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Hero Me Magnet Edition Beta (Patreon)

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2022-08-03 02:19:16
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It is real! Here is a preview of the Hero Me Magnet Edition Beta. I will be posting the first beta STL part sets no later than this weekend. I am prioritizing the beta parts based upon the results of the Patreon surveys in July. The first sets of Hero Me Magnet Edition Beta STLs will include the following:  

Gantry Adapters for the follow 3D printer models:  

  • Ender 3/Pro/V2 
  • Ender 5/Pro/Plus 
  • CR-10/S 
  • Micro Swiss DD  

Hero Me Bowden Bases for the following hotends: 

  • Creality OEM, MK8 
  • Micro Swiss All Metal 
  • Phaetus Dragonfly BMS 
  • E3D-Online V6 and Revo Six 
  • Phaetus Dragon (collar) 
  • Dragonfly BMO  
  • (basically true V6 groove mount clones)  

Hero Me Direct Drive Bases for the following extruders (and the hotends above): 

  • Bondtech BMG 
  • Orbiter V2.0 
  • Micro Swiss DD kit  

This post has a couple teaser photos of one setup.

The specs on the magnets are: 

  • True Neodymium magnets 
  • 20mm by 6mm by 3mm
    or 
  • 3/4in by 1/4in by 1/8in 

The above are the recommended, and are the MAX sizes for the magnets. I will be listing several suppliers of the magnets by tomorrow (some suppliers have already been listed in the #hero-me-magnet channel on the Discord server).

The Magnet Edition Gantry Adapters are keyed to matching slots in the Bases so that there is no movement in the X and Z axes as shown in one of the attached images.

You might also note a change in the design of the Gantry Adapters in general from the sample image. Going forward as I update them, there will now be only one Gantry Adapter per 3D Printer model (really per unique X carriage or 3rd party X carriage). The one shown in the attached image is for both 2 screw mount hotends and V6 collar / vertical mount hotends. Those that are 2 screw horizontal mount (e.g. Creality OEM and clones) will have stand off inserts that go between the Gantry Adapter and the hotend. they fit over the metal standoffs of the X carriage so the screws past through the hotend, standoff and Gantry Adapter to connect with the X carriage as in the current design.

There are of course some exceptions (MS DD kits for example) that will have a different version than above. But this greatly simplifies the Gantry Adapter part selection by cutting the number of STLs in half.

If you are a Hero Me Documentation Tier or Official Patron Tier supporter and would like to participate in the Hero Me Magnet Edition beta, please upgrade to the All-Access patron tier (or higher) to be included in this beta.

Upon release, the Hero Me Magnet Edition STLs will remain exclusive to my patrons at the All-Access patron tier or higher.

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TheExceed

Hey, just curious what this will provide? Quicker disassembly/reassembly?

DJ Miller

How about a MGN12H adapter?

Andrew Soderberg
>>88864435

Quick access to the hotend for maintenance, hot-end swaps, clog & filament jam clearing, etc. If you put quick disconnects on all the wire pairs, this becomes a hotend assembly swapping option. Note that I do not suggest that this is competitive with the Wham Bam MUTANT, Xchange, or Hermit Crab, but for those who don't want to spend the money on those systems, this is an alternative that may suit some makers.

Eric

Is there any mechanisms to prevent the magnets from pulling out of the adapters? Should they be heat pressed/hot glued in place? Edit: Nevermind, I think I figured it out. You engineered the mounts so that the magnets are mounted on the outside of both pieces so that they are physically pulling against the printed material and thus holding themselves in the proper location.

Justin

Looks interesting. Though those don't look to be tapered centering mounts (probably hard to do properly with magnets). Do they shift around any? Does the small shifting on the mount move the tip around enough to cause layer inaccuracies? This would probably effect heavy or fast printers more, if it is an issue.

Eric
>>88973356

That was semi addressed in the description The Magnet Edition Gantry Adapters are keyed to matching slots in the Bases so that there is no movement in the X and Z axes as shown in one of the attached images. If you look at the last pictures you can see 4 keyed mounting tabs that look like they are placed to inhibit any movement between the hotend and the mount gantry adapter.

Justin
>>88973356

Welp looks like my reading comprehension could use some work :p Huh, I wouldn't have thought the dimensional accuracy would have been that reliable... come to think of it I've never seen a vid/article on the limits of overall dimensional accuracy and repeatability of printing mechanical parts.

Eric
>>88973356

On my printer I have tuned it down to a dimensional accuracy of about 0.2mm

Andrew Soderberg
>>88973356

Proper printer calibration is critical prior to printing these parts. The two parts (Base and Gantry Adapter) are keyed in both X and Z axes, so there is not movement left-right or up-down once positioned together. In my testing I am not seeing layer shifts or measurable inaccuracies. My hope is that beta testing will confirm this, or provide enough feedback from the testers (along with their suggestions) to make any needed changes to the design to provide a consistent result across printers and the many Base and Gantry Adapter combinations.

Bo Jun Xu

will there be mounts for the wham bam mutant?

Stephen Feather
>>91399800

The MUTANT has been a lifesaver for me. Different nozzles and setups for different needs. One of the reasons I settled on Hero Me was the MuTANT support. Hero Me is the only cooling setup that has provided consistent, and even airflow across .6 and .8 high temp flows at speed.