Solidoodle front side hot end retainer 3D model preview
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For those who removed the wooden plate from their solidoodle extruder and found the hot end wobbly at times. This thing will secure the hot end from the front, basically completing the ledges from the sides and back. It uses the two existing bolts that attach the extruder to the x axis carriage to attach itself in turn to the extruder. Update: The reason I discarded the wooden mount was for convenience - to easily unmount the hot end. With this retainer I am not wholly happy that I have to remove 3 screws to un-mount the hot end. So I designed an alternate retainer that is attached to the jigsaw with only one screw - the one you have to remove anyway because it is pinching the hot end to the jigsaw. I added the new stl to same thingiverse thing, not replaced it, so the old thing is still available.