Compact e3d v6 Mount and Prusa Layer Cooler for TronXY x5s with 18mm Inductive Sensor

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## Features **This mount and cooling solution combines a couple great sets of work to provide a unique set of features that I could not find for the Tronxy x5s:** * **Compact and Solid:** [Compact, secure](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2769783) e3d v6 mount for the tronxy x5s printer * **Quiet**: due to support for 40mm fan * **Consistent**: Tight, solid integration of the more sensitive 18mm inductive sensor * **Quality**: Good print quality, due to proven multi-directional layer cooling, provided by [prusa mk3 style 5015 blower cooler](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2769783) ### Status This is pretty solid to use as is. I might make some additional modifications, but there is nothing stopping you from using it. ### Remix Info Be sure to check out [thed0ct0r's amazing v6 clamp work](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2769783) for background and testing he did, and is the majority of what this was based on. He also graciously provided his .step files, which made this possible. I will be providing these as well once I have some time to fix a few small issues. Also check out [robscar's simple e3d v6 clamp for the x5s](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2815425) which accounted for the based of the clamp I developed to tightly integrate the 18mm sensor. ### Things that I did to integrate all of this: * Created a compact 40mm to 30mm fan adapter * Modified the v6 clamp to support connecting the fan adapter (uses same 4 tiny screws provided with original v6 fan clamp) * Modified the simple e3d v6 clamp mount for the smaller sensor to position the 18mm sensor as tightly as possible, while providing room for the 40mm fan and the nuts and washers for the sensor * Modified the prusa layer cooler a tiny bit so it is less likely to break off the mounting point when you are installing/removing the clip-on blower fan ### Things I Tried or considered and Decided Against * Adding a modular mount for the sensor that attaches to the v6 fan clamp. This worked ok, and would have been more clean architecturally, but was never nearly as secure as I'd like. I don't want to have to adjust the sensor from one print to another and I was having to do this. * Adding the sensor mount to the frame that the blower is attached to. This would have further limited the need to modify the x5s v6 clamp, but I was worried that the clip-style connection to the v6 clamp would not be secure enough to avoid the sensor always needing to be adjusted * I tried using a scad library to generate the 40mm to 30mm fan adapter, but this would have made the fan stick out quite a bit. The tricky part here was having a way to mount the adapter to the clamp, which ended up requiring modifying the clamp. I also considered grafting this adapter to the clamp, but it would have made the clamp very difficult to print and likely would have required the loss of the air direction vanes that are a feature of the v6 fan clamp.

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