diff --git a/assets/images/docs/getting-started/belt-path.png b/assets/images/docs/getting-started/belt-path.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f8851a3 Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/images/docs/getting-started/belt-path.png differ diff --git a/assets/images/docs/kinematic.png b/assets/images/docs/getting-started/kinematic.png similarity index 100% rename from assets/images/docs/kinematic.png rename to assets/images/docs/getting-started/kinematic.png diff --git a/assets/images/docs/kinematic-2.png b/assets/images/docs/kinematic-2.png deleted file mode 100644 index 77b6888..0000000 Binary files a/assets/images/docs/kinematic-2.png and /dev/null differ diff --git a/docs/getting-started.md b/docs/getting-started.md index 4d777ad..8153e7a 100644 --- a/docs/getting-started.md +++ b/docs/getting-started.md @@ -6,9 +6,25 @@ permalink: docs/getting-started has_toc: true --- -## Software +## Kinematic -You might have noticed from the pictures that the Endorphin uses a slightly different belt setup from the original Ender 5, but it's not exactly a CoreXY either. This is known as the "Markforged kinematic" or a "Hybrid CoreXY" and is the central idea behind the Endorphin which allows us the benefits of a CoreXY with far less modification (more on that later). Luckily this kinematic is supported by both Klipper and the stock Marlin firmware with a small modification. +The Endorphin uses a slightly different belt setup from the original Ender 5, known as the "Markforged kinematic" or a Hybrid CoreXY. In this setup the X belt moves like a CoreXY but the Y axis remains in its original Ender 5 cartesian style--one of the main reasons why the Endorphin is is so much faster to build than a CoreXY. + +![Belt path](/assets/images/docs/getting-started/belt-path.png) +{: .w-3_5 } + +Now, if you know anything about CoreXY machines you know that unlike cartesian printers, CoreXY printers don't have an "X stepper" or a "Y stepper" because a movement of one stepper affects both belts. In the Markforged kinematic, this is only sometimes true: + +- The X stepper can move the printhead along the X axis by simply moving its belt +- The Y stepper is totally independent and only has to worry about moving the gantry linearly along the Y axis +- BUT when the Y stepper moves the gantry, the length of the X belt on either side of the gantry is affected and the X stepper must also move to compensate + +![Kinematic](/assets/images/docs/getting-started/kinematic.png) +{: .w-2_5 } + +Luckily this kinematic is supported by both Klipper and the stock Marlin firmware (with a small modification). + +## Software {: .warning } Don't make these configuration changes until *AFTER* you've printed out all the parts for at least stage 1! You need a working printer (or a second printer) to get stage 1 off the ground.