Drop in E3Dv6 mod for DaVinci 1.0

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Drop in E3Dv6 mount for XYZ DaVinci 1.0.\nBased off bdwalker1's design for a drop-in mod to replace your Davinci printers stock extruder with a E3Dv6, I made some adjustments. I lowered the mount for better fit and removed 15mm from beneath the bracket. Then, I added a 15mm spacer/backing above the bracket but under the holes for the PCB. The back of the bottom was cut out to expose more of the heat sink. Because of a screw head holding the extruder in place, the bracket had to be adjusted. The fan shroud is identical, but it could use a redesign.\nI use repetier and I had to set a 24mm z offset. Then, I aligned the bed manually from there.\nInstalling:\nMain Assembly\nAssemble the fan, fan shroud, and main assembly together carefully using short screws to leave room for the PCB on the inside. Screw in the PCB and filament sensor without over-tightening! Make sure the filament sensor is parallel to the heat sink and directly above it. You have some play on the PCB to get the alignment right.\nUsing the half bracket, secure the heatsink into the brackets. Only secure the heatsink; do not assemble the hot end and heat block to the heat sink yet.\nHot End\nAssemble the hot end into the heat block like explained here at E3D's site. Cut a piece of bowden tubing so that it comes about a cm above the top of the heat sink (you can screw the entire metal hot end together, but do not apply the heatsink compound yet). Note: The stock XYZ thermistor does not fit into E3D's heat block due to its design. For this reason, you should order the thermistor from E3D's site.\nPutting it in the Printer\nInsert the assembly with just the heat block into the extruder carrier in the printer like the stock one, making sure it clips down and is straight. Next, insert the bowden tubing up through the heat sink; it is hard to get it in there but once you do make sure it is still sticking out the bottom. Align the neck from the heat block so that the tubing goes into its pocket and start screwing it into the heat sink (you should have applied the compound now).\nLooking in from the side, you should start to see the bowden tubing coming up towards the gears. I had to push the tubing from the side to get it to go up against the gears. From there, tighten everything and make sure it feeds correctly; looking in from the side, you can see if the filament missed the tubing.