Anet A8 Hinging Fan Mod by Cycon

Last crawled date: 3 years, 1 month ago

I made this so that I could move the fan up and down when I need to change filament or if something gets stuck. I have not printed this yet but I will soon. Please tell me if the doesnt work and why it doesnt, and I will fix it.
SORRY FOR THE BAD PICTURE QUALITY!
NOTE: To print this, you might need to rotate it so that the longer piece is on the print bed. There WILL be a gab between the build plate and one of the parts, this is fine, just make sure you have supports on and that they are only on the build plate.
UPDATE 1: v06 has a great thing to protect the front fan so that the metal one is not needed. v03 couldn't actually move b/c not enough space. v06 fixed (hopefully). Screw sizes and locations should be better now
Update 2- 5/9/17: v08 works! this one will hinge right off the bed, the screw holes are just a tad tight sadly, might fix that, I will upload a pic when I have the chance. Still make sure that the side without the grate is flat on the bed and make sure you have support enabled but only on the bed, NOT EVERYWHERE. Thank You!
Update 3 - Might want to print spacers to hold the heat sync straigt, like this: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1798669
I had to tie the fan up slightly because the two screws were vibrating against each other, planning on making something to keep this from happening...