Ender 3 v2 Full Build, Assembly & Setup - All The Basics For Beginners
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- In this video I'm going to show you how to take a newly purchased Ender 3 v2, assemble it and set it up ready for your first print. I'll cover every stage in detail so that you can be confident that your new printer will be built in the best way to avoid problems down the line. As these printers are supplied as kits, unfortunately it is possible to assemble them wrong and give yourselves some headaches.
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Thanks for all the beginner videos man. I just did my first ever print om my Ender 3 V2 after following all your tutorials (assembly, bed leveling, installing filament, etc). I was standing for like 10 minutes looking at it printing while preparing to abort if anything goes wrong (lol), but it never did. I cannot believe my first print went without any problem whatsoever. You rock man. Keep up the amazing works.
Nice video. No joke with the upside down hotend. I literally put it on upside down right after you told me not to.
How do you think I knew it was possible?🙂
bro sounds like he’s on a 2$ headset
What does… never mind
You’re not alone lol. I just now did too. Luckily, it was a lot faster to switch it around than it was to put it on lol
Many thanks Ricky! I assembled 4 Ender 3 V2's with the help of your video. The children of primary schools in The Netherlands are very gratefull!
Ah that's awesome! Thanks for letting me know who and where the videos are helping.
Absolutely the best tutorial for this one CZcams! Just picked this printer up since Microcenter has it at $99 with a special coupon and I've been wanting to pick a 3D printer up for a while. This tutorial really helped and showed the process better than any of the other tutorials I looked at. To be honest though, when I was getting super frustrated while confused by something, I got so pissed at this tutorial and all the others on CZcams lol I had an issue with the tensioner belt and spent over an hour messing with it because no tutorial showed/explained that the belt could only go in one way. Later, you said to make sure the wires went behind the vertical extruders, not in front but I'm the shot before, your wires were in front so that's how I put mine. Only to find that if I played the video for 3 more seconds, you would've said the line about it needing to be behind. Small nitpicks that mostly come down to me being a complete beginner.
Thanks for the tutorial!
This is my first 3D printer so I have ZERO experience with any of this. Your assembly video saved my sanity. The printed manual is utter trash. It doesn't even say which bar is left or right, or which way 'round they need to go. You show ALL the important parts in close enough detail that I managed the assembly from this video on my phone.
Thank you, much appreciated
Completely agree about the manual and the left and right bits. This guy saved us some major headaches too.
Fantastic tutorial. There's no way I'd have built this without your video. Very well earned sub.
I agree. I downloaded the instructions from the website and literally cried. This video saved my sanity.
As both a newbie in the world of 3d printing and someone who does terrible with written guides, excellent video. Would've been lost without it. I had a lot of the same issues you had as well and it was great to know exactly what to do.
Thank you. I used this video with the recommendation at the end for "leveling" and "loading PLA". With only these three videos, I am now printing 3D parts with confidence. Thank you again,sir.
Thank you for all these great info videos. I bought myself this 3D printer today and it should be arriving in a couple of days. To be honest, I was actually trying to source a decent laser engraver, but after being messed around by some folks on FB marketplace, I decided to go with this machine, and get the laser engraving upgrade in a few weeks time. I am so glad we have a large enough community using this machine, so I may be able to share, and get ideas from people. I am looking forward to getting this set up, and I will be watching your tutorials while I do.
Probably the most frustrating video on the Internet
Is it because of how quickly he speaks? If you have difficulty following along, adjust playback speed to .75x
my printer is arriving on the 12th, and I feel like I now have 99% of the knowledge to assemble with confidence. Thanks!
Great, enjoy!
@@RickyImpey I know you hear it a lot, but you deserve it.
You're great! we need more people like you in this world. Thanks again.
I have to say a big thank you for this video. My other half has been wanting a 3d printer for a while, we finally took the plunge. Opened the box to find all these parts and a manual that was next to useless, so I said let’s CZcams it, and there you were. We followed your instructions to the letter. It’s a good job we found you as the heat bed was that tight it juddered when we initially moved it.
