My custom Anet AM8

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I'm finally collecting all the sources that went into my customized Anet AM8, a machine I've been running with RAMPS 1.4 boards and Marlin 1.1.8/9 for a year now. All printed parts were produced on this very same machine, most of them before upgrading to the AM8 frame. I'm extremely satisfied with the print quality I'm getting, which has led me to experiment with printing tabletop miniatures. The picture of two minis represents my best results so far. The only thing that's causing me concern right now is some issues with the DuPont connectors coming loose from the RAMPS board. But, I'm planning to re-work all my wiring soon anyway. The nozzle-cleaning brush usually pushes the cooling ring slightly out of alignment, but I'm planning to redo my entire print-head soon as well. For most things, the stock duct works fine and doesn't have this problem. However, I've been focusing on printing tiny, detailed items, so I want the better cooling right now. Planned upgrades for the future include: * Upgrading to a Bowden with an E3D-v6 clone hotend. * Installing an external RAMPS enclosure with cleaner wiring. I'm looking at using ribbon cable to bring all the signal wires to the frame and some sort of quick-change head system. * A quick-change head system, which will allow me to easily swap out heads to quickly switch between dual-head, very small nozzle, and direct drive setups. * Dual extrusion with Chimera and Cyclops clones. I've got both on hand. * A direct-drive head specifically focused on flexible filament. Almost all parts are from the things listed in Remixed Sources. I may have tweaked an STL here or there, but I don't remember. I'm switching between the two fan designs listed in the remix sources. Both work well, but they have slightly different clearances and one or the other fits better every time I adjust the hotend/nozzle for whatever reason. The only parts I designed were the two for mounting the PSU. I'm using some nameless 30A PSU from Amazon and the dimensions are taken from it. It seems to be fairly close to the S-320 datasheets I've found online. The endcap was inspired by various A8 PSU covers I've looked at. It takes a XT60E-M connector that leads to the printer and C14 power connector/switch/fuse. The printer is driven from an OctoPi, which allows me to access it from anywhere to check on prints. I also have a Sonoff Basic in the power-supply line so I can kill power remotely if needed.