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The minimalist printhead

Hi makers,

The 3D printing community has given me so much for free over the years from software like mainsail, orcaslicer, klipper, github repos like Eddy NG and countless youtube videos of people sharing knowledge and trying to help each other.

I'm finally ready to give back my first gift I worked on for almost a year. Hope you like it!

It's a printhead for the microswissNG where we can let that CNC aluminum shine! No fan in front, no bed probe sticking out, no shroud or fan to remove when trying to troubleshoot.

All cables needed to run the printhead are power and CAN. These cables are hidden inside the CPAP tube.

The fan ducts is easy to remove from the front for quick design changes/experiments.

The CPAP fan cools the extruder from the back and then recycles that same air for the parts cooling.

Removing the extruder for maintenance is a piece of cake.

This printhead contains BTT Eddy and EBB42 CAN.

If anyone is interested I have placed the intructions and files here: https://www.printables.com/model/1724798-the-ultimate-minimalist-toolhead-microswissng

Big thanks to the 3d printing community!

Sorry in advance for my spelling 😅

Caution: this is not for beginners, it requires soldering the Eddy and alot firmware flashing for CAN communication.

u/DiscoGrave — 4 days ago

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Ender 5 plus screen firmware issue

So as the title shows I'm facing some screen firmware issues, The ender 5 I have has the 2.2 Silent board and a stock screen, I've tried flashing the firmware since it hasn't been done since new. Main board seems to flash fine but the screen is just giving me problems. 90% of the time with the SD card in it doesn't even register that its there (Yes is formatted correctly, 8gb sd, FAT32 and 4096 allocation.

When the SD card does finally register it flashes and completes but on restarting the machine the display shows 0 writing at all, the graphics are there and the touch screen works but no writing and going to print just looks completely wrong.

No clue what to do anymore, have a suspicion that the screen is just faulty now, and I don't think you can still get replacements right?

u/SWTurbo — 5 days ago

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Is this flashing normal?

I just upgraded my Ender 5 Plus with skr mini e3.

There are many LED lights inside but is this normal? It seems like some connection is loose and it causes this lightning storm inside the head unit. But please tell me if this is just some LED light inside that is supposed to do this.

u/JaRi0101 — 7 days ago

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Creality Sonic Pad + Ender-5 Plus (4.2.2 board) WORKING FIX / Setup Guide

After a lot of trial and error, I finally got my Ender-5 Plus with Creality 4.2.2 motherboard working correctly with the Creality Sonic Pad.

Creality support replied to me that for the Ender 5 plus with the V4.2.2 board, the Sonic Pad is not supported, and that it only works with the old ATmega. Not true.

There’s almost no proper information online for this exact setup, so I wanted to share the solution for anyone stuck like I was.

IMPORTANT

When flashing firmware from the Sonic Pad:

DO NOT select Ender-5 Plus

Instead select:

Ender-3 V2 Neo

This uses compatible firmware for the Ender-5 Plus with the 4.2.2 board and allows the printer to boot and communicate correctly.

Steps

1. Flash firmware from Sonic Pad

On the Sonic Pad:

Add printer
Choose:
- Manufacturer: Creality
- Model: Ender-3 V2 Neo
Generate firmware
Flash the printer normally using SD card / USB depending on your setup

After reboot, the printer should connect to the Sonic Pad.

2. Replace printer.cfg

After the first successful connection:

Open the Sonic Pad web interface
Go to configuration files
Replace the generated printer.cfg with the one attached below

My config already includes:

Ender-5 Plus tuning
Correct board settings
Working motion config
Resonance sensor configuration
PID tuning values
Personal macros/customizations

NOTE:
You will need to adjust:

PID values
Probe offsets
Resonance sensor settings

because those are specific to my machine.

Why this works

The Sonic Pad currently does not properly provide a dedicated firmware profile for:

But the Ender-3 V2 Neo firmware profile is compatible enough to work correctly with the same MCU family.

Hardware

My setup:

Ender-5 Plus
Creality 4.2.2 board
Sonic Pad
Klipper
Resonance sensor enabled

Hopefully this saves someone a few hours (or days).

If people want, I can also share:

working macros
input shaper setup
pressure advance values
accelerometer mounting solution
optimized speed settings

Here you can download my printer.config with right settings: https://pastebin.com/G0KjDfNS

Happy printing

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u/SinDestinyGame — 11 days ago

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MicroSwiss hot end stringing issues

My stock hot end recently died (it got clogged when the bowden tube was shoved into the extruder) so I swapped it out with a micro swiss all metal hot end. I didn't think to swap out the extruder to direct drive (possibly the next upgrade?) but I can't seem to dial in the settings and I'm getting a TON of stringing.

I'm using Creality slicer 4.8. My print speed is at 80, I've upped the temp to 210, and I've tried various settings for retraction, ranging from 1mm to 3mm in .5mm increments, changing the retraction speed from anywhere from 30-80mm/s, turning on/off retract at layer change, etc.

My retraction extra prime amount is 1, retraction minimum travel is 1.5, max retraction count100, minimum extrusion window is 2.

I'm at my wits end and I'm either replace the entire hot end unit with a stock one and roll back the settings, or bite the bullet and get a direct drive and fiddle with all the settings again. I've tried the retractioncalibration.com site and run all their tests, but I'm not sure how to decipher the tower and it just looks like a stringy mess no matter where it is on the tower.

If anyone can offer help, it'd be greatly appreciated!

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u/Digiko — 13 days ago