Thank you so much for your help 👍🏼
Wow, this is the reason mine, that I bought 2 yrs ago, is still in the box. As a complete beginner to 3d printing I saw a CZcams video on how to assemble this and got completely scared I'd mess up and thought it was way too much for me. Waited another year and bought another brand/model that was soooo much easier to assemble than this. Now that I've been 3d printing for almost a yr I just might give it a try.
Don’t know what I would’ve done without this! Most helpful ender 3 v2 tutorial I’ve found
Came here to say I just used this vid to setup mine. Thank you!
Had all the same problems as you did with assembly and this video was super helpful. No nonsense, just straightforward building and troubleshooting advice. Thanks!
Awesome, glad it helped Tyler👍
Thanks for making a video that a beginner can follow along to setup their printer correctly! Awesome job! You’ve earned a new subscriber!!
Thank you for making this i have an engineering project due tomorrow and i cant risk getting a B, u saved my life and probably my future
Thank you for these fantastic videos. You made the setup process insanely easy. First time getting into 3D printers and the thoroughness of your process made the first time setup flawless!
This tutorial was exactly what I needed. Your directions were clear and easy to understand. Thank you!
How long it take you and how are your prints
You are awesome! I just got my ender 3 v2 and it went so smooth. Only hiccup was trying to level the bed. And when I print the z axis lifts too high above the bed so I had to adjust it quite a bit in the printing settings.
Your videos are so so very helpful for those new to 3d printing. Thank you!!!!
I'm going to build mine tomorrow and will be definitely following your guidance. I will let you know how I get on, I can see you have addressed all the set up issues which will cause bad prints. The rest is up to bed levelling, temps and flow/retraction. Thank you for a great video 👍
Completely Rachael. I hope you have less issues than me. I think I might have received the Friday afternoon one🙂
thanks Ricky this video was fantastic mate. the only thing i strayed from was the Z axis motor. i had to get longer screws and shim the shitty bracket out with washers by 2mm - as it was miles out. but all good now thanks to your expert video here.
I can't thank you enough for this video! The instructions that came with mine were absolutely horrible!
This video is the product of the age with the jumpy cuts that feel like a step by step while assembling aside it forces you to go at 0.5x speed to 0.25x speed.
a guy on discord recommended this to me. I will watch it a few times to practice before i have access to the printer
Thanks Ricky for such a concise and easy to follow tutorial. I followed all your instructions and had no problems whatsoever assembling my printer. I really believe I would have run into multiple problems, and spent way more time than I did, if I didn't have your video guiding me along. I really like how you explain, in easy terms, the steps on how to assemble the printer, and more importantly what to watch out for to prevent misalignment. Once I finished assembling my printer it worked perfectly first time. Thanks again. I'm looking forward to watching the rest of your videos on the Ender 3 V2.
Thanks Steve, that's really good to hear. Now you know your printer is assembled as well as it could be, hopefully you'll enjoy the hobby so much more.
bro thank you for having us check voltage...
Very usefull video! Wish I saw this when I first got my Ender 3 v2 Pro, some parts are slightly different but I learned a lot from this tutorial. The Ender 3 v2 pro has the X and Z axis + X axis gentry already put together, but I dissambled as much parts as i could and re-aligned everything lol. Learned alot from your videos !
Excellent!! Many thanks for your extremely practical, detailed, precise and thorough instructional videos. We built our Ender 3 V2 following this one and used the 3 separate ones to level and load etc. We got a perfect dice and mains socket cover straight away. Such clear and concise instructions, very clearly based on real-life experience with the products helped us get up and running. Looking at the manual I very much doubt we'd have succeeded by following that as there were so many key tips in your videos which were not covered. Great stuff and keep up the good work. Much appreciated.
