Direct Drive on Anycubic Mega S - Sherpa Mini Upgrade

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Direct Drive is now much easier to install on most printers with the Sherpa Mini extruder. Anycubic Mega S can now direct drive with ease.
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Chapters:
Intro - 00:00
What is Direct Drive - 00:26
Sourcing Parts - 01:21
Installation - 03:07
Tuning and Calibration - 07:20
Test Prints: 12:35
Do you need Direct Drive: 13:32

Пікірлер: 41

@Coychef Жыл бұрын

Thank you for these videos you are one of the most in-depth and well put together videos on the anycubic i3 mega I am slowly upgrading mine like yours

@ChazBword Жыл бұрын

Bought all the stuff and finally got everything ready to go for this upgrade. Probably gonna do this after Turkey week is over. Thanks again JJ for this walkthrough.

@JJShankles Жыл бұрын

This one was a great upgrade to the stock extruder! Just make sure all the gears move smoothly before installing.

@dooley9621 Жыл бұрын

I have been very lucky with my Mega-S, I bought it on Ebay brand new for $190aud and have not had a single problem in the 18 months I have had it and it prints everything beautifully. I can even print ABS with a cardboard box over it as an enclosure lol. Great printer straight out of the box in my opinion that needs nothing changed. Thanks for sharing mate.

@George-od8uy Жыл бұрын

JJ, thank you for your great job! Especially how you work through the problems, that really helps.

@JJShankles Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! It was an interesting upgrade where building was easy, and tuning might not even work for some people!

@ChazBword Жыл бұрын

I have been waiting for this upgrade. SO excited.

@Fixthisbuildthat Жыл бұрын

Very cool upgrade, JJ. My biggest question is, how does it affect the speed? That would be my main reason for changing to squeeze out some more mm/s! I typically print 50 mm/s at 0.2 layers and 60 mm/s at 0.3 for draft quality. Any idea yet on how much more you can push it?

@JJShankles Жыл бұрын

That is a great question, and I totally forgot to include some testing for this video. But I did some testing over the weekend, and I am getting fair quality out of 100mm/s, low quality but still completing prints at 150mm/s. And I am getting really good prints out of about 80mm/s

@dankay9202 Жыл бұрын

Nice video, the algorithm brought me here

@102diy 9 ай бұрын

It is really cool to have other printer to make the mods for the first one. I'm having i3 mega only and when did some modifications, assemble and disassemble parts three or four times before the final result 😂 GOOD JOB!

@andreagiorgi6464 Жыл бұрын

JJ, can you check the new PEI plate anycubic sell for I3 Mega S? Thanks

@81Capman Жыл бұрын

hello thanks for video . I have a problem with mine . TPU slide when extruding . And even when the wheel is tight, the TPU slips. I can even get it out by hand by pulling lightly. On the other hand, no money with pla petg and other hard filament . do you know what could be the problem? Because I disassembled several times and there are not 50 ways. I put a piece of filament to center the gears but it the same problem . Thanks

@EduardoAlessi 3 ай бұрын

Hey JJ, great video! I just did this change on my Mega S. Could you share your klipper config printer.cfg that you are using with the direct drive? Thanks!

@HarryPulvirenti Жыл бұрын

Next video a comparison between sherpa mini and orbiter v2? Thanks for the amazing content!

@S00rabh 11 ай бұрын

@8:45, Please answer this. My vase mode is clean but the regular prints do show those lines. Does that mean the issue is retraction settings? I am using a bowden setup with a cheap dual gear extruder. Again, 20x100mm Cylinder vase mode is clean and beautiful but a 20x100 Cylinder print is full of layer lines.

@JasonSmith-pc6kr Жыл бұрын

Great video! You explain everything very well. I just picked up a lightly used Anycubic i3 Mega for $50. I have printed and assembled the same carriage on my printer. I also added the y axis tensioner. For some reason I still get ghosting with my print speed at 45mm. I am interested in upgrading the mobo to sk3 and this direct drive since I got the printer so cheap. I also have an Ender 3 V2 and S1 with marlin, looking for something different to play with.

@JJShankles Жыл бұрын

If you're still getting ghosting, are you printing on a stable table? I've also found if belts are too tight then it can increase ringing.

@jonwerkman125 Жыл бұрын

Great video. I was thinking about upgrading to direct drive and I have the same printer with the same MK4 print head. Do you have a link to the files you used to mount this to that? I am also looking at upgrading the hotend to an E3D Revo instead of the cheap one that it came with.

@JJShankles Жыл бұрын

Yes, here is the link: www.printables.com/model/206014-anycubic-mega-s-mk4-x-carriage-mount-for-sherpa-mi Thanks for reminding me to add the link to the description. The Revo would be a great upgrade from the stock one. I did a minor upgrade to a better all metal hotend, and have had better results. I think just from the better machining of the parts.

@XXgoblinmonkeyXX Жыл бұрын

i used the mk4 direct drive for this upgrade and the only issue im having is with my bl touch. the z is a little off from what my Probe is calibrating to.

@Digital-Light 8 ай бұрын

thank you !

@thedevo01 2 ай бұрын

Does it reduce print speed because of the added weight?

@ltminion6814 Жыл бұрын

Looks like an opportunity to build a mount for the top of the printer for the filament holder!

@JJShankles Жыл бұрын

I normally have the filament mounted to a wall mount instead of the printer holder. Yes it definitely follows a straighter path when the filament is coming from above it.

@massir7769 Жыл бұрын

Awesome! I want to eventually get into TPU filament. I'm working on fixing my printer in its current state though, after a firmware update I got some issues. What firmware are you running?

@102diy 9 ай бұрын

Klipper I think, it is the best solution!

@massir7769 9 ай бұрын

@@102diy I've heard this from some people. I upgraded my firmware and got it running pretty well. Haven't touched the printer in months though haha.

@rachaelb9164 6 ай бұрын

I vote for JJ Mega :)

@user-vw4cg8cy4f Жыл бұрын

That hole where the LCD once was is ugly. When I switched to klipper I simply put the pi zero 2 inside the machine, bought a 3,5" touchscreen and replaced the original with that. The LCD now shows the klipperscreen UI.

@JJShankles Жыл бұрын

I do have some plans on what I want to fill that hole with, I just need to find some time to CAD it out.

@HemiDad1963 Жыл бұрын

My anycubic mega s is getting filament sensor faults. I really don’t like the Bowden tube.

@Longerofficial Жыл бұрын

My friend, I truly appreciate what you do. We are looking for reviewers, would you like to review Longer's 3D printer & laser engraver?

@micahcriscuolo9480 Жыл бұрын

I’m still struggling to get the damn bed level lmao

@Mobile_Dom Жыл бұрын

surprised you didnt take this time to upgrade to 24v all over, you not feel like 12v is becoming more of a PITA as time goes on?

@JJShankles Жыл бұрын

I feel like I should have done it when I swapped out the control board. The Sherpa Mini works the same on 12V or 24V, but YES, at this point I feel like I should have already swapped to 24V at some point.

@Mobile_Dom Жыл бұрын

@@JJShankles i mean it would have allowed you to use the CHC at 24v :P I have to say I'm loving both of mine

@tomascancino698 Жыл бұрын

Name for the printer "JJ v1"

@barenekid9695 Жыл бұрын

Care! with tightening the Filament tension screw. Unless Genuine Bondtech Drive gears Bearings and Shafts ?? The chinese ones, being of low grade steel (NOT hardened ) and the bearings of excreable quality will chew themselves and the shaft up into iron fillings ... V quickly.