Relocating the MakerBot CupCake Extruder Controller « Keith’s Electronics Blog
Keith moved his Extruder circuit board to the outside of his bot for better filament viewing. I am always taking the sd card out all the time so this wouldn’t work for me, but I like the idea and his wire wrap is beautiful!!!
I’d previously mounted the extruder PCB up on the highest two screws of the extruder housing, placing it above the feeder face instead of covering it, but that was pretty fragile and I was constantly worrying about bumping it and snapping it off. This weekend I moved the extruder controller to its new permanent home on the right side of the CupCake in the empty space above the motherboard. It fits nicely and shares a mounting screw with the upper Z-axis endstop.
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MakerBlock
March 10th, 2010 at 8:22 am #
If you mount the motherboard rotated 90 degrees counter clockwise, you’ll get the best of both worlds – relocated extruder board and unimpeded access to the SD card slot. I also rotated the extruder board 90 degrees for easier wiring.
Pictures of messy wiring: http://makerblock.com/2010/02/alternate-alternate-extruder-controller-mounting/
Pros/Cons: http://makerblock.com/2010/02/remounted-extruder-controller-board/