Anycubic i3 Mega Lightweight Hotend Housing

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<p>This hotend cover is based on the following design: <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2706092">https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2706092</a></p> <p>However, I redesigned the hotend cover quite a bit. Most important features of the cover:</p> <ul> <li>Lightweight: reduces ghosting and costs less filament to print</li> <li>Is compatible with both the stock parts cooling fan and heatsink fan</li> <li>Can be mounted with four M3 nuts and M3 bolts, a link for which can be found below</li> <li><p>It is much easier to reach the hotend distribution PCB<br/> I suggest printing this part at 100% infill and with tree supports.</p> <p>Depending on the accuracy of your printer, it might be necessary to sand/file<br/> some parts of the hotend cover, in order to make it fit perfectly.</p> <p>You can buy the needed hardware from the following link (affiliate): <a href="https://bit.ly/2DJnKDe">Bolts &amp; nuts</a></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Support</strong><br/> If you want to support me for the designs I publish for free, please consider using my <a href="https://bit.ly/2XYWpHW">AliExpress Affiliate Link</a> when buying something from AliExpress. It doesn't cost you anything extra, but helps me out a lot :)</p> <h3>Print instructions</h3><h3>Category: 3D Printing Summary</h3> <p>This hotend cover is based on the following design: <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2706092">https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2706092</a></p> <p>However, I redesigned the hotend cover quite a bit. Most important features of the cover:</p> <ul> <li>Lightweight: reduces ghosting and costs less filament to print</li> <li>Is compatible with both the stock parts cooling fan and heatsink fan</li> <li>Can be mounted with four M3 nuts and M3 bolts, a link for which can be found below</li> <li><p>It is much easier to reach the hotend distribution PCB<br/> I suggest printing this part at 100% infill and with tree supports.</p> <p>Depending on the accuracy of your printer, it might be necessary to sand/file<br/> some parts of the hotend cover, in order to make it fit perfectly.</p> <p>You can buy the needed hardware from the following link (affiliate): <a href="https://bit.ly/2DJnKDe">Bolts &amp; nuts</a></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Support</strong><br/> If you want to support me for the designs I publish for free, please consider using my <a href="https://bit.ly/2XYWpHW">AliExpress Affiliate Link</a> when buying something from AliExpress. It doesn't cost you anything extra, but helps me out a lot :)</p> <h3> Print Settings</h3> <p><strong>Printer Brand:</strong> Anycubic</p> <p><strong>Printer:</strong> All-metal Mega</p> <p><strong>Rafts:</strong> No</p> <p><strong>Supports:</strong> Yes</p> <p><strong>Resolution:</strong> 0.2mm</p> <p><strong>Infill:</strong> 100%</p> <p><strong>Filament:</strong> ColorFabb PLA/PHA Standard Black<br/> <strong>Notes:</strong></p> <p>You will need to use support for this print. I would recommend using tree support (experimental feature in Cura, or add it using Autodesk Meshmixer), as this makes it very easy to remove the support material after printing.</p>