Creality Ender 5 Upgrades Best of the Best How to Part 1 My favorite 1st round of improvements

[@ryandury]

I love the idea of hooking the Pi directly to the Ender power supply, through a buck converter. Great idea! look forward to trying this

[@slicedpage]

This info is exactly what I needed when I needed it. I am so grateful for this guy's passion and his willingness to share his knowledge in such a professional and friendly manner. Gladly subscribed, and I am looking forward to watching a lot more of his content. Thank you

[@72wagon51]

Amen to that

[@paritee6488]

This is the most simple step by step comprehensive video I have seen on Ender upgrades. Thankyou.

[@martino8114]

Hey pal I just stumbled upon you because I’m a retired electronics defense engineer, and just got the ender 5 pro… you videos are extremely useful thank you! Btw are you an engineer because your knowledge is astounding

[@Michaelinthebackyard]

I am not, I have been a machining and toolmaker but I dabble in just about everything because I hate paying others for things that I can learn to do or already know how to do, Thanks for watching

[@JRWJWV]

PRINTED UPGRADES: 01:27 Strain Relief 02:17 Strain Relief #2 02:50 Electronics Cover 03:10 Filament Roller 03:34 Bed Supports 05:25 Electronic Upgrades Overview 10:55 Tools Breakdown 12:55 Motherboard Changeout 20:05 Raspberry Pi installation 30:40 Fans 37:30 Bowden Tube Upgrade 44:40 Backwards Extruder Error Correction

[@threehammers2516]

Awesome video. I put a silent board on my ender 5 and did exactly as you showed, including the firmware update. Works perfect

[@gaizkitapowers]

You are so resourceful. Congratulations. English is not my mother tongue and I still can understand you pretty well because your explanations are pretty much straight forward. But it's not as easy as can be assumed seen this video. You work hard and I'm grateful that you share your passion with us. I won't agree with all your decisions but you are full reasonable with your way of thinking. Different ways with eligible cons. I like to see you because you inspire me in the way to let things done if my thoughts are clear enough to me. I miss your little barking demons.

[@Michaelinthebackyard]

Thank you for watching and commenting

[@mrsailor4641]

Hallo Mann! Dies ist ein wirklich cooles Update für Deine Ender 5! Herzlichen Glückwunsch - gute Arbeit!

[@sstephensss143]

I have been going crazy with my backwards running extruder. Thanks for the tip to fix it!

[@johnwaite8966]

How has the Hotend Fans worked for you? Have you gone up to an all metal hot end? What do you think abou the Spirit 3 update for 2022?

[@O.S.R.C.]

Great video, addressed the very things I was unsure about. Got some ideas about other items to improve my printer. Installed my upgraded 4.2.7 board without a hitch!

[@jf6720]

Great video! I see all these upgrades online, but rarely on the machine and never really explained.

[@Michaelinthebackyard]

Thanks. I like the upgrades. Still functional months later.

[@mitch91Z28]

Would love to hear about all the sewing machines all over your workspace!

[@odycam]

I purchased several PI's, and will be connecting those up to both my printers. Thanks agian , and great videos BTW. :)

[@Ruinedmovie]

One thing I don't know if you have tried is using IPA on hotglue, if allowed to sit on the glue it significantly reduces the pressure needed to remove hot glue, useful to know on fine electronics like JTAG connectors. Allowing it to sit on the glue for a several seconds can make giant globs of the stuff easier to deal with.

[@TomSilver_42]

Thanks for pretty step-by-step video. 24:55 those connectors do have little metal tongs/springs and cables are inside in tube connectors. Those can be disassembled and reordered so red will be +5V black GND and yellow removed completely. What surprised me is the use of Raspberry Pi WITH that small noisy fan when you put some effort to Noctua funs to make whole thing as silent as possible.

