What do all of you do to keep the hot end wires from dragging on the bed?
i finished my rat rig vcore 3.1 with 2.0 enclosure, now the wires leading to the hot end are hanging down and dragging on the bed. it even go caught on one of the bed corners and almost ruinied the wires.
so what do all of you do to keep the wires tidy and to keep them from touching the bed?
18 Replies
rival-blackOP•2y ago
rival-blackOP•2y ago
Right now I have e a wire strung across the top of the printer to help keep the wires off yhe bed but it's not a permanent solution
genetic-orange•2y ago
Piano wire or an additional bowden tube in the wire bundle to keep it upright. Or even a piano wire inside a bowden.
how thick? or what caliber?
rival-blackOP•2y ago
i ended up using wire from a coat hanger
rival-blackOP•2y ago
genetic-orange•2y ago
With your wire bundle, probably 1mm or even 1.2mm.. but yeah, coat hanger wire will work, although it may eventually sag again since it's not as springy as piano wire
Do you know any other name because I can't find it?
correct-apricot•2y ago
I bought piano wire , 2 of them
what diameter and length do you exactly recommend for a v core 500?
no idea, just that is what others have used. I used https://www.igus.com/product/1013?artNr=CF9-03-16-07-03-INI which is self supporting
rival-blackOP•2y ago
you have a 500mm vcore too? did you just build it?
The coathanger ended up not being great (too stiff). im gona try using some filament bundled together as a way to keep it up. and ill 3d print some holders to keep them together
I ended up doing this
rival-blackOP•2y ago
rival-blackOP•2y ago
I'm using 3D printed parts and magnets to hold it up
Yes, but I finished it in August of last year, and I want it to be at 100% because it might get stuck and cause a problem
a friend told me to try 18 gauge common wire and twist it 3 or 4 times or more if it took up, while the spring wire arrives
I use the supper thin outer jacket from a racing bicycle brake cable . dirt cheap, even Walmart walk-in to buy a brake cable