The Voron is one of the most popular and capable DIY 3D printers on the market, known for its high print speeds, reliability and consistent print quality. Thanks to its open source nature, there is a huge community behind it creating mods and upgrades to take the Voron to the next level. In this article, we’ll look at 22 of the most insane and impressive Voron mods that will transform your printer and prints. Whether you want to boost speed, quality, ease of use or just make your Voron uniquely yours, there’s a mod on this list for you. Let’s dive in!
1. LED Lighting Kits – Light Up Your Prints in Style
One of the first mods many Voron owners add is LED lighting. Visually striking and functional, LEDs make monitoring and watching your prints much easier. Full LED lighting kits are available that mount directly to the frame and illuminate the entire build area. Most kits include multiple addressable RGB LED strips that can be customized to nearly any color. There’s no better way to make your Voron the centerpiece of your workshop or office!
2. Magnetic PEI Spring Steel Build Plates – The Ultimate Build Surface
The standard build surface that comes with the Voron works well, but PEI spring steel sheets take first layer adhesion and removal to the next level. With auto-adhesive PEI laminated to spring steel, prints quite literally pop off the plate when cooled. Not only does this make print removal easy and consistent, it also allows for quick and easy build surface changes between materials like PLA and PETG. Combined with a flex plate, magnetic PEI spring steel sheets are one of the best upgrades you can make.
3. Stealthburner Toolhead System – Next-Level Cooling Performance
Staying on the cutting edge of toolhead technology is important for maximizing the potential of your Voron. The Stealthburner toolhead paired with a Dragon hotend offers the latest innovations in lightweight, effective hotend and part cooling. With an integrated 40mm blower fan directly aimed at the nozzle and parts, along with a modular Quick Change tool head design, the Stealthburner takes your print quality to the next level.
4. Nevermore Micro Filter – Keep Your Printer Clean
One downside of high-speed printing is lots of airborne microparticles released from filament. Keep your workspace clean and your printer components protected with a Nevermore micro filter installed directly into the enclosure. With a filtration rating of 0.3 microns, the Nevermore filter captures almost all harmful UFPs, VOCs and odors released during printing. Air quality and safety are drastically improved.
5. LED Sidebar Status Lights – Quick Print Status Checks
Fully enclosed Voron printers don’t allow quick visual print checks without opening the doors. With LED sidebar status lights, you can monitor print status through the translucent panels. Integrated sensors detect when the hotend and bed are heating up and cooling down, change light color and patterns based on the print status, and even indicate estimated print completion time! No more guessing if your print is still going well.
6.camera mount and Camera – Print Monitoring on Your Phone
For the ultimate in print monitoring capability, install an internal camera mount and camera. With octoprint installed on a Raspberry Pi, you can watch a livestream video feed of your prints right from your smartphone, anywhere in your wifi network. Catch and cancel any failures immediately without direct supervision. Some mounts also allow time-lapse capture, creating mesmerizing videos of your prints.
7. Auto Nozzle Brush – Keep Your Nozzle Primed and Clean
One of the most useful quality of life mods is an automatic nozzle brush for wiping and priming before each print. With a servo-mounted brush, the nozzle gets scrubbed on every homing operation, keeping it clean of charred filament. It also wipes and primes the nozzle right before printing for consistent first layer performance. Maintenance is easier and prints turn out perfect every time.
8. Voron Afterburner Toolhead – Adaptability for Future Upgrades
To make upgrading and customizing your toolhead even easier down the road, the Voron Afterburner Toolhead maximizes modularity and flexibility. With easily changeable extruder and hotend mounts, Afterburner allows swapping of brand name hotends like the E3D Hemera, Slice Mosquito or Dragon without modification. Future upgrades are a cinch! Plus, Afterburner maintains excellent print performance right out of the box.
9.Rat Rig Minion Accelerometer – Tune Resonance and Vibrations
Vibrations during high speed printing can limit print quality. For perfectly tuned resonance and precision, the Rat Rig Minion accelerometer gives real-time vibration feedback and analysis. Know exactly which speeds excite the frame harmonics so you can tune acceleration for optimized resonance and dial in vibration damping. Every printer behaves slightly differently; Minion lets you analyze and compensate perfectly.
10. Drawer Hatches for Filament and Tools
Quickly accessing tools, accessories and filament without opening the enclosure can be tricky. With mounted drawer systems, front-facing slide out drawers give you easy access to tools, extra nozzles, filament clips and more while maintaining temperature stability inside. Custom drawer hatch mods are available or you can design your own to perfectly fit your space and storage needs.
11.customize your voron with laser cut acrylic drive panels – show off the mechanical innards
The Voron’s mechanical design and motion system are works of engineering art but end up hidden away inside enclosures. With laser cut acrylic replacement panels, showcase the inner workings in sleek style.display the powerful drive systems and dynamic motion with LED-edge lit clear acrylics custom etched with your name or designs. Add windows to highlight the visually mesmerizing system in action.
