Re: Repositioning Endstops (Reprap Air/Prusa's)

Guys,

I moved my X endstop micro switch onto the X Carriage.

I designed a simple T shaped support for the microswitch and then "glued" the support to the carriage using a bit of ABS juice.

See attached photo.

One minor problem I had, is that I have an all metal hot end, and my X Carriage has a fan glued on the same end as the end stop, so I had to bend the lever arm on the microswitch as fan was colliding with the end stop post (the one that slides on the x carriage rod / rail).

I'll need to modify the existing end stop, so that a bit of it sticks out, and then I can bend the lever back to its more normal angle.

The wires for the X endstop microswitch now go inside the cable loom with the existing wires on the X Carriage


BTW. In case anyone wonders why the underside of the carriage is covered in Kaptop tape. Its because I found that the air flow from the fan was causing my prints to warp, and I found the only way to stop this happening is to make a duct for the air out of Kaptop.
I have longer term plans to make the duct out of thin aluminium sheet


Cheers

Roger