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Jason 23/11/2020
There are relatively few IDEX printers on the market, especially at this price mark, so for what you pay, this is an excellent machine. The print quality is great, the user interface is straightforward and the printer is sturdy. However, there are some things to be aware of. Firstly, the version sold by Banggood is not the latest as described on the Tenlog website; specifically, it lacks filament runout sensors (despite this being shown on the label on the printer), & does not have the power loss recovery function. Some other things include: the extruders are modular & heavy (which limits print speed) and come with dedicated connectors and specially designed hotends, so upgrading these to something else would be difficult; the heated build plate is limited to 80oC (though you can go up to ~95oC via gcode before the firmware safety cutout kicks in) - BTW, I recommend replacing the glass bed with a magnetic PEI coated spring steel bed; upgrading the stepper drivers to TMC2208s is achievable, but you need to replace all of them and they will only work in legacy mode as there is no way to connect them up with UART control; and whilst the firmware is 'open source', the source code does not provide the UI code, so only the motherboard firmware can be edited and it is extensively modified from the base Marlin 1.0 code to suit the unique 7-axis board, so upgrading to Marlin 2.0 would be very difficult. You can retrofit the HICTOP Titan Extruder upgrades which are compatible, but at over $50 a piece, that is an expensive choice, though does reduce the weight of each extruder by around 400g. The machine is also noisy in use because even when you are only using one extruder, both hotend cooling fans come on above 80C regardless. This is an annoying design flaw and a bit of an oversight, which means is there is probably only limited benefit of the TMC2208 upgrade. Cable management could frankly be better. Tenlog customer support is responsive, but not that helpful.
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Jason Another thing to be aware of which I found when the machine arrived is that the Y and X axis belts needed tightening before use. The Y carriage belt is easily tightened by loosening the motor retaining screws and pulling the motor towards the front and then retightening. However, the X axis belts are a bit trickier - you first have to remove the end covers on the axis, and then loosen the motor retaining bolts in order to move it to tighten the belt. The printer does not come with any instructions on how to do this for newcomers. I do not think it would be possible to fit an auto bed levelling system to this printer due to the custom motherboard/ firmware and dual X-axis. The noisy extruder cooling fans are not readily replaceable with quieter versions as they are 24V and fed off the custom extruder circuit board rather than having their own cabling (so fitting a buck converter is probably out of the question due to space limitations).

Jason 23/11/2020
There are relatively few IDEX printers on the market, especially at this price mark, so for what you pay, this is an excellent machine. The print quality is great, the user interface is straightforward and the printer is sturdy. However, there are some things to be aware of. Firstly, the version sold by Banggood is not the latest as described on the Tenlog website; specifically, it lacks filament runout sensors (despite this being shown on the label on the printer), & does not have the power loss recovery function. Some other things include: the extruders are modular & heavy (which limits print speed) and come with dedicated connectors and specially designed hotends, so upgrading these to something else would be difficult; the heated build plate is limited to 80oC (though you can go up to ~95oC via gcode before the firmware safety cutout kicks in) - BTW, I recommend replacing the glass bed with a magnetic PEI coated spring steel bed; upgrading the stepper drivers to TMC2208s is achievable, but you need to replace all of them and they will only work in legacy mode as there is no way to connect them up with UART control; and whilst the firmware is 'open source', the source code does not provide the UI code, so only the motherboard firmware can be edited and it is extensively modified from the base Marlin 1.0 code to suit the unique 7-axis board, so upgrading to Marlin 2.0 would be very difficult. You can retrofit the HICTOP Titan Extruder upgrades which are compatible, but at over $50 a piece, that is an expensive choice, though does reduce the weight of each extruder by around 400g. The machine is also noisy in use because even when you are only using one extruder, both hotend cooling fans come on above 80C regardless. This is an annoying design flaw and a bit of an oversight, which means is there is probably only limited benefit of the TMC2208 upgrade. Cable management could frankly be better. Tenlog customer support is responsive, but not that helpful.
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Q: possible to buy only the heads?

Kérdezte BG333173251 tovább 2020-08-04 05:48:05

BG540122173 You can order them direct from Tenlog, or you can upgrade them with the Hictop Titan extruders which are lighter, but you'll need to adjust the e-steps if so

2020-11-24 05:46:27 Hasznos (1)
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Q: Can I use printer with Repetier-Server?

Kérdezte BG191204197 tovább 2020-08-16 01:27:00

BG540122173 The firmware is based on Marlin (v1.0.0) so it works best with Marlin compatible gcode (so Pronterface is probably better than Repetier)

2020-11-24 05:44:44 Hasznos (0)
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BG540122173 The one I ordered delivered from the CZ warehouse has removable drivers, but is not the latest motherboard as it lacks power interruption recovery capability and filament runout sensors. Honestly, the stepper drivers won't make that much difference to the noise as the extruder fans are the nosiest part, and being 24V are not really easily replaceable with quieter ones.

2020-11-23 06:38:23 Hasznos (3)
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BG540122173 Bed max temp is 80C through the interface, though it can be made to go to 95C via gcode before the firmware safety cut-off. It's not insulated. Bed levelling may be possible, but the firmware is non-standard Marlin, so adapting may be challenging, and Tenlog do not provide pin-out schematics for the motherboard, so there may not be any connections for a BL-Touch type servo connection.

2020-11-23 06:31:54 Hasznos (1)
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