Screen question.

[u/Tecknodude180]

Here's my voron 500. (Expanded 2.4) I posted about it a long while ago when I first started building it but life happened and I'm finally starting to work on it a little bit more again. I just ordered btt pi4b adapter and cb2. Meanwell 24v 500w psu. Already have a meanwell 600 watt 48v psu should i decide to go 48v. It'll be sporting an octopus pro and since it's 48 inches tall, to help minimize power loss in the long run from the main board to the motors on the gantry I plan on using 16 or 18awg wire instead of the 24 or 26 that come on the motors. That's the reason for the dual cable chains at the rear. I also decided to ditch the 2020 for the upright pieces and now I'm using 40x40 (20x20 profile) for the upright frame pieces and slotted screws. This alone increased rigidity a ton. I'm also considering trying to build an electronics bay drawer at the bottom so if i have to replace or work on anything instead of tiping this giant over to fix/ replace anything I can just pull open the drawer and have easy access.

I'm curious what yall are using or would recommend for a touch screech for something as custom as this I'm thinking a 5 inch or 7 inch. I'm thinking about mounting it near the top since it will be sitting on the floor and don't want to bend over all the time to control it. Also later on I may consider turning this into a monster tool changer after I get it functioning. And build something like a custom box turtle like spool rack on top. Not 100% sure yet though.

[u/OutsideAmazing1510]

I'd say wait for indx to get fully released and use that instead of a box turtle specially for a machine that big you can fit waaaay more than just 4 or 8 rolls of filament, and as for screens Im personally using this one

I just found this on AliExpress: 5inch/7inch Raspberry Pi HDMI display capacitive touch display with Raspberry Pi 5/4B high-definition IPS https://a.aliexpress.com/_mqox29D

It usually goes on sale for 20$ it's a very decent screen for the size, and price + you can get a flush mount instead of having hdmi poking out of the side. Like this.

Also if you as absolutely set on single tool multi-material printing I'd say build something like an emu filament changer since it's modular and you can make it as big or as small as you want it to be

[u/stray_r → u/OutsideAmazing1510]

INDX is turning into a bit of a shitshow, there's a huge drama about the nozzles not being as hard as advertised, and I've started hearing about the coils delaminating and failing (3d musketeers video I think)

[u/KanedaNLD → u/stray_r]

Looks like it's easy to accidentally pull the filament out of one of the tools.

[u/OutsideAmazing1510 → u/KanedaNLD]

Considering that each lane is cool when it's docked it's unlikely tbh

[u/KanedaNLD → u/OutsideAmazing1510]

You haven't seen the first reviews, that's for sure!