How long it take you and how’s your print quality
@@ohfr20 it took around 5 hours of careful and calm progress, checking each item as we went along. Print quality is excellent and we've printed other things since with good results.
Like on a scale of 1-10 how difficult was the whole bed leveling and setting up the printer in general process
I am just now getting into this but this seems like it takes a lot of patience I’m thinking about going with a plug and play cause this looks challenging
It’s not difficult. You just need to be meticulous which this video really helps with, adding real life experience to avoid potential pitfalls. Take your time and check each step, watching it repeatedly to make sure
You’ve done it right.
Thank you so much i was so lost when i opened the box😭
I followed this tutorial and made 3 perfect benchys from 3 different materials. I don't even think that I would have gotten it assembled without this video. Thank you
thank you so much for this video, it has helped me a lot.
many of the things you warn about, recommend, and mention in the video are tiny details that i would've completely fubbed up or never even thought about if i had followed the regular instructions.
me for about 10 minutes: OH GOD, IT'S OFF BY EXACTLY A MILLIMETER AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF THE PLASTIC, IT'S BECAUSE OF THE PART ITSELF! WHAT DO I DO!?
2 seconds after resuming the video: "...as long as it's not off by more than about a millimeter..."
me: (walter white smiling meme)
Wow...great video! I just bought one from Micro Center for $99 using a special promo coupon. There is nothing wrong with this 3D printer. However, being aware of all those minor nuances, minor adjustments, and even adjusting factory preassembled parts is going to be key when I assemble mine. Thank you for making us aware of all those small adjustments. Now I understand why there are some less than positive reviews out there. Seems to be many cases of people not being aware of what they should be aware of. :)
Indeed, it can be great if you are capable of building it right. Enjoy, $99 for one of these is an absolute steal!
Thanks Ricky for your guide it was really good me and my son enjoyed building popsi 🇬🇧
Ricky I am SO thankful for your videos! I just got my printer in and it had all the issues you talked about except for the rod and the y axis motor hitting the bed. I rolled the bed back and forth and it was tight with multiple dead spots. I moved the wheels all around and adjusted....seems much better. This printer would have had issues from the start if I didn't follow your assembly guide. My only worry is if I tightened the bed belt too little or too much. LOL THANK YOU!!! I am going to test it first as it is from the factory, then add the dual extruder, CR Touch, Capricorn tube and Jyers.
Great to hear the video helped you avoid some of the issues people get with these printers Biff. Don't be in too much of a rush to add those mods, get printing and enjoy the hobby. It's a great printer from stock. Thanks for leaving a comment 👍
Cheers for the video. Got mine unboxed and set up in no time. Also used your levelling video. Print now going well!
This was very helpful, thank you.
First video that I watched and you not just explain how to assembly but why you doing steps that you're doing and how it affects printing if done incorrectly. Thanks a lot.
My Z Axis motor needs to sit so far away from the extrusion that I need to get longer screws. I followed the video very closely. I can't be the only one this has happened to can I?
I wish I had seen this video before I put mine together last week! It would have saved me hours. My print bed Y axis rollers were just as tight as yours and there were a few aluminum shavings on the tracks too, so the motion had not only high resistance, but also some very lumpy spots. I put a paper shim under the outer edge of that Z axis motor mount to get the motor vertical. Your solution is certainly better. I also had to loosen the screws holding the nut that runs up and down the threaded rod to get it in a position where the rod aligned with the coupler. As received the rod was at least a quarter of an inch away from hitting the hole in the coupler. The M4x16 button head screws must be made of peanut butter. All three heads (and the spare as well) stripped and it was not due to a bad hex key. Some good quality alloy screws will be be arriving today to replace the originals, but NOT button head. Great video!
