Hero Me Gen7 Release 3.2
Hero Me Gen7 Release 3.2
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Published 2023-02-13T15:20:52+00:00
UPDATED June 3, 2023
Hero Me Gen7 Release 3.2 Posted!
Hero Me Gen7 is a modular printhead platform for 3D printers with excellent part cooling and the most compatibility across printers, hotends, extruders, ABLs, and other components.
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 hotend, 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 (hotend, 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 simple 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.
Here is a great overview of the Hero Me platform when I spoke with Joel the 3D Printing Nerd at RMRRF in April.
So to give you choice and fulfill you personal preferences in 3D printing, the Hero Me Gen7.3.2 now supports over 100 3D Printer models (plus clones), 46 Hotends, 34 Extruders (over 45 mount options), 17 ABL Sensors (34 mount options), 35 Part Cooling Duct options, 12 Cable Management options, 9 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 this? 240mm, no support, no sagging. With part cooling like this the Hero Me Gen7 can properly cool anything you print.
Documentation: 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 for $5.
If you become an All-Access supporter for just $5 more, you also get assembly videos, private Discord server access, direct technical support, as well as exclusive access to new releases (including Gen7.3 and more) 30 days before being posted to Printables, Thangs, and other STL libraries. https://patreon.com/MediaMan3D or https://thangs.com/designer/MediaMan3D
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, hotend/direct drive configuration, with ABL, ADXL, and LED mounts is just under 87grams.
Lighter weight that 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 hotend, 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:
3D Printers & Components Supported by Hero Me Gen7.3.2.
Over 100 3D Printer Models/X Carriages Supported:
3DFused V1, V2, V3, CoreXY, Master X carriage
Alfawise U20-U30
Anet ET4, ET5, E10, A8
Anycubic Vyper, Chyron, Mega S, Mega Zero, Kobra Go
BigTreeTech HermitCrab
BIQU B1
BLV Ender 3 Linear Rail Upgrade
BLV MGN Metal Cube
CR-6SE*
CR-10, V2, V3
CR-10 Mini
CR-10S, S4, S5
CR-10S Pro, Pro V2, Pro V3
CR-20
CR-MAX
Ender 2 Pro
Ender 3
,
Ender 3 Pro
Ender 3 Neo*
Ender 3X
Ender 3 V2
Ender 3 V2 Neo
*
Ender 3 MAX
,
Ender 3 Max Neo*
Ender 5, 5 Pro, 5 Plus
ENDER 6 CoreXY
Elegoo Neptune 2, 2S, 3, X, 3 Pro, 3 Plus, 3 Max
Eryone Thinker SE
Exoslide
Geeetech A10, A20, A30
HyperCube
Kingroon KPS3
Kywoo
Labists ET4
Lantro
Linear Rails MGN9-H, MGN12-C, MGN12-H
Longer LK1, LK5 Pro
Mercury One
Micro Swiss DD kits (Ender 3, Ender 5, Exoslide, Linear Rails)
OpenBuilds Mini V
PrinterMods xChange & MDD kit V1.2, V1.3
RepRap i3 Clones
Prusa MK3S/+*
SainSmart Coreception 300
Sovol SV01, SV02, SV05
, SV06, SV06 Plus
Sunlu S8
Tevo Tarantula Pro, Tornado
Tronxy X5SA Pro
Two Trees Bluer, Sapphire Pro, Plus
Wham Bam MUTANT
Wham Bam Universal X carriages (v-wheel, linear rails)
Voron 2.4, Switchwire-Afterburner
Voxelab Aquila-Pro
ZYLTech Gear V3
Most clones of Creality CR & Ender printers
* Printer models listed above with an Asterix may have limited support. The 3D printer model and its X carriage are fully supported, but a component of the stock printhead assembly may not be compatible (e.g. stock hotend, extruder, ABL) with the Hero Me Gen7 Base or other assemblies. Replacing these stock parts with a 3rd party equivalent component will resolve this.