12. Wally Feet & Handles – Easy Mobility
Make relocating your heavy, bulky Voron printer a breeze with retractable wheels that quickly snap into place. When it’s time to move the printer, simply flip down the wheels integrated into the frame and lift the handles, rolling it securely and safely into place. Then collapse back into stationary printing mode in seconds. When you’re constantly taking your printer to events or around the workshop, caster wheels make transportation simple.
13. Raspberry Pi Camera or Webcam with Octoprint – Remote Print Monitoring
Remotely monitor your prints in real-time from anywhere. With an external webcam or Raspberry Pi Camera module attached to your Octoprint control board, you can view live feed and video of the print bed through your browser or on your phone. This allows monitoring progress and canceling failed prints remotely. Some cameras also support higher framerates for doing multi-day timelapses of the entire print. ESP for large, complex prints, remote monitoring gives peace of mind.
14. chamber lighting – see your prints as they are created
Ambient lighting within the chamber immersively illuminates the prints as they are created. With LEDs mounted inside pointing at the print area, details emerge from each layer. Watch intricate geometries materialize from nothing as intricate shadows dance around your creations. Available in full RGB variants, you control lighting color to set the perfect mood. Take your Voron experience from practical to magical!
15. Noctua Fan Upgrades – Cooling and Quiet
The standard 24V fans that come on the Voron are great for performance but can get loud, especially at full speed. For near silent operation and maximum airflow, replace the hotend and controller cooling fans with premium Noctua 40mm or 50mm fans. Now your printer is a pleasure to sit beside while providing extreme cooling capacity and efficiency when you need it during challenging prints. Your ears and prints will thank you!
16. Feet Locks – Keep It Grounded
Heavy full-speed printing can cause gradual frame shifting, misaligning parts over time. Keep everything firmly planted and avoid nascent shifting with installation of feet locks. They are placed under the leveling feet and anchor your Voron securely to the surface beneath. Now you can print with full confidence your meticulous calibration will stay true day after day despite vibrations and jostling.
17. Filament Runout Sensor – Never Run Dry Again
Running out of filament mid-print and coming back to a clogged nozzle and ruined print is one of the most frustrating things that can happen. A filament runout sensor spots when your filament depleted and pauses the print to allow a swap. No more ruined prints or hours lost to clogs. Install a mechanical switch or IR through-beam sensor inline with your filament for automatic filament status.
18. Power Panic – Protect from Power Loss
Sudden power outages can completely ruin days-long complex prints. For full power outage protection, a power panic module backups power to the Raspberry Pi on battery and safely parks the toolhead when electricity is cut. When power is restored, the print can be resumed right from where it left off, saving you from total losses. No need to restart 2 day prints from scratch!
19. Fancy New Feet – Customize and Damp Vibration
The standard aluminum feet work great but don’t provide much isolation from frame resonance. Replace them with custom machined or 3D printed feet that look fantastic while also damping vibrations. Many alternate feet designs incorporate thick rubber vibration isolating layers within. Optimize the foot size, geometry and material for your specific printer setup. Make your Voron truly one-of-a-kind!
20.asymetric vslot idlers and smooth idlers – optimize motion
Smooth POM V-rollers combined with asymetric idlers that offset the wheel contact patch improve carriage motion and reduce vibrations. The asymetric idlers alter load balance on the v-slots for smoother rolling motion and less resonance during rapid directional changes. POM plastic instead of metal v-rollers further damp noise and vibration at no speed cost. Optimize your Voron motion today!
21. LED Fancy Panels – Build a High-Tech Showcase
Want your Voron to become a showpiece? Make it a work of art with customized LED-laden acrylic panels that transform the printer into a futuristic show machine. Integrate addressable RGB LEDs into laser-cut acrylic panels that snap onto the frame. Line the interior with LED strips. With lighting effects synced to print status, your Voron becomes the highlight of any room. Program eye-popping visual displays that sync to music for the ultimate showpiece. The limit is your imagination!
22. Wifi Camera – Monitor On Your Phone from Anywhere
For the ultimate in connectivity and print monitoring capability, install an internal camera module and connect your Voron to your home wifi. Now you can check the real-time print status live on your smartphone or computer from anywhere in the world! With video streaming apps, get notifications if prints fail so you can immediately take action even when away from home. Complete peace of mind, and mesmerizing timelapses!
Take Your Voron to the Next Level with these Amazing Mods
The Voron’s modularity and passionate community enables awesome customizations that let you make your Voron uniquely yours. Whether you want to push speed, quality, ease of use or just have fun with custom aesthetics, these mods showcase what is possible. Upgrading key components like fans, lighting, camera and stability unlocks the full potential of your Voron. Build the 3D printer of your dreams! With the endless possibilities, there is always room to optimize and innovate. What will you create?
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