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Hooch
(@hooch)
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Any upgrades recommended while assembling MK3S+ ?

Hi, I owned MK3S for about a month. I sold it and now I'm awaiting MK3S+

I'm thinking about some upgrades. But I don't want to go extreme like the Bear upgrade or different stepper motors that require Firmware changes.

1 - HotEnd

I was maybe thinking about Dragon (standard, not Hi-Flow) hotend. But 1. I'm sceptical about quality as it is China made. 2. Is it really that much better than original E3D V6?

2 - Bearings

I was thinking about buying set of Misumi bearings. But I found this quote blog post about MK3S+ from Novermber. 

(..) the MK3S+ uses Misumi bearings (..)

So it looks like it isn't needed anymore?

I think I'll just clean those bearing in 99% IPA batch and grease them with Lithium grease.

3 - Nylock bed mode

I was thinking about it. But on my previous printer I had 0.9 mm variance from corner to corner and having 7x7x5 auto bed leveling on, I had absolutely no issue printing prints that covered 95% of the bed. (Also, I think that most of this error was not from bed itself but from Y axis rods and mostly from not so perfect way of homing Z axis (Plastic stops at the top easily bend more than 1mm so homing Z axis (to sync left and right screw) against them doesn't sound like best idea. So I don't think that using nylock mod to twist my bed to compensate for those errors is good idea.

4 - Any other simple mods that are worth doing while assembling new printer?

Posted : 15/12/2020 9:25 am
dimprov
(@dimprov)
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RE: Any upgrades recommended while assembling MK3S+ ?

I agree that the S or + upgrade is a good time to implement  hotend upgrade.  I myself am planning to upgrade to high-flow Phaetus Dragon (I received it just today) for my MK3 to MK3S upgrade.  Watching some of the more detailed youtube Phaetus Dragon reviews might help you decide.

If you want to print faster, matchless nozzles are reportedly another worthwhile upgrade.  However, if you plan to stick with the slicer's default profiles then I guess don't bother with either the Dragon or matchless upgrade, as they would likely be overkill.

 

This post was modified 4 years ago by dimprov
Posted : 16/12/2020 5:58 am
nighthawk
(@nighthawk)
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RE: Any upgrades recommended while assembling MK3S+ ?

Anybody have a link for the matchless nozzles in the US?

Posted : 16/12/2020 10:10 am
dimprov
(@dimprov)
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RE: Any upgrades recommended while assembling MK3S+ ?
Posted by: @nighthawk

Anybody have a link for the matchless nozzles in the US?

https://thegr5store.com/store/index.php/block-v3-and-matchless-nozzles.html

Posted : 16/12/2020 12:09 pm
nighthawk
(@nighthawk)
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RE: Any upgrades recommended while assembling MK3S+ ?

@dimprov

Thanks!!

Posted : 17/12/2020 1:08 pm
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