Hero Me Gen7 Release 4 Modular Printhead Platform & Part Cooling

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Updated Aug 19th, 2023: Hero Me Gen7 Documentation Hero Me Gen7 parts selection and illustrated assembly documentation and videos are available from these three services: Printables.com (https://www.printables.com/@MediaMan3D#join:36) Thangs.com (https://thangs.com/designer/MediaMan3D?plans=true) Patreon.com UPDATED July 14th, 2023 - Hero Me Gen7 Release 4 is Available Now! Release 4 has 187 new STLs and 50 updated STLs since Release 3 and a total of 328 new and updated STLs since Release 2. New printers and components supported * 29 new 3D Printers/models and X carriage options * 16 new Hot-ends * 8 new Extruders * 6 new ABL sensors/probes * Plus many improved STLs.  Check out the V1.6 Change Log and 7.4 Printer-Component support docs for all the details (contained in the ZIP download).

 ###Hero Me is a modular printhead platform for 3D printers with excellent part cooling and the most compatibility across printers, hotends, extruders, ABLs, and other components. The Hero Me Gen7 is all about choice and personal preference. If you have been upgrading your 3D printer, you've made choices about what is important to you, Your choices are likely going to be different from everyone else. When choosing a hotend, extruder, and ABL combo (not to mention fans and accelerometers), where are you going to find a printhead platform that will accommodate all your selected components (which could be a rare combo), for you specific 3D printer AND provide you part cooling that gives you great print results, This is what the Hero Me Gen7 is all about! Think of the Hero Me platform as stackable blocks for printheads (like that well know brand that can't be named here), there are mounting parts for each component (hotend, extruder, fans, ABLs, etc.) that stack and mount to a core Base. Component specific mounting parts can be interchanged for another of the same type. So, should you change your component selection(s) in the future, you do not have to start over, you simple replace the single STL mount that is matched to the new component. There is no need to yet again go looking for a new set of mounting hardware that was not likely to have been designed to work with each other in the first place. Here is a link to the latest install and review of the Hero Me Gen7 by TeachingTech! (Starts at the 4 minute mark) https://www.youtube.com/embed/UAg3KpmbFLE?start=239 Below is the linkto a 10-minute overview of the Hero Me platform when I spoke with Joel the 3D Printing Nerd at RMRRF in April 2023. https://youtu.be/y8e68emZvH8 So to give you choices and fulfill your personal preferences in 3D printing, the Hero Me Gen7.4 now supports over 115 3D Printer models (plus clones), 47 Hotends, 37 Extruders (over 45 mount options), 20 ABL Sensors (34 mount options), 35 Part Cooling Duct options, 12 Cable Management options, 14 ADXL345 mounts, and 4 LED bar mounts (among many other options). The Zip file containing all the Hero Me Gen7 STLs is nicely organized into folders by component category, with sub-folders for type and brand with well-defined filenames. If you want documentation to help you select and assemble the Hero Me Gen7 for your specific 3D printer, you can get a detailed 56-page parts selection and illustrated assembly guide by supporting me on Patreon or Thangs (https://thangs.com/designer/MediaMan3D) for just $5. If you become an All-Access supporter for just $5 more, you also get assembly videos, private Discord server access, direct technical support, as well as exclusive access to new releases (including Gen7.3 and more) 30 days before being posted to Printables, Thangs, and other STL libraries. https://patreon.com/MediaMan3D or https://thangs.com/designer/MediaMan3D (https://thangs.com/designer/MediaMan3D) For those who think that the Hero Me is heavy, I can see why you think that, but the Hero Me is quite light. A full complement of printed parts (with threaded inserts) for a dual fan, hotend/direct drive configuration, with ABL, ADXL, and LED mounts is just under 87 grams (see photo in gallery). Lighter weight than many stock printhead setups and most other replacement setups. A simple Bowden setup with no ABL can be as few as just 4-5 printed parts. A fully loaded printhead with hotend, extruder, ABL, dual fans, ADXL345, LED, and wire management is only 12 printed parts (the 87 grams I mentioned). Here is an interview I did with Daniel of Crosslink that provides a great overview of the Hero Me platform (4/28/2023): ###Here is a list of the 3D printers and major components that are supported by Hero Me Gen7.4 Over 115 3D Printer Models/X Carriages Supported: 3DFused V1, V2, V3, CoreXY, Master X carriage Alfawise U20-U30
