Wade's Geared Extruder For Huxley
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Published on August 5, 2010
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Wade's Geared Extruder For MakerBot
by msruggles
Description
I've been having a lot of trouble getting the bowden cable to work on my Mini Mendel Huxley, so I thought I'd try to make a carriage-mounted extruder. It's untested, but I think the mini mendel can handle it, if your x motor isn't too low-torque. My oversized Mini Mendel Huxley has plenty of room for it, but even the regular one should have at least enough height left to make all of the mendel parts. I'm also working on a better way to attach a bowden cable, so it will be easy to add one to regain the height if necessary.
Unfortunately, it doesn't do me much good, because I still can't print it (chicken and egg problem, again).
Unfortunately, it doesn't do me much good, because I still can't print it (chicken and egg problem, again).
Instructions
The scad file imports and modifies the makerbot extruder block. You will need this file in order to modify it.
The second STL includes all the necessary parts. It has Nophead's idler block, but not his gear. There's something screwy about the STL for the gear that crashes OpenSCAD, so I couldn't get it to export, and had to use the other one. Printing the full set at once requires a 100x113mm build platform.
The second STL includes all the necessary parts. It has Nophead's idler block, but not his gear. There's something screwy about the STL for the gear that crashes OpenSCAD, so I couldn't get it to export, and had to use the other one. Printing the full set at once requires a 100x113mm build platform.
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License
Wade's Geared Extruder For Huxley by whosawhatsis is licensed under the Creative Commons - GNU GPL license.
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HI..
Just wondering if you built and tested this item as I'm collecting part to build a extened Huxley and what I have read the bowden cable extruder system is very buggy.
Thanks
Auzze 8-)
I tried printing one early on, before my machine was tuned well enough to produce usable parts. I have not tried using it, but I have been using a standard Wade's that I managed to mount to my Huxley's x-carriage. This is based on the version for Makerbot, only the mounting has changed to fit Huxley, so it should work if that one does.
I'm working on a new x-carriage for Huxley, but it's really small and probably won't fit a carriage-mounted extruder, but I'm also working on a new extruder design and I'm thinking about rolling them together to make a super-compact extruder built into the carriage as an option for Huxley.