armchair-heavy-industries / xol-toolhead

Xol Toolhead is the evolution of 'Mantis Xol 2'. Aimed at modularity and quality of life improvements for installation and serviceability. We have left the mantis carriage behind, and thus are now just Xol sans Mantis. Don't worry, it's still a bit ugly. We wouldn't fix that.

Xol Toolhead

Xol Toolhead is the evolution of 'Mantis Xol 2' (https://github.com/Armchair-Engineering/Mantis-Xol).
Aimed at modularity and quality of life improvements for installation and serviceability.
We have left the mantis carriage behind, and thus are now just Xol sans Mantis. Don't worry, it's still a bit ugly. We wouldn't fix that.

Project lead: DW-Tas

Go to the /docs

All of the documentation has been moved to /docs to help keep the repo organised (crazy I know) and enable future things.

• Full README
  • Bill of Materials (BOM)
  • Printing parts
  • Carriage assembly
  • Toolhead assembly

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xol-toolhead's Issues

LGX Lite when?

Hows the eta looking on can mount for the LGX Lite?

Thanks for the great work

Add a filament cutting feature

Is there a way to add compatibility for a filament cutter similar to that of Filametrix? I would like to use the Xol-Toolhead, but I use the Enraged Rabbit Carrot Feeder.

Faceplate - Standard - Rear - Low.stl

holes for fan screws are .5mm off center

Belt lock for a Switchwire

Hi,

Is there any small chance to adapt or make a new belt lock for Voron Switchwire something like this? https://www.printables.com/pl/model/773280-xol-belt-support-for-voron-switchwire
This one works very well, but maybe an official solution will be better? :) Please don't forget about this beautiful 3d printer :)

Thanks in advance :)

Xol Carriage - Rear - MGN12H - 6MM.stl

when oriented on the printer:
top two holes are unnecessarily deep and makes removal of screws difficult, especially when mounted on the printer with screws facing backward. Making the counter bore shallow, instead of deep, allows fingers to grasp the screw when loose.

Also, does the hole really need to be hexagonal instead of round?

LED Duct Interference Fit Issues

Both bottom PCF to LED Duct screws are an interference fit which is causing misalignment and ducts to split at the screw location. Honeybadger fans from Fabreeko don’t fit the opening in the duct. The fan and duct are .5mm from fitting along the long axis of the opening in the duct.

Sherpa mini with ECAS connector.

Where can i find that Sherpa Mini part with the ECAS connector as in this picture? I cant seem to find it in the sherpa repo or in the Xol repo. If you want to run the Xol with ERCF this is a pretty vital part.

Bom incorrect

The bom states 6 m2 inserts without the bones and 8 with the bones while in reality you need 8 without the bones and 10 with the bones

Ducts design around M2 bolt holes does not allow enough space for M2 head

In ducts design where M2 bolts go through the ducts to attach the fans, there is only 1.5mm of space between center of M2 bolt hole and two walls of the duct. DIN 912 M2 bolt head is minimum 3.62mm and maximum 3.8mm diameter. Several users have reported M2 bolts not fitting and causing splitting of the duct wall.

See attached photo from latest CAD.

When this is sliced with 100% line width, 0.4mm nozzle, one of the walls ends up with only two perimeters. See attached picture from the slicer preview.

Voron tap mount missing from the pre-release STL

PCB Klicky Holes Backwards

Not an issue per se, but caused me to reprint the part mirrored. More of a heads up or a super gentle nudge perhaps. I'm still building Xol, but am really excited (ty so much for the work done on it!)

Issue: For the pcb klicky carriage mount STL, the holes appear to be flipped/mirrored. When the pcb klicky mount is assembled on the carriage, there should be two holes on the left and one on the right if it is intended to work with the standard pcb klicky probe.

Pasting a ref link to the standard probe housing: https://github.com/tanaes/whopping_Voron_mods/blob/main/pcb_klicky/STLs/probe-heatset.stl

Missing front (a) part for the Sherpa

Cant seem to find the front part STL for the Sherpa Extruder.
I would expect the STL in the Extruder folder, but not there, maybe I am missing it, but really tried finding it, believe me.

latest release seems dont support epdm belt

While updating to latest release, I'm struggling to get epdm belts to fit in the new belt clips, only to find epdm belt is too thick, hope there will be a clip mod.

Carriage for Switchwire

Good morning,
Is there a carriage for voron switchwire?
They work in XZ so the belts are not in the same place.
Thank you.

NeXtG UHF support?

The NeXtG UHF is apparently almost a rapido's dimensions, but without the taper up top. I have one on order, and was hoping to build my printhead as a XOL. Unfortunately, my understanding of CAD has been growing slowly, so I'm bringing this up. (I can probably use tinkercad for personal use, but... tinkercad results in wonky files I'd hesitate to share with anyone).

Here's where I got my info about the dimensions:

https://www.printables.com/model/821299-drop-effectphaetus-next-g-uhf-stealth-burner-print

Xol HE Mount - NF-Crazy_fanHS.stl feedback

All these mods I've done on my copy.

1. HS holes for hot-end fan could be 4-6mm deeper, otherwise plastic gets back filled into heat set, deeper holes will also allow for 20mm screws to be pulled snug.

2. The posts for the topmost fan mounts (when sitting on the build plate): This 'wing' snaps easily, due to a smaller layer area at this point.
   A small support web has been added, this web needs to be much larger. On my copy I will widen the web in to the HE fan platform and out a good 10mm. Perhaps out to flush with the part fan.

3. The bottom most HS post (oriented on the printer) would benefit by adding webbing to close the gap between main gap and horizontal HS socket.

Not enoug hotend cooling for Rapido UHF.

