I created this 2-part version of your mount by splitting and editing the V2 model. I thought you might appreciate having a copy of the model files.
My goal was to be able to install the mount as the top and bottom pieces of a "sandwich" , with the gauge in the middle.
This approach is very similar to the way you designed the Orbiter mount to work with the stock extruder, except that now it is a mounted Dragon on the bottom half, instead of a stock hotend.
This split configuration allowed me to investigate ScratchFury's report that inserting two washers between the Orbiter mount and the gauge plate "fixed" his problems with the installation.
It also allowed me to test the impact of the installation on the printer's performance, at each stage of the assembly.
My system worked so much better with this configuration, compared with the first generation of your latest version, that I left it on the printer at the end of my testing.
Being modular seems to me to be a desireable characteristic. I could see users benefiting from the ability to swap one half or the other, as they migrate between extruders and/or hotends. It also needs less plastic to print the pai. It still does not need supports to print and it was less prone to warping when printed in ASA.
I could not bolt the bottom directly to the gauge, of course, since I had no other way to attach the Orbiter mount to the hotend. I also notice that the hotend fan is often humming, now, where it used to be silent, so maybe the metal washers are transmitting fan noise to the gauge frame? I also do not use Klipper, so I am not as aware of issues that this configuration may have, re: vibration.
I created this 2-part version of your mount by splitting and editing the V2 model. I thought you might appreciate having a copy of the model files.
My goal was to be able to install the mount as the top and bottom pieces of a "sandwich" , with the gauge in the middle. This approach is very similar to the way you designed the Orbiter mount to work with the stock extruder, except that now it is a mounted Dragon on the bottom half, instead of a stock hotend.
This split configuration allowed me to investigate ScratchFury's report that inserting two washers between the Orbiter mount and the gauge plate "fixed" his problems with the installation.
It also allowed me to test the impact of the installation on the printer's performance, at each stage of the assembly.
My system worked so much better with this configuration, compared with the first generation of your latest version, that I left it on the printer at the end of my testing. Being modular seems to me to be a desireable characteristic. I could see users benefiting from the ability to swap one half or the other, as they migrate between extruders and/or hotends. It also needs less plastic to print the pai. It still does not need supports to print and it was less prone to warping when printed in ASA.
I could not bolt the bottom directly to the gauge, of course, since I had no other way to attach the Orbiter mount to the hotend. I also notice that the hotend fan is often humming, now, where it used to be silent, so maybe the metal washers are transmitting fan noise to the gauge frame? I also do not use Klipper, so I am not as aware of issues that this configuration may have, re: vibration.