Minimalistic fan holder

By jensa

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Minimalistic fan holder

By jensa

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Minimalistic fan holder

By jensa

at 2024-05-03
These days, all new extruders (J-head, E3D, Makerbot & more) have a separate fan that is cooling the upper parts of the extruder. After fixing the 4th plug in an eve, I realised that I really needed this as well. It took just 15 minutes to make & print, but here it is for others to use as well.Print the mount, fasten hex nuts by pushing/knocking them carefully in place, push the mount through the main screws, affix fan and enjoy trouble free printing!To drive both the normal fan & the extruder cooler, I made a Y-split cable using JST plugs from ebay. Just search for "2 pin jst" and you'll find them. If you're enclosing your Ultimaker for ABS printing, this is especially useful to prevent plugs but it also allows you to safely go a little higher than you normally would.

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Plastic 2 x 3mm screws, 16mm long 2 x 3mm hex nuts Y-split for the fan The V2-version can also be mounted on the front since it clears the sliding block.

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jensa
jensa
about 10 years
<p>Nope. It didn't affect my printer noticable.</p>
aldofigueroa
aldofigueroa
about 10 years
I scrapped the idea of adding a dual cooling fans and this cooling fan. I printed out the fan holder, ordered a 40mm fan, and soldered it to the existing cooling fan. It works (as in they both turn on), but I've noticed that the 40 mm fan is lowering the temperature of the heating block. Have you noticed this?
jensa
jensa
about 10 years
<p>@<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youmagine.com/users/aldofigueroa">aldofigueroa</a>&nbsp;there are places on the PCB where you can get 12V and then pull that up to the head. I'd look into that. It could be that you have buildups of residue in your hotend. If you have an Ultimaker 2, I'd check out this method of cleaning: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://support.3dverkstan.se/article/10-the">http://support.3dverkstan.se/article/10-the</a></p>
aldofigueroa
aldofigueroa
about 10 years
Thanks for the reply. My troubles started once I ran out of the PLA that came with my UMO. I have PLA from UltiMachine that gets stuck (forms a small bulb head) after a couple hours of printing. I'm hoping your solution will work. On a side note, is there a way to power the fan other than sharing power with the print head cooling fan? I'm interested in adding dual cooling fans, in addition to the fan from your solution.
jensa
jensa
about 10 years
<p>I used a soldering iron and some jst plugs I had from ebay, so it's nothing fancy. Just easier to unplug when required.</p><p>Out of curiosity - are all brands of filament causing trouble, or is it just one?</p>
aldofigueroa
aldofigueroa
about 10 years
I've been having clogs at the top of the extruder on my ultimaker and hope your fan holder suggestion solves my problems. I was wonder how did you create the Y-split cable using JST plugs? Working with electricity is not my strong suit.

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