After seeing your 3D printer video it lit a fire under me and so I bought a BIQU B1. I have been printing with it almost non stop since I got it 4 days ago. I have been using one of my Pi2w 's running octopi for about three days. I am now 50 but feeling like a little kid at Christmas. I just keep browsing Thingyverse and finding more and more stuff to make. I really enjoy your videos, keep up the great work.
Yes. And I always learn something, even if it's a familiar topic. If it's a topic I don't understand, I always gain the foundation needed to do so. Chris is the teacher every student loves and no one skips class. :)
I never could’ve predicted all the amazing 3D printing is. In the 80s and 90s I was using Legos, erector sets, model kit bashing, to make the things I needed. Now. Design, upload, print. Amazing!
My sister is thinking of purchasing an inexpensive 3D printer for her business. She bakes custom-made cookies for parties and special occasions, and is interested in perhaps creating her own custom-made cookie-cutters. I sent her your video from two weeks ago, and I will send her this video as well. I think this is all wonderful information for someone who is just getting started on 3D printing. Thanks so much!
I have been 3d printing for years now. Tips, Benchy no supports, is it a test of you print rate, heat and other various tolerances. Turn down your heat by 5 degrees. Monoprice tends to run hot sometimes. If this was your first print ever on your own you did great, my first one did not even finish. Also never be ashamed of how much filament you have, lol. Thanks for the video Chris!
Thanks for this. This printer is new to me, but I've been heavily involved with 3D printing, largely in industrial arena, since about 2011. This was not the first print from the Monoprice -- about the 7th or 8th I think, and not one has failed yet! :) I've adjusted temperatures downwards (here I think I was on nozzle 205 and bed 45), in part to make it easier to remove the print from the bed without damage, which can be a big issue with the Monoprice. I'm not going to tyet again get into the benchy support debate here. The model can be printed however you like! :)
what a bananas coincidence, i've had a creality ender 3 lying around that i never learned to use, last night i bought a spool of filament to try and learn how to use it, and i also learned about octoprint. literally the next day you upload this video describing it all
Thank you for this clip! I own a Flashforge Finder printer, that is closed source and didn't use to work with octoprint; Due to your clip, I gave it a new shot and lo-and-behold , a plugin that works has been written! Thank you and the developer of the plugin!
You can setup OctoPrint with Cura, to print straight from Cura, very useful. I also have mine configured to power on/off the printer via a tasmota smart plug.
I'm convinced that Octoprint is a major aid to improved physical fitness. Monitoring your prints remotely, and having to sprint to correct failing ones, ensures we have a generation of healthy 3D printing enthusiasts.
Great video. Just FYI, the Benchy is intended to be printed without supports. Part of what makes it such a good test is to see how well your printer can print overhangs like the arches and roof. It can be done cleanly once you have temps, print speed and cooling fans dialed in.
Hey there, fellow Christopher! ...back again! Got my first 3d printer for my birthday this past week, and I knew I HAD to come back and follow your tutorials, Christopher. Got a couple practice prints out from the memory card it came with, and now its time for something a bit more challenging! Having a camera available would sure be a handy thing to have.... I, for one, welcome the OctoPi challenge... 😊
You havent talked much about 3d printing other than this particular set up. I, much like you, got into 3d printing the same way. For some reason its feel very natural going from SBC's to 3D printing. I started on the same printer you have - from there I went to a flash forge finder and now a Mignda Migician X. You should put Octopi on a standard Pi board and put that pi on the back of a display (i use sunfounder). Install OctoDash and now your Pi completely controls your printer at a touch of a button. Its very very cool.
Thanks a lot, it was very interesting. I've learn many things. Personnaly I use - Raspberry PI zero 2W for MotionEye and Backup on differents WebSite (for Recovery is case of dammage). - Raspberry PI Zero W for checking my mailbox (from french Post) with a ATtiny - Raspberry PI 3 for Jeedom domotics - Raspberry PI 400 on the main TV to share videos, documents and games
This is an excellent tutorial for Octopi, if this had set it up for myself it would have saved me several hours of frustration. I hope this helps many people in the future. 🙏🙏
Hi Christopher, this is my first feedback comment to EC. This as a brilliant Video of a practicable use of Raspberry Pi and as I already have a 3D printer and looking to enhance it is use, this is one project I shall be replicating for my environment. Look forward to future 3D printer projects. Keep up the great work as I e Remember watching your earlier videos of the Mobile phone reviews you used to do. :)
Thanks for this, Christopher. I've had that same 3D printer for 18 months or so and haven't used it as much as I intended simply because of the hassle of copying each project to SD card. I have a Zero 2W I spare, so I'm going to give this a try. Thanks again for your indepth tutorials.
