Kossel Plus Magnetic Effector

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This is a simple effector which works with magnetic ball-and-socket joints. It holds a standard groove mount hot end. Four LED's can be mounted on the bottom surface to light your printer's workspace. On an LED, the longer lead goes to positive. If you daisy chain the LED's, you can power them all with 12v without any current limiting resistors. The design includes little channels and extra holes, allowing you to run the LED leads from the bottom up through one hole then down another where friction will hold it against the next LED's leads. This way, you can wire these LED's without doing any soldering except for one spot on the bottom. I use these with my magnetic carriages: https://www.youmagine.com/designs/kossel-plus-magnetic-carriage--2. And magnetic ball joint rod ends: https://www.youmagine.com/designs/magnetic-ball-joint-rod-ends. Contact haydn.huntley@gmail.com if you need an inexpensive source for the ball studs or magnets. I also precisely build carbon fiber printer arms, all of which match lengths within 50 microns. My standard lengths are 215mm (Mini Kossel), 288mm (Kossel XL), 304mm (a little longer), and 360mm (for a 300mm diameter bed). If you need a custom length, let me know. I have updated this design to improve the system for securing the hotend, making it hold tighter. A little bit of tape can be added as a shim to make it even tighter. I also added gutters to run the LED leads through and common holes to join them together with, eliminating all but one solder joint (the one on the bottom is still necessary).