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3 cooling fans?

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 8:41 pm
by exos
I know the stock hot end bracket has three mounting points for cooling fans. Do people use all three? I believe there is a printable 'ring' type air funnel. I believe the idea is to distribute the airflow evening? This does seem it would have a low impact on hot end weight..

What does everyone use??

Re: 3 cooling fans?

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 8:58 pm
by Jimustanguitar
I do 3 fans. I started with 1, noticed that my prints were still droopy on the far side from the fan, and decided that the only 'symmetrical' way to go was to use 3.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/wfsaAj4.jpg[/img]

Re: 3 cooling fans?

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 11:45 pm
by exos
Nice! Is there a file for that on thingiverse?

Re: 3 cooling fans?

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 7:37 am
by DeltaCon
From Jim himself:
http://repables.com/r/705/

I have printed it in ABS already, and it looks great and pretty solid (stiff).
But I am waiting to be able to order the fans from SeeMeCNC, as they are very hard to come by locally (Netherlands).

Re: 3 cooling fans?

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 9:26 am
by Jimustanguitar
Or from Thingiverse, yup. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1167280


Public service announcement... Since using OpenDACT a while back, I've been printing about 1% small. That means that some of my more recent designs are oversized by that same 1% on other machines.

Re: 3 cooling fans?

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 11:03 am
by geneb
If OpenDACT changed either your diagonal rod length or steps/mm, it's introduced a scaling error. :)

g.

Re: 3 cooling fans?

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 11:21 am
by Nylocke
Is your 3 fan platform included in the list? I was going to print it for my printer soon.

Re: 3 cooling fans?

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 12:29 pm
by Jimustanguitar
geneb wrote:If OpenDACT changed either your diagonal rod length or steps/mm, it's introduced a scaling error. :)
Yep, sure did.