Zesty Nimble mount for I3 Mega

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This is my 2nd attempt at designing a mount for the Zest Nimble to go on my I3 Mega all metal printer. Note, I was unable to finish. More on that below. In order for this to work you need the rear plate from the MK3 assembly from here https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3092917 . I think the only differences are the bearings used. You will also need to print out all the rear parts for the belts and attach those per the directions. I had this installed already when I started this Nimble project. You will need to print the top part that hold the small board as well. If you are going to use the BL Touch, you will need to do a bit of soldering on that board. Also, I was never able to get anything to work with the Trigorilla board that came stock. My Trigorilla board fried and I replaced with a SKR V1.4 Turbo and TMC 2209 steppers. I did test the nimble with this set up and it looked like it would work just fine. The side fan is a 5015 blower and the front is a 40x40x10 Black Silent. I think a Noctua would work better here and I have one on order. I took the picture after I started pulling it apart. The parts included in this are the ones you see in black. It should work just fine. The reason I stopped this project is that I didn’t realize going in that I needed to mount the extruder motor to the side of the machine. The mount they provide assumes you will have a regular 20x20 square aluminum extrusion. I don’t. After all the energy put into the hot end assembly design, I really didn’t feel like drilling holes into my printer to design a mount. All holes are designed for M3 nuts. This will require you to make changes in your firmware. If you have installed a new board that shouldn’t be an issue. If you get this to work, please let me know.