The Monoprice Select Mini V2 actually comes preinstalled with wireless capability. Which means you can connect it to Cura and print directly from there without even touching the SD card or using a Raspberry Pi at all!
I'm using a TP-Link Kasa mini smart plug with energy monitoring connected to Octoprint using the TP-Link plugin. It works really well and I'd totally recommend it. Switching off the printer automatically in a thermal runaway situation or 10 minutes after the print has finished is a great feature plus you can keep an eye on the energy use.
i luv any hobby video using budget cameras, raspberry pi and 3D stuff 🤩 reminds me of the days of expensive limited PCs, 🤔not much fun 😏thanks for the great info🥰
Thanks very much mr Barnatt, I struggled to get the camera option working and how to get plugins. You answered my questions very well! Clear instructions again.
I'm watching my printer with Octoprint now, built and set up to your instructions. It's saving me from going to the garage in the snow. I'm printing a wedge so I can screw your frame design to the printer frame with T slot fasteners pointing down as it's an enclosed coreXY printer as it's currently showing a lot of the top of the little tent it lives in.
Just to add switching between the gcode and the live view is so fascinating it's almost taking away the point of being able to remote monitor and periodically check for any obvious failures.
Another interesting video from Chris @ E.C, I'm really impressed with the printing of the camera bracket. I'm sure there are lots of projects to make bespoke items for your future videos, I'm looking forward to the next one :)
That's about the coolest pi zero 2 video yet, and there are plenty cool ones out there! Still on the fence what my next project will be, and this one has complicated the conundrum!! 😄☘️❤️
Very imformative, I'm not technical and find it fascinating how you manage these demonstrations. I was thinking of buying a Raspberry Pi and wondering what uses you could use them for. A nice idea.
When I saw the Zero 2 W first announced I bought one and am now using it to control my Ender 3 Max. I printed a box for it that sits next to the control panel, and it gets power from 24v power supply, using a Y cable and a buck converter, also mounted in the box with the Pi. I didn't have a Pi Camera, but recently added a USB OTG Hub and an old Web Cam so I can see how the print is going (the print head on the E3 Max is huge, and its hard to see how the first few layers are going!) I was told that the Zero 2 W was too slow to use a USB camera, but I have found out that this is not the case. I also find that with the thin USB cable its easier to position the camera and Pi Box where I want them without the limitation of the short, inflexible ribbon cable. Its made printing so much easier, and I don't have to worry about pulling the SD card in and out all the time and the risk of damaging or dropping it.... I'd recommend the Zero 2 W for Octoprint unless you are controlling multiple printers, in which case the extra oomph of a Pi 3 or 4 would probably be necessary.
Hi Criss! Another great video explaining basics. I looked at this Benchy, this printer can handle it without supports without any issues, both from PLA and PETG. I've checked my old prints and walls on mine looked much better. There must be something wrong with Cura profile, maybe they broke them through the years. Anyway, I got my best results on 0.175 and 0.21875. Crucial thing with this printer is to use those magic numbers as they are effect of direct steps of a motor on Z-Axis. If you round them it will not give you good results. I also found that this printer works better with PLAs that are defined by people like "having less details, more smooth surface", rather than with those producing "sharp and detailed results". With the latter you will have a lot of tiny gaps in places of retractions, layer changes, z-seam etc.
It is good. You can leave the printer and go do other stuff while still able to check on the 3D printer. Another good show. Wonder if can use to monitor other machine.
