I’ve been busy printing mods/upgrades for my ender3 V3 SE, and noticed some of them bolt to the side of the extruder motor. Mine is silver with no bolt holes on the sides, are these black ones upgraded motors or V3 SE compatible?
Not seen the silver motors, my V3SE and V3KE both have the black motors with those holes you mention. Not done any fan mods to my SE but I have added linear rails and a Microswiss hotend, the Creality light bar, Sonic pad and most importantly ditched the original build plate for a PEI plate.
Hi,
With my V3SE (Purchased in Australia, if that makes any difference) would you consider my motors black or silver or both ?
Apart from adding the Sonic Pad (that being a great add on) I have had no reason to change anything as I only print PLA … does the PEI plate refer more to other types of filament ?
I figure if I am to print different filaments, I will buy a more capable printer to suit.
Cheers.
I printed PETG and it stuck so well to the original PC plate that it ripped the coating off. It has been fine with the PEI plates. The stepper motor I was thinking of was the one for the extruder. The rest are like yours.
If you should venture into printing TPU put a gluestick layer down as a release agent, that filament sticks too well so the gluestick helps get it off the plate.
Hello Bonfireman,
Is the V3SE able to print with TPU without changes other than build plate and slicer settings ?
I am have been pondering PETG, TPU and Carbon Fibre, but figure it would be best to buy a more capable printer, giving me greater options of filaments.
Cheers.
I print PLA, PETG and TPU quite happily on my V3SE, of my small print farm it is my “go to” machine for TPU.
Hello Bonfireman,
That is very interesting to know :-
But, apart from the PEI plate, have you not also changed the hot end etc. ?
Cheers.
I have changed the hotend, yes, but it was still good with stock hotend for TPU, I changed as I had already changed my V3KE and wanted common nozzles. I would love to get my Ender 5 plus to also use the same hotend but that is too much of a stretch.
Hi Bonfireman,
Interesting that the stock one was ok for TPU,
Out of curiosity and because I am unfamiliar with the Ender 5plus, what makes it a hassle to do ?
Cheers and thanks for your replies.
Hi, thanks for the quick reply. The print plate was the first thing I changed, I’ve only just switched to an all metal ceramic hotend, so swapped to twin 5015 fans, but to switch to a 40mm heatsink fan, I need to be able to attach it to the extruder motor, but have no bolt holes. I guess I’ll find a solution somewhere, but I’ve got the smart kit to install so I’ll concentrate on that for now. I’ve read their can be some issues with installation.
I’ve just found an adaptor that clears my cr touch sensor for the heatsink fan.
The V3SE and V3KE both have the Microswiss Flowtech hotends. Would hassle on my Ender 5+ as it has a Microswiss NG direct drive, the heatsink is essentially the whole of the printing carriage. The geometry doesn’t work without a lot of machining.
Hello Bonfireman,
Thank you for that reply.
Simply for my own curiosity, I will have a look at the breakdown pics of the Ender 5 plus to get it into my mind.
Cheers.
Handily on the Microswiss website there is a full STEP file for the NG assembly.