Elegoo Neptune 4 Max

[nomis38]

I had ENOUGH! of seeing you COMPLETING ALL your Massively LARGE prints with so Few problems/failures...


So, I pulled the trigger on a Brand New N4Max just now.

Sweet and again for the money u cannot have buyers remorse lol.

It's huge, it prints as good as the best of the best, it's stupid fast, I click print and never even watch the first layer on 20 hour prints. Never use a glue stick or hairspray again.

What more can ya ask for. Plus now u know all the quarks I had with it.

Awesome man!!!

 

[Tex Koder]

Did you install hardened steel nozzle?
Or still using the stock brass 0.4??

 

[nomis38]

Did you install hardened steel nozzle?
Or still using the stock brass 0.4??

Stock .4 and it comes with a spare as well. Im sure you could really get it to dump some plastic with a .6 or more. It can already do 1kg in a day lol.

 

[Tex Koder]

Stock .4 and it comes with a spare as well. Im sure you could really get it to dump some plastic with a .6 or more. It can already do 1kg in a day lol.

Yes.
I'm thinking of getting some spare nozzles.
0.6 harden steel and perhaps 0.8 just to have..

 

[nomis38]

Yes.
I'm thinking of getting some spare nozzles.
0.6 harden steel and perhaps 0.8 just to have..

I've never went over .4, do you lose any quality? How much speed do you think you gain?

 

[nomis38]

@Tex Koder - This is a 950g print, predators shoulders, single arm with blades. 23 hour total print it's about half done. Lol the little image makes me laugh just seeing them blades on there.

 

[Tex Koder]

I've never went over .4, do you lose any quality? How much speed do you think you gain?

I'm currently doing 0.6 on my Ender Extender..
It's mainly to give more durability to big parts... You lose details on regular parts though.
But for large prints like your Mando, Predator, Robocop props I would imagine it'll make it stronger with less wall layers.

 

[dure16]

So, I pulled the trigger on a Brand New N4Max just now.

Hell yeah. Congrats.

I've never went over .4, do you lose any quality? How much speed do you think you gain?

The speed gain is very significant as long as your extruder can handle the volume. Volumetric flow shoots way up with bigger nozzles while still printing at fast speeds.

with less wall layers.

That's a primary benefit of the wider nozzle. You can achieve the same wall width with fewer passes. Damn that was a tongue twister.

 

[nomis38]

@Tex Koder - Just wanted to give you a heads up. You know the few failed prints I've had where a belt skipped, and where I releveled the bed then it was fine. There was a reason and an answer. I actually saw this in reviews before purchase but choose to ignore it. Well no more as the bed level thing happened again and I can 100% verify what it was.

The knobs for the belt tensioners, and all the knobs for manual bed leveling come loose. 2 options. Loctite or add the files below. I choose the files below as I like that nice click with each bed level adjustment.

Here is the files and a view of them installed into mine. You do have to basically pull the bed completely loose, just FYI, you cannot easily do them one at a time. Unscrew them all and the two screws up top in the middle of the bed so you can lift the entire aluminum sheet up as you install each one.

Bed adjustments lockers: "give a nice click now with each adjustment"
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6273653
Y axis:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6323532
X axis w/camera mount:
https://www.printables.com/model/718122-camera-mount-with-x-axis-tension-holder-for-neptun

Also the camera I use with it is a Logitech c270, very popular on 3d printers, works fine on the N4M and I've order 2 refurbished and a friend ordered one, they work just fine and are 1/3rd the cost of new.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QH3CBKX?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

 

[Tex Koder]

@Tex Koder - Just wanted to give you a heads up. You know the few failed prints I've had where a belt skipped, and where I releveled the bed then it was fine. There was a reason and an answer. I actually saw this in reviews before purchase but choose to ignore it. Well no more as the bed level thing happened again and I can 100% verify what it was.

The knobs for the belt tensioners, and all the knobs for manual bed leveling come loose. 2 options. Loctite or add the files below. I choose the files below as I like that nice click with each bed level adjustment.

Here is the files and a view of them installed into mine. You do have to basically pull the bed completely loose, just FYI, you cannot easily do them one at a time. Unscrew them all and the two screws up top in the middle of the bed so you can lift the entire aluminum sheet up as you install each one.

Bed adjustments lockers: "give a nice click now with each adjustment"
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6273653
Y axis:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6323532
X axis w/camera mount:
https://www.printables.com/model/718122-camera-mount-with-x-axis-tension-holder-for-neptun

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Also the camera I use with it is a Logitech c270, very popular on 3d printers, works fine on the N4M and I've order 2 refurbished and a friend ordered one, they work just fine and are 1/3rd the cost of new.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QH3CBKX?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

Thank you sir.
For all the previous testing and finding & providing ALL the links.

