Stepperdriver Coolingduct for Artillery Sidewinder X2

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Not exactly a remix, but strongly inspired by https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4001447 by https://www.thingiverse.com/Rics_3D The SideWinder X2 has the same problem with small heatsinks on the stepper drivers just like the X1 with the original drivers. The different mainboard forced me to do my own thing. Thus it's designed to fit the Artillery Ruby board it may or may not fit on a Genius Pro too, I don't have the possibility to prove it. CAUTION: Don't use conductive material to print, the power connectors for the heated bed are really close to the mainboard holder. Better safe than sorry. To accomodate the ruby board I had to design a new mainboard holder with an extension for the fan and the stepdown modules used to get the 12V for the used fan. Follwing parts are needed: * a 5015 radial fan, which are usually 12V, for example: https://www.amazon.de/dp/B01JJ0QD6Q * a DC/DC buck converter module to get the 24V system voltage down to 12V, for example https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0BHJ6BV34 Each one is capable of a 3A, so one of them should be sufficient for the 5015 fan and probably a a silent chassis fan (e.g. Noctua NF-A8 ULN) But there's space for two of them, so if you run out of juice or need another voltage, for example to power a Microcontroller, a Raspberry Pi, LEDs - no problem. * a couple of M3 screws to fasten the buck converters and the cooling duct to the mainboard holder M3x4 (4x) for the converters M3x6 (3x) for the cooling duct. I got me a set of screws, which I found useful around a 3D printer: https://www.amazon.de/dp/B09SZB2RN6 * 2 wood screws 4x30 to atach the 5015 fan to the concoction, you can probably cram some M5's in there too, the hole is 4mm in diameter * soldering equpment to make the connections. I stole the 24V from the chassis fan, put it on one of the buck converters, running the 5015 and a 12V chassis fan with it. Edit: I measured the temperatures of each driver before and after the change, they dropped a little over 40% from almost 70°C to acceptable 40°C, so the system seems to work.