Anycubic Kobra Go 8 month review
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- čas přidán 13. 05. 2024
- 8 month review of the Anycubic Kobra Go. I've been running and experimenting with the Kobra constantly since I bought it in December of 2022
Have a look and let me know what you think, let me know if you have questions or any requests.
As One of those helped by you I just want to say THANK YOU!!!😊😊
LOL thank you slick 😀 and you are so welcome 😀
I'm glad that you are having success. I, on the other hand, had had no luck at all. Anycubic has gone so far as to send me 2 new stepper motors (Z and Y), and also sent a new main board. I've tuned and fiddled with this thing for days.
Hey Giczmo sorry to hear. Hopefully, you'll get it sorted out soon.
4:05 - one more idea to test in this printer is whether this "clip" or "holder" for the bowden tube is actually doing its job well enough. Take a marker, make an indication next to the clip, and run a retraction test. During the test, monitor the mark on the bowden tube to see if the tube is moving or not during the retraction. Sometimes the movement of the filament creates friction inside the tube, and as a result, during fast and big retractions, the tube gets sucked in and gets pushed out instead of the filament, which as a result gives you more strings.
My Kobra hasn't arrived yet, so can't test myself.
Thanks Nikita I'll do it. I feel very confident that it's OK. Ever since I removed the speed limit on the retraction I haven't seen a hair of a string.
@@mayhemsmiley Since you asked for other options that you can test, you can check the steper motor ratio on your extruder. I've done it a few times on my previous machine. You measure 25 cantimeters on your filament from where it goes into the extruder. You then run a command through the pronterface to push 20 cm of extruder through and measure the leftover. If it's 5 cm, your extruder ratio is right. If it's less or more, you can adjust your steps/mm ratio.
Send command M92 to your printer. This will return a string of values. Find the line that starts with echo: M92, then find the E-value (usually at the end of this line). Adjust it accordingly and test again.
For extra info google: "E-Steps calibration"
@@NikitaDugin Hi Nikita, yes I've done this before to this printer and shared a video referencing another youtuber :)
Really annoyed they didn’t include the sensor adjustment tool.
If you check out their CZcams video it will show you how to use the wrench instead.
@@mayhemsmiley the wrench method works great. I bought mine 2nd hand from someone who couldn't figure out why they were having trouble, it was the sensor. Adjusted it and it works good now. Lol
I got mine from microcenter for $100 and I really cant fault it for anything at that price. The only complaints I have about it are it is loud and the part cooling fan could be better.
I adjusted the firmware to dial the mainbaord fan down from 100% to 80% and that helped a lot. The PSU fan will be much more involved to replace. The one sided part cooling causes quality issues on prints and causes me to rotate most prints 90 degrees. A new fan duct would help, but ive been too lazy to take thr fan shroud off again.
Hey NoLongo, sweet deal you got at 100 bucks. I've really enjoyed this printer and learned a ton along the way. My Qiditech printer is really noisy in comparison. I have my lazy moments too LOL
I got one for $20 as a customer return, turns out the original purchaser swapped the Z and X connectors (Z connector plugged into X motor and vice versa) - once I got everything adjusted properly it works great to this day
Wow that's fantastic. Congratulations 🎊
Hey. I just ordered this printer a few days ago, and am just wondering if you could provide some tips to follow when assembling. just some stuff to make sure i do and stuff to not do. This is going to be my first printer, so i want it to work for a long time and work well.
Hi Bryan, yah do the bed rollers before you level the cross bar and use soup cans instead of a book. Take your time and double-check your work.
You can use any Nema 17 Stepper! No need to get the original parts from anycubic. I replaced my y-motor with a stronger one for faster acceleration and added a second stepper for the z-axis. No problems whatsoever!
edit: just make sure it has 1.8° stepps! That's the normal value. There are more expensive 0.9° available. But I don't think these would work without changing stuff in the firmware. Not sure.
Thanks very much super useful info 🙂
I’m having no luck with this printer. First time 3D printer and just confused where I need to go to figure out my issues.
