Should you build a VORON 2.4 in 2023? (LDO Kit Review)

VORON printers are the most hyped printers from the last few years, and it has never been easier to build one today with part kits like the one from LDO! Yet, should you still build one in 2022 with other high-speed printers like the Bambulab X1?

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00:00 Introduction
02:40 Preparation
09:45 Mechanical Assembly
12:40 Electronics
14:25 Software
15:30 Printing
16:55 LDO Kit and VORON thoughts
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[CNCKitchen]

VORON 2.4 - Overhyped or everything you desire?

[VezD]

For me.. a good reason to do a DIY printer over a bamboo (which is a super nice printer) is the fact that it is a a DIY. There is a lot of fun making and building something yourself and be proud of it. And you learn so much in the making, which will make you a way better 3d printer operator and will be easily able to troubleshoot and maintain the printer since you know it from bottom up :) Good video there again my friend!! Thanks for sharing 👍 and kudos to Voron designers! I have too been dreaming of that printer before because it looks so nice :)

[HumanShield]

There's also a software-mod called "automatic z calibration" that actually bounces the klicky probe off the z-endstop, baby stepping the z-offset. There's a little bit of tuning, and it can be a little confusing when first installing it. But it's is totally worth it. You can change the build plate without having to change any settings. :)

[benupde]

I self sourced and built my Voron 2.4 over the span of a couple months. I spent less than $900usd on it by catching things on sale and scoring a Pi4b for actual retail price!
Love it!

[Hopeinformer]

That's the part that gets me. I bought the kit in full, nearly $2k and they didn't even provide the wiring harness but a couple spools of wires and a bag of connectors, while YouTubers get a full kit for free of charge for a review. Plus often get extras. Spend the $1800+ and then offer a more reliable review. If I didn't have to pay for the kit I can easily over look a lot of negative points

[willyvanas]

I have had a self-built Hypercube for years, it has been running 24/7 for 6 months straight and has given no problems, looks a lot like the Voron, I am very happy with the printer and will definitely build a 3rd because the 2nd smaller fursion was straight to the big execution building, I LOVE THE XYcore machines

[mrendall]

For what it's worth, while I'm sure the LDO kit is lovely, I have zero regrets about going with the Formbot kit. I've had no issues with any of the components.

[petermaersk-moller]

I have built a Voron 2.4 last year based on Formbot and before cable harness became common available. Went for Dragon High Flow. Simply love it. Love that ABS/ASA/Nylon and other high temp chamber filaments just work. Added a lot of mods, lights, temp sensors, humidity sensor, two cameras, new spool holder, emergency shut off button and 24V PS controlled via relay from Pi. Also added 10mm foam isolation for bottom and back and modded for that. Next is temo sensors on A/B motors as well as all stepepr controllers. Added permanent mount ADXL345 for resonans test. It is worth all the hype.

[kageofkonoha]

Using my Bambu X1C to print my Voron 2.4 parts. I am excited to have both.

[teenflon]

I have a 2.4 and it is fantastic. Built was great fun, tuning was a bit of a pain but now it prints everything perfectly

[ChromePhoenixQ]

I run a print farm in Alberta, Canada with 11 Voron 2.4r2, and here's my opinion after building all these printers and running over 100k hours on them.

If you are a hobbyist, and have the time, absolutely, build one, super rewarding and satisfying. But you NEED to have a love for tinkering, because you will need to tune them to get the "Voron" performance. And when things break, you will have to fix it yourself.

For us as a print farm, vorons are great in that anytime we need to replace something, we can have it done as quickly as we can print the parts. They are reliable workhorses as long as you set them up right and maintain them properly.

If you are someone that just needs quick prototypes, get a pre-built printer. Maintaining vorons to keep their performance up is really a job all on its own, and requires a lot of attention and dedication.

[Raymond-ux]

Parts from the Print It Forward program are ALWAYS done on Vorons. This is a requirement for becoming a printer for PIF

[Thisdudechannel]

I just completed my voron build. What an amazing experience. I enjoyed every part of it. I learned so much about conexy and know everything about my machine. It is a well engineered and work horse. Build not bought. Not knocking on bamboo I was seconds away from pulling the trigger on a x1c with ams for 1299 during Black Friday but that’s the easy way out. I needed a challenge and I got one with voron. Shout out to the discord guys. You guys rocks!

[joelbisson]

I self-sourced a 350mm Voron 2.4 and I have a Bambu X1C. Both are great and offer different use cases. I would highly recommend both.

[chemicalcorrosion]

I’ve been SLOWLY building my LDO Voron 350 kit. When I get free time, I go down to the workroom and finish a step. It really is a very nice kit.

[jayphone]

Hearing about the raw part costs of the Voron 2.4 it is really astonishing to me how Bambulab can keep their prices in a comparable range.

[simontanguay]

Love the Vorons. Love the diy philosophy. Built my own trident a couple months back (formbot kit with a couple mods). It is a pleasure in itself to tinker and optimize the build for ever greater speed and quality.

[derbacksteinbacker]

ive built a 2.4 300 with an ldo kit, it was my first ever printer build. The main reason was speed, and i can say i wasn´t dissapointed! I put a Mosquito Magnum in there and usually run it with a 0.6 nozzle at speeds around 200-300mm/s at a layerheight of 0.2mm. The Print quality is outstanding and over the last months i found my other printes just collecting dust because simply don´t use them anymore, why would I? I am already thinking about the next Voron and i think i might build a Tridex (Trident as an Idex) next. The build of my 2.4 was challenging at times, wich i was expecting, but i got everything sorted with the help of the guys over at the Voron Discord. I have experienced the Voron community as verry helpful overall, its a great bunch of people and i am shure that is a big reason why Voron is so popular. All in all building a voron is a great project, you will learn a lot, you will have ups and downs but in the end you got a printer you build yourself and you got endless customizability options. It is totally worth it!

[Akegata]

I love my 2.4. I don't really feel like using any of my other printers after I built it. It's really nice and somehow actually fun to print with.
There are certainly some mods that make it rock steady, but with those in place it's just really really nice.

[icemanbldr]

I built the Prusa MK3s because I was a first timer, because I didn't want to spend hours and hours debugging a DIY printer. (I built a wood CNC machine patterned after one of your very first videos as my first jump into the general area) I'm glad I purchased the MK3 as I have had a great deal of fun and productive results using it. Having built it I was able to trouble shoot problems with the machine too. Now when it comes to the Voron, it may be beyond my skill level, so I'm looking at kits or pre-builts. For me it all boils down to balancing productive, fun printing versus hours and energy spent puzzle solving of a DIY build. So far I lean towards the printing side. thanks for the video about the Voron and your thoughts on the build process.