Ai3M X-Carriage [MK1] (E3DV5)

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New Version (Further Development) available!: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3537449 AI3M X-Carriage MK1 E3DV5 Version First version (MK1) of my design for a X-Carriage to improve the Anycubic I3 Mega's maintenance accessibility and get rid of its original block carrier. I designed it to fit the original hotend (e3dv5) and run with the original bearing holders/bearings and belt. The Carrier comes with two types of fanducts for a radial fan (5015) mounted on the back of the carrier: one with a straight regular inlet, and another with an elbow inlet, vertical mount of the fan. The basic idea of the regular fan design is from https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3129964. I took the idea, redesigned it, and optimized geometric and flow channels for my carriage. To build the carriage, you will need additional metric screws/hex nuts: - 4x M3x40 (coverplate for 4010 Fan mount) - 2x M3x25 (upper coverplate screws) - 3x M3x12 (lower screws for fanduct holder + hotend positioning screw) - 7x M3x10 (4 for mounting frontplate to baseplate & 3 for PCB) - 16x M3 Hex-nuts - 1x M4x25 (for radialblower mounting) - 1x M4 Hex-nut For best print/strength results, print the parts as they are orientated in the STL file. Here's a summary of important print parameters for each part: Baseplate, Frontplate & Coverplate: - No Slicer Support needed, includes custom support - Material: PETG or ABS - Infill: 20-30% (or 15% Gyroid) - Resolution: 0.2mm Fanduct: - Support enabled only from bed, no support for the regular inlet fanduct! - Material: minimum PETG or ABS - Infill: 20-30% (or 15% Gyroid) The parts "distance sleeves variant2" and "fanduct positioning spacer" are not mandatory to build the carriage. The Positioning Spacer is only for those who want a little aid during fanduct distance positioning between hot bed and fanduct. If you mounted all parts on the printer, take care before first homing! You may have to adjust the z-screws on the linear carriage of z-axis so the hotend doesn't crash onto heatbed. Changelog: - 29.01.2019: Update of baseplate & frontplate, improvements of the board holder - 29.01.2019: Added blank frontplate version without the text "3D Print" - 29.01.2019: Added 06_board_bolts_clip (not mandatory, but it positions the screws) - 29.01.2019: Added 07_distance_sleeves (keeps hex nuts in back of frontplate in position, you can use the ones you prefer round(variant) or hex) - 07.03.2019: Due to poor print results of the text "3D Print", it's completely removed, Update for Frontplate & Coverplate (Custom support added) - 12.03.2019: Finally, the e3dv6 version is published, check out https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3482275 - 16.03.2019: Added the part "fanduct positioning spacer", if you struggle with positioning and right distance of the fanduct and hot bed Ref. Model: Anycubic i3 Mega 2018v, 2-zaxis sensors