Good video! I have a similar form factor printer that I picked up on the cheap from Micro Center a bunch of years back (the Powerspec/Wanhao Duplicator i3 Mini), and I ended up taking a bit of a different approach to you. Perhaps the biggest difference was that I made an arm that clipped onto the gantry of the printer itself and kinda swung out into a suitable camera position, running a Pi camera with a long ribbon cable over to a Pi mounted on the printer tower. The advantage over a tripod based solution would be that the camera would move upwards with the print itself, which solved the problem of the print going past the top of the frame for taller prints (a problem I had on my other printer). I also ended up retrofitting a small SK6812 LED light strip to the camera arm, which I could hook up to the Pi's GPIO pins to use for lighting and visual print status monitoring. As a final little thing, I connected the Pi to a normally open relay hooked up to the printer, so I could remotely power the printer on and off using an OctoPrint plugin (though this ended up breaking in a software update and I never bothered fixing it, heh). It's always fun seeing what people do with their own setups!
It's good to sort you own monitoring solutions, but you would've thought that 3D print companies would've not missed a trick by decided to offer their own monitoring (real-time/time-lapse) or paired up with companies that do real-time/time-lapse video/monitoring systems to offer a more complete or at least modular package for 3D print enthusiasts. Very interesting video and also utilising an energy efficient SBC for a smaller project. 👍
When I first ran Octopi my printers were in a spare bedroom and I viewed them from downstairs on a laptop or desktop but if anything went wrong I had to unplug the pi from the printer to gain access to the controls to stop the print and then set it back up reconnect the pi and then go back downstairs to start the print, I now run the Octoprint everywhere plugin and the app on a phone so I can control the printers from anywhere and also take it to my printers which are now in a purpose built workshop if anything go's wrong.
@@ExplainingComputers I find the resolution a bit limiting these days, though. I got an 5:4 1280x1024 IPS monitor from Dell but recently picked up a 1600x1200 4:3 monitor from Eizo. It's made for doctors but it's still an amazing display. Can recommend. In my setup, however, I use them vertically as a secondary display. The aspect ratio is great for this too.
Keep up the great content - although it's cost me.... your video introduction into 3D printing a few weeks ago piqued my interest and I ended up investing in an Elegoo Neptune 2S! 👍
Very interesting. Thank you for the (as always) excellent video. If my interest in 3D printing hadn't been piqued enough by your prior video, today's video settled things. Now to investigate a good printer to start with and then learn how to set it up with my Raspberry Pi. Thanks, Chris.
Benchy is a great old standard for dialing in your printer and slicer settings. This one looks cold and overextruded to me but it's hard to tell from the video. I don't think supports are allowed in olympic freestyle benchies either. How it fails on the overhangs is informative. But we'll let the suave presenter slide on that one since he makes nice videos and gives friendly names to sharpened tools. I'd try another about 10-15 degrees hotter and look for a setting labeled something like 'extrusion multiplier' in your slicer and set it at 90% or .9 (so it uses 10% less filament). If it looks cleaner you might check your extruder calibration. It's nice they made an upgraded pi zero that runs octoprint but they seem a little proud of pi's these days. Cheers to Chris and the channel...
I have an RPi4 for Octoprint, only because I was using it to capture multiple camera angles for OctoLapse plugin. The gcode viewer is my main tab now, as I removed all the cameras
I've been running something functionally identical to this with my Creality printer and have been happy with it overall. Bit slow to upload files to local storage due to cheap card (I can fix it, but it's basically a waste of a good card) but is otherwise great. With various plugins it's a significant upgrade to 'plug in a micro SD card to the printer direct'. There are a ton of plugins and many ways to tinker with and customize the web interface to your preference so you can go from stock to hog wild if you want.
I'm pretty sure when I set mine up I didn't have to configure OctoPrint at all (other than setting up SSH and WiFi). Instead, I configured Cura, connected Cura to OctoPrint and everything was configured from Cura. Added advantage is that you can print directly from Cura, and you get a bigger display from the camera in Cura.
"I'm not making spaghetti, I'm making a model." Quote of the year right here! 👌 While I'm at it, HEY, UA-cam! DON'T EAT MY COMMENT LIKE YOU DID LAST WEEK
The 3D printing is fascinating, but I cannot justify getting involved in it myself. Space and time-to-print considerations aside, if I need a custom 3D print, I'll just use one of the many services offered online.
Wait for a cr10s sale. It prints much cleaner. But I think I will try this. The camera alone would save me many a trip into the garage. Does it have a filament breakage alert? My cr10 has a break sensor, but it just stops the print. By the time I notice, the bed has cooled down and the part has popped off.
