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1Making the Remote Trigger
- Take a handsfree with volume control keys, like this one:
- Open the PCB cover
- Desolder one of the volume control push buttons
- Solder a pair of wire to the pads on the PCB
- solder the other head of the wires to the COM and NO contacts of the micro switch
- Take a handsfree with volume control keys, like this one:
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2Print the Microswith Holder
Download the microswitch holder STL file from the files section and print it.
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3Print the T nut M3 V-slot nuts
- Download the microswitch holder STL file from the files section and print a few of them.
- Insert an M3 nut in it.
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4Push the Microswitch Inside the Microswitch Holder
This may need some force. I used a needle nose plier for it.
But be careful, if your microswitch is too big for the printed part, edit the part and print it again or sand the microswitch a bit.
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5Place the Microswitch Holder On the 3D Printer
You need to find which part of your printer will move with the printing head. For example, for me, it was the X-axis V-Slot.
It's the same with Ender 3, CR10, or any other 3D printer with a similar design.
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6Install Costume Time Laps Configuration In Cura slicer
Use the link below to download the files and see the installation instructions:
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7Know the positions
You need three coordinates for the X and Y axis before getting to the next step.
1. The position of the build plate that you want it to stop after each layer finished for taking the pictures, let's call it <bed stop>
2. The position of the print head TOUCHING the microswitch arm, let's call it <switch touch>
3. The position of the print head PRESSING the microswitch, let's call it <switch press>
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8G-Code post processing
Open the Cura with the costume time laps plugin installed, add the post-processing plugin and make the setting like mine:
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9Write the G-Code
In the GCODE for the first position, write this:
G0 X<switch touch> Y<bed stop> F9000 ; Go to position
And in the GCODE for the second position, write this:
G0 X<switch press> Y<bed stop> F4000 ; Press the button
G0 X<switch touch> Y<bed stop> F4000 ; Release the buttonReplace the <switch touch> ,<bed stop>, and the <switch press> from coordinates from step 7
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10Save the G-Code
Save the G-Code and make your printer ready.
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