Hictop Prusa Y axis Motor Holder & endstop mount

cults3d

Hi All, after my work at school with the Makerbot Replicator 2 and 5 I bought this Chinese? Prusa clone to play with at home.I was just curious to the Prusa concept and wanted to work with open source hardware. So far super happy! EXCEPT: The Y motor mount. The Y motor turns pretty hot and causes with the belt tension it's mount to warp. Acrylic isn't that heat-resistant I guess. This design prevents that. I remixed it from JMecky's design with an Endstop (I saw that somewhere else) so that the endstop is not anymore on the moving bed. (looks much more durable to me) I remixed it in Tinkercad. (Nice and easy) Printed in ABS (because of the heat of the motor) and so far, no problems. Belt is supertight and everything is running smoothly. It fits right in the holes. So no extra drilling required as I saw by some other y mount- models. Good Luck!