August 22, 2020
Description
UPDATE:
1> I fixed the smaller of the 2 pieces. The mount posts needed to be further out to allow clearance for the screw heads and washers.
WHAT IS THIS?
These are 2 adapters that will connect a 3D Printed Bed Leveling Visual Indicator Tool to an Ender 5 Plus (and probably many other Crealirty) 3D Printers that have the same kind of metal cooling fan cover. The bracket that goes around the metal fan cover is specific to the Ender 5 Plus (also used on CR-10, CR-10S, and many of the other Enders) but does not fit all variations (V2, V3, CR-10S Pro models does not fit.) A list of the printers I think this might fit and know that it won't fit without more work is near the bottom of this.
The other part is designed to be universal so that someone could mount it on their fan cover directly if they OR they could design a mount for their printer and use this. The flat mount has 2 holes that are sized for M3 screws and are 26mm apart on center. I have provided more files than you need. There are a couple versions of the bracket that mounts to the Creality Fan Cover depending on how you want to print them. I have provided a 3mf project so you can see how I printed mine. You certainly don't need all these files that I've provided but maybe they help some people or maybe you give me feedback on the settings I'm using and we all learn.
The Bed Leveling Tool by urkansan is a fantastic little tool for visually observing the level of your bed. The post-it note feeler gauge test is great to get your bed level when you have no other way, but once you've gotten your bed level, wouldn't it be nice to be able to SEE that it is still level or see that one of the corners is out of level? That's where urkansan's tool comes in:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3007018
ONE TIP: The less "slop" or less play there is on the pins holding the bed leveling tool together, the more accurate that tool is. The looser the pins are, the more slop you'll have. You want the indicator arrows and the bottom most moving feeler foot to be able to move freely with no drag, but the arrows themselves should not wobble in the mount if you can find something that will fit them snugly. I used a heavy gauge paperclip, but it would be nice to find something even tighter than that.
MATERIALS NEEDED / WHAT TO PRINT:
FIT THESE PRINTERS MAYBE (PENDING VERIFICATION):
Might fit: CR-10/10S/10Mini/10 S5/(not Pro), CR-20, Ender 3/3X/5/5 Pro/5 Plus/6, ALL pending measurement verification.
MEASUREMENT: The Ender 5 Plus fan cage is approximately 48.7mm wide x 46mm tall, but my printer is moving right now so I can't re-measure it to make sure.
Will NOT fit without work: CR-10 V2 or V3, CR-10S Pro, CR-10 Max, Ender 3 V2, CR-6 SE, CR-10 S4, CR-X. If you can figure out where to put 2 3mm (1/8") holes that are 26mm apart on center vertically, then you might be able to just mount the flat mount directly to the fan cover. It is very light weight.
I printed and am using my second to final draft of this part. I needed to lengthen both clips a little bit more. Since my second to last draft worked, I see no need to print the final one. So, if there are any problems with it, please let me know, but I may need confirmation that it isn't something specific to your printer. I use layer heights that are increments of 0.04mm because of the distance traveled in a full step of the stepper motor. This tends to make z a little more consistent and less noisy than values that aren't divisible by 0.04. This will vary based on your printer, but lots of them can use 0.04 as a starting point. Some can use increments of 0.02. I could have printed this with 0.4mm layer height on my 0.6mm nozzle.
License:
Creative Commons - Attribution
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