No Wobble Groovemount for MK4 Plastruder
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I've been using a Makergear hotend (http://www.makergear.com/products/groovemounts) with my old-fashioned MK4 plastruder. The hotend was the only thing that let my MK4 plastruder become a no-fail plastruder. However, there are always things to improve with a Makerbot. One of these things is what I call "Nozzle Wobble". Nozzle Wobble is when the end of a nozzle has the ability to move some fraction of a millimeter because it is not well anchored to the plastruder. On the MK4, which had two screw anchor points on the body, there can be lots of wobble. Additionally, these screws put lots of downward force against the acrylic, and can crack the acrylic. I've made a small kit of 4 pieces that lets you use a MakerGear GrooveMount hotend with the MK4 plastruder and have no wobble. I am sure that the later plastruders (MK5, MK6) don't have as big of issues as the MK4 did. However, I am cheap and don't want to upgrade my whole plastruder. This project isn't the most practical, as you cannot easily remove your hotend with it and it is only applicable to people with both GrooveMounts and MK4 plastruders. The major thing is, if you can secure your hotend tip so that it has no ability for independent movement from the MK4 or platform, your prints will definitely improve. I've posted prints from thing 1140 (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1140), before and after securing my hot end. The quality is improved, with thin walls lining up on each layer much better.
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