Tronxy X5SA MGN9 X Gantry Linear Rail Printhead Mod

In my plans of slowly upgrading my TronXY X5SA to a VZBot, I wanted to upgrade the wheels to a linear rails.

Since the VZbot BOM uses a MGN9 linear rail for the X gantry, I remixed marcelshiffer's main carriage (since I have to keep everything else stock) to use the MGN9 rail and also added the volcano mount from chito's e3dv6 mounts (as I upgraded to a E3Dv6 and installed a CHC ceramic heat block). For the heatsink fan, I used the 40mm fan mount from chito's make.

I also like'd morfaber's EVA fan duct so I remixed it so I can use it with the main carriage.

For the part fan duct, I stretched morfaber's vent so that it'll be inlined with the print head. Also added a mount to this so that I can use the stock black Tronxy TR sensor.

I printed this in ABS as I will eventually enclose it. Just leaving this for myself and if anyone else would like to use it.

For the main carriage, I made it at 100% infill (since the belts has to be tensioned), but pretty sure it could be printed with less. For the other parts, I printed it following the sourced recommended infill percentage.

You will also need the following hardware (estimating some of the lengths as I don't remember):

MGN9H 400mm Linear rail (I bought this one in 450mm and cut it to fit https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256802888901273.html)

Multiple M3x8mm pan head screws and t-nuts (I used 5 sets of them to mount the rail to the 2020 extrusion)

2x M3x8mm bolts/screws (to mount the fan duct)

4x M3x10mm bolts/screws (to secure the carriage to the rail)

10x M3 nuts

4x M3x20mm bolts/screws (for the 5015 fan and the TronXY Sensor)

2x M3x25mm bolts/screws (to mount the hotend)

2x M4 Bolts/screws for the cable chain

2x M4 Nuts to secure the cable chain

4x M3 nuts from the stock hotend fan can be reused.

If you use this, constructive criticism is welcomed.

Print Settings

Printer:

TronXY X5SA

Supports: 

Yes

Resolution:

0.2

Infill: 

Varies

Filament: Novamaker ABS Blue

Category: 3D Printer Parts