My MPCNC works now fine. Im still building the enclosure but I am really happy!! Already cut some wood pieces. (MPCNC is in the box) IMG_20201230_202753|665x499
Now i want to build the MP3DP. My current 3d printer is almost 5 years old and dont have a heated bed. So after I am so happy with the MPCNC I want to build the MP3DP, but one thing i dont understand: If I buy the Mini Rambo 1.3 does the MP3DP work without a screen?
You need some way to tell your printer to do things, move, heat, home, print. This can be done with a computer attached to the Rambo, either be it a Raspberry Pi with Octopint, a PC with Repetier or what else. The latter being the least reliable.
Then you strictly don’t need a screen. When you want to do the things from your printer itseft, it is very handy to have a screen. The second purpose of a screen is that you can monitor your printer. Things like temperatures and so are displayed. Most screens have a SD-card slot so you can place your printfiles on a SD-card and print directly from the Rambo/screen.
I hate to be contrary, but I think a better solution is the OctoPi, with a touch screen. It’s much more versatile, you can connect it to both the CNC and the 3D and run them from any computer on your network.
With the PiMoroni HyperPixel display you can also do touch at the machine. Chris Riley has a couple YT presentations about it. I’m planning on doing that with my system.
Everyone has his own opinion and workflow, and that is great. This way the TS can shine his light from different angels!
I use Octoprint(pi) on all the printers I have here (3) and love to have the screen. I don’t want the Pi do more than it should and not handle a touchscreen. I use SKR 1.4 boards with the touch screen by the way. And it works great (for me).
But as I said, everyone has his own preferences and workflow…
Firmware has to be altered for the board you use. I built the firmware for my SKR 1.4 Turbo on my MP3DP myself using the firmware someone here built for the SKR 1.3. Afaik there are no V1-maintained firmwares for the SKR-boards for the MP3DP ( Releases · V1EngineeringInc/MarlinBuilder (github.com)
I have a touch screen attached to one of my printers runming octoprint. I am using octodash, which is working very well. It is much more responsive than the browser based touchui.
For my mpcnc I use bCNC on a pi3 with a 7" touchscreen, portable bt keyboard/touchpad, and a printed box with 3 big easy to reach buttons for start/pause/e-stop. bCNC has been perfect for the task. I use the macro buttons for zeroing xy with a touchblock, the probe button for zeroing z, and tool change for manual tool changes between operations. the facing operation is convenient for spoilboards. The interface is also easy to use IMHO, and makes cutting things that much more fun.