X-Carriage for Wanhao Duplicator i3 with E3D v6 and Flexion extruder
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#Origin After About 16 Months With Only Printing Pla, I Decided It Was Time To Move On To More Fun Materials. My First Attempt At Petg Got Jammed In My Metal Swiss, Which Irritated Me To No End Because Of How Hard It Got Stuck. Instead Of Patiently Learning The Required Settings For My Petg With My Particular Printer Setup Or Just Shelling Out For A Prusa I3 Mk2S, I Went On A Tear And Upgraded To An E3Dv6 Direct. Little Did I Know That It Wouldn'T Fit Anything I Already Had, So I Splurged And Got A Radds Setup With An Arduino Due With The Reset Bug Plus A Flexion Extruder. [This Page](Http://Www.Akeric.Com/Blog/?P=3909) Was An Amazing Resource For Setting Up The Radds. I Tried A Couple X-Carriages, But They Didn'T Quite Fit Tightly With My E3D And Desired Layer Fan. Thus, I Designed A Custom X-Carriage For My Wanhao Duplicator I3 With E3D V6 Direct And Flexion Extruder. Remixed From Three Other Projects, Now My Prints Are Better Than Ever With The More Stable E3D Heater And With The Flexion Retrofit Block. #Benefits - The Stock E3D Fan Can Fit Underneath The X-Carriage, Even With The Mounting Screws For The Flexion Block. - Integrated Blower Fan Is Nice. - Flexible Enough To Wiggle When The Extruder Bumps Into Some Rough Parts Of The Print. - Easy To Print With Minimal Supports. - Reuses Screws From Printer Replaced From Other Mods, So Less Work Required To Mount. - Modular, So You Can Print In Multiple Fun Colours. - Can Be Printed In Pla. - X-Axis Belt Screw Holder Fits Snugly Over Bearing Block. Length Removes Guesswork From How Far To Tighten Screws. - Reinforced L Corner Compensates For Strength Lost In Transition From Metal To Plastic Carriage. - Fan Placement Still Leaves Room To Reach Screws That Secure The Motor. #Caveats - It Doesn'T Align Perfectly With The Origin Of The Heated Bed Just Yet. I Lost About 5 Mm In The X-Axis, And I Also Had To Lengthen My Z-Axis Stop Switch Adapter By A Few Mm As Well. - The Fan Isn'T Centered On The Nozzle. I Will Eventually Fix This, But I'M At A Stable Point Quite Far From Where I Was Before When Nothing Was Printing. As Such, The Current Screw I'M Using Is Quite Close To The Heating Block. Haven'T Had Anything Melt Yet As Air Is A Pretty Decent Insulator, But It'S Closer Than I'D Like. - I'M Not Too Pleased With Losing Some Height, But Since I Generally Don'T Print Very Tall Objects, A Decent Workaround For Now Is To Print The [Z-Extensions](Https://Www.Thingiverse.Com/Thing:1444979) Which Has A Pretty Good Hook For The Paint Scraper. I Could Raise Up The Platform Onto The Back Of The X-Carriage, But That Requires Work And Testing That I Don'T Feel Like Doing Right Now. - The Blower Fan Attachment Is A Bit Thicker Than Necessary. #Ingredients The Fasteners I Had Leftover From When I Added The [Z-Braces](Https://Www.Thingiverse.Com/Thing:921948). M3 Of Various Lengths. M3 Nuts 50 Mm Blower Fan Wanhao Duplicator I3/Monoprice Maker Select [E3D V6](Http://E3D-Online.Com/E3D-V6/Full-Kit) [Flexion For E3D](Https://Flexionextruder.Com/Shop/Extruder-For-E3D-Hotend/) #Assembly Instructions [Radds](Http://Doku.Radds.Org/Dokumentation/Radds/) [Reprap Firmware And Radds Mount](Http://3Dprinterwiki.Info/Converting-The-Duplicator-I3-Melzi-Controller-Board-To-A-Radds-Controller/) [Detailed Radds Setup](Http://Www.Akeric.Com/Blog/?P=3909) [E3D Assembly](Https://Wiki.E3D-Online.Com/Wiki/E3D-V6_Assembly) [Flexion Drawing Dimensions](Https://Flexionextruder.Com/Wp-Content/Uploads/2016/07/E3D-Drawing.Png)
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