So I searched around and landed on getting an inductive probe. After 2.5 years of use with it, the plastic broke from overtightening (totally my fault). It was not very consistent, was extremely slow, and had quality issues. Moving on to the SuperPINDA: I used a BLTouch for the longest time, as it seemed very popular. So I quickly designed some ducts, and they work like a charm (files included). But I also wanted to get excellent placement that would not cool down the hotend block when the fans turn on. Thus far, these have been the best cooling the cooling they provide easily rivals that of my Prusa Mini+. I bought some, changed my designs to fit them, then tested. So I did some research and found 4010 blowers to be nearly as powerful as the 5015s I was using. This was a pain to design, as the 5015s are rather large. I used a single 5015 paired with a circular duct for a while, but could never get overhangs to work out well. Among many other issues from the past 4 years has been cooling. The position of the H2 was changed from the original (thanks for going into the source files and modding that for me.) to allow space for a second fan between it and the backplate, which brings me onto the next part: dual fans. The main parts of this have been thought out very well. Instead of doing it all myself, which I typically prefer, I have taken a full blown hotend from BIQU and trust that it will solve my stringing issues. I have had constant trouble with the setup, mainly involving stringing, so I turned away from that approach. Over the past five-ish months, I have been at work creating a design for the E3D V6 that I had, along with the two 4010s and the SuperPINDA. This design is a remix of his design for the H2, so a big thanks goes to him for helping me out by making some modifications to the design that I couldn't! Most of the credit for this design goes straight to here on thingiverse. I've cycled through many designs and variations, and have landed on a direct drive hotend as the possible solution. Use the next bit of this summary as a guide to hotends no fully necessary info is in here.Īs already noted, this design is part of my journey to create a string-less environment. One note: you will have to have very short screws for the 4010 fans the screws can easily hit the H2 once the fan is tightened down. Hardware: twelve m4 screws and a good amount of varied m3 screws. Cooling: two 4010 blower fans (along with the duct designs provided) Probe: 8mm SuperPINDA probe (or other 8mm probe, inductive or otherwise) This design stemmed from my desire to create a perfectly controlled and powerful stringing-free hotend carriage. Further major updates and upgrades to this design will be made, and documentation may or may not be given regarding the updates. I have not tested this design yet, as the H2 has not come in. The work in progress sign is not to be ignored.
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