Flexible shaft drive bondtech gear extruder anyone?

My new toy:

The NovaPro Mk II Flex cable edition is a remote drive extruder using a 40:1 gear ratio main drive with a Bondtech gear 3:1 final drive. It will be driven by a gantry mounted NEMA 17 moons motor mounted up near the filament pivot. A dual extruder variant is in the works.
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Very cool!
Subscribed to keep an eye on this.

Neat, I’m looking forward to seeing the dual extruder version.

So it’s a Zesty Nimble with bondtech gears

An open source zesty nimble with a complete build at home parts list once I’m done with an existant taz mount and bondtech gears.

Motor mount now exists. This one goes with my backbrace mod. There will be a dual motor mount variant and a conventional 90 degree mount once I get further along in testing.

next up, the motor end of the cable cover holder thing.
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Now the motor mount and support bits exist. Next up, extruder mounts then testing on the taz

Looking good!

Ok, this has progressed to the point where its probably time to have others start looking at it. Many files incoming.
Novapro_III_flex__motor_mount_spring_guide_hat_1_0_a.stl (405 KB)
Novapro_III_flex_Motor_mount_coupler_housing_1_0_a.stl (426 KB)
Novapro_III_flex_Taz_6_style_mount_1_0_a.stl (279 KB)
Novapro_III_flex_Fan_extension_1_0_a.stl (81.5 KB)
Novapro_III_flex_Fan_housing_0_5_f.stl (109 KB)
Novapro_III_flex_Cable_anchor_0_8_f.stl (203 KB)

more files
Novapro_III_flex_motor_mount_1_0_a.stl (229 KB)
Novapro_III_flex_tbottom_gear_housing_1_0_a.stl (203 KB)
Novapro_III_flex_top_gear_housing_1_0_a.stl (295 KB)
Novapro_III_flex_Main_body_1_0_a.stl (511 KB)
NovaPro_Idler_Latch_1_2_a.stl (184 KB)
NovaPro_Idler_Half_2_RH_2_0_a.stl (74.3 KB)
NovaPro_Idler_Half_1_RH_2_0_a.stl (59.4 KB)

The bolt shaft and pictures





8mm_to_5mm.stp (14.5 KB)


8mm_to_5mm.stp (14.5 KB)

More pictures
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More more pictures
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still more pictures
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The picture upload thingy is annoying me.
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i know this is an old thread but do you know where to get the gears >

I would hope I know, considering it’s my design. 1x KHK Gears SW0.5-R1 worm gear, Module 0.5, Single Lead, Right Hand KHK SW0.5-R1, Module 0.5, Single Lead, Right Hand, Carbon Steel Worms | Steel Worms (SW) | KHK USA Metric Gears
1x KHK Gears BG0.5-40R1, Module 0.5, 40 Tooth, Single Start, Right Hand KHK BG0.5-40R1, Module 0.5, 40 Tooth, Single Start, Right Hand, Bronze Worm Wheels | Bronze Worm Wheels (BG) | KHK USA Metric Gears (some project photos show the Nylon variant, that proved unsuitable for long term use) . The whole BOM and instructions is here NovaPro V4 - Flex Shaft Driven Dual Feed Gear Extruder by piercet - Thingiverse