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GEEETech MK8 Printhead Fan Shroud (compact)

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Publication date 2023-02-05 at 18:42
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Published to Thingiverse on: 2015-04-27 at 01:11
Design number 1048352

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This is a compact cooling shroud built for the GEEETech MK8 Extruder/Printhead - for me it's on an Acrylic Prusa i3b. The shroud wraps around the aluminum cooling heatsink which on my printer has the cooling fins in a vertical orientation. I used SketchUp to design the simple surround and ducting to direct air out of the bottom of the fan/heatsink and down to the front and back of the printhead for cooling the print quite well. I added a thicker 20mm thick 40x40 fan for more airflow/pressure and sealed it using aluminum tape.

Result: airflow is actually surprisingly good and directed exactly on print extrusion area . . . and I don't need a "flying fan" attachment.

3D printing settings

Design via: Sketchup

Mesh Fix: Netfab to fix Mesh

Sliced: Slic3r

Print Control: Repieter

Hardware: Prusa i3b

Currently printed in: PLA

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