The Voron 0.1 Kit FYSETC is a very peculiar DIY 3D printer and today at 3DWork we will talk a little about its functionality and some of its features.
It should be noted that the Voron 0.1, despite its size and appearance, is not a toy since basically we are going to have the same characteristics that we have in printers of medium/high range in a very small format.
It is important to emphasize that despite the excellent design work of Voron, its documentation and that FYSETC in its kit provides us with everything necessary for its correct assembly, the process it is labor intensive and it is advisable to have some experience building 3D printers as well as electronics and Klipper.
On the other hand, once mounted, its behavior is a real delight with the only “but” of its reduced print size. Being ideal as a second high-performance printer especially for printing technical materials or as a portable printer that can always have interesting applications.
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As we have previously mentioned, FYSETC has done an enormous job with this kit, including everything necessary to start, except for the printed parts, which we can purchase in other kits.
Soon we will have a metal kit that is probably highly recommended, even if we already have our Voron 0.1 assembled.
The whole kit comes perfectly packaged and labeled, just as an improvement it would be ideal to label the aluminum profiles to know how to easily identify each one of them.
Below you can see an image of the components of the kit, a list of them and a description of the most outstanding components.
As you can see, in the electronics section we have a correct FYSETC Cheetah v1.2b, although in newer kits this has been updated on FYSETC Cheetah v2.0 (kit rev1.1).
This board come with a STM32 MCU and TMC2209 drivers. It also includes a Raspberry Pi 3B+ which, together with the Klipper system, will allow us high-speed printing, remote printer control (via WiFi or Ethernet), a camera for visualize our printer, accelerometers, 12864 LCD screens, etc.
Too, it is included a powerful 50W power supply (considering the size of our printer), as well as a DCDC 5V 10A module for the specific power supply of our Raspberry Pi 3B+, although we could use it to power led strips or other peripherals.
As for the included Tornado hotend, it is compatible with Dragon systems, being able to work with high temperature components. And of course, with the wiring ready to be able to connect all the components in a comfortable and simple way, something that is greatly appreciated in this machine.
The linear guides are quite correct, which will give us great precision and reliability in the movements of the Voron 0.1.
The mic6 aluminum heated bed is perfectly machined, and together with the 24V 75W heater with temperature protection (thermofuse) and the magnetic PEI, they offer a round finish.
In addition, the 3-point manual leveling system will allow us to have a perfect printing surface. Finally, highlight the engines included which, despite not having the Voron/LDO serigraphy, have behaved in our tests exceptionally and without any type of problem.
As we have already commented, and we will continue to do so throughout the article, the Voron 0.1 is not an easy printer to assemble given its complexity of CoreXY kinematics packed into a small chassis.
So we advise to have information about it before starting its assembly. Here we leave you some links and a video that we hope will be useful to you:
To facilitate the assembly process, here is a video of the hotend assembly to give you some idea of the steps in a more visual way and as an extra help to the Voron assembly manual.
Below we show you the connection diagram of all the electronics, always depending on which kit version we have:
The Voron 0.1 printer is initially designed for Klipper, although if it is a system with which you do not feel comfortable it is always feasible to make it work on Marlin.
We are not going to explain in detail how to assemble the entire system since we have them in detail in the guides that we have shown you. We will only be giving you the steps to start it with links to more detailed guides.
We will use the following configuration to generate our Klipper firmware for our Cheetah v1.2:
To upload the firmware you must use the following command (connected via SSH):
1stm32flash -w out/klipper.bin -v -i rts,-dtr,dtr /dev/ttyUSB0
You can find more information on how to upload your firmware here.
We will use the following configuration to generate our Klipper firmware for our Cheetah v2.0:
You can find more information on how to upload your firmware here.
Now that we have our machine assembled and the control system ready, we can start with the start-up by making a series of previous adjustments, the initial calibration of the machine and, of course, the configuration of our favorite slicer or laminator.
Given that to carry out some of the previous checks/adjustments and later the management of the printer, we will show you some interesting parts of Mainsail, which is the web interface from where we will control our printer.
Terminal, depending on the configuration of our Mainsail or version, this will appear as a tab or a widget in some of the sections. From it we can send commands to our printer.
Control, in this module we can make movements of our axes, modify the feedrate, make home or know the coordinates of our nozzle.
