Detach and swap your hotend on your 3D printer
Sapphire Plus swappable hotend
If you have read my previous posts about replacing the hotend, you've probably already realized that changing the hotend is a tedious work.
Most of the difficulties comes from:
- Wiring the new hotend and sensors...
Installing RGB leds strip on your 3D printer
This post contains a small tutorial to describe how to install a strip of RGB(W) leds (typically WS2812B) on your printer. If you don't know what a led strip is, it looks like this:
It's a long flexible PCB with many RGBW (red/green/blue/white) LED...
Advanced debugging of MKS Robin Nano (STM32) board
If you need to debug your printer's firmware, you've probably read my previous post already. If not, I advice you to read it.
This post is about solving the remaining issues and/or shortcomings with the debugging so that a debugging session is...
Common error to avoid while choosing and replacing a hotend
If you have followed my previous post, you know how to replace a 3D printer hotend.
Yet, I've made it multiple time and I'm now able to list the common errors to avoid, in the hope it'll save you time and money.
Error 1: Buying the
...Replacing the hotend with an E3D
The provided hotend for the Sapphire Plus 3D printer is average. It's not correctly cooled, so it'll fit for PLA well, but it'll be less efficient for PETG. I haven't tried ABS with it. Also, the provided teflon tube has an hole that's too large for the filament...
