8/13/2019  – USED ENDER Printers back in stock!  I’ve bought 3.. they help you fix ’em!

Ender 3 Pro  $185.00 OBO!

Ender 3 $155.00 OBO!

Ender 5 $249.00 OBO!

CR-10 259.00 OBO!

REPLACE those bad XT60 Connectors before your Ender 3 catches fire! https://makersteve.com/2019/04/16/safety-first-replace-those-bad-xt60-connectors-ender-3-fix/

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I created a video on YouTube that shows my build process (if there is one) and the Ender 3 upgrades I do out of the box.

Maker Steve Ender 3 Build Part 1
Maker Steve Ender 3 Build Part 2
Maker Steve Ender 3 Build Part 3

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Just finished another Ultimate Guide on building the Creality CR-10 or CR-10S 

A few months back and did a guide on how to Silence your Printer with Vibration Dampers.

The upgrade was performed on a CR-10 that required no modification.  I bought several new Enders from eBay at a pretty good deal.  Why not upgrade them as I build right out of the box?  Not so much.  For the Y-Axis, you have to cut the hotbed carrier.  Also, in the guide, I pointed out the two types of NEMA 17 Dampers, ones without nubs and ones with nubs.

Well I had plenty with nubs so I fixed em.

Difficult: Easy

Price: $5-20

Time to complete: 45 minutes

Pros: Printer will run quieter and likely improve print quality.

Cons: None that I can hear.

Satisfaction: Complete!

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Parts required:

NEMA 17 Vibration Dampers:  eBay and Amazon (watch for nubs)

Metric button head assortment – You’ll need four M3x6mm screws.

 

Nubs on the left, none on the right.

Another view.

Clamp em to the table and give em a grind.

No Nubs!

Now to the task at hand!

Here’s the problem, if you put a vibration damper on the Y-Axis it moves the motor out and causes it to hit the hotbed carrier.  Luke Hatfield from the Creality Official 3D User Group has a pretty good troubleshooting guide that walks  you through this as well, without the nubs.

NOTE: Don’t install the Vibration Damper on the Y-Axis if you are not willing to bump and grind a bit.

Problem: Hotbed carrier hits motor with Vibration Damper installed..

Maker Steve marks carrier.

Maker Steve removes carrier by loosening the four button screws on either side.

And the belts holding the carrier.

Clamp it down.

Eye up the mark.

DeWalt it.

Looks good.

Flip and grind.

Better.

Test it, motor is cleared.

Re-attach belt.

So if you made it this far, you are willing to do what it takes to install the Vibration Damper on the Y-axis.  So lets do that…

Do do this, you will need shorter screws.

Remove the existing Y-Axis Motor.

Grab your Metric Button Head Assortment

Dig out two M3x6mm screws.

Mount the vibration damper to the motor.

Yup.

Adjust the belt pulley so it is out past the vibration damper.

Now for the X-Axis motor… the screws are hiding under the QR Code Sticker.

There are four, remove all of the screws.

You will need two left in for later, 50% chance they are the right two.

Pull all four screws on the motor.

Install a Vibration Damper as shown.

Adust your Belt Pully out the same distance as a Vibration Damper.

Mount the motor and reinstall the cover.

Two screws as shown.

And get back to printing in silence!

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Steve