Makerbot Z18 Brush Replacement

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The standard brush got so filthy it eventually fell apart. To replace it seemed too expensive, so I took matters into my own hands and built one myself - it's really just a scraper, but it works like a charm. I used a piece from the Nomex Honeycomb panel to create the scraper, and you could probably make something similar out of an old soda can. An M5 bolt is inserted through the front end. 09-Aug-2016: I updated my design with a better-fitting version that has the bolt turned around; the previous model had a problem with filament getting stuck in the threads and sometimes coming loose, but this one is much improved.