{"id":5,"date":"2018-03-14T00:54:26","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T23:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bifteki.de\/?p=5"},"modified":"2018-04-03T12:14:25","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T10:14:25","slug":"upgrades-i-made-to-my-tevo-tornado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bifteki.de\/?p=5","title":{"rendered":"Upgrades i made to my Tevo Tornado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Tevo Tornado is in my opinion a quite good printer out of the box, however there are some things that can be upgraded very easy that help raise quality reliability and safety.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Level Knobs\n<p> The leveling nuts on the Tornado are small and it is difficult to level the bed, this makes it easier.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:2636745\">https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:2636745<\/a>\n <\/li>\n<li>Heat bed cables strain relief\n<p> The power cables of the heat bed are connected to mains voltage this helps protecting the cables from movement stress. Later i replaced this with the ultrabase mount.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:2748197\">https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:2748197<\/a>\n <\/li>\n<li>Ultrabase mount\n<p> The &#8220;Build Tac&#8221; sheet from Tevo is quite good but is damaged quickly when trying to remove parts that stick very well, for that i decided to replace it with a 310x310mm anycubic ultrabase and used these mounting brackets.<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:2801756\"><br \/>\n https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:2801756<\/a>\n <\/li>\n<li>Wire guide\n<p> For the horizontal profile to guide the cables going to the hotend.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:2819734\">https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:2819734<\/a>\n <\/li>\n<li>Z-Axis fine adjustment\n<p> Helps to fine adjust Z height very easy.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:2805228\">https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:2805228<\/p>\n<p> <\/a><\/li>\n<li>Spool holder for the control box\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:2795109\">https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:2795109<\/a>\n <\/li>\n<li>LED bar for the top profile\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:2788574\">https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:2788574<\/a>\n <\/li>\n<li>LED bar for the front\n<p> Link to the thing will follow.\n <\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Self centering Z coupler\n<p> The coupler installed on the Tornado is not the best and can cause wobbling. I replaced it with this design.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:602481\">https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:602481<\/a>\n <\/li>\n<li>Logitech C270 mount\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:2562736\">https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:2562736<\/a>\n <\/li>\n<li>Bed leveling reminder\n<p> Reminds you in which direction to turn.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:2670912\">https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:2670912<\/a>\n <\/li>\n<li>Y mount reinforcement\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:2766637\">https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:2766637<\/a>\n <\/li>\n<li>Z mount reinforcement\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:2783077\">https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:2783077<\/a>\n <\/li>\n<li>Control box knob replacement\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:2790738\">https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:2790738<\/a>\n <\/li>\n<li>Stock parts cooling blower directed duct\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:2754529\">https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:2754529<\/a>\n <\/li>\n<li>Fan duct for 5015 blower\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:2759439\">https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:2759439<\/a>\n <\/li>\n<li>MKS Gen L mount bracket\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:2780438\">https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:2780438<\/a>\n <\/li>\n<li>Titan extruder filament guide\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:2791184\">https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:2791184<\/a>\n <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>19. Dual Z lead screw with single motor<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:2668969\">https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:2668969<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tevo Tornado is in my opinion a quite good printer out of the box, however there are some things that can be upgraded very easy that help raise quality reliability and safety. Level Knobs The leveling nuts on the Tornado are small and it is difficult to level the bed, this makes it easier. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bifteki.de\/?p=5\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Upgrades i made to my Tevo Tornado<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[3],"tags":[4,5],"class_list":["post-5","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tevotornado","tag-tornado","tag-upgrades"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pVGpl-5","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34,"url":"https:\/\/bifteki.de\/?p=34","url_meta":{"origin":5,"position":0},"title":"Steps to clean and reassemble the Tevo Tornado stock hotend","date":"26.03.18","format":false,"excerpt":"Step 1: Take everything apart and clean it, you have to be able to look through the throat and the nozzle without obstacles. 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