Fixing up a used M2

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Karl_Williams
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Fixing up a used M2

Post by Karl_Williams » Thu Feb 11, 2016 1:56 am

I lucked out and bought a used M2 for $200 Canadian ($140 US). The previous owner wasn't skilled mechanically or with firmware and managed to destroy the entire extruder system. I originally thought that the Rambo board was destroyed but it turned out that all of the fuses were blown. I ordered the V4 Extruder upgrade, geared stepper, extruder wiring harness, Rambo 1.3 board and Metal case, Boro glass plate and a few other things. I'm about to put her back together so I'll post with progress photos as I go. This will be my second M2. My first M2 has the dual power supply and has been printing perfectly for almost 3 year now.

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Re: Fixing up a used M2

Post by Jules » Thu Feb 11, 2016 2:17 am

You lucky duck! Hell of a deal! :mrgreen:

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Re: Fixing up a used M2

Post by Karl_Williams » Fri Feb 12, 2016 7:46 pm

I got some work done on the M2 rebuild last night :-)

Mounted the Rambo board in the new metal case:
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Printed the V4 wiring box on my working M2:
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Attached the V4 mounting plate:
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Attached the metal motor mount:
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Mounted the geared stepper:
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Attached the wiring box:
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Mounted the V4 hotend:
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Filament guide attached to stepper gear box:
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Keeping it cool:
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Extruder harness wired up with connectors inside the box:
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The Next steps will be to:
1. Attach the new Z-Axis endstop
2. Wire everything to the controller
3. Update the firmware
4. Level the bed
5. Set Z height
6. Test print!

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Re: Fixing up a used M2

Post by Tim » Fri Feb 12, 2016 9:32 pm

Looking good so far! So clean and shiny. . .

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Re: Fixing up a used M2

Post by Karl_Williams » Sun Feb 14, 2016 6:25 am

The M2 upgrades are done and the prints are looking great :-) I'm really loving the V4 upgrade.

Added the new Z-Axis end stop:

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Wired up the new Rambo board:

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Mounted the electronics in the metal enclosure and attached it to the frame. Uploaded the firmware:

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Leveled the bed and set the Z height. Set up the M2 profile in Simplify3D and printed a test object:

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All I need to do now is add some white lithium to the X and Y rails.
The M2 is the best!

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Re: Fixing up a used M2

Post by insta » Sun Feb 14, 2016 8:17 pm

Ditch the fan guards
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Re: Fixing up a used M2

Post by Vandal968 » Mon Feb 15, 2016 8:13 am

Excellent score. And yes, the factory fan guards are garbage. Loud garbage.

Cheers,c

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Re: Fixing up a used M2

Post by sthone » Mon Feb 15, 2016 3:55 pm

That new metal electronics case is sexy I might have to get me a few of those. :D

Aren't you just suppose to oil the rails not grease them?
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Re: Fixing up a used M2

Post by Karl_Williams » Mon Feb 15, 2016 5:06 pm

I think it's 2-in-1 for the round rods on the Z-Axis and greasing the X and Y linear rails and Z threaded rod with white lithium?

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Re: Fixing up a used M2

Post by ericthered » Mon Feb 15, 2016 5:20 pm

And all this time I thought the fans were the source of the noise...not the guards. Life has been changed.

Also this is a really cool post. Thanks for sharing!

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