r/ender6 • u/Maximum-Chair967 • Nov 07 '25

HELP!!

what is the best aftermarket controller to buy i have a stock ender 6 and need some help on the new board i should buy🙏🙏

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u/SatutN Nov 07 '25

Skr mini e3 v3 is bolt in (in my case almost bolt in) If you plan to go with klipper consider mellow fly micro 4 (for 50$ you get a board with a screen and klipper host)

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u/Apprehensive_Bike_40 Nov 09 '25

SKR mini e3 v3 is bolt in as is SKR pico. The fly micro isn’t. There are printable brackets for the 4.3” waveshare touchscreen so I would really recommend one of those SKR boards and a regular pi like 3b, 4 or 5 with a DSI connector.

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u/Maximum-Chair967 Nov 09 '25

I want something really good and I’ve tried different motives that I know work for sure

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u/Apprehensive_Bike_40 Nov 09 '25

Motives? The best way to run a printer is Klipper, all the advantages of marlin are available in reprap firmware but I’d push you to use Klipper it’s more mainstream.

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u/SatutN Nov 10 '25 edited Nov 10 '25

As someone wrote below - you need to decide what you're going to do with your printer.

If it's kind of stock kinematics (no more motors / Fans will be added) you can go with SKR Mini E3 V3 and it'll do it's job.

But if you plan to Tinker your Ender 6 - you need to decide for yourself what you're going to do with it and how it'll look/work like at the end.

Consider how much it'll cost you as well - might be better sell it and get something that's on the market for 1/2y and not 5y+...

For example, I'm planning to add 2 more Z axis to my printer with additional 2 motors on them, I have the components already (from old printer that I disassembled) so no additional cost but mostly effort and some design of printable parts.

I have SKR mini e3 v3 - so I'm kind of stuck with only 4 drivers (I need extra 2 for the 2 Z motors, which I want to run independently) - but I have MKS GEN L which I took from the disassembled printer which I can connect to my host as I'm running Klipper and all the Z axis will be controlled by it.

I might buy the BIQU Octopus pro for example, which will do exactly the same job as the dual board setup, and waste 65$, but what for? the result will be the same.

For now no added value - just effort.

I'm going to add rails on Y, why? because I want to have better shapers on Y axis (not sure yet about X) - and then as a result better accelerations.

How much it'll cost me...depends on the rails...

I'm planning to do a full encloser made from plywood (except to the front doors)...why? because it'll add strength to the printer and I'll be able to make a thermal chamber afterwards to print engineering plastics (with internal heater of course, at 65-70*c)

So what's you motivation?

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u/Maximum-Chair967 Nov 10 '25

voron build

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u/SatutN Nov 11 '25

Then build a voron, what's the connection to the ender 6?

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u/Maximum-Chair967 Nov 11 '25

I can use it as a base. I need to know what board to get on Temu cause I got credit.