Chimera Zesty Nimble X-carriage for Prusa i3 clone by RGN01

Last crawled date: 3 years, 1 month ago

Having rebuilt my Prusa i3 Steel clone to use 10mm X-rods (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1905409), I designed this to use dual Zesty Nimbles (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1843195) on an E3D Chimera / Cyclops. It is designed to work with the X-carriage ends and other parts from that unit.
It is a full set of printed parts and needs a number of bushes, bolts, nuts, magnets, shafts etc. I will try to list these but this is from memory - you may find you require other components, please let me know if you do so that I can update this page.
The main components of this unit include:
a two-part X-carriage designed to accept 4x Oilite bushes (10mmID, 14mm OD, 10mm long). Eight M3 x 18 cap screws are required, as well as 8x M3 nuts.
an auto-level mount designed for a David Crocker IR auto-level board and attached to the main carriage with an M2 x 20 (IIRC) machine screw and nut.
a layer fan duct that is held in place by a number of 3mm x 4mm long rare earth magnets (5 in the duct and 5 in the carraige)
a mount for the two Zesty Nimbles and the Chimera / Cyclops. Note that this has some M2.5 captive nuts inside.
an optional filament monitor designed to use 2x 24 magnet discs. These printed discs use 24 1mm diameter x 2mm long rare earth magnets inserted alternately N-S-N. A length of clock spring 6mm wide, two hobbed discs, 4 Oilite bushes (3mm ID, 6mm OD, 3mm long) are required as well as a number of M2.5mm machine screw and nuts
The duct, carriage and Main mount were printed in ABS, other parts in PLA.
If there is interest then I will document and publish details of the filament monitor. Please message me here if so.
Other parts designed for my printers include:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1959901 (GT2 belt clamp (Prusa Y-axis)
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1937232 (Arduino Mega and RAMPS v1.4 case)
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1905409 (Prusa i3 steel 10mm upgrade)
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1959974 (Prusa i3 Steel Y-axis motor mount)
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1991116 (Prusa i3 Steel X-carriage)
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1991117 (E3D Chimera / Cyclops mount)
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1994413 (dual E3D Thermocouple amplifier board - housing)
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1090661 (Belt driven Bowden extruder with 1:2.5 reduction)
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:896676 (enclosure for SevenSwitch FET)
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:922455 (8mm Z-axis leadscrew bearing holder)
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:922309 (Z-axis NEMA 17 adjustable endstop bracket)
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:899607 (cable chain)
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2334269 (LCD housing)
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2377049 (PSU cover)
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2395715 (Chimera & Zesty Nimble drive cable spacer)
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2407651 (Chimera Zesty Nimble X-axis set for i3 clone)
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2436869 (A dummy NEMA 17 motor to hold the 5mm shaft)
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2748978 (A Duet WiFi housing)
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2749324 (A layer fan for the Smart Effector)
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2814068 (A Sannce I21AG mount for 3D printers)
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2844881 (A cooling duct for a Noctua 40mm fan on a Duet Smart Effector)
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2846955 (A quiet BerdAir type pump mount)
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3333609 (A Raspberry Pi case with 40mm fan)
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