Anet A8 3D Printer
Summary
Jun 19, 2017Review, assembly and experiments with the Anet A8 sub-$200 3D Printer.
- Anet A8 Desktop 3D Printer from GearBest @ ~$170.
Upgrades
Printable Upgrades
- X-Belt Holder by kennethjiang
- X-Belt Tensioner by freemark
- Y-Belt Tensioner by YoshiCat
- T-Frame Support by Electrico
- Semi-Circular Fan Duct by lokster
- Filament Guide by jrwells
- Frame Filament Guide by papist
- Filament Release Button by ARKIMBOLDO
- X-Axis Cable Chain by drdobsg
- Y-Axis Cable Chain
- Bed Attachment from Y-Axis Cable Chain by papinist
- Chain Links from X-Axis Cable Chain by drdobsg
- Frame Attachment from Tronxy P802 Cable Chain by rreddy2go
- Mainboard Cover by Lee-R
- Button Guide by BomanXIX
- Electronics Cover by Lee-R
- Electronics Attachment Frame
Software
Network Setup
OrangePI
/etc/systemd/system/octoprint.service
[Unit] Description=OctoPrint 3D Printer Manager After=network.target [Service] ExecStart=/home/octoprint/OctoPrint/venv/bin/octoprint Restart=on-failure User=octoprint Group=octoprint [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target
/etc/systemd/system/octoprint-tunnel.service
[Unit] Description=Tunnel to public OctoPrint server After=network.target [Service] ExecStart=/usr/bin/ssh -N -R 5000:127.0.0.1:5000 octoprint.airwebreathe.org.uk Restart=on-failure User=octoprint Group=octoprint [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target
Digital Ocean VPS
/etc/nginx/sites-available/octoprint.airwebreathe.org.uk
proxy_cache_path /var/lib/nginx/cache/octoprint levels=1:2 keys_zone=octoprint:1m max_size=128m inactive=10d use_temp_path=off; server { if ($scheme != "https") { return 301 https://$host$request_uri; } ssl_stapling_verify on; ssl_stapling on; ssl_trusted_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/octoprint.airwebreathe.org.uk/chain.pem; include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf; ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/octoprint.airwebreathe.org.uk/privkey.pem; ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/octoprint.airwebreathe.org.uk/fullchain.pem; error_log /var/lib/letsencrypt/error.log; access_log /var/lib/letsencrypt/access.log; listen 443 ssl; listen 80; listen [::]:80; server_name octoprint.airwebreathe.org.uk; autoindex off; client_max_body_size 15M; client_body_buffer_size 128k; index index.html index.htm index.php doku.php; access_log /var/log/nginx/octoprint.airwebreathe.org.uk/access.log; error_log /var/log/nginx/octoprint.airwebreathe.org.uk/error.log; location /sockjs/ { proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:5000/sockjs/; proxy_http_version 1.1; proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade; proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade"; } location / { proxy_cache octoprint; proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:5000; } }