I already use Laranjinha: Bed Screw Lock for Klipper for my Ender3S1 and will definitely use these on my new Neptune also.

Yeah, I was looking for the Belt Tensioner Lockers earlier today..
I will definitely print some of those too.




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Have you considered using Silicone dampers instead of the stock springs??

They hold the bed level Much better against the heat cycling from the bed's heating element..

 

[nomis38]

I have not, I will have to look into that thx.

 

[nomis38]

4x1kg holder for N4M. No fasteners required. stands in-place on its own.


Sagging down:

Supported:

Files:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6509766

 

[nomis38]

Designed and am printing right now a Filament Sensor holder that will allow the sensor to be moved easily from left to right depending on which roll you are using. This will then solve all issues with having and using 4 rolls up top at once.

This will sit in front of the spools and attached to the top piece of the frame.

If this "version 1.0" works, pretty confident it will, I will officially release it on Thingiverse. If not I'll tweak it till its working then release it as this I a must do thing for me on this printer!!

It is nice to never worry about the size of something with this printer. I've not had a single thing yet that I wanted to print that doesn't fit all in one piece.

 

[Tex Koder]

Designed and am printing right now a Filament Sensor holder that will allow the sensor to be moved easily from left to right depending on which roll you are using. This will then solve all issues with having and using 4 rolls up top at once.

This will sit in front of the spools and attached to the top piece of the frame.

If this "version 1.0" works, pretty confident it will, I will officially release it on Thingiverse. If not I'll tweak it till its working then release it as this I a must do thing for me on this printer!!

It is nice to never worry about the size of something with this printer. I've not had a single thing yet that I wanted to print that doesn't fit all in one piece.

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SpaceX's Mega Chopsticks launch pad...

 

[nomis38]

@Tex Koder - So I made us a nice rail system for the Filament sensor so it doesn't become a choke point or hard angle when using filament rolls that are not directly in front of the default location of the sensor. It just zip-ties to the top of the printer.

N4M Sensor Rail System Files:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6510268

 

[nomis38]

Freaking loving this 4 roll and filament sensor system....

It makes life so much easier. Not as easy as AMS but for the N4M its what it should have had to begin with. I mean come on setup out of the box to hold a single 1kg roll. PLEASE!!! It can spit that out in a day!!

It's really nice that the sensor can spin 360 and it can tilt up and down super easy. Such an improvement and its much easier on the extruders teeth that pull the filament in.

 

[nomis38]

Hmmm the more I look around the more I'm glad I went with this Elegoo max... If you watch kinda behind the scenes of "Frankly Built" or "Uncle Jesse" there main beasts are Elegoo Neptune Max printers haha. It's funny to cause they both have k1 max's and Bambu x1c's. For me IMO those are the two people online I watch the most.

If you want a good, fast, big a$$ printer I guess look no further. Even the big dogs of printing use them. It's not to say Bambu's arent nice, they are. But I do find it funny when doing big prints most choose Elegoo.

If you don't have one and your looking to add a printer to your arsenal, you already have a x1c or k1 max, i'd definitely say grab an Elegoo max and not another of what you already have. For $430 you literally cannot go wrong.

If you are reading this and looking at getting you first printer, I'd also suggest Elegoo honestly. Even if you don't get the Max for the money they really cannot be beat. But if you have the $430 dude pull the trigger this thing is amazing!!!

 

[Tex Koder]

Hmmm the more I look around the more I'm glad I went with this Elegoo max... If you watch kinda behind the scenes of "Frankly Built" or "Uncle Jesse" there main beasts are Elegoo Neptune Max printers haha. It's funny to cause they both have k1 max's and Bambu x1c's. For me IMO those are the two people online I watch the most.

If you want a good, fast, big a$$ printer I guess look no further. Even the big dogs of printing use them. It's not to say Bambu's arent nice, they are. But I do find it funny when doing big prints most choose Elegoo.

If you don't have one and your looking to add a printer to your arsenal, you already have a x1c or k1 max, i'd definitely say grab an Elegoo max and not another of what you already have. For $430 you literally cannot go wrong.

If you are reading this and looking at getting you first printer, I'd also suggest Elegoo honestly. Even if you don't get the Max for the money they really cannot be beat. But if you have the $430 dude pull the trigger this thing is amazing!!!

You should ask for Elegoo Sponsorship!
You're doing all the work in marketing for them.

Want me to send you the private email of their CEO?

 

[nomis38]

You should ask for Elegoo Sponsorship!
You're doing all the work in marketing for them.

Want me to send you the private email of their CEO?

True haha...

Yeah man send away!

 

[Tex Koder]

True haha...

Yeah man send away!

Sent.