Hey Chris, Great to see another useful project for the new pi boards. I realized sometime last week that I don't think I've ever seen you do any work with Arduino at all. Is there a particular reason for that? Have you ever considered looking into it? There's a project at work that is going to require me to program an Arduino which is going to be fun considering I'm not a programmer, lol. So I thought I'd see if you did anything on them and I don't think you have. Great video as always though, thanks for the consistently great content!
The only reason I've never covered Arduino is that this is a computing channel, not a maker channel, and an Arduino is a microcontroller, not a general purpose computer. I have done some videos on the Pi Pico (which I initially did not cover for the same reason) and indeed will return to it fairly soon. Who knows, I may look at an Arduino one way -- but it is a space that others already cover very well indeed.
Very nice system. I wonder if I missed it, but is there an emergency shutdown in case the print does start to go bad? Otherwise, bravo to the authors of Octoprint. Thanks for another great video Chris.
Interesting and well working- although I personally don't really see the need for it and it adds a lot complication. I hope that new printers just work like that without modifications. Until then I am finde just using a SD card and check in once in a while on the print since you can't really let them alone in the first place- webcam or not. That obviously changes if you print more than a piece every few months or have multiple printers or printers that can print several pieces after another
After seeing your 3D printer video it lit a fire under me and so I bought a BIQU B1. I have been printing with it almost non stop since I got it 4 days ago. I have been using one of my Pi2w 's running octopi for about three days. I am now 50 but feeling like a little kid at Christmas. I just keep browsing Thingyverse and finding more and more stuff to make. I really enjoy your videos, keep up the great work.
This is great to hear -- it sounds like 3D printing has ignited a passion! :)
Your videos are perfect. What I like about your presentation is that it's direct to the point without any complexities.
Thanks! :)
Yes. And I always learn something, even if it's a familiar topic. If it's a topic I don't understand, I always gain the foundation needed to do so. Chris is the teacher every student loves and no one skips class. :)
I bought my pi zero 2 today and already printed a case and a mount for my 3d printer. Thank you for your guide to make it easier to get started!
I never could’ve predicted all the amazing 3D printing is. In the 80s and 90s I was using Legos, erector sets, model kit bashing, to make the things I needed. Now. Design, upload, print. Amazing!
My sister is thinking of purchasing an inexpensive 3D printer for her business. She bakes custom-made cookies for parties and special occasions, and is interested in perhaps creating her own custom-made cookie-cutters. I sent her your video from two weeks ago, and I will send her this video as well. I think this is all wonderful information for someone who is just getting started on 3D printing. Thanks so much!
The thing I really enjoy about your channel is the nostalgic feel of a late night Open University video on BBC2
I was definitely hating on that print until you mentioned the price.
That would be a great gift for a younger builder!
Thanks for your time!
I have been 3d printing for years now. Tips, Benchy no supports, is it a test of you print rate, heat and other various tolerances. Turn down your heat by 5 degrees. Monoprice tends to run hot sometimes. If this was your first print ever on your own you did great, my first one did not even finish. Also never be ashamed of how much filament you have, lol. Thanks for the video Chris!
Thanks for this. This printer is new to me, but I've been heavily involved with 3D printing, largely in industrial arena, since about 2011. This was not the first print from the Monoprice -- about the 7th or 8th I think, and not one has failed yet! :) I've adjusted temperatures downwards (here I think I was on nozzle 205 and bed 45), in part to make it easier to remove the print from the bed without damage, which can be a big issue with the Monoprice.
I'm not going to tyet again get into the benchy support debate here. The model can be printed however you like! :)
what a bananas coincidence, i've had a creality ender 3 lying around that i never learned to use, last night i bought a spool of filament to try and learn how to use it, and i also learned about octoprint. literally the next day you upload this video describing it all
Thank you for this clip! I own a Flashforge Finder printer, that is closed source and didn't use to work with octoprint; Due to your clip, I gave it a new shot and lo-and-behold , a plugin that works has been written! Thank you and the developer of the plugin!
Thanks man, your calm voice is perfect for those technical topics
Love seeing practical uses for single board computers. Seems the sky really is the limit with so many uses.
Great to see RP0.2 in action. Amazing, how much these little boards can do.
Deccie?