Hi. I used Rapido UHF and old Mantis XOL2's HE mounts with no problem. But when I switched to XOL-Toolhead's new design with updated grills, I started getting more clogs. I decided to clip away some of the grills and the problems were gone.

I think the new grill design has too restricted airflow for the small 2015 fan.

Clockwork extruder support

Hi team, does Xol support the Clockwork/Clockwork2 Extruder from Voron 2.4? It looks like it is not on the list of supported extruders. Is there a plan to add the support for Clockwork?

experimental cpap difference between UHF duct and non UHF

Hi, I checked the two models but I don't see any difference, is UHF a placeholder for the uhf version or does it refer to something else?
thanks

Xol Carriage Assembly two typos

"pit" should be "bit"
"lenght" should be "length"

Bambulab hotend support

Hi team, does Xol support the Bambulab Hotend? It looks like it is not on the list of supported hotends.

thx

Fairly Certain Delta Electronic's fan specs are erroneous for ASB02505SHA-AY6B

Compare these two delta fans:

https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/delta-electronics/ASB02505SHA-AY6B/7491489 (5v from BOM)

https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/delta-electronics/AFB02512HHA-CF00/15970968 (Delta 12v otherwise identical)

There's only so many things you can do to improve a fan while keeping it's form factor the same.

1. Power (Watts or RPM)
2. Change Fan blades
3. Reduce friction (ie. maglev > ball bearing > sleeve/hydraulic. Brushless > brushed motor)

The 12v fan beats the 5v one in both Watts (0.600 vs 0.960) and being ball bearing instead of sleeveless. Delta's website doesn't specify fan blades, but they both appear to be the same large, flat 5 blade configurations (which is good for static pressure, airflow fans tend to have few skinny blades like a ceiling fan).

In addition, the specs on the 5v fan rival that of much larger fans.

I've emailed both digikey and Delta Electronics to find out, but unless something very odd is going on, I'm going to say it's an error. I'll update here when I hear back.

Update probe mounts to include different beacon version mounts

The files listed in the printing guide (https://github.com/Armchair-Engineering/Xol-Toolhead/blob/main/docs/printing.md#probe-modules) don't list the beacon rev H files, only the Rev D.

I missed the other files for Rev H in the repo due to getting files from the print guide, and figured it could be an avoidable error in the future.

Cpap support?

Cpap part cooling fan.

Dragonfly BMO Support

Hi, does Xol support the DragonFly BMO Hotend? It looks like it is not on the list of supported hotends.

Update DFA mounting hole pattern to use Rev4 layout

The DFA mounting hole pattern was updated to a more symmetrical layout in October of 2022. The current design appears to mesh up with the previous version of the DFA. Is an update planned?

Gap too large between Revo heat sink and cooling fan shroud causing heater problems

When using the standard Revo Heater core this is not an issue, but when using the Revo High temp Hotside which is just a standard heater block that fits a Revo nozzle I've noticed too much air from the Hotend cooling fan comes down through the large gap between fan shroud and the Revo Heatsink and blows over the actual heater block that it significantly impacts the heaters performance, ive done a few test where I've added some metal to this area to try and block the air from blowing down over the heater and its made a big difference, with it as is the heater is almost always @100% power trying to compensate and I've even had several prints fail as the heater cant keep up due to the excess cooling from the fan. Could you consider adding a version for the Revo(High Temp Hotside) that brings the hotend fan shroud closed to the heatsink to prevent excess air from flowing down over the top of the heater? Normally the heatsink does not get very warm at all and I don't think there is any issue of the heat sink melting the plastic especially with ASA or ABS, Toolhead's such as the stealth burner have the shroud basically touching the heatsink.

I added a picture but its not the Revo hotend unfortunately however i circled the area of concern, I don't know if anyone else is even using this combo but I print a lot of PC, Nylon and ABS so I need the higher temps available with the Revo high temp hotside

MGN12 9mm belts

Integration of the Duet ecosystem

Hello Everbody,

Is there any Mount for the Duet 1LC on the Xol and for the scanning Probe from Duet ?

Xol LED Ducts - Tri-Vane Asym Right - Trident.stl | missing cutout prevents LED from beeing installed

Hello, it seems there is a missing cutout/extrusion in the file Xol LED Ducts - Tri-Vane Asym Right - Trident.stl, which makes it impossible to install Neopixel LED with soldered on wires. The LED without wires does fit in die printed part, but anything that is soldered on would be sheared off while pushing the LED into its slot:


This only affects Xol LED Ducts - Tri-Vane Asym Right - Trident.stl, both Xol LED Ducts - Tri-Vane Asym Left.stl and Xol LED Ducts - Tri-Vane Asym Right.stl are fine.

Missing/wrong printing parts?

Maybe it's my fault but looking for all parts to be printed there no evidence that optional parts have to be chosen for sherpa extruder.
Under sherpa mini I had to choose:

• STLs/optional_parts/[a]_housing_front_k_x1_rev15.STL instead of STLs/[a]_housing_front_x1_rev15.STL
• STLs/optional_parts/[a]_idler_arm_short_x1_rev15.STL instead of STLs/[a]_idler_arm_long_x1_rev15.STL

I made these choices based on xol 3d model, I suggest to add a note if choosing the sherpa mini extruder

BTT Eddy (Beacon Clone) Support in planing?

Hi,
there ist a new Probe available.
The Bigtreetech Eddy.

This is a Beacon Clone with integrated Raspberry Pico and USB Connection:
https://github.com/bigtreetech/Eddy

It would bei nice to use it with the XOL Toolhead.
I have ordered one and would make myself available as a beta tester if needed.

Question about NF Crazy hotend mount

I bought the Magnum version of the NF Crazy hotend. Can I use the included mount design, or will I need something else?