Seems like a 3D printer is mostly used for printing parts for itself....

I've had this printer since 2015. It's a Rigidbot and has been running its original control board up until last week when I bought a BigTreeTech Octopus control board. A lot of people had trouble with the original board, I put a fan on it a month or two after I got it and never had any trouble.

I thought it was time for a technology upgrade though. I like the idea of sensorless homing and using Klipper instead of Marlin, and this board can do all that and more. Its a little overkill for the Rigidbot, but I have a laser attachment and I want to tinker with the stepper drivers and etc etc, it never ends with a 3D printer.

A half a day of making new cables for it, another half a day of futzung with settings to make it approximately work, and now I'm printing a bracket to mount the board somewhere. I've got a new display as well to install, but one step at a time.

#3dprinting #rigidbot #BTToctopus #bigtreetech