Titan Aqua Klon Extruder Mount for Prusa MK3

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First I want to thank Chris Vahi for his outstanding work, not only did he design and test the parts that I remixed this one, but he also provides detailed instructions on what you need to change in the firmware. THANK YOU Chris!!! Chris's original design consists of many parts. I only needed to redesign the mount for the Titan Aqua because his version didn't fit my Klon from D-Force(Aliexpress). Go check out his original part (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3150843) for the other files and the excellent instructions. So I had a problem with the mount from Chris, it was too thick and pressed against the pneumatic fittings. This isn't good, either you bend the thin alu plate from the hot end or you may damage the threads in that plate for the pneumatic fittings. In both cases you may end up with a leaking system. I think the root cause of this issue is that I don't use an E3D Titan Aqua, but instead a cheap Chinese knockoff from D-Force(Aliexpress). I think Chris's design might just work perfectly with the original E3D Titan Aqua. So I imported his mount and cut away a piece on one side and then beefed up the other side so that it wouldn't lose any rigidity. Now there is enough space for you to properly push the release ring on the pneumatic fittings. If you're interested in more, I'm building a complete Prusa MK3 Klon only with Chinese parts from Aliexpress and also a Prusa MMU 2 Klon with Chinese parts too. I made some modifications like the Titan Aqua Hot end and replaced most 3D printed parts with CNC machined alu parts. But the Klon will have all Prusa features like PowerFail, Fan Monitoring, Bed Leveling etc. You can follow this project here -> https://theprusamk3clone.blogspot.com ##### Update 1 (30.12.2018) ##### When I mounted the fan shroud from Chris's design, I noticed that the relative distance to the nozzle is different from the original Prusa design. Air was blowing on the heat block and not on the print part. So I remixed the fan mount design that Chris made and changed the position by a few mm. You can see the difference in the pictures. The fan mount needs to be printed with support from the build plate. You might need to deburr the edge, otherwise your fan shroud might tilt when you tighten the screw.