You can setup OctoPrint with Cura, to print straight from Cura, very useful. I also have mine configured to power on/off the printer via a tasmota smart plug.
The smart plug is a very good idea -- I will delve into that! Thanks.
I'm convinced that Octoprint is a major aid to improved physical fitness.
Monitoring your prints remotely, and having to sprint to correct failing ones, ensures we have a generation of healthy 3D printing enthusiasts.
:)
Great video. Just FYI, the Benchy is intended to be printed without supports. Part of what makes it such a good test is to see how well your printer can print overhangs like the arches and roof. It can be done cleanly once you have temps, print speed and cooling fans dialed in.
Hey there, fellow Christopher! ...back again!
Got my first 3d printer for my birthday this past week, and I knew I HAD to come back and follow your tutorials, Christopher. Got a couple practice prints out from the memory card it came with, and now its time for something a bit more challenging! Having a camera available would sure be a handy thing to have....
I, for one, welcome the OctoPi challenge... 😊
Great to hear that you have your 3D printer up and running . . . the sky is now the limit! :)
And here we meet again
Greetings from India ! 🇮🇳
Greetings! :)
A good real world use case. As always, very nicely done.
Thanks!
Thanks James -- most appreciated. :)
Back when my 3D printer was working I used a RPi 3 and Octoprint. It was a great way to keep track of my print from a distance.
You havent talked much about 3d printing other than this particular set up. I, much like you, got into 3d printing the same way. For some reason its feel very natural going from SBC's to 3D printing. I started on the same printer you have - from there I went to a flash forge finder and now a Mignda Migician X. You should put Octopi on a standard Pi board and put that pi on the back of a display (i use sunfounder). Install OctoDash and now your Pi completely controls your printer at a touch of a button. Its very very cool.
I figured out how to run 4 ender 3 pro printers using 1 rp3. Had this setup a few months now and its working great. Thanks for the video
Thanks a lot, it was very interesting. I've learn many things. Personnaly I use
- Raspberry PI zero 2W for MotionEye and Backup on differents WebSite (for Recovery is case of dammage).
- Raspberry PI Zero W for checking my mailbox (from french Post) with a ATtiny
- Raspberry PI 3 for Jeedom domotics
- Raspberry PI 400 on the main TV to share videos, documents and games
This is an excellent tutorial for Octopi, if this had set it up for myself it would have saved me several hours of frustration. I hope this helps many people in the future. 🙏🙏
Hi Christopher, this is my first feedback comment to EC. This as a brilliant Video of a practicable use of Raspberry Pi and as I already have a 3D printer and looking to enhance it is use, this is one project I shall be replicating for my environment. Look forward to future 3D printer projects. Keep up the great work as I e
Remember watching your earlier videos of the Mobile phone reviews you used to do. :)
Thanks for watching -- and good luck with OctoPi! :)
Damn good mix of technologies Chris.
Thanks! Don't change anything. Just keep teaching us in the same excellent manner as you always have! Thanks and thanks again!!!
Thanks, will do!
This was a very wonderful, eye-opening tutorial that presents us with so many possibilities. Thank you for that.
Many thanks for your kind feedback. :)
Thanks for this, Christopher.
I've had that same 3D printer for 18 months or so and haven't used it as much as I intended simply because of the hassle of copying each project to SD card. I have a Zero 2W I spare, so I'm going to give this a try. Thanks again for your indepth tutorials.
Sounds like you have a project on your hands. Good luck!
The Monoprice Select Mini V2 actually comes preinstalled with wireless capability. Which means you can connect it to Cura and print directly from there without even touching the SD card or using a Raspberry Pi at all!
Finally, after years of waiting, RPI zero 2w is coming back in stock for us mere mortals!
I'm using a TP-Link Kasa mini smart plug with energy monitoring connected to Octoprint using the TP-Link plugin. It works really well and I'd totally recommend it. Switching off the printer automatically in a thermal runaway situation or 10 minutes after the print has finished is a great feature plus you can keep an eye on the energy use.
Very nice application. I can't wait to get my hands on a raspberry pi someday soon... After the shortages get sorted.
Another complete Sunday, Thank You, As Always, Be Smart and Stay Safe.
What an awsome tutorial! Just bought the last pi zero 2 i've seen available and waiting to arrive so i can configure octoprint with an Anet A8.
