Have a question about bowdin setup

(I am very very sorry for the terrible mspaint drawings)

Here is my current printer setup


I want to upgrade to a e3d v6 hotend and had a question about the motor mounting...

I was wondering if mounting the motor like this could work? ive seen most people
mount the motor on the side of the printer and not above


Thanks to anyone who replys! Again im very VERY sorry for the crappy ms paint drawings.

Yes you can, you just need to make sure that the bowden tube can easily reach everywhere that the printer head can move to (including the limits of X, Y and Z axes). You might need to make a tilting mount for your extruder if your bowden tube gets shorter.

Some delta printers use something very similar, called a "Flying extruder". The shorter the bowden tube, the better control you have over the extrusion process.

Thanks for the reply!
Im getting a meter of tube so ill have more than enough, ill trim it though and have some left for other projects down the road.

Alternatively you could mount a Remote Direct Drive, where the stepper is mounted on the frame and the extruder part is mounted on the print head, driven by a drive cable.

All the benefits of both systems and none of the drawbacks.
And if you need an adapter to make it fit with your printer and the V6, we will design one for you.

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A Flex3Drive is going to be your best option

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