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Upgraded my Voxelab Aquila today to a PEI bed
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My Voxelab Aquila came with a standard glass printbed. So far I thought I had no issues. Recently I thought I will printing PETG a try. Result -> no chance to get that print from the bed without damaging one of both (of course I let I cool down first). But even before I had more and more adhesion problems. So after a few friends suggested I gave the magnetic PEI printbed a try and so far I have to say I am pretty happy with it. Prints stick good and come out great. Should have done that already a while ago. Oh and because I was already working on it I changed the bed leveling springs to rubber buffers. Seems a lot more sturdy now.
What are the other mods you have installed on this printer?
Oh hmm… that are quite a few:
I think that’s all.
Future modifications:
Today I ordered an full metal dual gear Extruder and direct drive mount. That comes with removing the spool holder from the side and attaching it on the top again to keep an optimized angle for filament flow. Also I will probably have to redesign my Satsana fan shroud in order to make the direct drive fit.
Thanks
You’re welcome! If you are interested in specific parts I could possibly post a link to it.
The fan shroud is particularly interesting, also, when I tried to set up octoprint to with my Aquila it had issues with producing balls of material all over the print - have you run into this issue at any point?
Here you are:
https://www.printables.com/de/model/462590-dual-4010-fan-satsana-for-voxelab-aquila
And your problem with octoprint… did you still use Voxelmaker for slicing? How did you transfer the files and how did you start printing (via printers display or octoprints webinterface)? Also what Settings/Temps did you use? Could also be bad filament or moisture. I think best would be you post a picture in this community and describe it as exactly as possible.