Remix to add removable tools support to D-bot

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Here I go again!\nI'm still building my D-bot but seeing how good its design is, I decided to apply some modifications to make it more versatile, making it able to drive different extruders, a laser, and in the future, a CNC mill too. Too ambitious, you say? I love challenges!\nPrint Settings\nPrinter: \n Hypercube\n \n Rafts: \n Yes\n \n Supports: \n Yes\n \n Resolution: \n 0.20mm\n \n Infill: \n 100%\n \n Notes: \n I used HIPS filament, very versatile and easy to manage, but every strong type will work.\nI print with extruder at 105% of filament factor at 230° and bed at 100° on boro-silicate glass with 2 layers of strong (or extra-strong) hair spray\nPost-Printing\nOf course, here and there some work of a cutter is needed, but where isn't it?\nHow I Designed This\nI make intensive use of Tinkercad in my projects and 'til now it's enough for me.\n\n \n \n Custom Section\nHow and Why\n As mentioned above, my goal is to obtain a fully versatile 'printer', let's say so at this point, so I made several changes to meet my needs.\nFirst of all, I remixed all parts where bearing wheel are present to fit the normal 24mm V-wheels; this because I make an intensive use of my printer and forecasting the other tools I'll make use of I made this choice to be sure of their longer survival. I merely grew the concerned wheel sides.\nMy 'universal' printer should be able to drive an extruder (whatever type), a laser, and a cutter (work in progress), so the first thing I made was to design a base with a female connector and several daughter-bases with male connectors. This way I can change almost on the fly the tool (I've designed 6 coupling points, but you can use how many of them as you want). The connector of my choice are Sub-D26 (see photos); 26 pins seem to be more than enough to drive almost anything. I'll upload ASAP a schematic about this... I already designed an e3D-V& bowden extruder plate (labeled B), a Cyclops double extruder plate (labeled C), an engraving laser plate (labeled L) with support for electronic board and a sensor, if someone like me need it\nalso added an example of how you can organize the connector (see last photo)\nIf you use a direct drive you can dedicate pins 21 to 24 to the stepper motor.\nCustom Section\nUpdate April 04 11:00 am\nNew tool\n Sniffing around I found this nice and very simple tool to make on-the-fly PCB:https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2206995 (go there and read all for instructions)\nSlightly modified the length and added a ring to fit the D-bot hot-end, 'et voila', the tools family grows!\nI had no time to print and test it, so I assume no responsibility, 8-)), but I fell in love with this little 'thing' and I was in a hurry to show it and my idea...\nBig credit to 3Dator for its work, I hope I'm not infringing some rule posting one of his STL; if so alert me and I'll delete it.\nUpdate April 06 12:45 am\nLast additions\n Uploaded all STL, slightly modified to save filament, deleting unnecessary parts.\nCustom Section\nUpdate May 11\n redesigned pcb plates\nredesigned bowden plates to rise the extruder and save filament\nadded two new plates for double e3D-v6, redesigned to rise the extruder and save filament, and relative clamp\nstrengthned six X carriage front plate supports\ncompletely redesigned fun duct stealing the idea from Fabio22italy's cyclop fan https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1592962, I love that design, and therefore redesigned X carriage back plate too, to fit it\n\nCustom Section\nMay 17\n My D-bot is almost completed...\nSorry for orientation, my Samsung is dumb!