Lucky ... I cannot find a Zero2 or Pi4 for sale anywhere.
i luv any hobby video using budget cameras, raspberry pi and 3D stuff 🤩 reminds me of the days of expensive limited PCs, 🤔not much fun 😏thanks for the great info🥰
Good luck buying a PI 2 Zero at the moment, ive been waiting months in AUS.
Yes, I want to buy a PI 3 too. 😭️
Not going to pay 100€+ for one.
Get out of my head! I was just looking at this last night. Another excellent video and great resource for the community!
Thanks very much mr Barnatt, I struggled to get the camera option working and how to get plugins. You answered my questions very well! Clear instructions again.
I'm watching my printer with Octoprint now, built and set up to your instructions.
It's saving me from going to the garage in the snow.
I'm printing a wedge so I can screw your frame design to the printer frame with T slot fasteners pointing down as it's an enclosed coreXY printer as it's currently showing a lot of the top of the little tent it lives in.
Just to add switching between the gcode and the live view is so fascinating it's almost taking away the point of being able to remote monitor and periodically check for any obvious failures.
This is great to hear. And like you, I now spend time watching the printer remotely, rather than in person! :)
Another interesting video from Chris @ E.C, I'm really impressed with the printing of the camera bracket. I'm sure there are lots of projects to make bespoke items for your future videos, I'm looking forward to the next one :)
A great pairing of a small printer and a small computer. Looking forward to your next video!
Thanks Perry. :)
That's about the coolest pi zero 2 video yet, and there are plenty cool ones out there! Still on the fence what my next project will be, and this one has complicated the conundrum!! 😄☘️❤️
Very imformative, I'm not technical and find it fascinating how you manage these demonstrations. I was thinking of buying a Raspberry Pi and wondering what uses you could use them for. A nice idea.
Ooh 64 bit Raspberry Pi!
That's going to be an excellent video
:)
Great work! Always like seeing your videos.
Tea consumption peaks on Sundays at 2pm in the UK.
When I saw the Zero 2 W first announced I bought one and am now using it to control my Ender 3 Max. I printed a box for it that sits next to the control panel, and it gets power from 24v power supply, using a Y cable and a buck converter, also mounted in the box with the Pi. I didn't have a Pi Camera, but recently added a USB OTG Hub and an old Web Cam so I can see how the print is going (the print head on the E3 Max is huge, and its hard to see how the first few layers are going!) I was told that the Zero 2 W was too slow to use a USB camera, but I have found out that this is not the case. I also find that with the thin USB cable its easier to position the camera and Pi Box where I want them without the limitation of the short, inflexible ribbon cable. Its made printing so much easier, and I don't have to worry about pulling the SD card in and out all the time and the risk of damaging or dropping it....
I'd recommend the Zero 2 W for Octoprint unless you are controlling multiple printers, in which case the extra oomph of a Pi 3 or 4 would probably be necessary.
The Raspberry Pi in a useful application .... very nice
Hi Criss! Another great video explaining basics. I looked at this Benchy, this printer can handle it without supports without any issues, both from PLA and PETG. I've checked my old prints and walls on mine looked much better. There must be something wrong with Cura profile, maybe they broke them through the years. Anyway, I got my best results on 0.175 and 0.21875. Crucial thing with this printer is to use those magic numbers as they are effect of direct steps of a motor on Z-Axis. If you round them it will not give you good results. I also found that this printer works better with PLAs that are defined by people like "having less details, more smooth surface", rather than with those producing "sharp and detailed results". With the latter you will have a lot of tiny gaps in places of retractions, layer changes, z-seam etc.
Thanks for this. Here I was at 0.175 layer height. I am going to try some different PLA as you say. :)
@@ExplainingComputers I'll try to reconnect mini in next few days and do a print or two. I'll let you know.
@@SergiuszRoszczyk Thanks. I'd be interested to know which PLA you are using.
That was fascinating, not sure I can see a personal use for a 3d printer as yet but times change.
Awesome! Great video. Love those little Raspberry Pi Zeros! Thank you!
Niffty set up Chris! I'm sold.
Wonderful Video I learn so much. Keep up the great work
Greetings and thanks James. :)
It is good. You can leave the printer and go do other stuff while still able to check on the 3D printer. Another good show. Wonder if can use to monitor other machine.