Sorry that you had so much trouble with your new 3d printer. All the hard work and attention to detail will really pay off in the long run though, good work 👍
@@RickyImpey In case someone else runs into it there was one other thing that I didn't see until a few days later. The Z axis profile was not quite at a right angle to the verticals, (not quite 'horizontal'). It was about 5 mm higher on the right than the left. I solved it by Dremeling the holes in a couple of places to allow the profile to drop slightly. Mostly it was the clearance hole in the back of the profile for the nut on the end of the mounting bolt for the wheel immediately in front of the Z axis stepper. But now that I look at it some more, a guy could likely save himself a lot of trouble by lossening one or both of the wheel mounting bolts above and below the X axis stepper. There would probably be enough play there to allow the whole X axis affair to rotate down to where it should have been. Anyway, it all works great now. And I love the Jyers firmware!
Thanks for the tips. My roller wheels were super dirty under the base. So I followed your guide taking it apart.
Your video definitely helped me assemble my Ender3 V2!!! I just have one issue, when I push down on the carriage it won’t go down, it goes up & down by spinning the motor, any thoughts if anything should be adjusted?
Thank you! Your series helped me from assembly to my first 3D model print.
Thank you Ricky. This was really helpful.
FIY, for the screen, you do NOZT have to remove the nuts, just loosen them up a few turns and rotate them to lign up roughly with the slots in the extrusion. they should slot right in and will rotate to the correct position when you go to tighten the screw. easy peasy.
Unfortunately, no matter how many times I tried, they just wouldn't turn and grab so this was quicker. Usually they do work though👍
Thank you so much! The best explanation on assembly. 10/10
Thank you for this. Mine is arriving this week, I'll be referring to this video for the set-up!
They've already made some changes in the year since this was posted. For example, the gantry comes assembled now.
Thank you. I watched a different video by someone else and he didn't describe how some parts are oriented didn't mention a couple of little things you did.
Bro omg bro thank you so much y0u are da best for dis!
Great Video!!!! I Just got my Ender 3 V2 today!
11:58 my favorite part is you dont say what to do if the x gantry doesnt remain at the top. love it
You said “be careful not to let the nozzle touch the bed”… but then you rested the nozzle on the bed. What were you referring to with that line?
Love your videos. Thank you! :) I Just ordered this one. Very Helpful!
Thanks for the guides Ricky! My first ever 3D printer is in the mail, wish me luck 😂
You'll be fine, just take your time and get it setup correctly. Enjoy!
So how do I tighten the bolts for the display holster? You use a allen wrench but none of the wrenches supplied turn the bolts
Just a tip, those T nuts self adjust once you tighten them, you don't need to use a screwdriver to square them up, they will automatically once u tighten the screws down.
The screw sleeve protective cover. Cut about 2 or 2 inches off and put it on after installing the filament step motor. It helps keeping the filament clean and grease free. Also using blue loktight on screw threads before assembly helps it from loosening up
how did u manage to get ur belt around the whole rod piece? and wat allen screws are u using i lost mine
Perfect video, thanks for posting this made assembly so easy!
Superb tutorial. Thank you!
I am stuck where the gantry does not mov downwards when I gently push down. one side wants to move but the side with the rod does not. the bolts on both sides are about the same amount of give. any suggestions? :(
Have you tried loosening the z axis stepper motor mounting and seeing if it allows easier movement? This is the most common reason for any binding. If it helps then you need to look at removing the molding seam on the plastic block like I had to in the video.
Wish I had watched this video before I assembled my Ender three V2. I have tried to print anything yet, but I checked and all tree of the points shown are out of wack. The upright aren't square, the bed moves to much and the x isn't level when it moves, probably will disassemble and start over
9:45 just bookmarking my place for tomorrow
Hey none of my m4*16 screws fit. All too short and now I've managed to strip one, ideas?
which one is the 4 wire plug? 6:40
I'll do the build and follow your sage instructions. My first 3d printer. I hope the muffler brushes work okay 🤞
Hey Ricky! What do I do if the part where the hand is at the top with the belt, and the black thing is going on the wrong way. According to the video, your was a flat surface in the same face as the hotend but for me there is a hole. I’ve turned it and tried to fit it and it doesn’t work. This also doesn’t let me set up the other thing that slides. Do you know how to fix this? 8:33
Hey, quick question! I've been following this tutorial religiously to assemble my first 3d printer. I've reached the point where you out the belt on, but to my dismay it doesnt seem to fit? I've triple chevked that i am using all the correct parts but the belt seems to be just half an inch or so too short to fit all the way around. Is there any common mistake I may be making? Or is there a possibility that the belt itself is too short?
