i was also tearing down an old Chiron intending to replace the board with BTT Manta stuffs and came across your video~! saving me a ton of troubleshooting time yes yes. Did you happen to upload the bracket you designed for mounting the manta board into the chiron by chance? I would love to get my hands on that if possible
I have not, but I can. Let me dig it up. I went with the e3ez because it was the newest board in the ez lineup at the time and wanted to showcase it for them a little bit. Nothing lines up, but Klipper, so why really cares? 😂
Checking in on how your upgrade went? I’m doing a similar rebuild but with an SKR 1.4 Turbo, Meanwell power supply and replacing the hot end with a Bondtech / Slice Mosquito I’m changing the bed wire from the included 14 AWG to 10 AWG and debating what to do do the surface since I don’t seem to be able to get that Anybase off the thin aluminum and heater PCB. Thanks!
This got put on hold while I was waiting for some things from a couple of new build sponsors, then decided to get a new camera, then more review requests popped up, work got busy, now I've got covid 😂. I swear, it's on my list of things to do! I printed out all of the stealthburner parts and I even got a couple of new things from BTT that they want me to use, I just have to wait for things to die down a little. Definitely keep an eye out, though. I've got something special coming up that I think you'll like for the bed solution 😉
Where is the rest of series? Is the goal just to convert it to klipper or is there more? I have an old Chiron that is frustrating the piss out of me due to the interface and would like to bring it up to spec.
It'll be worth the wait, trust me. There's a ton of things I'll be doing, but I was waiting on some parts, then I got a new camera to improve my video quality and I'm just finishing up a couple other small videos before I get back to it. Problem right now is my work travel schedule and I've currently got covid, so I've just been alternating between bed and couch the last few days 😷. Never enough time in a day!
@@TheDiverJim thanks! It's not too bad besides the aches and a little congestion, so I'm hoping it clears up soon. I do have to get back into the Chiron soon, either way. It's going to be a fun project 🐱🐱
A fringe owner of the This Old Chiron ;) . that is about to install a first gen Hemera. A prusa user so am new to installing or making motor control board purchases. The Manta E3D ez comes with those drivers as shown… is there a need to replace the original stepper motors on the Chiron? Could you educate me a little more on this as it might prove to be a good comment for Chiron owners out there.
You have to purchase the drivers separate from the board, but the original motors can stay. I really have to get back on this build. I've been waiting for a linear rail supplier to offer to sponsor the video 😆
@@TheFeralEngineer my advice is just keep delivering value to the viewers Sponsors will come after. Linear rails look cool but ultimately deliver little to no improvement, the Chiron’s speed will still be limited by the weight of that huge bed. That being said. An interesting topic will be input shaping with Klipper and an accelerometer. Pick an MPU-9250 so your content is a little varied. I’ll be picking up the manta and the 2209 drivers that come with it as a step 2 of my upgrade path. Step 1 is installing the Hemera on it. I purchased the Hemera when it was first released and got my Chiron for less than $300 a few years back never used it until now. I wasn’t able to print PETG with it without stringing…(same spool was absolutely fine in my prusa) A direct drive and blower fan should improve things. Going through all the trouble of Installing Klipper without using input shaping is almost pointless. It seems like there are lots of Chiron users out there, my advice is make Chiron related content and things will pick up. Chiron owners don’t have just 1 printer and they will subscribe to you if you target that audience.
@@r.in.shibuya most of the build is sponsored and I started designing chiron mods based on having linear rails, so I would have to go back to the drawing board with a couple of odds and ends. I agree that rails don't offer much with such a large machine, but it's definitely a market demographic that people go after. I also had the issue of more and more printers taking up my workspace, but I rectified that last week after getting over the worst food poisoning known to man, so more Chiron content will be coming soon. I was finally able to put it back on my table. It's been on the floor for months. I have a couple of different resonance testers that I'll be covering in the build. The SB2209 has an ADXL built in for X and I have a bunch of different ones for Y that I can showcase. The stealthburner and mosquito hot end should be awesome for petg.
