RepRapPro Mendel Carriage for E3D Hotend and capacitive Z-Probe

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<p>For the X-Carriage i took the one of the Prusa i3 and changed the distance of the bearings to fit the RepRapPro Mendel.<br/> The E3D is shaped into the mount using a clip.<br/> Next to it i added a place for a capacitive probe.<br/> You can see it in action here:<br/> <figure class="media"> <oembed url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjDHaBO7zic"></oembed> </figure> </p> <h3> Instructions</h3> <p>The sensor is a LJC18A3-H-Z/BX (bought on eBay).<br/> Since it runs on 12V you will need a optocoupler to operate the endstop.</p> <p>To know more about capacitive proximity sensors this video helped me a lot:<br/> <figure class="media"> <oembed url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtwquSJ1zgw"></oembed> </figure> </p> <p>To set it up I followed the instructions of the Makerfarm tutorial:<br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6msLOR_EfKc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6msLOR\_EfKc</a><br/> <figure class="media"> <oembed url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpiOsetkIRg"></oembed> </figure> </p> <p>If you can read german you finde an more detailed description here:<br/> <a href="http://forums.reprap.org/read.php?336,388217">http://forums.reprap.org/read.php?336,388217</a></p> <p>I still did not have the time to translate the howl article to English, sorry.</p> Category: 3D Printer Parts