Printable water cooling jacket for v6 type hotends.
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As The Name Says, This Is A Printable Jacket To Convert V6 Type Hotends To Water Cooled. It Seals To The Aluminium Heatsink With Two O Rings So The Position Of The Outlet Water Pipes Can Be Adjusted (This Also Helps With Dismantling). The Printed Material Of The Jacket Hides Behind The Last Cooling Fin Of The Heatsink To Protect It From The Heat Block And Is Water Cooled (More Insulation Between The Heat Block May Be Needed). The Principal Is That If It Can Keep The Filament Down Its Centre Cool Enough To Print Then It Can Keep Its Self Cool Enough To Survive. The Intended Use Is For Enclosed Extruders That Have A High Internal Ambient Temperature Or Use High Temperature Filaments. If You Have A 50 Degree Ambient Inside Your Enclosure Then You Have To Use 50 Degree Air To Cool Your Heatsink. The Water In Theory Could Be Just Above Freezing Or Maintained At A Constant Of Your Choice. Or As Has Been Pointed Out Multi Head Setups Where It Reduces The Need For Lots Of Fans. Designed To Be Easy To Print Even With Basic Setup, Filp The .Stl 180 Deg (X Or Y Axis) To Print. To Avoid Leaks Everything Has To Have Tight Tolerances. It Is Likley That You Will Have To Do Some Clean Up Work On This Print. Edits / Changes: 1. New .Stl File For Jacket As Wrong One Uploaded. 2. Photo & .Stl For Retaining Clips Added. 3. A Tool .Stl Added To Help Clean Up The Inside Of The Jacket If Required. Notes: 1. V6_Jacket_V2_F.Stl Was 1.25 Mm Short In Its Overall Length (My Bad Uploaded The Wrong File) Only 3 People Downloaded This, Sorry. V6_Jacket_V3_F.Stl Is Correct. 2. Larger Bracket Is For K8200, Will Post .Stl When Confirmed It Works As Expected. 3. Print Tool, Fit An M5 Bolt Through Hole In The End & Secure With A Nut. Insert Sand Paper Into Slot An Sand Away.
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