 Anet ET4, ET5, E10, A8
 Anycubic Vyper, Chyron, Mega S, Mega Zero, Kobra Go BigTreeTech HermitCrab BIQU B1 BLV Ender 3 Linear Rail Upgrade BLV MGN Metal Cube CR-6SE* CR-10, V2, V3 CR-10 Mini CR-10S, S4, S5
 CR-10S Pro, Pro V2, Pro V3 CR-20 CR-MAX
 Ender 2 Pro Ender 3
 Ender 3 Pro Ender 3 Neo* Ender 3X
 Ender 3 V2 Ender 3 V2 Neo
* Ender 3 MAX
 Ender 3 Max Neo* Ender 5, 5 Pro, 5 Plus
 ENDER 6 CoreXY
 Neptune 2, 2S, x Neptune 3*, 3 Pro*, 3 Plus*, 3 Max* Eryone Thinker SE Exoslide
 Geeetech A10, A20, A30 HyperCube Kingroon KPS3 Kywoo Labists ET4 Lantro Linear Rails MGN9-H, MGN12-C, MGN12-H 
 Longer LK1, LK5 Pro Mercury One Micro Swiss DD kits (Ender 3, Ender 5, Exoslide, Linear Rails)
 OpenBuilds Mini V
 PrinterMods xChange & MDD kit V1.2, V1.3 RepRap i3 Clones Prusa MK3S/+* SainSmart Coreception 300 Sovol SV01, SV02, SV05
, SV06, SV06 Plus Sunlu S8
 Tevo Tarantula Pro, Tornado
 Tronxy X5SA Pro
 Two Trees Bluer, Sapphire Pro, Plus Wham Bam MUTANT
 Wham Bam Universal X carriages (v-wheel, linear rails) Voron 2.4, Switchwire-Afterburner
 Voxelab Aquila-Pro
 ZYLTech Gear V3
 Most clones of Creality CR & Ender printers *Printer models listed above with an Asterix may have limited support. The 3D printer model and its X carriage are fully supported, but a component of the stock printhead assembly may not be compatible (e.g. stock hotend, extruder, ABL) with the Hero Me Gen7 Base or other assemblies. Replacing these stock parts with a 3rd party equivalent component will resolve this. 47+ Hotend Brands and Models Supported: * Anycubic Vyper V5 Stock * Creality Stock MK8 (2 screw mount) * Creality CR-10S Pro (2 screw mount) * Creality Spider (350c max) * Creality Spider High Temp (500c max) * Creality Spider 3 Pro * Creality Spider 4 Pro (Speedy Ceramic) * E3D-Online V6 & Volcano * E3D-Online Revo Six (aka Prusa MK3) * E3D-Online Revo Micro (aka Mini) * E3D-Online Revo Voron * E3D-Online Revo CR * Haldis Red Lizard K1 V6 (Dragon) * Haldis Red Lizard K1 Pro-HF-UHF * Haldis Red Lizard V5, V5 Pro * Generic MK8 * Generic J-Head V5, V6 * Micro Swiss All Metal CR-10, 10S Pro * Neptune Stock * Phaetus Dragon * Phaetus Dragonfly BMO-BMS-HIC * Phaetus Rapido (aka ST, HF) * Phaetus Rapido Plus (aka UHF) * Phaetus X Voron Dragon ST-HF-UHF * Phaetus TaiChi * Slice Engineering Copperhead * Slice Mosquito, Magnum, Magnum+ * Slice Mosquito for Creality • * TriangleLab Dragon SF-HF • * TriangleLab Rapido HF-UHF • * TriangleLab TCHC TD6 (aka: CHC, CHC Pro, PT1000 Pro) * TriangleLab TCHC TR6 * TriangleLab CHC Mini * Clones of any hotends above 37+ Extruder Brand and Models Supported: * Advanced 3D Printing FXD * Bondtech BMG (and mirror) * Bondtech BMG-M (and mirror) * BMG Mini (clone) * Bondtech LGX * Bondtech LGX Lite * Creality Stock Single and Dual Gear * Creality E-Fit * E3D-Online Titan * EZR Struder * HextrudORT * Kingroon Titan Clone * Micro Swiss DD kits: Ender 3, 5, Linear Rail, Exoslide * Micro Swiss Dual Gear * Orbiter V1.5 & V2.0 (and mirrors) * PrinterMods MDD Kit * Phaetus APUS * Sailfin A, B, Sherpa Variants * Sherpa Mini * Sherpa Micro * Sovol SV01 stock * Sovol SV06 stock * Vz-HextrudORT * TriangleLab TBG-Lite * TriangleLab TBG-S * Voron, Switchwire-Afterburner * Clones of any extruders above (look-alikes may not fit) 20+ Auto Bed Level (ABL) Sensors Supported: * Beacon3D * BLTouch * CR Touch * Creality OEM * Euclid Probe * EryONE ER-20 * EZABL Pro * EZABL Pro Mini * EZABL Micro * HallON * PINDA * PL-08N, XY-08M, SN04-N * Touch Mi * TA Sensor * Omron Sensor * 8mm, 12mm & 18mm sensors * Clones of any ABL sensors above Heat Sink and Part Cooling Fans Supported: * 4010 radial fan (single and dual) * 4020 radial fan (single and dual) * 5015 radial fan (single and dual) * 5020 radial fan (single and dual) * 4010 & 4020 axial fans for heat sink cooling There are also 14 mounts for various ADXL345 accelerometer PCBs and other options like endoscope cameras and analog dial gauges. If there is a generally known component (hotend, extruder, etc.) that is not listed in this document, it is either not compatible (too large, etc.) or has not yet been tested. The Hero Me Gen7 does not support any of the integrated extruder/hotends, this includes but may not be limited to the following: Creality S1 Sprite, Micro Swiss NG, E3D-Online Titan Aero, BIQU H2, E3D-Online Hemera, and the Bondtech