How I fully automated my 3D printer

I wanted to automate my 3D printing and set out on the journey to do so with my new ender 3v3 Ke. This is not a 100% how-to video, but more follow along my journey.

Get my Gcode and Mainsail settings here on Gumroad:
(Please note, you have to adjust them to your printer / filament! No guarantee this works out of the box)

I originally made this video in German, so this is the English version, where I basically re-filmed everything.
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[lukeunterholzner]

If you don't want to root your printer you can just copy and paste the gcode over and over to que the prints from within one file. Works great! It loses some of the functionality of your system but it is less scary (for me at least). If you throw in some code you can also get it to make purge lines in different spots for every print.

[edgarlopez-negrete]

This is amazing gives me alot of ideas for my own printer. I think for me I dont need it to be automatic but I do want to be able to restart the print remotely, while watching it with a camara. This way when away from home for work I can click and restart prints myself!! thanks.

[LibertyEver]

3:20 - No need to root the 3D printer or use a print server. Just cut and paste the original G code to a concatenated file with the cool down and part ejection G code in between. It's handy to repeat the number of items to print an entire spool of filament, whether that's 1 kg or 3 kg. The Slant 3D print farm designed their extruders with little bulldozer blades on the front to do a better job pushing the parts off the bed.

[DanielBeuthnerFan]

I have the ender 3 v3 ke too and the Orca slicer works perfectly for me.

[parkersickmann]

great video but the music is kind of too loud and it makes it kind of annoying to listen to

[DoubleShare]

Hey! I just watched it all at ~400 views and got some feedback:
- really liked when u explained what did you change and what made things work (like the gcode command to capture 30 degree of the hotbed) rather than: oops not working > I will fix it > oops not working > I will fix it > it works!
- I would love to see some b roll or montage of non stop working 3d printer after all video explaining why is it not working rather than 20s timelapse
- quality production is super nice altough I think sometimes the music is too loud? idk might be just me

You seem like a cool dude, earned a sub! Also, I recently started my journey with 3d printing so I guess YT algorithm is working haha gl mate with your channel

[killbotgamma]

thanks for blowing out everyone's ear drums for no reason @4:12

[BelfastBiker]

Got an A1 yesterday, I have a remote webcam looking down on the bed. Prints can be selected and sent to printer remotely, so when this current job finishes and bed gets below 30c, I'll try to shove the finished article it off the bed and table manually by remote controlling the bed and printhead. Fingers crossed.

[AntonBazaliiskii]

You should definitely contact Creality and have them implement this into their printers. I recently thought about this printing option all night, because... I print lampshades in vase mode and can't fit multiple items on one plate.

[quantainYT]

Amazing. Earlier today I was wondering how to do something like this. Printing a HUGEEE sword right now and having to wake up every morning and move it to the next print is annoying because it wastes a lot of time. You deserve way more than 5k subs.

[kenwilkins]

If you want to cut some time between prints, turn off the bed heater x number of layers before the last one. then you get a jump on bed cooling and ejecting of the part.

[RobertONeillPhotos]

depending on the printer there could be a wipe wall that wipes the whole width at once. I have a Bambu x1c. In thory I could design a wall that is near bed level and I would need move the head behind the bed to activate the wall and leave the door open. It is something to do before it is needed. when I get a chance I will design it.

[sekermakes]

I will suggest you using orca slicer.
Because creality slicer is kind off reskin for cura if i remember correctly.
Orca also has pretty good profiles for ender 3 v3 se/ke
And a big comunity

[enigami]

Nice vidéo ! I just find the music to be a bit loud sometimes, especially at 5:17

[kennethbeasley]

I’m not sure if G code wise this works the same as CNC machines but if you’re printing the same print just over and over you should be able to just make a simple looping program. So for example with a CNC mill you would replace the M30 with a M99 so it jumps back up to the start of the program and starts over.

Google subroutines and sub programs if this runs g code similar you should be able to have a main program that basically has all the programs you want to run listed in it with Gcode to loop through them and call up each program saved in the memory of the machine one after another without the need of a web interface

Should be all handled with the code

[RobertONeillPhotos]

Great idea! A concern is what about a shape that moves out of the way of the head? The use that you had as a test is very predictable nice flat side. I would want some visual conformation that the part is gone, before it continues, maybe a remote continue. Maybe it would have a limited range of parts that it would work with. Min height, flat wall. This could be over come with a sacrificial wall built. a worst case is something like the articulated dragon. ( I have no use for them, but the concept shows the problem). short, misc. fragile spikes that might not fall off the bed. with a remote conformation maybe it could activate another sweep off, or next print. But even if it has a limited effectivity, great option!

[gustavomattos]

Great job man! That takes really lots of perseverance to continue with the project after so many tries.

[BojanSusic-qiqn]

Cool video, I'm thinking of automatic my 2 KEs as well, one tip for the bed leveling, you can print out spacers for the sides of the bed that are bent downwards(consult the bed mesh preview on mainsail) and reduce the deviation on your plate a bit more. You can google the how to about it, other people have done it as well. Hope it helps

[TheNewBloodDan]

When I got close to getting my og Ender 3 working flawlessly, the v3 SE comes out lol making the money I spent upgrading the of stock one an over priced learning experience lol. I’m still enjoying it since I wouldn’t say it’s an ended 3 anymore lol.

[meeskees]

Really cool and actually something I might attempt someday. The bed-temperature Gcode-trick is quite clever. I’d be kinda scared of using the nozzle to push of prints though for things to go out of alignment.