Ender 5 Pro Upgrade Thread.

[Chaos666]

did you got different results?

 

[VeNT]

not yet. I'm going to print a y-belt tensioner for the left hand side and see if that helps.

 

[Chaos666]

i ordered some tensioners from ali express for my printer...
stil thinking if i should go with linear rails.. but i think dual z axis first

 

[VeNT]

watching my printer I think that if I went dual Z then I could potentially go slightly bigger build plate?
but then if I was spending out on dual Z I would be thinking about the hydra setup as well.

i ordered some tensioners from ali express for my printer...
stil thinking if i should go with linear rails.. but i think dual z axis first

 

[VeNT]

really all this upgrading has made me think that I should really pickup a ender 5 plus. the modifications would just carry over without much issue.

 

[Chaos666]

Well that is usually the case.
But I like tinkering so it's just fun.

 

[VeNT]

had some fun over the weekend, belt broke! turns out my mix of upgrades had caused it to ride up on the stepper, so I've replaced the rail connections for proper endorphin3d ones. much better now.

 

[Chaos666]

well that is the risk when doing modifications
you learn from it and you fix it

 

[VeNT]

yeah, it's because I was trying to half arse it. I'm still thinking that at some point I'll want to go full COREXY.
currently I'm looking at the x gantry, the rail that endorphin3D says is 9mm rather than 12 as it's lighter but that doesn't fit well on the 2020 extrusion.

 

[Chaos666]

look at new sovol sv08
it supposed to be a voron clone <£500
Maybe its time to retire ender 5

 

[VeNT]

yeah except it's approx 10x the price lol

 

[Matt_Hirst]

It can be frustrating but I like my old machines, use them, mod them, get frustrated at them, learn from them.

The new machines do look good, still not convinced by some of them though.