SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Heatsink for X axis

Re: Heatsink for X axis

2012-12-18T07:49:08Z

hows the temp of it with the heatsink on? I have a small fan coming and some extra thermal paste which im going to try on mine

2012-12-18T00:13:42Z

I couldn't find a proper size one..... so I just made it... wire edm.

2012-12-09T00:32:02Z

Plenty of CPU heatsink blocks would do the trick. They are slightly bigger, but usually aluminum and easy to cut down.

2012-11-15T22:37:06Z

creationblur wrote:

I was thinking of doing the same, but trying to find a small sized heatsink is proving difficult. So write it up and post some pictures!

Digikey provides them in all sizes, should you need any. They are not the cheapest supplier by a long-shot.

2012-11-15T22:16:02Z

2012-11-15T20:09:55Z

I was thinking of doing the same, but trying to find a small sized heatsink is proving difficult. So write it up and post some pictures!

2012-11-15T08:16:19Z

I am thinking about trying to put a heatsink on the X axis motor, I am printing a very complex .1mm piece and the motor is VERY hot....

anybody already to this or am I gonna need to do a writeup!