Hello, your videos have helped a lot in setting up and understanding linuxcnc for me, I am making a tiny precision DIY granite frame mill from scratch, and the frame is almost finished, I am working on the wiring right now of servos to mesa card, spindle to minipc with rs485 adapter etc, My problem is that I am a noob at electronics and while I love learning and understanding everything I can myself, setting linuxcnc properly and wiring the cabinet seem a task too dificult and slow at the moment for me. Also the linuxcnc forum help is great and all but what I would need right now is someone that can help me a little more closely, would you consider helping me for some rate by the hour or something? Thanks a lot in advance.
Sorry, I saw your comment yesterday and forgot to respond. What mesa card do you have? What servos and drives? I really don't have a lot of time to do anything else on top of what I have going on right now, but I can give you some pointers.
@@TheFeralEngineer Thanks so much, any help is appreciated, I have mesa 7i96s on intel mini pc you recommended, I managed to make it work and make the servos move (ISHV57 JMC servos) thanks to your videos, but I am stuck on talking to the high frequency spindle, I have omron mx2 vfd(is the same as hitachi wj200) and there is a driver for it, I tried analog 0-10v from mesa and couldnt figure out the wiring, I tried vfdmod userspace with rs485 usb and failed and also tried with the wj200 driver and also modbus on rs485, seems to me you need to be a automation engineer and programmer to get deep into linuxcnc LOL
@@edumerc1 the way I'm looking at it, on the mx2, H is a 10v vref that should go into the 7i96s spin+, O should go to spinout and L should go to spin-. Did you try that? I haven't done much with rs485
@@TheFeralEngineer Thanks for taking a look, the issue is that my L is taken by the thermistor thermal protection of the spindle, if things get any easier I only need forward and stop, I dont need reverse for this spindle, I read somewhere that setting both was tricky
Hey man, I love what you do in your channel! Keep up the work!
Can't wait for part 3!!!
Coming soon! Wait until you see the goodies I've got planned 🐱🐱
Excellent!
Loving the build, I recently came into possession of a Chiron And I'm looking for some pointers on how to upgrade it.
Thank you!
Stay tuned! There's a lot more to come 🐱🐱
I’m curious if yours a print PETG without stringing?
i was also tearing down an old Chiron intending to replace the board with BTT Manta stuffs and came across your video~! saving me a ton of troubleshooting time yes yes. Did you happen to upload the bracket you designed for mounting the manta board into the chiron by chance? I would love to get my hands on that if possible
I have not, but I can. Let me dig it up. I went with the e3ez because it was the newest board in the ez lineup at the time and wanted to showcase it for them a little bit. Nothing lines up, but Klipper, so why really cares? 😂
@@TheFeralEngineer much appreciated~
@@TheFeralEngineer i also have the e3ez! it seemed more straightforward to me when i was shopping for parts
Checking in on how your upgrade went? I’m doing a similar rebuild but with an SKR 1.4 Turbo, Meanwell power supply and replacing the hot end with a Bondtech / Slice Mosquito I’m changing the bed wire from the included 14 AWG to 10 AWG and debating what to do do the surface since I don’t seem to be able to get that Anybase off the thin aluminum and heater PCB. Thanks!
This got put on hold while I was waiting for some things from a couple of new build sponsors, then decided to get a new camera, then more review requests popped up, work got busy, now I've got covid 😂. I swear, it's on my list of things to do! I printed out all of the stealthburner parts and I even got a couple of new things from BTT that they want me to use, I just have to wait for things to die down a little.
Definitely keep an eye out, though. I've got something special coming up that I think you'll like for the bed solution 😉
@@TheFeralEngineer ooh Covid. Skynet got you! I’m not crazy about Klipper for big bed slingers but curious how it turns out.
@@WhereNerdyisCool you'll definitely enjoy the upcoming bed mod 😉
Where is the rest of series? Is the goal just to convert it to klipper or is there more? I have an old Chiron that is frustrating the piss out of me due to the interface and would like to bring it up to spec.
It'll be worth the wait, trust me. There's a ton of things I'll be doing, but I was waiting on some parts, then I got a new camera to improve my video quality and I'm just finishing up a couple other small videos before I get back to it. Problem right now is my work travel schedule and I've currently got covid, so I've just been alternating between bed and couch the last few days 😷. Never enough time in a day!
@@TheFeralEngineer sorry to hear that you are sick. Hope you feel better soon. Flu and all the crap ran through my house oct-dec.
