EnderBench V1 - Spare Parts Test Bed & Recovery Platform

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Many people have plenty of spare parts left over from upgrading their printer. The EnderBench is designed to fit most spares including Hotends, Stepper Motors, End Stops and Fan Ducts/Part Coolers The purpose of this is to test parts using a spare mainboard (for example, a 8bit Creality Melzi board and original Creality 12864 screen). With an external electronics case with a XT60E-M plug so you can plug it in to your existing power supply, and extended wiring, I've used this bench to recover hotends that have been covered in plastic, test stepper motors that were thought to be faulty, and check functionality of end-stops. Firmware for the Creality Melzi 8bit board is included in the zip file. The base EnderBench, and a spacer for mounting hotends. Firmware was deployed to the board using Arduino IDE. All mounting points are designed to fit M3 screws. Be sure to use ferrule bootlaces on the hotend mount wiring such as the Heater Cartridge, Thermistor, and Fan for safety (most importantly for the Heater Cartridge). Photos are from v0.9 build. Removed pegs and added a spacer for the hot end. Moved Endstops further away from the hot end mounting part.