Needed a custom fan shroud, so I printed one.

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Given my bed size it took 6 pieces to pull it off but my first try worked out ok. Might need to make it shallower. Radiator is a Cold Case and Fan is 1" from power steering pump so I can't move it back more. Material is PPA-GF on a Bambu X1C.

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Really nice job! How much plastic did THAT take? lol
I'd have to go back and see in the slicers for exacts. The spool of material was 0.75kg, had to reprint a few pieces to get it centered and fix a few clearance and design flaws and still have maybe 1/3 of the spool. Maybe used 1/4 of the spool. My goal was to look close to stock.
 
I'd have to go back and see in the slicers for exacts. The spool of material was 0.75kg, had to reprint a few pieces to get it centered and fix a few clearance and design flaws and still have maybe 1/3 of the spool. Maybe used 1/4 of the spool. My goal was to look close to stock.
Wow! That seems like a reasonable amount. It looks good. Does it actually help?
 
Fan looks kinda close to the radiator.....how many cores is the radiator?
 
Wow! That seems like a reasonable amount. It looks good. Does it actually help?

Yes. Stock put the fan inside the shroud. Tried to modify the stock one and that went no where. On this one I think I could pull it back another 1/4" to be centered. Figured if it broke or I needed to reprint it for any reason I'd adjust the depth. Its about 2/5 out and 3/5 in the shroud.
 

That sure looks good. I'd like to give a shot at 3D printing but sadly I'm nowhere near smart enough to pull that off.
 
Is the top piece that looks bolted removable? That sure would make removing the fan, clutch, water pump repair situation a bunch easier. Was that planned?
 
Is the top piece that looks bolted removable? That sure would make removing the fan, clutch, water pump repair situation a bunch easier. Was that planned?

It is and you can remove the top 3 pieces as one assembly. I installed and assembled it around the fan in place with the bottom 3 pieces assembled.

I'm not a fan of the fan either, I have the short muscle car clutch, but that think is a tight fit, I didn't even try to fit it.
 
That sure looks good. I'd like to give a shot at 3D printing but sadly I'm nowhere near smart enough to pull that off.
Give it a shot, it's not bad at all. I have a 72 year old neighbor and I got him started on it, and he's printing stuff all the time now. I always recommend the Ender 3 V2, but there's way better, simpler printers for probably less money nowadays.
 
It is and you can remove the top 3 pieces as one assembly. I installed and assembled it around the fan in place with the bottom 3 pieces assembled.

I'm not a fan of the fan either, I have the short muscle car clutch, but that think is a tight fit, I didn't even try to fit it.
That’s a great feature. Well done.
 
They also phone home to China and are known security vulnerabilities. But man people buy the crap out of them.
You don't have to connect it to a network and you can update the firmware via a SD card. The one I have at work is not on a network due to security reasons and we update it via a phone hotspot.
 
Amazing work!

Now if someone could figure out a heater delete box for the passenger side.......
 
Very cool. I’ve got an X1C too. Did you design each part individually or did you need to use the slicer to make them fit the bed? I’d be interested in seeing the cad to see how you broke it up.
 
Very cool. I’ve got an X1C too. Did you design each part individually or did you need to use the slicer to make them fit the bed? I’d be interested in seeing the cad to see how you broke it up.
I first designed it in SolidWorks as one piece then broke it up into 6 pieces based on 10"x10"bed size and decent places to split and fasten the parts together. I'll attach a image of the model when I get home.
 
Can drop drop a step file somewhere? I have a cold case rad and a better shroud for my electric fan has been on my to do list.
 
Can drop drop a step file somewhere? I have a cold case rad and a better shroud for my electric fan has been on my to do list.
I could. Which radiator do you have? Mine has the extended flanges and I had to angle the face that they sit on because they were not perfectly 90deg bend. Are you able to edit a Step file software wise? Would you want the file without the fan opening?
 
I have the 22in A body version, MOP755 is the model I think.

I modeled the radiator to design the electric fan mounts I'm currently running, I can toss a step file into fusion and see how it fits.

Without fan opening would good, I can size the opening to o fit around my electric fan.
 
Damn! That's some really nice work, that is. I keep wanting to learn about 3D printing, but I have no idea where or how to take the first bite off the sandwich. So far, all I know about the subject is cats.
 
They also phone home to China and are known security vulnerabilities. But man people buy the crap out of them.
They really moved the bar on price vs features. If I was in the market again I'd but a prusa core one.

If you keep the firmware under a certain version you can use orca slicer instead of Bambu slicer, and run it in lan mode. I have mine blocked in my firewall was well.
 
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