Solution for Blown Anet A8 Bed Mosfet on Main Board
My Anet A8 bed mosfet has blown up – what now? I have been asked about this question about the anet a8 bed mosfet a few times now. So my advice was to add an external mosfet and use the…
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3d print journal : Polymer Igus bearings
Update to SB1 : replacing your bearings, Igus Bearings A while ago I wrote a post about replacing your bearings. SB1 In that post I had bought a set of bearings from China, they turned out to be very poor…
3d print Journal 10-01-18 : Slicer Vase Mode
Happy new year to you all. Prior to the Christmas break I was printing with my Anet A8 3d printer. I had the slicer vase mode set– if you haven’t tried it you must. Vase mode produces, in some slicers,…
Anet A8 bearing replacement- SB1
Service Bulletin 1 (SB1) This service bulletin details how to check and perform Anet A8 bearing replacement on the X and Y axis. What are the symptoms which require Anet A8 bearing replacement After you have bought your 3d printer…
Why you need a multimeter if you have a 3d printer!
What a digital multimeter can tell you. You know that time when your printer went wrong and you sat there looking at it? You were frustrated because you knew it was not mechanical, there was something wrong with the…
Anet A8 Mods – How to Make Your Own Heat Block Cover
How to make your own heat block cover – don’t let the cooling fan spoil your prints What Anet A8 mods have you done? All FFF 3d printers use a similar technology, the heatblock. This is the way they get…
3d print journal 01-12-17 : bed screws binding
3d print journal 01-12-17 : bed screws binding A tale of woe about the dilema to drill out the base bed screw threads or not, and what a lucky chap I am, how I overcame the problem and what you…
3d print journal 28-11-17 : Anet A8 problems
More Anet A8 problems Printing on the Anet A8 last night I heard a thump from upstairs, where the printer is located. Going upstairs, I found a pen on the floor – obviously not liking the vibrations of the printer.…
Anet a8 upgrades : Adding Led Light to See Your Prints
What Anet A8 upgrades have you done? Buying a 3d printer is exciting. Putting together an Anet A8 can be frustrating but rewarding. Printing with it is brilliant. But one problem is that you cannot see what you are printing!…
Anet A8 upgrades : External Mosfet for the Bed
A lot of people are interested in the Anet A8 upgrades, especially the mosfet mod for the heated bed. The reason for this is a lot of misinformation out on the web about the mosfet on the main board being…