You wouldn't be the first to receive the wrong belt. My advice would be to contact Creality.
@@RickyImpey Alright, thanks!
@11:25
What did you mean by nip up the pinch bolt on the cuppler?
truly a godsend, thank you
Help! I love your video its very descriptive. I am at the part with the belt exactly 8:39 in and my belt is too short, I have checked everything to make sure that my parts are all put in the correct place and it looks good, any suggestions besides returning it,?
If you disassembled the adjuster like me and it's still too short then unfortunately there is nothing you can do with that belt. Best contact Creality with pictures and measurements, I'm sure they would send you another one.
A discussion of the adjusters would be nice, it took me way to long to figure out they are cammed and that not all of the screws have adjusters on them. Other than that, great video with lost of useful tips.
What if everything is aligned but I can’t push down on the gantry? I loosened the z axis stepper motor mount and everything else, its almost free floating and it wont let me push down unless Im pushing directly over the motor...
update: Id say I have to move it a good 4mm or so for it to be pushed easily, I have no idea how to fix this rather than putting in spacers
Hi Ricky I am new to this ender 3 v2 could you tell me how to move the printer up and down in the control panel
The z axis lead screw when it goes up takes the screw out with it, how do I secure it?
Mine doesn’t click at all. What do I do about that?
Does anyone have a problem with fitting the cross bar thing into the wheels on the back of the nozzle? One of the bottom two wheels keeps on catching the metal and I can’t figure out how to fix it.
Have you loosened the adjuster? One of the rollers has a spacer with flats on it that you can turn with a spanner. Turn it whichever direction moves it away from the others to create enough of a gap to fit the channel through.
@@RickyImpey thank you! I’m going to try that
Hi Ricky, thanks a lot!
It's my first 3D printer. How do I know which side is left and which is right?
I thank you so much for the help!
I just unboxed and partially assembled my ender 3 V2 but I think I've run into a snag. The left X-axis tensioner rollers seem to be really tight and no matter how much I adjust the tension nut with my wrench/spanner, the rolers on the left cannot achieve that loose play that you've got in the video. Is there anything I may have done wrong or something I can do to get the correct tension I need?
If you loosen the adjusters on each side and the outermost rollers are still tight then either your frame is a little wide or the X axis gantry is a little short. Try taking the gantry off and loosening the screws that hold the end brackets on, pull them apart a little then re-tighten. Make sure to keep them aligned with the horizontal rail too though. Then, when you slide it back onto the vertical frame, do like I did in the video, and loosen the bottom bolts to allow the vertical frame rails to align themselves with the width of the X axis gantry. Hopefully this will give you enough movement to take out the tension.
I have been watching your videos the past couple of days. They are great. Could you suggest the best program to use with this printer.
If you mean a slicer, I use Cura like a lot of people. When it comes to designing your own parts, I use Fusion 360.
Great tutorial, got my 3d printer working great on all axis except the front of my models (y axis). I'm getting a lot of ghosting / ringing which is noticeable and a clear lack of text definition which I noticed on some calibration prints but text was perfect on the x axis. Any idea what the resolution here is?
Hi, ghosting is usually caused by vibrations on an axis. Without slowing down the print movement, I would be looking for any play you can find it the axis that is causing you problems. This can be loose belts, bad roller adjustment etc.
Hello, very good tutorial with very little problems until now, at the part where you had to sand down your plastic bit, I was also having problems, but I used a level and the top part that the rod initially goes through is askew rather than the bottom part. I was wondering if you know about this problem or if you know a way to fix it.