I'll admit to clicking on the Like button simply because of that mug of tea.
Amazing! This video has made me want to buy a 3D printer.
Good video!
I have a similar form factor printer that I picked up on the cheap from Micro Center a bunch of years back (the Powerspec/Wanhao Duplicator i3 Mini), and I ended up taking a bit of a different approach to you. Perhaps the biggest difference was that I made an arm that clipped onto the gantry of the printer itself and kinda swung out into a suitable camera position, running a Pi camera with a long ribbon cable over to a Pi mounted on the printer tower. The advantage over a tripod based solution would be that the camera would move upwards with the print itself, which solved the problem of the print going past the top of the frame for taller prints (a problem I had on my other printer). I also ended up retrofitting a small SK6812 LED light strip to the camera arm, which I could hook up to the Pi's GPIO pins to use for lighting and visual print status monitoring. As a final little thing, I connected the Pi to a normally open relay hooked up to the printer, so I could remotely power the printer on and off using an OctoPrint plugin (though this ended up breaking in a software update and I never bothered fixing it, heh).
It's always fun seeing what people do with their own setups!
Very interesting, as always. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday.
It's good to sort you own monitoring solutions, but you would've thought that 3D print companies would've not missed a trick by decided to offer their own monitoring (real-time/time-lapse) or paired up with companies that do real-time/time-lapse video/monitoring systems to offer a more complete or at least modular package for 3D print enthusiasts. Very interesting video and also utilising an energy efficient SBC for a smaller project. 👍
When I first ran Octopi my printers were in a spare bedroom and I viewed them from downstairs on a laptop or desktop but if anything went wrong I had to unplug the pi from the printer to gain access to the controls to stop the print and then set it back up reconnect the pi and then go back downstairs to start the print, I now run the Octoprint everywhere plugin and the app on a phone so I can control the printers from anywhere and also take it to my printers which are now in a purpose built workshop if anything go's wrong.
There's also octopi for android. It even works on a samsung s5 phone. Just need to find a way to keep it charged.
5:52 I saw a telemetry setting in there. I wish those were off by default
I love that you use a 4:3 or 5:4 monitor :')
Thanks -- it is 5:4 (1280x1024) as you suspect. I find it better for writing than a 16:9.
@@ExplainingComputers I find the resolution a bit limiting these days, though. I got an 5:4 1280x1024 IPS monitor from Dell but recently picked up a 1600x1200 4:3 monitor from Eizo. It's made for doctors but it's still an amazing display. Can recommend. In my setup, however, I use them vertically as a secondary display. The aspect ratio is great for this too.
Fantastic as always, thanks for sharing!
Keep up the great content - although it's cost me.... your video introduction into 3D printing a few weeks ago piqued my interest and I ended up investing in an Elegoo Neptune 2S! 👍
Great to hear! :)
Very interesting. Thank you for the (as always) excellent video. If my interest in 3D printing hadn't been piqued enough by your prior video, today's video settled things. Now to investigate a good printer to start with and then learn how to set it up with my Raspberry Pi. Thanks, Chris.
Yay Sunday again have a nice week my friend and love you video.
Greetings and thanks! :)
Wonderfull!!! To see you in your desktop 🤩🤩🤩
Can you make a video on different types of motherboard chipsets? It would really help given the current situation.
Good idea, noted. :)
I just love this channel.
:)
Benchy is a great old standard for dialing in your printer and slicer settings. This one looks cold and overextruded to me but it's hard to tell from the video. I don't think supports are allowed in olympic freestyle benchies either. How it fails on the overhangs is informative. But we'll let the suave presenter slide on that one since he makes nice videos and gives friendly names to sharpened tools.
I'd try another about 10-15 degrees hotter and look for a setting labeled something like 'extrusion multiplier' in your slicer and set it at 90% or .9 (so it uses 10% less filament). If it looks cleaner you might check your extruder calibration.
It's nice they made an upgraded pi zero that runs octoprint but they seem a little proud of pi's these days.
Cheers to Chris and the channel...
When camera is itself costlier then computer. : ) Btw greetings sir..also this is the first octopi video I am watching...
Hello my friend -- here we are again!
I use £5 from eBay Pi cameras on both my printers, and the quality is fine for monitoring progress.
