Triple Threat - E3D Carriage Bowden Mount for AM8/A8 by Draknore

Last crawled date: 3 years ago

This thing has now been redesigned and tested and is ready for printing. Thanks for your patience everyone. Hope you all enjoy (Be sure to download all the new files)
Triple Threat - E3D Carriage Mount
This thing is an all in one E3D v6 carriage bowden mount for the Anet AM8/A8 and similar type printers. While there are quite a few really good designs on thingiverse they are all missing one thing or another, like a tensioner or a cable chain attachment etc. This design aims to include all these in one.
It has three 40mm fans, one for the E3D and two part cooling fans. X belt holder/tensioner and a cable chain head attachment as well as an attachment for a 3DTouch/BLTouch sensor.
Join the two part cooling fans together and then connect them to your motherboard (So they run in parallel).
Update - 28-01-2019
I have uploaded the complete assembly step file for those who need to tinker.
BOM:
3x 40mm Fan - If your fans have a 3mm countersink use the "CS-Back-Vent"
2x M3x10mm Button Head - Probe Mount
2x M3x10mm Button Head - 3DTouch/BLTouch Probe
2x M3x10mm Button Head - Chain Head
8x M3x14mm Cap Screw - Side Fans (If your fans have a 3mm countersink use M3x10mm)
4x M3x50mm - Assembly Mounting (If your fans have a 3mm countersink use the "CS-Back-Vent")
3x m3x20mm Button Head - Belt Holder
1x m3x30mm Button or Cap Screw - Belt Tensioner (The Anet A8 has one of these spare)
14x M3 Nut
Additional required files:
1) Grab the belt holder/tensioner from the link below, because the tensioner has a no derivitives licence (rolling my eyes) you will need to use a 3mm or 3.5mm drill bit and drill a new mounting hole right through the tensioner from the hole in the backplate. My original design included the tensioner with one small change to the mounting holes but I cannot share that due to the licence. So either drill the hole or modify the tensioner if you know how (or only use 2 of the 3 mounting holes).https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2425783
2) Grab the chain and motor mount here:https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2104821
Make sure you insert all nuts in their place holders before assembly as some thought will have to go into in what order you should assemble it.
Print Infill and Support
Back-Plate = 60% Infill - No Support
Back-Vent/CS-Back-Vent = 60% Infill - No Support
Clamp-Assembly = 60% Infill - Support touching build plate only
Fan-Clamp = 60% Infill - Support touching build plate only
Chain-Head = 80 - 100% - No Support
Probe-Mount = 100% - No Support
Probe Offset:
define X_PROBE_OFFSET_FROM_EXTRUDER -34 // X offset: -left +right [of the nozzle]
define Y_PROBE_OFFSET_FROM_EXTRUDER -33 // Y offset: -front +behind [the nozzle]
Backplate design taken from:https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2668564