46+ Hotend Brands and Models Supported:
Anycubic Vyper V5 Stock
Creality Stock MK8 (2 screw mount)
Creality CR-10S Pro (2 screw mount)
Creality Spider (350c max)
Creality Spider High Temp (500c max)
Creality Spider 3 Pro
Creality Spider 4 Pro (Speedy Ceramic)
E3D-Online V6 & Volcano
E3D-Online Revo Six (aka Prusa MK3)
E3D-Online Revo Micro (aka Mini)
E3D-Online Revo Voron
E3D-Online Revo CR
Haldis Red Lizard K1 V6 (Dragon)
Haldis Red Lizard K1 Pro-HF-UHF
Haldis Red Lizard V5, V5 Pro
Generic MK8
Generic J-Head V5, V6
Micro Swiss All Metal CR-10, 10S Pro
Neptune Stock
Phaetus Dragon
Phaetus Dragonfly BMO-BMS-HIC
Phaetus Rapido (aka ST, HF)
Phaetus Rapido Plus (aka UHF)
Phaetus X Voron Dragon ST-HF-UHF
Phaetus TaiChi
Slice Engineering Copperhead
Slice Mosquito, Magnum, Magnum+
Slice Mosquito for Creality •
TriangleLab Dragon SF-HF •
TriangleLab Rapido HF-UHF •
TriangleLab TCHC TD6 (aka: CHC, CHC Pro, PT1000 •
Pro)
TriangleLab TCHC TR6
TriangleLab CHC Mini
Clones of any hotends above
34+ Extruder Brand and Models Supported:
Advanced 3D Printing FXD
Bondtech BMG (and mirror)
Bondtech BMG-M (and mirror)
BMG Mini (clone)
Bondtech LGX
Bondtech LGX Lite
Creality Stock Single and Dual Gear
E3D-Online Titan
EZR Struder
HextrudORT
Kingroon Titan Clone
Micro Swiss DD kits: Ender 3, 5, Linear Rail, Exoslide
Micro Swiss Dual Gear
Orbiter V1.5 & V2.0 (and mirrors)
PrinterMods MDD Kit
Phaetus APUS
Sailfin A, B, Sherpa Variants
Sherpa Mini
Sherpa Micro
Sovol SV01 stock
Vz-HextrudORT
TriangleLab TBG-Lite
TriangleLab TBG-S
Voron, Switchwire-Afterburner
Clones of any extruders above (look-alikes may not fit)
17+ Auto Bed Level (ABL) Sensors Supported:
Beacon3D
BLTouch
CR Touch
Creality OEM
Euclid Probe
EZABL Pro
EZABL Pro Mini
HallON
PINDA
PL-08N
Touch Mi
TA Sensor
Omron Sensor
8mm, 12mm & 18mm sensors
Clones of any ABL sensors above
Heat Sink and Part Cooling Fans Supported:
4010 radial fan (single and dual)
4020 radial fan (single and dual)
5015 radial fan (single and dual)
5020 radial fan (single and dual)
4010 & 4020 axial fans for heat sink cooling
There are also 11 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 some time in the Summer of 2023.
There are now over 700 remixes, adaptations, and compatible add-on parts for the Hero Me Gen7 cooling system from the community via remixes and mods here:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3433619/remixes
https://www.thingiverse.com/mediaman/collections/hero-me-cooling-systems
https://www.printables.com/social/56045-mediaman3d/collections/113081
Hero Me Gen7.3.2 Documentation
If you skipped it earlier, 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, you can get a detailed 56 page parts selection and illustrated assembly guide by supporting MediaMan3D on Patreon for $5. If you become an All-Access 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. https://patreon.com/MediaMan3D or https://thangs.com/designer/MediaMan3D
YouTube Videos about the Hero Me
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:
Thanks and Credits
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
Print instructions
Rafts: No
Supports: Yes
Resolution: .2mm to .28mm
Perimeters: 3-4
Infill: 35% to 50%
Filament_brand: Any
Filament_color: Any
Filament_material: PLA, PETG, ASA, ABS, PC- CF, PA-CF, PC, Nylon
The Hotend mounts must NOT be printed in PETG (to much natural flex). Print the Hotend mounts in either PLA+, ASA, ABS, PA-CF, or PC-CF.
The Skirt must be printed in at least PETG, or preferrably ASA, ABS, PA-CF, or PC-CF.
While Part Cooling Ducts canbe printed in PLA+ (requires the use of a silicone sock on the heat block), I recommended printing the Ducts in at least PETG, or preferrably ASA, ABS, PA-CF, or PC-CF.
Recommended printer settings:
Set layer height between .2mm layer height.
Set infill to be between 35% and 50%. Use automated supports from the build plate only (these can be sparse; you need LESS support than you think!).
The lightweight cooling ducts can use a few well-placed supports just inside the part (NOT inside the duct).
I highly recommend using a silicone sock for you hot-end in all cases.
| Date published | 13/02/2023 |
| Technology | FDM |