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Adjustable dual extruder mount

Posted by IanJohnson 
Adjustable dual extruder mount
June 03, 2013 12:48PM
I'm thinking of making a bowden dual extruder for my Solidoodle, and want to have the hotends mounted in a way that makes it possible to adjust the height of each one independently. Even if they are identical, there is no guarantee that they will be the same length or mounted at the same height to .05mm. Has anyone already made a mount like this? I don't want to reinvent the wheel if someone has already solved the problem. Ideally it would be a matter of turning a screw to move the nozzle up or down until it touches a metal plate on the bed (like a feeler gauge) connected to a multimeter, completing a circuit.
Re: Adjustable dual extruder mount
June 03, 2013 01:25PM
Only one needs to be adjustable, which might simplify things somewhat.

Off the top of my head, I think I'd mount them on a plate together, with a pivot on one end of the plate and a spring loaded screw on the other, like how the bed is mounted on the Solidoodle.
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