3D Printing

Artillery Genius Pro

I had been regularly using this printer for a while. It features a solid design, but not without issues. It runs Marlin firmware on a custom 32-bit board based on STM32F4 series MCU. Extruder is direct drive type, with Volcano hotend. Wire management is done properly with flat ribbon cables. It has fast heating AC glass bed, non-removable!

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Issues

  • The two V-slot profiles which make the Z-axis are not quite parallel. My printer has them 1 mm closer at the top, probably because of the big blue plastic piece which holds them in place. This causes important wobbling of the X-axis gantry at high Z (outer POM wheels become loose because they are fixed on X-axis profile, while the inner ones are adjustable and probably fitted with a spring tensioner). Solution: avoid prints of 10 cm height or more. I plan replacing the top plastic piece with a V-Slot profile then 3D print lead screw holders.
  • Extruder block touches moving driving belt on its back. This causes wear of the belt. Solution: increase distance between extruder block and X-axis profile by adding washers on all three screws which hold the wheels. Replace top M5 screws with slightly longer ones (those were too short even without adding a washer; they didn't reach the elastic stop of locknuts).
Fix belt clearance on Artillery Genius Pro by adding some washers
Fix belt clearance on Artillery Genius Pro by adding some washers

  • There are no official instructions on cleaning the bed. Every time I clean it with isopropyl alcohol some yellow residue gets on the wipe and the bed surface looks smeared. Adhesion is very good, but I am afraid if I will wipe all of that yellow substance I might damage the bed.

Enhancements

  • The printer is very silent. But if you add some self-adhesive rubber pads on the base feet it will get even better. The feet are made from hard plastic. There is also a 3D printable dampener which uses squash balls.

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