How to install the DD E3 Direct Drive Kit by Basaraba Innovations on a Creality Ender 3

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Ever thought of converting your Creality Ender 3 into a direct drive system but you don't want to spend the $200+ it costs to install a Titan Aero or similar unit? Look no further! The DD E3 by Basaraba Innovations is only $49.95 (Canadian dollars!). Jason walks us through the installation of this system on a Creality Ender 3 Pro.

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[HDgodfrey]

Would've liked to seen you do a print after upgrade. Before and after is crucial in this type of video.

[Patricksworkshop]

tip for ya close up shots that show what ur doing go along way good stuff I think ill be upgrading my printer soon thanks for the info

[bitsolutionsd]

Thanks, great video! I just converted my CR-10S5 with this kit and am getting ready to do a test print.

[unacceptableknottyprofesso]

Would have been nice to see a simple print test with the direct drive, either as a time lapse or just a few shots to show the difference.

[jakewilson]

You guys have a good channel. A little bit of constructive criticism: You have a lot of room for improvement in your camera work, especially for detailed projects like this. 90% of your camera shots are these really wide shots of the whole room when it should be zoomed in one what he's actually doing. No one watching the video cares about the rest of the room. The white walls. The shelves of stuff behind him, etc. Frame your shots on what is important and relevant in the video. And most of the zoomed in shots its difficult to see what he's doing because the camera is not high enough. The camera for most of the close up shots should really be on a tripod maybe 3+ feet higher than you have it, so it's looking down toward what he's doing. Good example is @7:15. Impossible at this angle to see what screw he's turning. A higher up camera would really help. Anyways, thank you for the helpful video. Keep it up!

[paulbetteridge]

the spool holder doesn't need to move! you just undo the rod and re-attach it on the other side. the spool is put on with the filament un-winding to the middle.

[willywgb]

Great job Jason. My Ender 3 has been printing great and I don't use flexible materials yet, so it my be a while before I convert this Ender 3 to direct drive. Thanks for making these videos.
Cheers
Willy

[madforit]

I am New to this, only recently bought my Ender 3 Pro What will this do?

[gilb]

I really don't like Bowden tube so this kit is really interesting !
What would be the printing speed with that added load on the print head ?

[oldgitmtb]

This is 1 upgrade I'm seriously considering in the future. Great vid 👍 also, can you tell us the name of the music used in the vid. I've got it stuck in my head 🤦‍♂️😂

[princefpv]

Big thanks to all the guys at 3D printing Canada just picked up my direct drive doing the print for my bltouch and new blower fan can't wait till it's done printing so I can install this b****

[Jase-E]

Completely missed the M92 Gcoded Startscript. What's this about now? There wasn't anything in the description to enlighten me or show what to do.

[ericfabinger]

Thanks for the video. Have you had any experience with the half sized NEMA 17 motors? I am thinking of doing the conversion to direct but would like to use the smaller motor to lessen the weight on the x-axis. Are there any changes in the marlin code other than recalculating the retraction? Thanks ahead for a reply.

[bobf]

Instead of fiddling with calipers to measure filament for calibration, i just cut a piece of the ptfe tubing to size and then measure to the inside edge where you mark it on the filament. Easy peasy.

[markwood]

Now it's been a few months.
Honestly.... How does the single Z carriage cope with that relatively huge mass increase of the extruder?

I'm still on the fence at the moment but lots of questions lol

Are you gaining a worthy improvement or just swapping the subjective "minor" issue of a Bowden setup for a lot more involved tinkering and modification of the overall structure to dual Z so you dont get a droopy X axis?
After all, that extra 70mm of X travel between the ender 2 and 3 seemed to warrant changing from canteliever to cartesian design with exactly the same moving mass on both printers and now you have just added the weight of the wife's weekend luggage to the gantry!

The inherent problems of the bowden can be rectified very easily and cheaply with an EZR extruder and a Capricorn XS tube... for only a few dollars more overall than the dd3d kit!

I never had my retracts anywhere near 7-8mm even when it was factory 😳 something sounds wrong there!

Would it even be right to call an "upgrade" rather than task specific alteration for the printer? As it's more of a side step than improvement persay 🤔
Cleaner prints, less or no retracts but at a huge cost to optimum* print/travel speed!

* being the fastest speed you can print before print quality deteriorates!

[tacoterito]

hi my friend, excellent video!!! one question, can this direct-drive be instaled on a clon ender 3 with a titan extruder do I need any mod?

[ABentPaperclip]

man you guys really need some tmc2208's on whatever is printing in the background. really hard to pay attention to what you're saying over the high pitched whine happening in the background

[ericbateman]

Does this work with a MK8 Extruder and a Micro Swiss Hotend

[avejst]

Nice walk through
Thanks for sharing :-)

[MrKenlong]

I have a ? how do get the the fitment in the tiny hole? I squeeze to insert the fitment lever then the wheel and wheel moves it and not tobe to hot end.