Vz235 AWD build

by: Vez3D

Build guides

These videos are not meant as replacements for our written guides. Please see our written build guides:

Part 1: The Frame

0:45 Cutting the frame to size
1:17 The frame
1:24 Parts
4:44 Water cooling kit
6:04 Acrylic panels
6:49 Aluminium parts
19:00 Bottom plate

Part 2: The Z-axis

00:00 Intro
01:27 Parts overview
02:10 Bed assembly
13:27 Oldham couplers
15:46 Leadscrew brackets
19:34 Z-motor bracket
21:47 Pulleys & belt
23:25 Z-motor & belt tension
23:56 Pulley alignment
25:09 Outro 🍺

Part 3: The Gantry

00:00 Intro
06:30 Y Rail installation
08:40 Front motor mounts
27:00 Rear motor mounts
47:15 Y gantry (or called XY joiner)
50:00 X axis
52:15 Vz-Printhead mounting
55:34 Belts installation
01:13:00 Belt tensioning
01:15:50 Back plate installation

Part 4: The electronics

[…] Drilling, cutting and such are not applicable to Mellow kit

00:00 Intro
01:59 Layout
09:30 Design & Print
10:11 Motherboard mount
14:59 Stepper motor drivers
17:57 Install fuses
18:46 SPI & UART mode
19:38 Fan port setup
21:29 Pi USB power
22:28 Sensorless homing
26:53 Power supplies
29:40 DIN rail
30:05 CPAP fan prep
36:47 Mount CPAP fan
37:09 Cable guides
40:11 Mount backplate
41:05 Design intermission
45:01 CPAP tube routing

46:19 Wiring: overview
48:55 Wiring: tools
51:54 Wiring: Mains / AC
54:23 Wiring: Bed
56:14 Wiring: 24v & 48v DC
59:21 Wiring: Motors
01:01:46 Wiring: Sensors, fans, endstops, …
01:02:46 Endstop switches X, Y, Z

01:03:35 Print head
01:04:36 Pi peripherals
01:05:48 Bottom skirts
01:08:00 Back panel installed

01:09:05 Wiring: Camera
01:12:16 Wiring: CPAP PWM wire
01:13:04 Wiring: LED, Chamber sensor
01:14:09 Wiring: Pi Screen
01:15:45 Wiring: ⚠️ 24v correction

01:16:30 First turn-on: fixing issues
01:18:12 Second time’s the charm??
01:20:04 Enclosure panels, RSCS

01:21:12 A/B Motors AWD recap
01:22:13 Firmware? dreams
01:22:37 Vez happy man :) 🍻
01:23:00 Closing remarks

Testing

00:00 Preparations
06:14 Acceleration tests
07:38 Limit reached (127k)
09:34 Speed tests @ 50k Accel
11:58 Limit reached
13:10 Speed tests @ 40k Accel
13:20 🎉 Success!