E3D V6 Delta bed level switch mount

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I Wanted A Better Way To Measure My Bed Levelness And Set My Z Offset On My Anycubic Kossel Linear Plus With My E3D V6 Hot End And Effector. I Had Been Using A Thin Film Switch That Fit Onto The Nozzle, But It Started To Get A Little Lose And I Was Afraid That It Would Fall Off During A Level Routine. In My First Attempt I Used A Tiny Lever Limit Switch, Like At The Top Of My Towers, But This Tiny Switch Was Just Too Big. I Buy These Tiny Switches On Ebay, They Are Spst No Push Button Switches. I See Them In My Arduino Nanos As A Reset Switch. They Measure 3.5Mm X 6Mm. I Don'T Think That They Were Meant For Heavy Use But They Are Tiny And Cheap. Like 20 Switches For A Buck. Tiny Being The Prerequisite. Cheap Is An Added Bonus. They Have Snap Action So I Think The Repeatability Should Be Pretty Close, But I Don'T Have A Way To Measure That. To Assemble, I Ran The Wires Through The Block First, Then Soldered Them To The Switch. Tiny-Tiny Solder Job. Be Careful Not To Overheat The Switch. I Pushed The Switch Into The Pocket. I Didn'T Glue It In But I Am Thinking About It. Either Silicone Or Super Glue. I Used A #4 Sheet Metal Screw, 3/8" Long To Screw The 2 Pieces Together. It Is Kind Of Hard To Set The Switch Position In Relation To The Nozzle. I Assembled It And Mounted It Onto My E3D V6 Heat Block, Then Lowered The Hot End Close To The Bed. I Am Doing This Cold Of Course. I Got It Down To 1Mm And Adjusted The Switch. I Got It To 0Mm And Adjusted The Switch. I Used An Ohm Meter Hooked Up To The Switch. I Set It So The Switch Just Gets Activated When The Nozzle Gets To Where I Can Slide A Single Sheet Of Paper Under It With A Little Resistance, . The Advantage Of Doing It This Way Is There Is No Z Offset. The Disadvantage Is They Are Cheap And I Don'T Know How Long It Will Last, But For This Price, Who Cares. These Parts Are Small And You Want Them To Be Pretty Strong So I Would Print Them With At Least 50% Infill, If Not 100%. I Combined Both Parts Together With A Tiny Brim Between Them, Making It A One Piece Print For Easy Printing. I Printed Mine In Pla .2 Layer 50% Infill Happy Leveling!

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