[@Michaelinthebackyard]

Can't even hear the pi fan at all. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@Caaalloffduttty]

best video for ender 5 upgrades. nice job

[@Michaelinthebackyard]

Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching

[@AndrewAHayes]

I think it is prudent to get to know the stock machine before making any modifications that affect the operation of the machine, get to know the quirks of the machine, find a good filament, dial in your slicer settings, make sure the assembly of the printer is good and square, especially with semi pre-assembled machines, without doing this when you get a fault the modifications make diagnosing the problem much harder. and when you do decide its time to make modifications do them one at a time so if you do get any problems they will be much easier to diagnose and fix

[@Michaelinthebackyard]

It is prudent to get to know your machine. I have enough of them that the shotgun approach to mods is not a problem. I ran this machine around the clock for two weeks before I made the mods. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@kristianwind9216]

Hello! Great video! Have started planning improving my Ender 5, which I bought used recently. First of is the noise: Does the "ENDER 3 SILENT FANG NOCTUA V2" fit 1:1 on the Ender 5 head - and do you have any recommendations about switching the power supply fan with a Noctua or other silent fan? This fan makes the most noise on my printer. Next up is the mainboard fan and the Pi mount. Thank you in advance. /Kristian

[@beccaclarebear]

great video thankyou, i have an ender 5 coming in the mail. keep the videos coming

[@Michaelinthebackyard]

Thanks, will do!

[@doctrainsmodifications5201]

Greetings Mike, Well done my friend. You covered a lot of upgrades that will all be needed at some time. My Ender 5 Pro is in the mail as I type and I'm starting to print some of the upgrades in Sunlu PETG with my Ender3 V2 and was wondering what was the orientation for the bed supports. I'm slicing in CURA 4.13.1. Any tips you might have for the support profile setting would be very helpful. Thanks again Mike for your efforts and sharing them with all of us. Doug

[@jacksonjoedicke6854]

Did you ever make the video of the micro Swiss direct drive kit installation?

[@avejst]

Great evolution/update Thanks for sharing your experience with all of us 👍😀

[@Michaelinthebackyard]

My pleasure!

[@josephhalfacre1584]

Are these upgrades for an original ender 5 or pro? I have an ender 5 I bought in 2019 and then lost my hobby space to my new born son. Never even opened the printer. I'll have a dedicated hobby room in my new house. I want to be ready to rock when I set the printer up.

[@curtbrown9702]

So out of all your machines which one is best , pros, cons.

[@wordreet]

I printed those bed supports in carbon fibre PLA and they are properly rigid. The strain relief for the bed cable was a no brainer. and I'm printing the hot end cable support right this minute! I'm also looking at a bigger print bed, and have ordered a Plus size bed. Only around £15 inc shipping, so I thought I'd get one to see if it's doable.

[@Michaelinthebackyard]

very cool, thanks for watching

[@glenncol]

Greta video, thank you, I am looking at buying either the Ender 3 V2 or the Ender 5 Pro, in your opinion what would be the better buy? I am just starting out . I am looking at printing the MPCNC project

[@mightywiz]

great video, but you should mention to re-check buck converter voltages after you connect your devices. 5v with no load is going to change when you attach a load to the buck converter causing your voltage to actually be lower then the 5v you set it for.

[@Michaelinthebackyard]

Well the intent is for 5v to be the max. a slight drop won't hurt my usage. Thanks for watching

[@meekasteve7699]

Another great stream Michael. Still a genius lol

[@Michaelinthebackyard]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@daveyJ213]

Hey Michael; great video, sir! I am brand new to 3D printing and my first printer, a Creality Ender 5 Pro should arrive in about 10 days. I'm feeling nervous and excited at the same time. Your suggestion to print things like the bed supports and stress relief parts is a great idea. It will give me something to print while I'm trying how to create and slice my own files. I really love the idea of quiet fans. At least I will not have to do firmware updates. I might be hitting you up with a bunch of newbie questions. Hope you don't mind. Being an retired high school teacher (25 years), I really enjoyed your delivery. Thanks for posting; much appreciated.

