Grégoire Saunier

ERRF 2022 - Anyone going with a Bear?

Hi everyone,

I am looking for someone going to ERRF 2022 with a genuine Bear frame to show the frame and the new extruder. We will provide you the new extruder stepper and a place on the LDO booth (if needed).

If you are interested, please contact me in private here or on Twitter/Disc...

BearExxa V2 development news

Hi Everyone,

I hope you are all fine and have a great summer (or winter if you have the head down compared to my country). Here are some news on the development of the new extruder.

Custom Motor

I have finished all the testing on the custom steppers a...

MRRF is starting !

Come to the LDO booth at MRRF to see this Bear from Chad. The frame has been etched by Sacr3D Etching and it runs the beta of our new extruder with the E3D Revo Micro.

Huge thanks to Chad for offering to present his Bear and for the excellent work he did!

You can also talk to Chad on ...

BearExxa V2 New Beta Release

Finally time for a new beta release :)

New Features

• Add MMU2S, compatible with MMU2S and ERCF
• Improve wiring for filament sensor, Pinda and print fan cables
• Add protection for the print fan wires
• Nozzle fan duct knob screw i...
  2022-06-12 19:19:56 +0000 UTC View Post

MMU2S

Hi Everyone,

I have been working on improving several things on the BearExxa V2 as well as applying several feedback (it is still time to share some in case of). One of the next feature is the support of MMU2S (or ERCF) with detection of the filament passing between the print gears. As I do...

Looking for feedback

Hi Everyone,

I hope you are all fine and healthy!

I am looking for feedback of the new extruder for the next release. Any type of feedback is welcome, even small details or esthetic, good or bad, everything is welcome! Also, you could share feedback even if you are not using the extru...

BearExxa V2 Beta Release

It is is time for the release! Please find attached the files for BearExxa V2 beta1 release at the end of this post.

Once download you can look at bom. md to see which hardware parts you need and print_settings. md for the details on how to print the files....

Problem solved!

I am happy to confirm that we have solved our issue and we are glad to have seen it before the launch. Some words on what happened...

As you know, we want to have a precise and reliable assembly of the extruder for everybody. To achieve this, one of the thing we do is to use well selected t...

Oups ... little delay

We have found a potential issue on the extruder, nothing that cannot be solved, and we prefer to check before sharing with you. We will not be able to share before next week unfortunately.

I have added a section regarding 602 issue in the post "BearExxa V2 - Gearing" here: 2022-02-18 14:51:01 +0000 UTC View Post

BearExxa V2 - X Carriage And Axis

As promised some details on the X carriage :)

The filament sensor is now wired from the back to the front, this makes access to the back of the carriage easier and cleaner wiring. We have obviously kept the two plates to access either belts or bearings and to not have to re...

BearExxa V2 - Easy Assembly

The BearExxa V2 is easier to assemble and operate than ever. As you can see in the first animation the motor part is very quick to remove. This is also giving access to all gears for easy cleaning and lubing. The motor and hotend assemblies are independent, you c...

BearExxa V2 - E3D Revo Micro

The BearExxa V2 is based on the new E3D Revo Micro with stock fan. I don't think it is interesting to list again all the advantages and features of the Revo but I hope you will see few extra through these lines.

The Revo Micro is very compact and it has all...

BearExxa V2 - Gearing

Hi all, I will share several posts in the coming days explaining features and design we have selected for our new extruder.

The new BearExxa will use a Bondtech 3:1 gear set, same one than in the BMG extruders. One of the reason behind it is because it is w...

Happy New Year 2022 !!!

I wish you a wonderful New Year 2022 with lots of successful print, good health and lots of laugh. Thank you for your always impressive support <3

New Bear extruder is coming very soon and will support the E3D Revo Micro, 3:1 gearing, support of MMU2S, very short filament path, built for...

Merry Christmas

Thank you very much for all your support, this means a lot <3 . Enjoy your Christmas and holidays and stay healthy :)

Pssst, in this photo you can see BearExxa V2 with 3:1 gearing and E3D Revo Micro. I'll tell you more very soon!

Duet covers improvements

I have made few improvements on the Duet covers and you can download them in the bottom of this post.

Screen cover :

• The cover is now 1.2mm closer to the extrusion to reduce the total length of the frame
• Add zip tie hole to secure the cables ...
  2021-06-15 17:23:15 +0000 UTC View Post

Duet-Bear photo shooting

Some of the pictures I have made for the Duet on Bear.

I take the opportunity of this post to share a massive thank you to Duet for their support and excellent documentation. Also a special thank you to Florian (flobler) for all the great work on the firmware configuration, scripting and do...

Building a new Duet Bear

And it has to be blue obviously :D

Duet covers ready to download!

Hello Everyone,

I hope you are all fine and healthy. I have finished the covers for the Duet 3 Mini 5+ board as and the Duet PanelDue 5" screen. You can find the files in the attachment of this post.

For the moment it is only available for the Patreons. All sort of feedback are very w...

I wish you a healthy and joyful New Year 2021 !!!

Merry Christmas!

Massive thank you all for your very important support, without you all this wouldn't be possible. Enjoy your holidays, stay safe and healthy. <3

Something is coming

Hi Everyone,

I hope you are all fine and healthy :)

I was waiting serious manufacturers coming with a quality and reliable control board and recently it is moving nicely from Duet side. They have announced few time ago the Duet 3 Mini 5+ which is very promising:

• 32b contro...
  2020-11-22 11:52:27 +0000 UTC View Post

Canon Flash Stand

Hi dear supporters, I hope you are all fine and healthy.

A quick project I made that has nothing to do with Bear (except it is printed on a Bear obviously). I needed a support for my Canon flashes for some quick pack-shot I have to do, so I made one.

It is printed upside-down to have ...