I just finished upgrading 3 of my Wanhao Di3's.

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I just finished upgrading 3 of my Wanhao Di3’s. One is stock, but has had the Z braces added, and a new parts cooling shroud added. The second one is running a C3D mini board (Smoothieware) with the Z baraces, and the third one is running a C3D mini board with a bowden setup with an E3D V6 clone head.and Z braces.

First thing I noticed is the Smoothieware based machines keep the temps dead on for the heated bed and hot end. The stock Melzi machine has temperature fluctuations of up to +/- 3 to 4%. The Z braces have made a big difference in print quality.

Next upgrade will be inductive sensors on the Smoothieware machines for bed leveling. But before I do that I need to finish wiring up my custom built 300X300X400 printer that was made with Openbuilds rails and wheels, using custom laser cut carriage plates (You can take a look at it at https://openbuilds.com/builds/voxel-evolution.7026/)

My printrbot Simple Pro is waiting on a replacement hot end, and I have built one of two Tronxy X1 printers (A few part upgrades on it to make it usable). My printer farm is starting to crowd me out of space, I think I need to make some multilevel shelving to put everythingh on, or move my 4 laser cutters around to make some more room. (I already had to move my CNC router to another part of the house, and I have a smaller CNC mill that I am building right now that will need to find a home.)

I think I have a machine addiction, is there a 12 step group for people like me? :wink:

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Just go to compulsive shopping group.:grin:

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I have two bench mills, large gantry router, lathe all converted to cnc. The k40/c3d Laser. I’m a little late to the 3d game and recently purchased a maker select plus. I now want a second 3d printer.

Gave two other cnc’s to my brother to make more room. Have parts/extrusion/linear rails/ballscrews for another two or three machines. It doesn’t end.

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My lasers are the big space hogs, I have a 600X475 80W, a 500X400 60 W, a Redsail LE400 50W and a K40 40W , and I also have a 5W diode laser with a 500X500 work area. AT least I sold off another K40 I had. Looking at getting a nice 120W 1200X900 laser to round out the group, but will have to sell a couple of lasers to be able to swing it.

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you should totally post a video showing your lovely workspace and all its inhabitants :stuck_out_tongue:

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I want to clean it up first, looks like a bomb hit it.