@@EcoHamletsUK cool... But here you can't get a decent camera under $10 / ₹ 770 ..
I’m already printing your cam_mount. Will order electronics this afternoon. 👍👍 thanks
The perfect test model for the clever product placement would of course be Russell's Teapot. :D
Hello Chris. Nice to view next episode. Cheers.
Greetings!
Finally I saw a computer guy drinking tea ☕❤️
Lots of us do 😀
I have an RPi4 for Octoprint, only because I was using it to capture multiple camera angles for OctoLapse plugin. The gcode viewer is my main tab now, as I removed all the cameras
Great videos! Thank you very much for the content!
The series continues :D
Remember, you should only print a Benchy while listening to the Navy Lark…🤪
:)
Love your videos! Thank you Sir. Like the optimism, cause the Benchy came up pretty ugly ;D
Nice little bit of product placement next to the mug of tea!
I've been running something functionally identical to this with my Creality printer and have been happy with it overall. Bit slow to upload files to local storage due to cheap card (I can fix it, but it's basically a waste of a good card) but is otherwise great. With various plugins it's a significant upgrade to 'plug in a micro SD card to the printer direct'. There are a ton of plugins and many ways to tinker with and customize the web interface to your preference so you can go from stock to hog wild if you want.
Thank you. Great video.
I'm pretty sure when I set mine up I didn't have to configure OctoPrint at all (other than setting up SSH and WiFi). Instead, I configured Cura, connected Cura to OctoPrint and everything was configured from Cura. Added advantage is that you can print directly from Cura, and you get a bigger display from the camera in Cura.
Jolly delightful video, thank you.
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@@ExplainingComputers Please make a video showing how to use a new (putative) Pi5 to make free time to do Pi projects.
@@chromerims Great video idea!
"I'm not making spaghetti, I'm making a model."
Quote of the year right here! 👌
While I'm at it, HEY, UA-cam! DON'T EAT MY COMMENT LIKE YOU DID LAST WEEK
The 3D printing is fascinating, but I cannot justify getting involved in it myself. Space and time-to-print considerations aside, if I need a custom 3D print, I'll just use one of the many services offered online.
Another great video, I thank you very much.
Wait for a cr10s sale. It prints much cleaner. But I think I will try this. The camera alone would save me many a trip into the garage. Does it have a filament breakage alert? My cr10 has a break sensor, but it just stops the print. By the time I notice, the bed has cooled down and the part has popped off.
Hey Chris,
Great to see another useful project for the new pi boards.
I realized sometime last week that I don't think I've ever seen you do any work with Arduino at all. Is there a particular reason for that? Have you ever considered looking into it?
There's a project at work that is going to require me to program an Arduino which is going to be fun considering I'm not a programmer, lol. So I thought I'd see if you did anything on them and I don't think you have.
Great video as always though, thanks for the consistently great content!
The only reason I've never covered Arduino is that this is a computing channel, not a maker channel, and an Arduino is a microcontroller, not a general purpose computer. I have done some videos on the Pi Pico (which I initially did not cover for the same reason) and indeed will return to it fairly soon. Who knows, I may look at an Arduino one way -- but it is a space that others already cover very well indeed.
Very nice system. I wonder if I missed it, but is there an emergency shutdown in case the print does start to go bad? Otherwise, bravo to the authors of Octoprint. Thanks for another great video Chris.
spaghetti detective can (octoprint plugin), but you need to pay for extra hrs of monitoring
Nicely explained, thanks for sharing :)
My pleasure 😊
Excellent - could you please share what the baud rate shows after installing the plugin fix? Thanks
The baud rate is set on Auto, or you can set 250,000.
Greetings Chris ,thankyou for the video :)
Very nice vid, Looks like a project for me next weekend :)
Interesting and well working- although I personally don't really see the need for it and it adds a lot complication. I hope that new printers just work like that without modifications. Until then I am finde just using a SD card and check in once in a while on the print since you can't really let them alone in the first place- webcam or not. That obviously changes if you print more than a piece every few months or have multiple printers or printers that can print several pieces after another
Definitely have to get me a printer! It would be great to see a review of a few budget models.
Great stuff. I feel that getting hold of a pile of unicorn poo would be easier than obtaining a Pi Zero 2 W!