@@TheDiverJim thanks! It's not too bad besides the aches and a little congestion, so I'm hoping it clears up soon. I do have to get back into the Chiron soon, either way. It's going to be a fun project 🐱🐱
A fringe owner of the This Old Chiron ;) . that is about to install a first gen Hemera.
A prusa user so am new to installing or making motor control board purchases.
The Manta E3D ez comes with those drivers as shown… is there a need to replace the original stepper motors on the Chiron?
Could you educate me a little more on this as it might prove to be a good comment for Chiron owners out there.
You have to purchase the drivers separate from the board, but the original motors can stay. I really have to get back on this build. I've been waiting for a linear rail supplier to offer to sponsor the video 😆
@@TheFeralEngineer my advice is just keep delivering value to the viewers Sponsors will come after. Linear rails look cool but ultimately deliver little to no improvement, the Chiron’s speed will still be limited by the weight of that huge bed.
That being said. An interesting topic will be input shaping with Klipper and an accelerometer. Pick an MPU-9250 so your content is a little varied.
I’ll be picking up the manta and the 2209 drivers that come with it as a step 2 of my upgrade path.
Step 1 is installing the Hemera on it.
I purchased the Hemera when it was first released and got my Chiron for less than $300 a few years back never used it until now.
I wasn’t able to print PETG with it without stringing…(same spool was absolutely fine in my prusa)
A direct drive and blower fan should improve things.
Going through all the trouble of Installing Klipper without using input shaping is almost pointless.
It seems like there are lots of Chiron users out there, my advice is make Chiron related content and things will pick up. Chiron owners don’t have just 1 printer and they will subscribe to you if you target that audience.
@@r.in.shibuya most of the build is sponsored and I started designing chiron mods based on having linear rails, so I would have to go back to the drawing board with a couple of odds and ends. I agree that rails don't offer much with such a large machine, but it's definitely a market demographic that people go after. I also had the issue of more and more printers taking up my workspace, but I rectified that last week after getting over the worst food poisoning known to man, so more Chiron content will be coming soon. I was finally able to put it back on my table. It's been on the floor for months.
I have a couple of different resonance testers that I'll be covering in the build. The SB2209 has an ADXL built in for X and I have a bunch of different ones for Y that I can showcase.
The stealthburner and mosquito hot end should be awesome for petg.
Have you been able to add input shaper?
That's the easy part. I'll do all of the tuning once the machine is fully assembled and working.
Man how do you learn how to do this. Other than more videos lol
I build machinery as a hobby, so it's just years of experience and a lot of research 😂
Hello, your videos have helped a lot in setting up and understanding linuxcnc for me, I am making a tiny precision DIY granite frame mill from scratch, and the frame is almost finished, I am working on the wiring right now of servos to mesa card, spindle to minipc with rs485 adapter etc,
My problem is that I am a noob at electronics and while I love learning and understanding everything I can myself, setting linuxcnc properly and wiring the cabinet seem a task too dificult and slow at the moment for me.
Also the linuxcnc forum help is great and all but what I would need right now is someone that can help me a little more closely, would you consider helping me for some rate by the hour or something?
Thanks a lot in advance.
Sorry, I saw your comment yesterday and forgot to respond.
What mesa card do you have? What servos and drives? I really don't have a lot of time to do anything else on top of what I have going on right now, but I can give you some pointers.
@@TheFeralEngineer Thanks so much, any help is appreciated, I have mesa 7i96s on intel mini pc you recommended, I managed to make it work and make the servos move (ISHV57 JMC servos) thanks to your videos, but I am stuck on talking to the high frequency spindle, I have omron mx2 vfd(is the same as hitachi wj200) and there is a driver for it, I tried analog 0-10v from mesa and couldnt figure out the wiring, I tried vfdmod userspace with rs485 usb and failed and also tried with the wj200 driver and also modbus on rs485, seems to me you need to be a automation engineer and programmer to get deep into linuxcnc LOL
@@edumerc1 the way I'm looking at it, on the mx2, H is a 10v vref that should go into the 7i96s spin+, O should go to spinout and L should go to spin-. Did you try that? I haven't done much with rs485
@@TheFeralEngineer Thanks for taking a look, the issue is that my L is taken by the thermistor thermal protection of the spindle, if things get any easier I only need forward and stop, I dont need reverse for this spindle, I read somewhere that setting both was tricky
@@edumerc1 any way you can ground the thermistor anywhere other than the vfd?