I'm not sure I know exactly what you mean. On the V2, the z axis lead screw is clamped in the coupler at the bottom and passes through a thread in the X axis carriage. Is it this thread that is not straight? If so, then I haven't seen that before. Have you tried loosening the fixings a little? They shouldn't be tight, they should allow a little movement which will probably allow the screw thread to sit straight.
@@RickyImpey Thanks for answering! This helped a lot but there's still a little binding near the bottom of the rod, I'm going to try sanding down the piece you mentioned just in case, thank you!
very good video, not much extra straight to the point.
Really good to start and turns bad quick. When assembling the printer head he skips over a lot of stuff like it is self explanatory. The belt for instance he just skips by and does not show where it goes. Very confusing. Also he says don't put it on upside down and the keeps going. Does not show which way is upside down. Smh I'd be better off with the Chinese instructions.
Timestamp at 8:01 because I’m leaving to my girlfriends house and want to finish later
Do you need to loosen or tighten the non-eccentric bolts??
You shouldn't need to but with Creality it's always worth checking.
SO far so good this guide is soooo helpful, quick question. When it came time to adjust the wheels at 9:46 I couldn’t get the wheels to spin with my fingers at all. No matter which way I turned the wrench, it moved smoothly along the axis but I couldn’t get that play with the wheels like you were saying. Now getting to putting the Z axis stepper in, it went in rather straightly but upon doing your test, where you push the X axis down slowly it wouldn’t move down slowly, only a very little bit, I had to push down on the piece to holds the z axis stepper bolt, if I can’t get it go down smoothly is something wrong? Or do you think ill be okay? Any Help would be appreciated
Hi, you want to get the z axis as free as possible but, as long as it's not binding at all anywhere, you should be ok. It may free up once you've used it a little.
@@RickyImpey thank you so much for the reply, am new to 3d printers what do you mean by binding?
@@litey9156 Just that there is no point in the movement of the z axis where it seems to get tight or there is any restriction to it's movement.
@@RickyImpey Ricky you are an amazing man, thank you very much!
Thank you, wish I had seen this before using another one! Videos are great! Just got that model and think its set up but on trying the first print (the cat provided free on the sd card), all the printer does is move to home position, then turns heat off and nothing extrudes! Any help appreciated
Have you tried any other prints? Try and see if it's isolated to that one g-code file. I know it shouldn't be but I find it best not to assume anything when trying to diagnose an issue.
@@RickyImpey thanks, yes tried a few with the same result or lack of it should I say
@@S27PSA Well, if it's doing it on every file you try then unfortunately it's very likely to be an issue with the control board or even firmware. I would see what your options are with a replacement first. There will be a fix but it shouldn't be at your expense if it's misbehaving from new. If you followed everything in the video, then it is very unlikely to be something you have done wrong. I found Creality to be pretty good on getting a printer I bought up and running when it came with a faulty part. See what your return options are first but come back to me if you want to go down the route of trying to diagnose further.
@@RickyImpey thanks Ricky made progress today and did contact Creality support; hmmm jury out on that experience! But they did say to reset config and reprint a file they sent and it appeared to work but then the model print went all over. Fortunately having watched your tramming vid ☺️ I did it again a few times and booom it printed! Excited was an understatement! Thanks again for your help and your vids which I’ll be watching closely 🤓
@@S27PSA Awesome! Really glad you got it sorted and you are printing. Now the fun really begins🙂
you failed to say where to plug in the connections, but its great otherwise!
05:32 Got 'em
5:32🤨
lol I knew I wasn't the only one
wish you wouldnt of ran through the wiring like that at the end
Great tutorial but man, you’re quick. Lol
EXRUSION
Great video but this thing is a f@#$ing nightmare to build. No wonder Creality were selling ‘em off for 98 bucks
@05:32. you can thank me later.