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Welcome all new subscribers! Plus HMG6 Update (Patreon)

Published:
2022-01-12 04:32:48
Imported:
2026-06

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Thank you all very much for your support! I was not sure what to expect when I made the switch to place the documentation on Patreon. We're off to a great start with 26 new patreons in less that 24 hours!

I am planing a number posts for the coming days, and I am currently editing the upgrade video for my other project, the Prusa MUTANT that will be posted here as well. 

The next big Hero Me project is to complete the Gen6 version. Some of this is already released as part of the HMG5 project you are using now. The most visible part of what is already released is the switch to M3 threaded heat pressed inserts. If the part has HMG6 in the filename, it has already been updated to use the inserts.

There are other changes coming to HMG6:

Greatly improved and easier to use part selection documentation.

Additional detailed assembly steps, with more call outs to unique differences in some printers.

More hot-end/extruder combinations supported (I will also have a Google doc showing the supported combos).

But the two biggest changes in Gen6 are related to easy of assembly and maintenance (if needed) post assembly. 

1. Changing up how the Hero Me base attaches to the gantry adapter so that you can remove it to access the hotend without disassembling everything.

2. Is even an easier version of #1 above, by using neodymium magnets on the Hero Me base and gantry adapter. The use of 8 to 12 magnets depending on setup and weight (3.8mm x 8mm) in addition to 'key' slots, will hold the base, hotend, and fans securely to the gantry, but when you need to, you can just pull it off without removing any screws!

I plan to have the HMG6 release available in the next 6-8 weeks. The first release will be to my Patreons for at least 30 days prior to posting to Thingiverse. I will have beta versions available to my All-access Patreons  in the next week or two.

Please let me know what you would like to see added to the Hero Me Gen6 System.

If you want to be a beta tester of the magnet mount HMG6 parts, please be at the All-access Patron level or above.

Whether you are here for 1 month, or many, I greatly appreciate your patronage.

Thank you,

Andy

Comments

Artineo

As I wrote on thinkiverse im waiting for hm gen6 for dragon hotend + orbiter 2.0 reversed ;) Thank You

Artineo

Wow :o You don't need to rush, I can wait

James Key

I would love to see a drag chain for the mutant or for the wham bam carriages. Don't know if it's possible but I'd love to see it.

Andrew Soderberg

James, yes that is possible. I would need to know what printer so that I could position the drag chain on the MUTANT (or connected to the Hero Me) properly to match up where the other end would attach.

James Key

I have a Anycubic Mega Zero 2. But since I'm moving to a dual motor/dual screw on the z axis and DD, there really isn't to much stock on the x z beam. Maybe it could be adapted to something like this. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4832210

GeilKatzchen

Wow, I signed up because I had been meaning to switch to HeroMe for a while, but this magnet idea sounds like exactly what I want. I'll just wait another month or two, not like I don't have plenty of other projects to occupy my time. Thanks for all your hard work!

Andrew Soderberg
>>75674745

Apologies on the delay. My hard disk crashed on my computer almost a week ago, I got it back from the service center earlier today and have just finished restoring everything from a backup. I have a backlog of questions from patrons over the past week, so I am working through the oldest requests first. I will get that posted within the next 24 hours. Thank you for your patience.

Zerocool1028

Trying to install the gen 6 on my stock ender 5 plus. What is the Gantry clip 4 for?

Andrew Soderberg
>>78376044

The gantry clip is used to help hold the gantry adapter to the Ender X carriage plate as there are few mount positions available. The clip sides from the back into the open vertical slot in the bottom center of the X carriage. and lines up with two mounting holes in the gantry adapter. If you are using the stock hotend, you want the version of the gantry adapter that has 'OEM-MK8-MS...' in the file name. That will have the standoff that the hotend bolts to. The Hero Me base then wraps the hotend. Then you add the part cooling fan of your choice.

Zerocool1028

I think I get it really dreaded having to totally take my plate apart.

Zerocool1028

Thanks man realized I gotta get longer screws tomorrow for the hot block. I saw your message about Discord I barely know how to you use it. lol One last question the front fan needs the heated inserts also?

Ryan Gamble

Are there provisions for mgn12 linear rail mounting in the hmg6 suite?

Andrew Soderberg
>>78381511

Yes, all the holes on the Gen6 Base files use threaded inserts. They are all M3, except the 2 on the bottom for the optional ADXL345 accelerometer, those are M2.5.

Andrew Soderberg
>>79965144

Yes and no. Yes, in that there are gantry adapters that mount to X carriage plates that mount to linear rails (e.g. PrinterMods MDD kit, Micro Swiss DD kit, 3DFused linear rail kits). No, in that the Hero Me Gen6 suite does not have its own X carriage. This part should not be plastic as it needs to hold the belt tension, and this would stretch quite quickly. So there must be a metal X carriage plate that mounts to the linear rail carriage, then the Hero Me mounts to the X carriage.

Scott Mikutsky
>>79965144

There's a file called hmg6-mgn12-h-linear-rail-x-carriage.stl in the options folder, but no directions for its use...

Ryan Gamble

So my voron and Eva carriages are garbage then? 😵‍💫 they are ABS and hold belt tension just fine. Would be nice to directly mount hero me to a linear rail!

Andrew Soderberg
>>79965144

Scott there are two docs for the four related STLs in the Options folder. They are HMG6 LR X Carriage.pdf and HMG6 LR X Carriage.rtf (same doc, different formats). If you have not already, download the full ZIP from this Patreon post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/64651399 It contains these docs in that folder.

Andrew Soderberg
>>83891812

There are four files in the Options folder that are a X carriage for linear rails and Hero Me mounts built-in (no separate Gantry Adapter required). Note that this Hero Me Hen6 linear rail X carriage is designed for cartesian printers (Ender & CR series and clones). I have not made a Hero Me Gen6 X carriage for CoreXY printers yet as there is no standard on where the four belt ends need to be secured, they are different for each CoreXY design. The four STLs that comprise the linear rail X carriage and documentation HMG6 LR X Carriage.pdf and HMG6 LR X Carriage.rtf (same doc, different formats) are in the Options folder of the latest Hero Me Gen6 ZIP that you can download from this Patreon post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/64651399