[@Michaelinthebackyard]

You can email me. Thanks for watching

[@daveyJ213]

@@Michaelinthebackyard Thank you, sir. I will.

[@manfsh83]

excellent video i have completed the fans on my own ender 5 pro, thanks to your video for the inspiration. do you hav a link to the stl for the raspberry pi case you used?

[@andresmalo254]

Mike awesome video! thank you! QQ: can you mount this fan set up as it is in the video directly to the Micro Swiss hotend? Thank you!

[@Michaelinthebackyard]

Yes you can!

[@johnjohnracer]

Anybody else thinking that this guys wife walks out there and write things for his hunny do list lol. Either way good video

[@Michaelinthebackyard]

I try to keep the wife away from my dry erase boards. LOL. Thanks for watching.

[@jf8322]

Any help with hot end fluctuations tired several hot ends the misters and pid tuning nothing helps

[@marcusone1]

How have those buck converters holding up? particularly the cases (if PLA, i bet they have bent). I would remove the covers on the buck converters so they can cool off better (can't see under there anyway).

[@Michaelinthebackyard]

Everything has been working just fine. No warp, no droop, no failure.

[@pepponeskie]

Your heatbed bracketd are installed in opposite way.

[@IFLYRCHELICOPTERS]

Another YT vid poster did the same. Support Bracket should be in the inside so it's not obstructing the leveling screw knob.

[@scod3908]

Came here to make the same comment, haha

[@Michaelinthebackyard]

thanks for the tips

[@oliverdabb2875]

What is that 60 by 25 notua fan for

[@jasonroos5781]

yeah I wasn't paying enough attn and bought 2 of these and started to print the fang before I noticed how small it is and came back to see you list both the 60mm and the 40mm.

[@LifeOfTommie]

Got a used ender 5 today, going to start upgrading it with all of this but i cant find the hotend cover?

[@Michaelinthebackyard]

I just used mine again recently, one of my favorite enders for sure. Thanks for watching

[@odycam]

Sir, I'm looking to purchase another Creality 3D printer. I have a budget of around $2000.00. Which one would you recommend for a 2 month beginner? I currently own the FLSUN Super Racer, and an Ender 3 V2. The Ender is amazing, the FLSUN is giving me a hard time with the model sticking to the bed. Very disappointed with the FLSUN. That's why I'm going with the Creality printers. Can you please advise to me which one you think I should purchase sir. Thank you for your time.

[@fstvnsn]

Thanks Michael. I just got my Ender 5 Pro up and running. Before putting it together, I did take photos of the mother board and power supply to reference later. All posts I have read suggest that you should get the stock product out-of-the-box running before installing mods. Makes sense. My problem is noise....from the power supply/mother board fan. My mother board is a Creality V4.2.2 and power supply is marked LRS-350-24. To tell you the truth, I cannot hear any noise from steppers, hot end fan or anything else beyond the loud whine from the power supply (or motherboard) fan. Any suggestions? On your video, I don't hear any noise from your printer....

[@Michaelinthebackyard]

I upgraded the fans underneath. Search through my channel and you will find your answer.

[@johncarlos7810]

I think the pro has a silent board, Capricorn tube, springs, and meanwhile supply installed factory now. Go check the site.

[@SolarWyndows]

Is there a reason why they didn't add 2 - 3 more inches of wires and make it so you can do wire management. Other than that I like the machine lots of fun.

[@Kiamors]

I had enough wire to feed it through the wire loom cover and run it all the way down to the board it's actually 2 or 3 inches longer than the stock wires.

[@Michaelinthebackyard]

a little more wouldn't have hurt any.

[@chrismillersrcfamily]

did you print the bed supports straight up and did require supports?

[@Hero1117a]

What was the original board? 4.2.2?

