E3D V6 Extruder Carriage

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I'm building my own printer design, and when it came time for the hotend carriage, I couldn't find anything on Thingiverse that would work with my design, and I didn't want to redesign the whole thing, so I opened up Inventor and whipped this up. It's a symmetrical design, so print two and bolt them together. As designed, it's intended to run along two horizontally-oriented 8mm steel rods using linear bearings, spaced 40mm apart. You'll need to ream out the bearing holes for a proper press fit. I'd use a 37/64" bit on a drill press, but you do you. It also has a 40mm fan mount for part cooling. I'll update this post with refined designs as I manage to model them, and pictures once everything is printed and assembled. Print Settings Printer: Monoprice Select Mini Rafts: No Supports: Yes Resolution: 0.1mm Infill: 50% Notes: Hatchbox PETG: 245 C extruder 70 C bed Post-Printing Design Intent I designed the bearing holes to print undersized, with the intention of reaming them out with a drill press for press-fitting the bearings in. The design is symmetric, so print two and bolt them together. The bolts I use to clamp the halves together are 75mm M6 bolts with nuts and washers.