Interesting idea to disable the steppers if they reach the end point. The current solution is a bit sloppy and can definitely be improved. Maybe this can be combined with sensorless homing. Klipper has been mentioned by others as well and yes, this is something I have to take a further look at :) In my opinion, automatic alignment shouldn't be needed. If the printer is assembled accurately, so everything is parallel, perpendicular and flat, accurate homing should do the trick. It looks like 2020 is already planned full with projects, but I want to make a comparison video about different homing methods. Maybe I can do a similar thing about "real" build plates, but I'm not promising anything. Thanks again for your thorough comment :D
@@properprinting Usually I don't write a lot of comment, but once I did it then I'm trying to include some valuable informations and because of that my comments look like a letter :) Thanks to you mate for your work and sharing projects. It's eyes opener. Fingers crossed about yours plans.
@@properprinting Oh, BTW Latte Panda. There was a time when I wanted to buy it too (but price and politics of M$.. made me posponed that step). Do you affraid of moment when Microsoft will abandon supporting that board like they done it with Windows Phones devices? You are rather focused on Microsoft technology (and there is nothing wrong with that) , but as pass shows sooner or later it could find out that LattePanda will be dead board. What's then? Linux still will be there :) Even now they released Ubuntu like they predicted shuting down Win10.
@@mariuszzawierucha1310 I'm not afraid of Windows abandoning this board. I'm not Windows minded at all, rather the opposite xD This doesn't show in my videos, but the day a good 3D CAD software for Linux is released will be the same day for me going back to Linux xD It turned out to be quite a hassle to install Linux on this thing so for this idea to work for this video I had to stick to Windows and write something in LabVIEW. I'm known for not liking Windows so it's kind of funny that a lot of people think I'm focused on Windows xD. I can install Linux if needed on this board as well so no, I'm not afraid ;)
Thanks for your comment John. Yes, indeed I have put that board in the Ender during my last video. It was sent to me by a viewer. Cool that you've noticed! :)
Speaking of the pointer in the touch screen, imagine connecting a Wacom (or something like that for more precision and a wheel knob for the Z position) so it would be like printing with a 3D Pen but more awesome!
This is very very interesting! It seems a bit overkill at the moment, but considering everything that can be done with this setup is mind boggling! You should give klipper a shot as well.
This would be so useful! Maybe I'll upgrade one day, but for now, my Ender 3 is just controlled with a RPI 3b with Octoprint. The screen for octoprint is a good idea though, I could easily do that.
Thanks for your comment! A Raspberry Pi with Octoprint is already a huge upgrade. I've had this running on my CR-10 which I started this channel with and it was a bless. The touch UI of Octoprint is neat and I based my LabVIEW UI on that. Getting the printer to move while touching the screen is pretty satisfying :D
Thanks! Awesome that you've used it at school! It's commonly used in test and measurement environments but I don't see it much outside of my field of work.
Amazing work! So what are You exactly doing here? Is this Frontend sending scripted G-Code thru the Octoprint Server? And what interests me the most, is it possibly extendable for File Browsing over the Touch Interface thru maybe some sort of File Browser? This whole Setup leaves me very curious of what it could be extended to because I am thinking of building a Jubilee 3d Printer/ Multi Tool Machine and I wonder if this Kind of Setup could be used to control lets say GRBL, that would make for a perfect Setup for controling a Jubilee since it's basically designed to be a Versatile open Source Machine for all sorts of tools, but the Software Side of things is not there yet to do let's say proper subtractive Manufacturing. Would be cool if You reply, Love your unconventional Approach to tackle Things and Your Trial and Error way of doing it, just like myself, although I am not that good at Programming, the only Practical Programming I've done is some Ruby Plugins for Sketchup for my own use and some Basic back in the Days. Greetings and Big Thumbs up from Germany 👍
Thanks Johannes! If you connect a 3D printer directly to a computer you'll get a serial port (RS232). You can send G-codes directly over this port using a terminal like Tera Term, Putty, Termite etc. LabVIEW is specialized to communicate over these kind of ports to control equipment, like a programmable power supply, oscilloscope, function generator you name it. Controlling a 3D printer is much like this and I made a LabVIEW program which shows a button on the front end and sends one or multiple G-codes directly to the printer. LabVIEW can basically do anything and file browsing is not a problem at all. For this food printer I'm planning to make a UI which shows a photo of the dish itself after which it can guide you through the recipe. I'm planning on making more videos in which I show how to use LabVIEW to control these kind of things and they released a free community edition recently www.ni.com/nl-nl/shop/labview/select-edition/labview-community-edition.html
Just a teeny-tiny bit of overkill - as we've come to expect! :-D Electronics that cost more than the printer, and as for the software costs - if you have to ask you can't afford it ;) Love it.
