Voron VS Mercury-OUTDATED

Anti-features like this just make me more convinced to get a Voron instead. Open source design, great community, almost infinitely moddable, and at least as capable as the Bambu. You can self-source all the parts or buy kits from various vendors.

https://vorondesign.com/

However, I say all this as someone that is technically inclined, wants to tinker, and is a fan of the open source. Somebody that wants plug-and-play should definitely look at another printer.

https://vorondesign.com/

"The original goal of the VORON project, back in 2015, was to create a no-compromise 3D printer that was fun to assemble and a joy to use. It had to be quiet, clean, pretty, and continue to operate 24 hours a day without requiring constant fiddling. In short a true home micro-manufacturing machine without a hefty price tag. It took over a year in development, with every part being redesigned, stress tested and optimized. Shortly after the release a vibrant community formed around the project and continues to grow today. This community is part of what makes VORON such a special experience.

What was once a one-person operation has grown into a small tight-knit group of engineers united under a common design ethos. We're dedicated to creating production-quality printers you can assemble in your kitchen. It's this passion and dedication that drive us to push the boundaries just a little further. We build space shuttles with gardening tools so anyone can have a space shuttle of their own.

Check out their website.

Check out https://vorondesign.com/

You can use the configurator at the site to try and find a size that could work. However, I must warn you that if those are V-slot extrusions you most likely won't be able to reuse them on a Voron: the slot is to wide to hold the MGN9 linear rails correctly.

Might check out their channel on the Voron discord (can find a link at vorondesign.com) and ask if anyone has any pictures.

lets make it even better

I started with the Mercury One Cad file I think ( https://github.com/ZeroGDesign/Mercury/tree/main/CAD ) because it's nice and simple but when I needed to compare with the Ender 5 I used this: https://grabcad.com/library/creality-ender-5-pro-1

But ZeroG have documentation and STL downloads for the EVA and Mercury One.1 here : https://docs.zerog.one/ and their github is here: https://github.com/ZeroGDesign/Mercury

I assume you’re aware of the Mercury one project? ( https://github.com/ZeroGDesign/Mercury ) Is there an advantage to your design or a reason you wanted to go your own way? Very cool btw.

I believe you could make a Mercury One conversion on it. Although it was designed originally for the Ender 5, the X5Sa is similar enough so that it should work.

High flow versions of more modern hotends, like the Dragon or the Rapido will give you a better chance on that, but since you'll need to mod the toolhead to support them I'd also convert your printer to a CoreXY motion system by making the Mercury One mod, linear rails can support higher speeds/accelerations than v-wheels, and also have longer life.

Hello all - There are quite a few E5+ mods out there for converting to linear rails. I am just wondering if anyone knows the benefits between a standard linear rail mod like this versus the Zero G Mercury One Mod. I think I want the Mercury One but just posting this to get other peoples opinions. Ideally, I'd go with a Rat Rig Vcore3 but My E5+ is going to be around for a while. I can currently print at 5k acceleration (generous - could go higher) with a DragonflyBMS printing at 180mm's but would like to bump it up maybe a little more.

https://github.com/ZeroGDesign/Mercury go there and get on their discord

I see a Mercury One conversion in your future... 😁