Anet A6 Bed Y-axis Cable Chain (front mount) by jbhugh

Last crawled date: 3 years ago

This project solved two issues for me. I have my A6 mounted in a Lack type enclosure so I wanted to move the wires from the rear of the bed to the front since a cable chain wouldn't have room at the back of the printer (requires rotating the bed on the "H" frame 180 degrees). I also needed to directly solder the bed connection to remedy the common problem of the Anet bed connector working loose. This cable chain would probably work with the stock connector but is much cleaner if you solder the wires at a 90 degree angle to the bed. I remixed the bed side mount from DarthVader911 http://thingiverse.com/thing:2215560, adding support to one of the uprights where the chain connects (my first one broke because the first links I printed were too tight). His used a store bought cable chain, so I then remixed the chain links from scorpianuk http://thingiverse.com/thing:2067601 to make them fit the mount. I also reduced the width of the connectors on the male side so that they could be more easily assembled and would move freely. The internal space for the wires to pass thru is 10mmx10mm. The mount requires drilling the "H" frame and using bolts to secure it. I used M3x12 screws and nuts but you could also drill and tap if you wanted. The back of the cable chain is secured to the table, but there is a frame screw close by on the A6 that could be made to work with a remix of the end piece (Male_End_mod.stl).