Makerslide X Carriage V3

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This carriage is great. I have made a ton of prototypes and done a lot of work to come to this design, and I'm really happy with it. It's designed to work with two 50mm centrifugal fans and gives an absurd amount of cooling for all of your 89 degree overhang needs. Instructions The construction is partly intuitive, find bolts and nuts that fit everything well. The belt clamp that I use is the Crushinator (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:184634) which holds the belt very tightly and allows me to keep the belt very taut. The fan on the front is a regular 40mm computer fan which I cut the bottom corners off of with a Dremel. I think that these are the centrifugal fans that I have: http://amzn.com/B00H8VV0XK And I had to use a relay because they're 24v, not 12v, but it was worth it for the price. I control their strength with a variable resistor. There is some heat resistant tape that is necessary for this build. I will try to get some pictures up soon for this process. It was necessary for me to insulate and direct air away from the nozzle block with heat resistant tape, because the centrifugal fans are very capable of keeping the nozzle much too cool.