We already have the machine ready to continue with the important initial adjustments to be made before starting with the calibration.
The PID adjustment is an important point to perform during start-up and whenever we modify any part/component related to the heating system of our machine. The process is very simple and it is done very quickly, so we have no excuse to do it whenever we see abnormal temperature fluctuations:
Before starting to print, we will have to calibrate the steps of our extruder.
In the FYSETC configuration files for your Kit Voron 0.1 We have startup macros to perform manual bed leveling. In any case, we provide you with the link to the Klipper documentation on bed leveling bed to customize or explore other options if we deem it appropriate.
Pressure Advance is another interesting Klipper feature that also has similar features in other firmwares. Pressure Advance allows us total control over extrusion avoiding artifacts such as threads or filament remains in movements without extrusion or improving the finish in changes of direction in our parts.
The process to measure our Pressure Advance value using a test tower designed to highlight these flaws and follow the procedure described in the following link.
One of the great features of Klipper, and that we will soon see in other firmwares such as Marlin or Duet, is support for Input Shaping which is a technique that allows vibrations to be reduced (ringing, echoin, ghosting, rippling are other names for such artifacts).
This type of artifacts are produced by mechanical vibrations normally caused by sudden movements in changes of directions. Something normally caused by… a chassis that is not sufficiently rigid, belts that are too tight or too little, alignment problems in parts of the chassis or kinematics, movements of large masses in the axes of movement, etc.
So it is advisable before starting to make sure that we have tried to solve as much as possible the most common issues mentioned.
Given that it is a very extensive process, we are going to explain the two ways to be able to adjust Input Shaping, providing links to the official documentation, reminding you that in our case we use a sensor to measure the resonances of our machine:
FYSETC has in its repository for Voron 0.1 profiles for PrusaSlicer and SuperSlicer. We can download the following file VoronV0.ini and export the settings on these laminators. Something that will save us huge amounts of time in tests and that is appreciated.
The Voron 0.1 is an impressive printer, despite its toy-like appearance, and it wouldn’t be fair to rate it for its print volume. We are talking about a 3D printer for medium/advanced users with some experience or wanting to learn how to handle machines that go beyond the current standard of Cartesian/Marlin printers.
Thanks to the documentation, design of printed parts and qualities in the components, the assembly and handling of the printer is relatively simple, always bearing in mind that it is an advanced printer.
Being able to manage the machine from any device thanks to Klipper, our LCD screen or even using a screen on our Raspberry Pi is a delight.
Once assembled, the basic machine/firmware settings and the calibrations of our slicer have been made, we can affirm that the quality and reliability of the printer has been superb in all the tests and trials carried out.
As we have previously commented, the Voron 0.1 is a very peculiar printer. We have a high-performance printer condensed in a small chassis with a reduced printing area (120mmx120mmx120mm)
And this certainly isn’t something we’re used to. But on the other hand it is a perfect printer for various functions:
In the event that all these advantages coincide with what we are looking for and the cost of the machine is within our budget, it is one of the best printers that we can have today with these characteristics.
Because let’s not fool ourselves, it has a high cost but equals the benefits it offers.
Although we have a lot of experience in building 3D printers, whether they are commercial, DIY or designed/manufactured by ourselves, we must be honest and emphasize that the assembly of the Voron 0.1 is not easy.
And that is why good planning, prior documentation of the process and most importantly… arming yourself with patience and being meticulous in each of the steps to follow will help us a lot in our endeavor.
On the other hand, once you have assembled the Voron 0.1 and start the adjustments, you realize that it is not a normal printer and its possibilities multiply with use. In addition, there is a large Voron community that continually improves and adds features.
This makes the Voron 0.1 a printer to be reckoned with. Of course, for a very specific use given its size limitations.
As always FYSETC has done an excellent job on their kit, being able to simplify the assembly process. Note the following:
Not related to FYSETC kit, since it is not included in it, it is important to emphasize that it is necessary to print enough parts and that these, depending on what materials we intend to work with, should be printed in PETG, although the ideal is the use of ABS/ASA.
In any case it is very important that the printer we use to print these parts is very well calibrated since the tolerances of these parts, given the size of the printer, is very low and can give us real headaches during assembly, adjustment or use of our Voron 0.1.
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