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Almost done. I was waiting for my bolts/nuts and T8 lead screws to arrive today, but the package got delayed.
Still, managed to put it more or less together with whatever I had at hand. All I have left is to put in lead screws in, do some calibration, and maybe a few test prints.
Printed motor mounts, gantry backplate and everything else worked like a charm. I only had to print different motor mounts with T-slots, cause M4 T-nuts I ordered won't be here 'till Friday, and my friend needs it by yesterday... as usual...

 

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Finally all parts arrived. I was too busy and forgot to snap any pics, but tomorrow I'm going to flash mriscoc's firmware and do some calibration and testing. Already got my transmission ratios for the new extruder, leveled a gantry and tested my dual-motor setup. Everything works as expected. Stock firmware really sucks. While the new version at least got a higher max transmission ratio for the extruder, it still caps extrusion speed to only 50 (which is unbearably slow with 3:1 gearing). Also need to check the encoder on LCD (i think the push button does double-click and won't let me exit menus every other time).
Also, since I didn't have a proper y-split motor cable and I was too lazy to crimp a new one, I found some 4p XH2.54 connectors on my "dirty work desk" and a 4-pin pigtail from something, made a small ghetto-splitter in ~2min, and reused a leftover short Z-axis cable from my old Ender3v2.

 

[Kwadratowicz]

I've got everything to move the printer to basement, but I need time, and yesterday I've changed DOCENG brushles fan from hotend to slightly better chinese brand GDSTIME

And I've found that I did not screw 2 screws inside the printing head xD, but it was working without it with no problem, but now they are there ^^.
And dryer has come

 

[silentbogo]

Nice! Gonna need to buy or build a dryer as well. We had so much rain lately, that a spool of PETG can't survive as-is for longer than few days. My new spool is already weaving spiderwebs like crazy
And with my last order I also bought an orbiter gear set, so I can finish building afterburner for my 300x300 printer. That thing's been rattling in the box for like a year or so...
Always wanted to build a Voron Trident or 0.2, but premade kits are so expensive that I had to put it on the backburner.

 

[Kwadratowicz]

Always wanted to build a Voron Trident or 0.2, but premade kits are so expensive that I had to put it on the backburner.

I agree, I could buy 3x ender 3 with one kit of voron0, but there is something satisfying in corexy movement .
(but Elegoo Centauri Carbon is the same price in My country as voron 0.2 kit), and the kit itself has some drawbacks, cause of the materials that are used, (today I should get molex microfit 3.0 set from china to change umbilical cord from stiff cable to silicone cables , and I can make cable for old ender 3 that is in the basement too ) so even the kit is complete there are places that can be upgraded right of the box.

But I don't like voron 0 as I thought I would like, it's really small printer, and cause of that it is sometimes hard to work around it, which is pain in the ....

And electronics is hidden really well so every time I need to adjust something from electronics I need to unscrew back panel. (But in basement it can be open all the time, cause there is no little hands that could get themselves shocked )

And I don't know why they don't give clear panels for electronics and wiring, If I would have more money to burn I would buy clear panels just to have it see through.

 

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I could buy 3x ender 3 with one kit of voron0

In my area it's closer to buying a ready-to-go brand new Bambulab P1S (~32k UAH or $760 for the cheapest full kit). Even a bare-bones Trident frame kit on Aliexpress is around the same I paid for my K1 SE.
I already have pretty much all the electronics, including BTT Eddy probe. At first I wanted to play with Creality lidar, but my friend told me it's crap. Maybe closer to fall I'll take a couple of days off and go around local metal shops. Need to check how much it'll cost to buy and cut to spec some 2020 extrusions (locally manufactured). It's almost 10 times cheaper than buying those from China, but locals are always "famous" for their tolerances while cutting metal, so I need to be physically present to check it all, otherwise I'm gonna have to grind it myself afterwards.