Creality CR-10 & Ender3 MK8 Type Extruder Mount for Anet A8 and Alike!

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This mount is designed to attach a Creality type extruder to the Anet A8 or many clones. I have designed this because I like the Creality type head, it's small and compact as well as lightweight. This mount is pretty light too especially when compared to a stock Anet A8 carriage and extruder assembly. The Ender3 is 24v and the CR-10 series is 12V, so be sure to get the right extruder. It is made to be printed with support. It uses a 40mm cooling fan and a stock Anet style 50mm blower and fan duct. I like the Spriya Fan Duct. It also uses stock type X belt mounts. You can use the stock thing with M3 bolts or use about any Anet A8 X belt holder found on here, I use this one. The mount uses M4x25 socket head screws and captive nuts to attach the sections together. There's a max head diameter of 8mm for these screws. The extruder mounts with M3x30 screws and captive nuts. The fans and BLTouch can use M3 screws but I recommend self-threading types. It has BLTouch support and chain support. See my X Axis Chain here and my BLTouch Spacers here. The BLTouch is 21MM behind the nozzle. This includes the Lion Fan Duct. Thank you! - Update 11/9/19 I changed the fan shroud a bit to make it stronger. I printed one up and promptly broke it. It now has just two fan mounting screw holes but so does the stock Anet A8 extruder, no big deal. I also added two 6mmx6mm square holes in the side of the fan shroud under the cooling fan support to let wires pass under the mount easier. - Update 3/21/2020 Shortened the Bowden tube support and moved it up to pull the tub back some from the front. This mount is forward in position so this keeps the tube from rubbing on the chain.