FLSun Q5 Universal V6 Effector (5015 Blower)

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<p><strong>UPDATE:</strong> The effector plate was wobbling due to the gap for the thermistor/heat cartridge cables, so I removed the gap. Printed it in CF PLA and it's rock solid now.<br>I also moved the screw holes for the probe holder closer to the nozzle, to mitigate the X/Y offset.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Clarification: </strong>There are 2 5015 blower holders. Part_Cooler_Adapter_remix is usable with the provided cooler duct. Part_Cooler_Adapter_remix_Classic_Duct should be compatible with the modular system that is popular and fits most designs. The only difference is the heigth of the mounting point.</p><p>As I was hellbent on getting the most out of this printer, I wanted a lightweight effector that was able to hold a 5015 blower. As I had problems with other designs, I mashed two of them together:</p><p>Effector:<br><a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4975364">https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4975364</a></p><p>Blower holder:<br><a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4745305">https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4745305</a></p><p>I made adjustments to the blower holder, so I could fit the stock Q5 hotend, which seems to be significantly longer than the normal V6 (or the positioning within the effector is lower).<br>Also, the screw holes on the blower are doubled and moved higher/lower to accommodate the mounting plate.</p><p>In my experience, the magnet holder is too tight to fit the threading shafts, but I forgot to save the STL. Just load the STL in something like Blender and scale the holes to ~4.3mm diameter.</p><p><strong>For a BoM, see the Thingiverse link to the effector above! And a 5015 blower, naturally. Probably buck converters.</strong></p><p>I printed mine in CF PLA (Extrudr GreenTech Pro CF) and it is rock solid.</p><p>Use 3-4 perimeters in all parts to ensure stability.</p><p><strong>Fans:</strong></p><p>For the hotend fan, you can use the stock one. It's noisy, but it gets the job done.<br>The 5015 blower will most likely require you to wire in a buck converter to reduce voltage from the mainboards 24V to the 12V most fans use.<br>As I was already on it, I changed all fans, which resulted in an extremely quiet print (except for the 5015, that thing is LOUD).&nbsp;<br>I will need to tinker around with the fan speeds, as I fear that the cooling is now TOO powerful and could affect layer adhesion.</p><p><strong>Z-Offset:</strong><br>Finding the correct settings for the Z-Offset was tricky, as in my implementation, I squeezed the threading shafts of the magnet holder INTO the holding block. This offset the probe, so be sure to correct it in your firmware!<br>My settings are: X-0.5000 Y-1.7000 Z-18.63<br>As it's a female dog in heat to input this into the closed source Repetier fork FLSun uses for the Q5, <a href="https://github.com/Foxies-CSTL/Marlin_2.1.x/wiki/1.Deltas-FLSunQ">I flashed Marlin 2.1</a> (Thanks Foxie!) to get a consistent printing experience. Without this offset, my printer had issues with printing too close to the bed in some parts of the bed and completely fine in others.</p><p><strong>Fan Duct:</strong><br>As mentioned before, use the “normal" part cooler adapter for the duct provided here or the classic_duct design for the popular modular system.<br>To prevent the duct from falling off its mounting point (happened a lot), I fixated it with a standard Nylon ziptie. It can withstand the heat and you can push it upwards to change the duct later (see pictures).</p><p>The CF parts were printed on my friends Prusa i3… that thing is a beast and extremely accurate.</p>