Bowden Extruder for Prusa Mendel i2

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01.06.2015: New data was uploaded for the fan holder, which can be used with 50x50 and 40x40 fans.\nPlease take a look:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_Ui9q-miMg&feature=youtu.be\nBowden Extruder for the Prusa-Mendel i2 x-carriage \n\nwith alignment-setting of the j-head in z for easy adjusting of zero position in z.\nThe standard Wade's extruder can be used!\nWhat you need:\nx-carriage + Wade's extruder + parts for bowden-Extruder (I am actually developing) + PTFE-sleeve (Di=2mm, Da=4mm)\nFurther information will come soon - I am currently building a prototype.\nReady at last: I tested the function on 11.07.2014 - great!\nThe adjustment of the z-end-stop is good... but the adjustment of the extruder-z-position is much better. Printing brim and skirt at the beginning of a print, you can adjust the height while moving x- and y-axis and printing! So you can adjust the optimal z-position for the first layer on bed (0.1mm is no problem as I tried!) The first testprint was really great, because printing the first layer is no longer a problem - the first layer was perfectly fixed to the bed and I did not need extra prints to adjust the correct height at the beginning of printing! I will post a youtube video soon for that!\nIf someone is interested in the metal-parts or the complete unit (for correct function you will need metal-parts as shown in the given stl-file on thingiverse - I made some small changes to the showed files here for correct function - please send me an email for your interest to: jan.maier@autorobotics.de. If I get a higher number of requests (perhaps >50...100, I have to check that with possible suppliers), if there is enough interest, I could do a calculation of the price/unit. Making only few units, the costs will be too high for production and you will have to make those parts on your own!