LGX Shortcut. These extruder/hotends are all too large, too wide, to fit into a Hero Me Base. I will be developing specific part cooling ducts based upon the Hero Me with ABL/ADXL345 mounts for as many of these integrated extruder/hotends as is possible. ETA sometime in the Summer of 2023. There are now over 700 remixes, adaptations, and compatible add-on parts for the Hero Me Gen7 cooling system from the community via remixes and mods here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3433619/remixes https://www.thingiverse.com/mediaman/collections/hero-me-cooling-systems https://www.printables.com/social/56045-mediaman3d/collections/113081 Hero Me Gen7.3.2 Documentation If you skipped it earlier, the Zip of all the Hero Me Gen7 STLs is organized into folders by component category, with sub-folders for type and brand with well-defined filenames, if you want documentation to help you select and assemble the Hero Me Gen7 for your specific 3D printer, you can get a detailed 56-page parts selection and illustrated assembly guide by supporting me on Patreon or Thangs (https://thangs.com/designer/MediaMan3D). If you become an All-Access supporter, you also get assembly videos, private Discord server access, direct technical support, as well as exclusive access to new releases (including Gen7.3 and more) 30 days before being posted to Printables, Thangs, and other STL libraries. https://patreon.com/MediaMan3D or https://thangs.com/designer/MediaMan3D (https://thangs.com/designer/MediaMan3D) More 3D printers & components from the community via remixes and mods here:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3433619/remixes (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3433619/remixes) https://www.thingiverse.com/mediaman/collections/hero-me-cooling-systems (https://www.thingiverse.com/mediaman/collections/hero-me-cooling-systems) [https://www.printables.com/social/56045-mediaman3d/collections/113081
] Hero Me Gen7.3.2 Documentation If you skipped it earlier, the Zip of all the Hero Me Gen7 STLs is organized into folders by component category, with sub-folders for type and brand with well-defined filenames, if you want documentation to help you select and assemble the Hero Me Gen7 for your specific 3D printer, you can get a detailed 56-page parts selection and illustrated assembly guide by supporting me on Patreon or Thangs (https://thangs.com/designer/MediaMan3D). If you become an All-Access supporter, you also get assembly videos, private Discord server access, direct technical support, as well as exclusive access to new releases (including Gen7.3 and more) 30 days before being posted to Printables, Thangs, and other STL libraries. https://patreon.com/MediaMan3D or https://thangs.com/designer/MediaMan3D (https://thangs.com/designer/MediaMan3D) ###YouTube Videos about the Hero Me This is an interview I did with Joel the 3D Printing Nerd that is a great 10 min. overview of the Hero Me platform: https://youtu.be/y8e68emZvH8 This is a more in-depth interview I did with Daniel of Crosslink about the Hero Me platform: https://www.youtube.com/embed/9TgQ5kzP09o And here is a preview of his independent review of the Hero Me! https://www.youtube.com/embed/UV3ZM4Xl3I0 Here is an example of Hero Me Gen7 performance compared to other cooling solutions. Note that a Dual 5015 fan setup in the Hero Me Gen7 doesn't need to be more that 70% power, and most commonly at 50% to get best airflow and all around cooling with the benefit of super quiet printing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/s2jR92SX_Zg Kris from Kersey Fabrications lists the Hero Me as one of the Top 5 upgrades for the Ender 5. Check out the video below: https://www.youtube.com/embed/dbS9MA4UkZA Thanks and Credits I would especially like to thank Hangtight for his work on converting the Hero Me STLs into STEP files (available to my Patreon supporters). I also want to thank ACWest for designing the Hero Me part cooling ducts. His cooling ducts have been CFM tested and validated to have the optimum focused airflow across the part at the tip of the nozzle. Thanks to Kelokera for the inspiration of what the Hero Me has become! https://www.thingiverse.com/kelokera (https://www.thingiverse.com/kelokera) Thank you for choosing the Hero Me Gen7 to be part of your 3D printing experience! Please post your feedback, make, or remix on the Hero Me Gen7 project and share this with your 3D printing friends! If you like my designs, please consider supporting me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MediaMan3D