Wire Guide for HBP
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Published on May 21, 2010
Description
I was afraid of my heating wires detaching because they were getting tangled on the x-stage and from all the movement of my heated build platform, so I made this attachment to relieve some of the stress.
The part is a little thick so that I could file it down to be a snug fit. The mounting features were added in OpenSCAD so you can adjust them if you need to.
See also jabella's clever paperclip solution: flickr.com/photos/jabella/4609979407/
The part is a little thick so that I could file it down to be a snug fit. The mounting features were added in OpenSCAD so you can adjust them if you need to.
See also jabella's clever paperclip solution: flickr.com/photos/jabella/4609979407/
Instructions
File/sand part until it fits tightly into slot on x-stage.
Make sure y-stage can travel all the way back and forward and you're good to go.
Make sure y-stage can travel all the way back and forward and you're good to go.
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Wire Guide for HBP by Starno is licensed under the Attribution - Non-Commercial - Share Alike license.
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great idea but at least for me the wires do not slide smothley inside the clip so it makes things worse.
Wires breaking is all about bend radius. I don't think the idea here is to make the wires slide inside of the clip (but I could be wrong!). I imagine that you'd want to have the wires *not* slide, and leave ample slack between the build platform and the clip so the wire's bend radius is much larger.
I don't think MakerBot selected a good wire for this purpose. Solid core is a really bad choice. It *will* fail at some point. I am thinking about replacing mine with 3 stranded core wires instead, plus this clip (or yours, which will also work well).