E3D Hemera Mount Carriage Plate for Ender 5

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UPDATE: My PLA printed plate warped and resulted in a ruined print job. I would recommend PETG or Annealed PLA if possible. My next print will be Annealed PLA because its warping temperature is far superior. **** This is a replacement carriage plate for the Ender 5 hot end to work with the E3D Hemera Direct Drive hot end/extruder kit. I used https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3694056 (not letting me remix it?) as the base for my modification. I also used the Hemera .stl from E3D to line up the mounting holes. At first I was using adapter plates that mounted over the stock plate, but I lost bed space and I really hated the idea of that. Then I decided to create a new plate. Using this plate, I'm able to connect the Hemera without losing any bed space! Granted, printing at 220x220 will have funky first layers, but will work for higher layers (on mine anyways). There is still some offset of X and Y. My Hemera is supported with the following mods: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4116655 - I used these chains and chain supports, but slightly modified so as to create the extra space to maximize my build space. Contact me if you want the specifics on where and why I changed locations/mods. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4714785 - I'm using this Y-axis cable chain support instead of the one included in the above thing. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4573655 - I had to drop my front bar down to keep the bulky fan I used from smashing into it =) https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4616767 - This is the fan mount I'm currently using, though I'll be upgrading this (currently building my own). https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4264558 - This is the Extender I used to raise my spool to prevent spool collision and other tangling problems when side mounted. Version 1.0 - I've removed excess screw holes and instead added a mounting bracket for the Hemera. I've also reinforced the brackets that connect to the X-axis belt. My first prototype (see build image) warped and I was using extra space on the back side of the mount, which required supports (which is why it warped). I've made the backside flat and this fixed my warping issues.