Hi JW, start with these 5 tips. Do them in order and let me know how you make out. Facebook has a group too with very helpful people there too. czcams.com/video/Wn5jI6O0cWo/video.html
Btw is it possible to ad wifi module and webcam in cobra go? im see some mods in ender3 soo just wondering...and i have those cheap modules at home :)
And Thank you all vids ;)
Hi Make, sorry I don't know if you can add wifi module. I know you can connect the Mintion beagle camera, but I didn't care for it and returned it.
7:20 part of video Not sure what you meant by setting manual leveling and then auto leveling and it prints flawlessly. How does one do that? Thanks.
Hi Obla, sorry if it wasn't clear. My bed has waves that the auto bed leveling doesn't work great, so I converted the spacers below the bed to springs and nuts to adjust the bed closer to level in the four corners, then locked the height in using the nuts. Next I ran the auto bed leveling from the printer control panel to capture the data via the sensor attached to the print head. Lastly I entered M420 S1 Z0 into the printer setup in Cura. Here are 2 videos that hopefully clarify even more, but let me know if you have questions. czcams.com/video/qpm1Rpr6EyQ/video.html czcams.com/video/MFpcUc5_FJY/video.html
Sorry and this one too czcams.com/video/qpm1Rpr6EyQ/video.html
Do you happen to know were i could purchase an z stepper motor for this machine
No but if you find out please share.
When the bed is leveled, do you have to copy the points to the slicer for the gcode or does the machine just integrate the bed level coordinates along with the code for the print? How does this work?
When you run the bed leveling the points measured are stored in the printer's EEPROM. You must ensure that the stored measurements get used. That can be on the EEPROM, but if you are uncomfortable going into the EEPROM using Pronterface, you can add the following to your start code in your preferred slicer M420 S1 Z0 czcams.com/video/MFpcUc5_FJY/video.html
@@mayhemsmiley Thank you sooo much!! :)
@@gmodesike so welcome 😊
Most of my issues now are extrusion problems. Mostly under i think.
Hi Darth, links to Daniel Crosslinks channel is where I learned to calibrate mine czcams.com/video/mspWDOUTvdE/video.html Let me know how you make out.
Have you tried to print with TPU material? I'm having a lot of problem to find the right adjsutment, I'm thinking that I don't have the right printer
Not yet but soon
@@mayhemsmiley if you will have good result please let us know!
@@darioalbieri2954 definitely will do
It says when I use the ender slicer it prints slower than the Anycubic one is that true or not?
Hi Coldest, yes it appears ot be true that the Anycubic slicer prints faster, but check out this video. I haven't had the Anycubic slicer work well for me. czcams.com/video/MZJWlfH6Spk/video.html
@@mayhemsmiley thx so should I use Anycubic now?
Cuz it works for me
@@coldesteditzonyt9591 good to hear. Happy printing
@@mayhemsmiley thx
Hey Mayhem! I just got my 3d printer, but it is having problems with the y axis homing. It all moves fine, but when it gets to its home, it makes a weird sound and i get an error saying y axis homing failed. please reset. I NEED HELP! Please if there is any advice you would give me, let me know. i am desprete becasue it is my first printer and i dont want to have wasted 200 dollars\
Morning Bryan, just a few questions.
Is it homing in the right direction towards the limit switch?
If yes, when it is homing if you press the limit switch before it is even close, does it reverse then change to take a second attempt at the limit switch?
Does the noise happen part way or when it has reached the end of the travel?
It's sounding like the limit switch is not being activated your hearing stepper motor skipping before it raise the alarm, the alarm and stopping is good thing so as not to destroy the stepper motor.
Let me know
If i press the limit switch before it is close, it still brings up that error, but the sound does not happen. the noise will only happen when it reaches the end
@@mayhemsmiley
@@bryanoler7487 So pressing the limit switch will stop the movement?
Yes, but it brings up the error. Clicking it twice on the other hand fixes the issue. if i click it twice manualy, it acts as if its home
@@mayhemsmiley
It looks as if the switch is not being clicked by the bed.