Generic Genie Hotend Mount October 29, 2014 10:12PM |
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Re: Generic Genie Hotend Mount October 30, 2014 10:36PM |
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Re: Generic Genie Hotend Mount October 30, 2014 10:58PM |
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cristian
Thanks Reg! Although I read it too late... Yesterday I printed a new X end for my Smartrap to mount your hotend and at the same time to remove all the moving parts of the head. Now everything is fixed with screws, even the rods. I think that printing quality improved remarkably, tomorrow I'll post some pictures.
With your hotend and PLA I managed to print at 0.05 layer height (and even 0.03, both with 0.5 nozzle!), but I suppose to have orthogonality issues, then: since the X axis is not perfectly orthogonal to Z, the nozzle is slightly turned and creates many tiny plastic wires which are ruining the very beautiful effect of a perfectly flat surface (I cannot see layers at naked eye). But at 0.1 it works very well, and layers are barely visible anyway.
However I really want to test your hotend to the extreme: I plan to make an adjustable X end which allows manual tuning of the direction of the hotend, to see if I can get perfect results at 0.05 and less.
And all this because your hotend is so reliable that I don't even care about how low the flow of plastic is, it doesn't clog up!
Re: Generic Genie Hotend Mount November 01, 2014 07:45PM |
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Re: Generic Genie Hotend Mount November 01, 2014 08:16PM |
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Re: Generic Genie Hotend Mount November 01, 2014 08:18PM |
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cristian
Yep, much more visible now. I am very curious to know the new assembly procedure...
Re: Generic Genie Hotend Mount November 02, 2014 08:39AM |
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Re: Generic Genie Hotend Mount November 02, 2014 08:44AM |
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mikefiatx19
Hi Reg,
The hotend arrived and I am ready to fit the unit. What X-end do you recommend to fit the Genie to the Smartrap 4.9 (6mm rods)?
Thanks
Mike
Re: Generic Genie Hotend Mount November 04, 2014 05:17AM |
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regpye
A number of people have asked me about a mount for the Genie hotend and as there are so many different machines out there, I decided to make a generic type that can be bolted with just two bolts onto any flat surface.
This means that a very simple design for mounting the mount on can be made and suit many different machines.
The Genie mount has provision for a 30mm fan for active cooling of the hotend and also has a printed bracket for mounting a miniature servo for auto bed leveling.
The mount will accept both MK1 and MK2 hotends and is ideal for a Bowden setup. (Will also accept E3D hotends too and any other that has a similar mounting end)
Another Genie mount is also available for i3 machines using Bowden, anyone interested please email me for the STL file.
Available for free download from my website here
Re: Generic Genie Hotend Mount November 04, 2014 05:29AM |
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regpye
A number of people have asked me about a mount for the Genie hotend and as there are so many different machines out there, I decided to make a generic type that can be bolted with just two bolts onto any flat surface.
This means that a very simple design for mounting the mount on can be made and suit many different machines.
The Genie mount has provision for a 30mm fan for active cooling of the hotend and also has a printed bracket for mounting a miniature servo for auto bed leveling.
The mount will accept both MK1 and MK2 hotends and is ideal for a Bowden setup. (Will also accept E3D hotends too and any other that has a similar mounting end)
Another Genie mount is also available for i3 machines using Bowden, anyone interested please email me for the STL file.
Available for free download from my website here
What is this circular thing on the top left?
Is that for an induction sensor? Or is it for cable management?
Re: Generic Genie Hotend Mount November 04, 2014 06:16AM |
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regpye
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mandrav
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regpye
A number of people have asked me about a mount for the Genie hotend and as there are so many different machines out there, I decided to make a generic type that can be bolted with just two bolts onto any flat surface.
This means that a very simple design for mounting the mount on can be made and suit many different machines.
The Genie mount has provision for a 30mm fan for active cooling of the hotend and also has a printed bracket for mounting a miniature servo for auto bed leveling.
The mount will accept both MK1 and MK2 hotends and is ideal for a Bowden setup. (Will also accept E3D hotends too and any other that has a similar mounting end)
Another Genie mount is also available for i3 machines using Bowden, anyone interested please email me for the STL file.
Available for free download from my website here
What is this circular thing on the top left?
Is that for an induction sensor? Or is it for cable management?
Cable loom connects there.