[@cowboy1403]

hi there.bit of a long shot here but i have just picked up a ender 5 the same as in your vid here doing the same mods as you but i cant find the firmware update that you have used as i have up graded to the 4.2.7 main board.its not on creality anymore do you still have the .bin file you could send me

[@232filip]

Hello I wanted to ask if the ENDER 3 SILENT FANG NOCTUA V2 required some changes to fit to ender 5 pro stock hot end or you were able to mount it like it is?

[@Michaelinthebackyard]

I did and it works good, thanks for watching

[@keving5206]

why not just take a zip tie and fasten the bed cable to that screw hole you used? Gives the same support and more PLA for another project.

[@Michaelinthebackyard]

Could work. Thanks for the tip and watching

[@UncleSabbyPH]

Where's the part 2?

[@PedroLamas]

Thank you for your videos, they've been quite instructive! I see you use Noctua fans for both the hot-end and the part cooling, I was wondering if you have tried lowering the part-cooling fan speed from 100% to 50%, 25%, or even less (normally required to print PETG and ABS) and if it works ok. I ask this as from what I read, the Creality board PWM works by basically turning on/off the 24v to the fan, thus causing the output voltage to lower (so at 50% speed, it should be outputing 12v)

[@Michaelinthebackyard]

running the fans any less that 100% does not work with the noctua fan upgrades. When I run ABS I do not run the tip fan at all

[@PedroLamas]

@@Michaelinthebackyard thank for your reply, i have a feeling that is mostly due to the way you've been wiring the buck converters directly to the fan port instead of using an always-connected ground! Check 5:50 here kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWq8qmuFrdSbfas

[@keving5206]

Do your wheels, on the ender 5, rubber portion, seem to wear on the rails leaving a dust residue on rails and rubber? The wheels are on the outside ends of the extruder rail.

[@Michaelinthebackyard]

they do collect dust. I just keep them wiped down. Haven't worn any wheels out yet.

[@jasonokeefe5842]

Do u have or willing to share the stl files for the buck cases and hot end cooling file for the fans

[@Michaelinthebackyard]

They are on thingiverse. I'm having trouble finding them again.

[@dalehogue2883]

Great video! Installed the Creality board 4.2.7 and downloaded the new firmware from Creality's web site just as you did on the video. The motors are quite but when I check About Printer it indicates the old firmware Ver 1.3.1 2002-04-25. This says to me the firmware was not updated. Any suggestions?

[@Michaelinthebackyard]

If it's quiet then that's all that matters as long as you can print with no issues.

[@pt31601]

Great video, thanks!

[@Michaelinthebackyard]

Glad you liked it!

[@MyGreatCreation]

I love the video super helpful but you may want to work on your audio editing skills it sounds like you are clipping. I already turned down the volume half way and I can still hear it and barely hear you

[@Michaelinthebackyard]

Thanks for the tips! I have a new camera and new mic set up. Check out my latest release and I think you will see a big difference.

[@chrisnewby9771]

This is strange, almost the same as people who but pointless stands for PS5's and Xboxes. I seem to see a lot of printed "Upgrades" most of which are completely pointless, and are more likely to cause issue than fix them. Seems to be a American thing more thing. 1. Bed supports, may well help a very old machine, but in reality. The bed needs to flex as when it over runs the filament you dont want it to be solid and spill the next layer. 2. The cabling will never fail if its ran correctly, the solder joints are NOT a topic of concern. 3. The LEC cover isnt needed as its a circuit board not a 1972 apple PC, it doesn't conduct electivity. Like any circuit from 2000 onwards. Unless you find your fingers are metal. So you spent 50 hours printing shit you don't need for any reason basically.

[@Michaelinthebackyard]

WRONG, All of the upgrades I put on my machine are useful and has made it better. A ridged bed is better than a loose floppy one. Thanks for watching and commenting. I like what I did and that's good enough for me.

[@h52WHA]

Blew a cable on mine a week ago, havent been able to get packages delivered to my actual address due to drivers not being to read

[@meekasteve7699]

Another great stream Michael. Still a genius lol

[@Michaelinthebackyard]

Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the continued genius LOL