This printer has been disassembled for some time now. It awaited a new life as a CoreXY rebuild, which I might do one of these days. However, after obtaining a SOVOL SV05 „Cartesian-Cube“, I experienced this „works oft of the box“ sensation, that simply didn’t make the rebuild necessary so far. On the other hand I assembled quite a bit of the BOM for the rebuild, so something will be build based on this. Maybe I’ll skip the CoreXY approach and opt for another Cartesian-Cube Workhorse. Cartesian printers are simpler than CoreXY, similar in visual apperance, but potentially slower, due to the comparatively higher torque, two stepper motors can impose on a CoreXY printhead. But sometimes simple means less trouble. We’ll see. For now this is a halted project. Rendered impressions of the planned rebuild follow below.
Impressions of a Tevo Tornado CoreXY rebuild
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Things to Printed from this Thingiverse Collection
- Heatbed Leveling Dials
- BL-Touch auto-leveling sensor
- Spoolholder
- Extruder Cable guides
- Build plate cable guides
Tuning the Tevo Tornado
Tevo Tornado Specification
Technical Specifications:
Layer resolution of 50 microns.
MAX Printing Speed: 150 mm/s.
Build size: 300X 300 X 400mm.
Full Metal E3D Bowden long distance Extruder with Titan.
Material type: PLA, ABS, PETG, Wood, PVA and Flexible Filaments .
Material specifications 1.75mm in diameter.
Positioning accuracy: Z 0.004mm, XY 0.012mm.
Printing Color: Single color.
Nozzle diameter: 0.4mm (customized 0.3mm/0.2mm).
Recommended extruder temperature: 210°C (the maximum can be set to 260°C).
Heating plate temperature: 60-110°C (proper winter warming and summer appropriate cooling).
Best ambient temperature: ≥25°C.
Power requirements: 220V, 250W, 50Hz, 0.89A.
Connection: TF card or USB.
The file print format: STL,G-Code.
Compatibility: Windows, Linux, Mac.
CE, FCC specifications: CE, FC, ROHS.
Device weight: 14kg.
Equipment size: 560X 600X620mm.
Package size: 660X 560X 310mm
Despite this the more general Specs found everywhere suggest:
Layer height: 0.1mm (100 Microns)
Printing Speed: 60mm/s
So let’s try to push the limits. Maybe we can go down to 0.05mm Layer height? I’ll keep you posted.