Thanks Kevin! This printer is starting to become a prototyping platform on which I can explore different things. I hope to learn from it and maybe some facets can be used in the future without breaking the bank ;)
Haha yeah, my intention was to install Linux as a first step. This turned out to be less convenient that I thought it would be with a LattePanda. During this video I decided to go with Windows because I wasn't able to pull this off otherwise. I've used Linux for many years and it would be my OS of choice, hands down, but I had to pick my battles for this one ;)
@@properprinting windows will most likely make it unpredictable tho, you never know when some background process will steal important cpu times and throw octoprint off a few steps. I don't remember if the lattepanda has multiple cores but it would be worth it to add a startup script that periodically puts all windows processes on their own thread and makes sure octoprint and your stuff is bound to the main thread only, so the system doesn't ever try to steal cpu time from the printer.
@@EMILE12345678901 Thanks for sharing your concerns. Nice thing is that I've programmed my own application which waits on the acknowledgement the printer returns (I recon Octoprint would do this as well but what do I know). I've never had a missing communication with any of my LabVIEW applications due to Windows. But, I'm just starting to find out the possibilities of this approach and maybe I'll find some problems. Missing steps won't happen, it will be a pause or a complete failure if Windows decides to reboot or crash xD That's what I'm most concerned about.
Yes bro, just read a handful of your comments and I must say, your doing well. I also ran into problems using octopi with a webcam and 7" LCD, but will get back to that later. What I will say since your full of good ideas, is try sculpting from nothing into something using the touchscreen like you did at the end of the video. In some way, I imagine it will be like 3d drawing because your using a hot material, but you still could sculpt in 2D!!! 1 layer at a time, but just manually...... hope you understand what I mean. Good work once again
Thanks David for your comment an suggestion! I have to improve the software because it's pretty hard to draw with it. The lag and determining the actual position is not easy at all xD
@@properprinting no, it wouldn't be, but from what you demonstrated, was why I described a technique like drawing. It's more fluid rather than something calculated. But either way, even I can't see much prospect in it being a new found technique or trick. It's more random, not much else. So what's next after software update?
@@properprinting cool, jus curious. I can wait. I guess I asked because there can only be a number of upgrades that can be carried out, if not an addition. But cool, I'll be watching. ;D
great project indeed, I think a bit overkill to use a LP for this but that's your choice. Do zyou use any TMC drivers in the printer ? sounded like original 44xx series or was that just my ears being wrong ?
Thanks Patrick! I've added the Bigtreeteck SKR board in my previous video which was sent to me by a viewer. The printer is a lot more silent, but the little noise it produces is picked up by my mic pretty well through the table surface.
Video Idea: Make a 3D printer launchpad. You have 4 stepper motors that can all play a note depending on RPM, and a large enough screen for the buttons !
good evening, I think your RU-vid channel is just great. You also show things that can break us all. In your current video you take a device out of your pocket - here at video minute 3:39 Please what is the device name? Is it a CATs61? Thanks keep it up.
That would be awesome! Nice thing is that this should be possible with the LattePanda because I can now easily add this kind of functionality :D The next challenge would be something very different though xD
@@properprinting Whatever it is, I am looking forward to it. However, I think you need to produce a timelapse print with each upgrade to show if the improvements have improved/destabilized/reduced print quality and repeat-ability. Nothing serious. I hate benchy's but maybe just a benchy each time. Something about 2-3 inches tall. I think that would really add to the quality of your video's especially since the name it proper printing ;) Great stuff brother! Thanks for all you do!
@@chasgiv4 Thanks a lot man for your suggestion! You're right I must do that. I often forget that this printer must print as well xD. I'm definitely are going to print in my next video. I got tired of the Benchies so I've designed my own benchmark print which would be cool to show more often :) properprinting.pro/product/lucky-dice-benchmark-and-test-print/
Hey, have you thought about installing Klipper Firmware on that LattePanda? Might be worth a try since it takes a lot of hassle out of changing up the firmware :)
I NEED YOUR HELP. printing a small whoop quadcopter, I am using cura. Problem is ,After 2 hours of printing ,the printer stops in the front left hand corner. The first time this happened I thought the filament had jammed, so started a New print same STL File. Just after 2 hours ,I even did a video showing a friend how great it was printing ,when 5 minutes later I went to check and the print head had stopped in the same position as last time, front left corner, it allowed me to click resume print. But as I did the print head lowered into the print and was jammed. It was like it wanted to go to first print layer. I got the stl file off Thingiverse and there arnt any complaints about it. Strange why it would stop in the same place twice and after same time period of 2hours sumit. Grateful for your input
This sounds like a slicer problem. I haven't had this before and you can try another slicer to check this. If this doesn't solve the problem I'd suggest posting the question on Reddit since there is a lot more experience with these kind of problems than I have.
