↵For others that are brand new to printing, I thought I would share my experience and a few things I learned on my first assembly and attempt with an Ender 3 V2. After taking it really slow, my first calibration cube print came out perfectly. Here are some things I learned and found helpful. I hope it helps others taking the plunge.
I hope this might help others.
- I bought the printer at my local Microcenter from a sales guy that had extensive printing experience. He was a good listener, guided my purchase of the printer and filament, plus recommended one simple upgrade and a replacement part kit. The upgrade was the bed springs - super simple and $3. He recommended an aluminum extruder drive feed since in his experience it was the most likely first thing to break. For $11 it was cheap insurance even if I never need it.
- The instructions are not that great, so videos are mandatory to watch before starting. I looked at several and picked up different tips from each. Here were the most useful.
- Dr. Vax assembly video. Great overview and gave me initial confidence.
- Just Vlad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gokN...VluSBLBaZwqcSj _zHuC9j68NUat&index=2&t=2092s which is on the Creality website. The early tips on checking the base assembly was really important and I found problems that were easily corrected before starting the z frame assembly
- CHEP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6cq...uC9j68NUat& ;index=14 had a few good tips on assembling the z axis frame
- I had to adjust the X and Y axis rollers significantly - they were incredibly tight
- Some of the base bolts were loose out of box and needed adjustment (Just Vlad tip)
- Getting the x axis at 90 degrees to the z took a lot of fiddling, but is important (CHEP tip)
- There are a bunch of bed leveling videos, but found Dr. Vax's clear and it worked. I did 8-9 round trips before i stopped and gave the first prints a whirl.
- Many thanks to Ender5 and Giet for answering my questions early on. It helped me stay on track and forging ahead
I hope this might help others.
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