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tg73
 tg73
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Partial MK3S+ upgrade to get improved fan shroud

I've just had a MK3S fan shroud melt on me. Luckily I have a spare, so now I'm printing some more spares. I think the improved support for the fan shroud in MK3S+ would be good to have, but I don't want to upgrade the whole extruder right now. From looking at the recently released STLs, comparing to the MK3S (non-plus) ones, it seems that I could just replace fan-shroud.stl, extruder-cover.stl and print-fan-support.stl. Does this seem like a viable and wise plan?

Posted : 10/12/2020 5:14 pm
jonnieZG
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RE: Partial MK3S+ upgrade to get improved fan shroud

You can do that if you have ASA or PC, but you'll have to cut off the peg on the right side shroud, since the MK3 / MK3S extruder cover does not have the corresponding groove for that peg.

Posted : 10/12/2020 5:27 pm
tg73
 tg73
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Topic starter answered:
RE: Partial MK3S+ upgrade to get improved fan shroud

@jonniezg My proposal as per original post was to replace the extruder cover, fan support and fan shroud with the MK3S+ versions, thus the peg would fit.

Posted : 10/12/2020 6:18 pm
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