Ender3 V2

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Many custom designed parts for the Ender3 V2 that make an already great 3D printer even better
I designed a new direct drive mount that utilizes the stock, or an after-market extruder mechanism. This plate is also made to fit an 12mm Linear rail (MGN12C) for the X-Axis. This very small piece of Bowden tubing line up perfectly to create a super short filament path to the hot-end. I used MIC6 Tooling plate that was 3/8" of an inch thick and faced it down to the thickness I wanted it to be. I have been using 2 of these plates on both of my Ender3 V2's for several months and have had zero issues. As a matter of fact, I also own a MicroSwiss Direct-drive plate system for the stock Ender3-V2 using the stock V-Wheels and the design I made works as good if not better than that particular unit. The only difference being that they made their own tension/arm system that is integrated into their design and I didn't. I wanted this to be easily machined by those guys with a smaller CNC machine that can mill small thinner pieces of aluminum stock without issue. You will have to create your own toolpaths obviously, but the CAD files are all there and you can just open it up in your CAM software and create your toolpaths and get machining. I added a couple pictures of the plate and with a stock Ender3 hot-end and stepper motor. Obviously the extruder bracket would attach on top of this plate using M3 screws to attach the extruder stepper from behind. So, in order, extruder bracket, direct drive plate, and then the extruder stepper motor. If you have any questions feel free to send me a message or drop a comment and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
The rest of the parts in Bright Green I designed to be add-ons to the Ender3-V2. The extra drawers on the sides, the 4040 extrusion drawers (there are some like this on Thingiverse however, mine are deeper and print in 2 pieces (the drawer and knob) whereas others print in 3 pieces making it a real pain to assemble if you have even a slight elephants foot on the initial layer. So, I designed it to be all one piece and used a massive fillet in the inside corners to keep the bridging to a minimum across the rear of the drawer (which is the very top as it is orientated on the print bed) to enable this to be a single piece instead of two.
As for the Motherboard and Raspberry Pi enclosures these were a culmination of me sick of looking for something that used a downdraft fan to blow cool air across the boards