Anycubic Predator Filament Sensor Relocation

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A really simple mod to help you stop screaming at your predator. This handy dandy little funnel is all you need to move the filament sensor from it's original location below the top of the printer and re-house it inside the control box. 1. Print the included funnel shaped filament guide. (choice of 2) 2. Remove the acrylic cover on top of the printer. 3. Remove the short length of bowden tube and it's connector. You won't be needing them any more, 4. Remove the existing filament sensor and it's mounting bracket and keep the two screws - you'll be re-using them. 5. Remove ONLY the filament sensor wires from the the cable tidy and re-route them back through the hole they came out of into the cavity on top of your machine. 6. Reinstall the filament sensor (with it's bracket upside down) in the same location it used to be but INSIDE the top of the machine instead of underneath it. 7. Use a bit of hot glue (or whatever) to attach the printed funnel in the large hole in the acrylic cover. The funnel is there to automatically guide newly inserted filament directly into and through the sensor without you having to fiddle around. 8. Put the lid back on and you're done. The main advantages of this mod are automatic threading of the filament through the top box and sensor and that when a print finished and the effector returns to the home position the unused coil of filament can no longer snag the sensor and/or it's bracket in preparation for causing a mild heart attack the next time you start a print. See also my cable tidy for the same printer here:- https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3624495