@@properprinting Hey ,thanks for the reply. I should have wrote to you. We found it to be a Pause in the G Code. Deleted that and printing now without stopping
Thanks for your question. I have created a LabVIEW application which requests the current temperature every second and plots the values in a chart. LabVIEW is often used in laboratory and measurement environments and I program with this at my work. This program I've created is solely used to show and examine the possibilities with this setup.
@@properprinting Also I am very happy to see your subs have grown a lot since I started following you! You were I think about 4 thousand? I can not wait till the day comes and you hit the high numbers and I can say I have been around since near the beginning!!
Thanks for your comment. It's pretty difficult to draw with this thing and I'm not good at drawing so that doesn't help either xD Using a pen is a nice idea, thanks :)
hahaha xD Nothing wrong with a little Windows bashing. If you've told me a year ago that I would make a video with Windows 10 I wouldn't have believed you. I've been a Linux user for years and I still use it to make music due to its low latency. I wanted to install Linux on the LattePanda but it turned out to be less convenient than I hoped it would be. This was the easiest solution for me to get my idea working :D
A pro tip which keeps my head cool in situations like this is to see it as a new starting point. This is where you stand, this is the current situation and which steps to take to get out of it. Most of the time you'll learn from it too :D If it happens a second time I won't keep it that cool though😆
You should work for NASA!!! LOL!!! Very nice video, very nice project... Your channel will explode the 100k subs in no time and Ill be proud to be one of the first 1000!!! If you ever come to Brazil qe qill make some videos together!!! I also have a 3dprinting channel besides this drone channel that Im writing here... Best regards
Thanks a lot man for your comment! It would be sick if my channel ever gets that big! Cool that you are among the first 1000 :D Making a video together with you in Brazil would be awesome! Maybe one day, who knows :) What's your 3D printing channel?
@@properprinting BrMakers is the 3dprinting channel!!! Have you ever searcehd your channel on SocialBlade? It says tha in less then 18months you will be reaching 100K!!! Thats awesome!!! You deserve it!!! socialblade.com/youtube/channel/UCqfMW0tMZEciSXQym8x0EoQ/futureprojections
Where do you live in the Netherlands? Ive been to Amsterdam last year... Im travelling to europe in the end of this month but this time Im going to ski with my family that lives in Italy!!! Maybe next time I go visit you!!! My phone number and whatsapp: +55 11 969199339 Best of the regards
@@VistaPanoramicabyLello I live in a small town in the north close to the German border. It would be great to meet in the future! I've added you to my contact list and will message you soon :D
@@properprinting I'm currently running octoprint on old laptop I was going to get a touch screen that could probably be ran and used USB and use that for that program.
@@cmm159 My next project will probably use a laptop as well with this software and an Arduino. This will take some time though in order for me finish the software
super mooi design maar windows op me printer draaien is toch een nono al is het alleen maar om het feit dat windows meer resources weg trekt dan octoprint lol en het booten duurt te lang verder super kanaal top designs en altijd content met leuke humor
Not exactly this version, but I finally shared a LabVIEW program which can control a 3d printer properprinting.pro/product/proper-printer-controller/ It's in an early development stage, so keep that in mind ;)
i think this would be a lot better if you had a linux tablet. They are much cheaper than this panda thing and you can just hook it up to the 3d printer mainboard by serial, and control everything else (like solenoids) from there
Thanks for your comment. In my opinion it depends on what you think is better. I'm definitely not saying that my solution is the best (I'm sure it isn't) but I really like the ease of the gravity shield with the enormous amount of modules which can be added to it without much effort. With the knowledge I currently have I can realize things I otherwise wouldn't be able to. I see this as a prototyping platform on which I can explore new things. I hope that this shows some features which other people can learn or get inspiration from.
Thanks Mike for this warning! I'm definitely going to take a further look into this. Hopefully there is a way around this since there are more systems, like oscilloscopes, which run on Windows and have critical functions. I personally would choose for Linux for such systems, including my printer, but that would be too much of a hassle for me now.
@@properprinting disabled the updates from services and hit stop. And it will never update unless you want it to update. (Not services in task manager)
Haha, nice comment :D No I don't have it on Github. I use the program now for showing the idea with the relay and to find out what else is possible. Maybe in the future I will share it on my website ;)
