HICTOP Prusa i3 Extruder Mount / Lever (adjustable)

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The Old: I Had Trouble With The Original Extruder Mount Provided. It Was Printed So That Stress From The Spring Was Transversal To The Layers. It Warped Under Heat From The Extruder Motor And A Layer Or Two Began To Separate. The Spring Tension Was Also Overkill. The New Mount: Here I Have Made A Mount Having A Thicker Base. The Lever Stand Off Has Been Reduced To Keep The Outer Dimensions The Same As The Old. The Section That The Filament Goes Through Has Also Been Designed To Not Interfere With The Pulley On The Lever. With The Original, I Needed To File Down This Region To Prevent Unnecessary Stress. The Lever: I Have Made A Lever With An Extended Upper End For Easy Filament Loading And Unloading. The Original Was Just Too Short To Get Much Pressure On. This Lever Also Allows For Tension Adjustment. You Will Need A M3X20 Socketed Bolt And 3 M3 Nuts To Use It However. The Tension Block, As Labeled In The Parts List, Accepts A M3 Nut And Inserts Into The Lever Where The M3 Bolt Comes From The Other Side. Two More M3 Nuts Are Needed, To Be Tightened Together On The Bolt, Allowing It To Turn In Place Without Coming Out Of The Lever Via Spring Tension. It Was A Bit Tricky For Me To Tighten These From The Small Openings Of The Lever, But It Was Doable. Taking A Couple Small Screw Drivers From Either Side And Pressing On The Flats Of The Hex Nuts Is What Worked. A Little Thread Lock Probably Wouldn'T Hurt Either. Note That With This Design, Twisting The Bolt Counter-Clockwise Increases Tension. I Thought With A Little Work, Maybe These Parts Will Help Somebody Else. Update: I Added A Second Mount File, With A Reduced Thickness By 1.5Mm On The Spring Resting Wall. This Shifts The Spring Compression Length Range Up 1.5Mm Allowing For Less Tension If My Original Mount Is Creating Still Too Much.

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