I guess I won't have the time to try this Titan Aero thing out

3D Printing HercuLien and Eustathios
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I guess I won’t have the time to try this Titan Aero thing out quickly but I was nosey if it could work so I fired up Fusion360 quickly this morning and gave it a quick sit.

Looks like it could work to put the motor above the lower rod but only barely enough. I need to check if I could get the bed up high enough. Also everything is quite tight. I also wanted to give the BLTouch Sensor a test on this so this would need some room. Will definitely kill some x/y movement compared to my last carriage but definitely win some mm in Z.

I merged both in the last picture to give some impression of size. Of course the cooling fans are missing on both.

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Are you running igus bearings to?

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yes, guess the same that you have (ECLM 08)

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close, I got the ECLM-10. I really like them. but you need to get the hole just the right size.

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Nice. I didn’t think it would be long enough.

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@Markus_Granberg sure but thats not so different with the alternatives on that printer :slight_smile: At least they align quite well. Didn’t know you are using 10mm rods.

@Eclsnowman yeah but definitely thinking about using the standard Titan + E3Dv6 as it would need quite some modification to get the bed up that far. Also there would be more room for a fan and the BLtouch then.

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Yeah fitting in a compact part cooling solution would be tricky in that short space.

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I would recommend against using a BLTouch. ever. its repeatability is TERRIBLE and you will be left tearing your hair out.

every home leaves you with a different offset because of this.

that titan aero looks neat tho.

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That’s exactly what I’m trying to find out. I’m currently probing with an IR-Sensor that is a) sensible against external light and b) sensible to mechanical influence (IR diodes are easily moved out of place). Regarding BL Touch I read some problems but also had people that are quite happy with it. I think I’ll give it a test and see what’s in there in terms of repeatability.

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Mine on the best day gave 0.02. On a herculien using ballscrews

If you find anything out would love to know

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which sensor did give you better repeatability than 0.02? If it’s not reliably that’s a problem of course but 0.02 would be something I could live with.

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Bltouch it bounced between 0.07 and 0.02

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Which can amount to terrible layering between prints

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@Helmi is the Titan/aero model available somewhere? I’d like to do some modeling with it and see what I can come up with.

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@Jim_Stone was yours an official BLTouch, I have read that the AliExpress ones are junk for repeatability, but had heard the official BL touch is OK.

Then again I have printers with bed compensation. But never use it. I have found a sturdy frame, and a good initial mechanical Tram is all I need. I never have first layer issues on any of my printers.

I just run a 0.3mm first layer at 50% speed regardless of layer height of the rest of the print.

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@Eclsnowman yes sir it is an authentic one. Paris even sent a new roll pin to try and solve the problem. It didnt

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@jerryflyguy there are different ones available though no official one (they have technical drawings on their site). I found mine through yeggi (http://www.yeggi.com/q/titan+aero/)

http://www.yeggi.com/q/titan+aero/

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@Helmi thanks! I’ll check it out

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@Helmi You got the link to your current v6 carriage? I was thinking to convert to chimera. May be better to start from scratch though…