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--- projects:elgoo_neptune_4_max [2025/11/23 14:54] – created andy
+++ projects:elgoo_neptune_4_max [2026/02/17 20:47] (current) – Robert McWilliam
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-====== Elgoo Neptune 4 max ======
+====== Elgoo Neptune 4 Max ======
 Following on from [[new_3d_printer|New 3D Printer, November 2025]] we bought a Elgoo Neptune 4 max.
 **Elgoo Neptune 4 max**
+{{:projects:elgoo_neptune_4_max.jpg?400|}}
   * https://uk.elegoo.com/products/neptune-4-max-fdm-3d-printer
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   * 500 mm/s Max Speed
   * Filament Compatibility: PLA / TPU / PETG / ABS / ASA / Nylon
+**Getting started**
+  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmY_OQ1D2ag|Unboxing & Assembly video]]
+  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8wxWXOpS08|How to Level the Bed video]]
+  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfXCMzTMSAY|How to Resolve a Clogged Nozzle video]]
+  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRLgzSIZkl8|How to replace the nozzle video]]
+  * {{:projects:neptune_4_max_user_manual-english-v1.8.pdf|User Manual v1.8}}
+**Really getting started**
+Workflow options
+    - Upload a file to the web interface
+    - Put a file on a USB stick, insert it into the printer and select it with the hand held controller
+    - Probably some other thing
+There is a web interface at [[http://192.168.1.61/#/|192.168.1.61]].
+It looks like this:
+{{:projects:screenshot_2025-12-09_at_21-19-39_fluidd_dashboard.png?400|}}
+There is a little draw in the front left for tools.
+{{:projects:elgoo_neptune_4_max_wee_draw.jpg?400|}}
+For slicing software, Cura from https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura seems to be best.
+Recent cura has built in profile for this printer.
+Cura AppImage has a missing lib for running on recent debian: [[https://theitgarage.wordpress.com/2024/12/22/running-cura-5-9-on-debian-unstable-sid-and-debian-13-trixie/]]
+** Benchy **
+Gcode for a benchy that should print in about 30mins: [[https://user.fm/files/v2-fdad9e17f841f25407e44c9d3979fdc9/EN4MAX_3DBenchy.gcode]]
+This was sliced with "Extra Fast - Draft" to optimise for print time so quality isn't going to be great.
+This should come out something like this: [[https://photos.app.goo.gl/EDvE2rFbJYfZoEMo7]]
+Things that benchy tests (beyond just if you can print anything): [[https://www.3dbenchy.com/features/]]
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