Hero Me Gen 7 Platform Release 4 by mediaman3d

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Updated Aug 3rd, 2023:

Hero Me Gen7 parts selection and assembly documentation is now available via a Printables Club Membership. Check that out here: https://www.printables.com/@MediaMan3D#join:36

UPDATED July 14th, 2023:

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.

29 new 3D Printers/models and X carriage options
16 new Hot-ends
8 new Extruders
6 new ABL sensors/probes
Plus many improved STLs.

Check out the V1.6 Change Log and 7.4 Printer-Component support docs for all the details.

Hero Me Gen7.4 is a modular printhead platform for 3D printers with excellent part cooling and the most compatibility across 3D printers, hot-ends, 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 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.

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.

https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx0NFEqadxJbh9YY3L7-5i9Ui0j1Av_cl3

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 here on Printables by clicking on the orange Support and Join Club button in the left column of in my Profile view https://www.printables.com/@MediaMan3D for as little as $5 or on Patreon.

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. In my Profile view here on https://www.printables.com/@MediaMan3D or 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, 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:

3D Printers & Components Supported by Hero Me Gen7.4

Over 115 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, x
Elegoo Neptune 3*, 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 (most likely the stock hot-end) of the stock printhead assembly may not be compatible with the Hero Me Gen7 Base or other assemblies. Replacing the stock part with a 3rd party equivalent component will resolve this.

47+ Hotend Brands and Models Supported: