Anet A8 Bowden Extruder Mount

Tidier and very sturdy mount for a Bowden extruder. Designed specifically for Anet A8. Lines up nicely with your hot end too.

The idea of a “Bowden” is to remove the huge weight of the motor off the print head carriage. You will need an E3D V6 hot end. Genuine is $100, clones from eBay are $20

Example here: https://youtu.be/rne4dFL_8DI

Requires:

2 M3x25

1 M3x20

The two original M3x18 from the Anet A8 frame

You will also need to choose from Thingiverse and then print a new hot end carriage for you E3D V6

The toothed wheel should be brought forward by 5mm with the smallest supplied allen key.

The centre hole is 24mm wide so up to you if you use supports.

I print nearly all my parts in 50% density so again up to you what your preferred infill is.

Printed in PLA so 'as is' 100% scale in Cura

Edit: Added left side mount.

Edit: Added original 123D file for remixing

Caution for US users:

The bowden fitting for original and clone E3Dv6's seems to be an imperial larger fitting and will not fit. The correct fitting is a PC4-M6.