Sells Mendel improved X Carriage for EckerTech Hot End by eckertech

Last crawled date: 3 years ago

All of the plastic parts required to convert a standard Sells Mendel to an EckerTech all metal Hot End.
The EckerTech all metal hot end is available at http://www.eckertech.com/mendel-hot-end/
As well as adapting the extruder block to fit our hot end we made some improvements to the carriage:
We re-positioned the lower carriage rear bearing mounts after finding out that they were misaligned in the original files?!?
We replaced the original lower carriage tower with a flat printed independent unit which is much stronger.
We added belt alignment notches to the tower and blocks to the clamps to hold the belt in proper vertical position while clamping it tight. Eliminates the fiddly part of maintaining vertical alignment of the belt while you tighten it into place.
We adapted the upper carriage to fit our clip in eckstruder.
We covered the top gear side of upper carriage to better direct the airflow over the heatsink.
We updated the eckstruder to the new version wire capture model with spiral wrap tubing.
We front mounted the M3X25mm hot end extension locking bolts for easy access.
We notched the eckstruder base to provide a clip in attachment for the fan housing.
We counter bored the upper carriage to extend the heatsink mounting bolts for attachment to the heatsink.
We added nut captures to the outer clamping bolts on the lower carriage for easier tension adjustments of the bearings, as well as counter bored the bearing bolt holes to provide better clearance for the heatsink.
We also added spiral wrap tubing adaptors to clean up the wiring.