Hero Me Gen7 Release4 Printhead Assembly & Part Cooling 3D Printer Model
The file 'Hero Me Gen7 Release4 Printhead Assembly & Part Cooling 3D Printer Model' is (pdf,zip,stl) file type, size is 96.1MB.
The file 'Hero Me Gen7 Release4 Printhead Assembly & Part Cooling 3D Printer Model' is (pdf,zip,stl) file type, size is 96.1MB.
The Hero Me Gen7 is all about choice and personal preference. If you have been upgrading your 3D printer, you've made choices about what is important to you, Your choices are likely going to be different from everyone else. When choosing a hot-end, extruder, and ABL combo (not to mention fans and accelerometers), where are you going to find a printhead platform that will accommodate all your selected components (which could be a rare combo), for your specific 3D printer AND provides part cooling that gives you great print results. This is what the Hero Me Gen7 is all about!
Think of the Hero Me platform as Lego blocks for printheads, there are mounting parts for each component (hot-end, extruder, fans, ABLs, etc.) that stack and mount to a core Base. Component-specific mounting parts can be interchanged for another of the same type. So, should you change your component selection(s) in the future, you do not have to start over, you simply replace the single STL mount that is matched to the new component. There is no need to yet again go looking for a new set of mounting hardware that was not likely to have been designed to work with each other in the first place.
While the Zip of all the Hero Me Gen7 STLs is organized into folders by component category, with sub-folders for type and brand with well-defined filenames, if you want documentation to help you select and assemble the Hero Me Gen7 for your specific 3D printer,you can get a detailed 56-page parts selection and illustrated assembly guide by supporting me on Patreon.com for as little as $5.
If you become an All-Access Club supporter, you also get assembly videos, private Discord server access, direct technical support, as well as exclusive access to new releases 30 days before being posted to Printables, Thangs, and other STL libraries. Memberships are also available via Printables.com or Thangs.com.
Rather than subscribe, you can just purchase the Hero Me Gen7 parts selection and illustrated assembly guide and videos in my Patreon Store here: https://www.patreon.com/mediaman3d/shop
Uploaded Hero Me Gen7 Release 4. This release has 187 new STLs and 50 updated STLs since Release 3 and a total of 328 new and updated STLs since Release 2.
Check out the V1.6 Change Log and 7.4 Printer-Component support docs for all the details.
Here is the latest install and review of the Hero Me Gen7 by Michael from TeachingTech! (Starts at the 4 minute mark)
Below is a 10-minute overview of the Hero Me platform when I spoke with Joel the 3D Printing Nerd at RMRRF in April 2023.
So to give you a choice and fulfill your personal preferences in 3D printing, the Hero Me Gen7.4 now supports over 115 3D Printer models (plus clones), 47 Hotends, 37 Extruders (over 45 mount options), 20 ABL Sensors (34 mount options), 35 Part Cooling Duct options, 12 Cable Management options, 14 ADXL345 mounts, and 4 LED bar mounts (among many other options).
Watch this clip for proof that the Hero Me provides the best part cooling possible.
Can your printer do that? 240mm, no support, no sagging. With part cooling like this, the Hero Me Gen7 can properly cool anything you print.
For those who may think that the Hero Me is heavy, I can see why you think that, but the Hero Me is comparatively quite light. A full complement of printed parts (with threaded inserts) for a dual fan, hot-end/direct drive configuration, with ABL, ADXL, and LED mounts is just under 87 grams.
Lighter weight than many stock printhead setups and most other replacement setups. A simple Bowden setup with no ABL can be as few as just 4-5 printed parts. A fully loaded printhead with hot-end, extruder, ABL, dual fans, ADXL345, LED, and wire management is only 12 printed parts.
4/28/2023: Here is a new interview with Daniel of Crosslink that provides a great overview of the Hero Me platform:
Over 115 3D Printer Models/X Carriages Supported:
Most clones of Creality CR & Ender printers
47+ Hotend Brands and Models Supported:
37+ Extruder Brand and Models Supported:
20+ Auto Bed Level (ABL) Sensors Supported:
Heat Sink and Part Cooling Fans Supported:
There are also 14 mounts for various ADXL345 accelerometer PCBs and other options like endoscope cameras and analog dial gauges.
If there is a generally known component (hotend, extruder, etc.) that is not listed in this document, it is either not compatible (too large, etc.) or has not yet been tested.
The Hero Me Gen7 does not support any of the integrated extruder/hotends, this includes but may not be limited to the following: Creality S1 Sprite, Micro Swiss NG, E3D-Online Titan Aero, BIQU H2, E3D-Online Hemera, and the Bondtech LGX Shortcut. These extruder/hotends are all too large, too wide, to fit into a Hero Me Base. I will be developing specific part cooling ducts based upon the Hero Me with ABL/ADXL345 mounts for as many of these integrated extruder/hotends as is possible. ETA sometime in the Summer of 2023.
While the Zip of all the Hero Me Gen7 STLs is organized into folders by component category, with sub-folders for type and brand with well-defined filenames, if you want documentation to help you select and assemble the Hero Me Gen7 for your specific 3D printer,you can get a detailed 56-page parts selection and illustrated assembly guide by supporting me on Patreon.com for as little as $5.
If you become an All-Access Club supporter, you also get assembly videos, private Discord server access, direct technical support, as well as exclusive access to new releases 30 days before being posted to Printables, Thangs, and other STL libraries. Memberships are also available via Printables.com or Thangs.com.
Rather than subscribe, you can just purchase the Hero Me Gen7 parts selection and illustrated assembly guide and videos in my Patreon Store here: https://www.patreon.com/mediaman3d/shop
Jim of The Edge of Tech visits me at the Rocky Mountain Rep Rap Festival in April (3 minute clip starts at 56:30):
I was a guest on Grant Posner's 3D Musketeers Making Awesome YouTube Channel. We talked about the Hero Me, Prusa MUTANT upgrade, other 3D printing topics and plenty of live Q&A. I hope you can attend. When it comes to part cooling, everybody deserves a Hero!
Here is an example of Hero Me Gen7 performance compared to other cooling solutions. Note that a Dual 5015 fan setup in the Hero Me Gen7 never needs to be more that 70% power, and most commonly at 40-50% to get best airflow and all around cooling with the benefit of super quiet printing.
Kris from Kersey Fabrications lists the Hero Me as one of the Top 5 upgrades for the Ender 5. Check out the video below:
I would like to thank Hangtight for his work on converting the Hero Me STLs into STEP files (available to my Patreon supporters).
I would like to thank ACWest for providing his awesome part cooling ducts to be part of the Hero Me Gen7 Master Suite. His cooling ducts have been CFM tested and validated to have the optimum focused airflow across the part at the tip of the nozzle.
Thanks to Kelokera for the original Hero Me design
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3092044
Thank you for choosing the Hero Me Gen7 to be part of your 3D printing experience! Please post your feedback, make, or remix on the Hero Me Gen7 project and share this with your 3D printing friends!
If you like my designs or want documentation and support, please consider supporting me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MediaMan3D
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