ANET A8 Plus gets a new extruder - Can a modded 37 Euro kit make a difference ?

I'm changing the original ANET A8 Plus extruder for a 37 Euro Titan-Extruder Clone kit.
What can go wrong ? It must be a drop in replacement - maybe.
But ... the results justify the work and cost.
Enjoy !
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[@rodrigotapiazapote8263]

Great job... looks great

[@DaneSaysStuff]

Interesting to come across this series of yours. I've done extensive work with the A8 Plus since it's release to make it better machine. In stock trim it's pretty terrible. Just finished up my last round of custom designed parts and am getting ready for a final build. Keep up the good work!

[@user-bz2kg7fy4c]

Nice work, man =)

[@dherrendoerfer]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@flamy111]

An alternative way making this upgrade, would be to replace the axis and extruder with bear upgrade X-axis and Bear exxa, but that would be a much bigger project.
Another significant improvement you can do with a little effort -- replacing brass nuts that hold X axis, with either "silent nuts" off aliexpres or just printing them yourself. This would get rid of layer shifts on Z axis.

[@dherrendoerfer]

I'm personally not a big fan of glide bearings, I packed the ones on the printer with grease, that's a dirty but very effective way of making them free of slack and backlash.
I don't know about the nuts holding the axis, but I think the A8 Plus is pretty well sorted regarding that.
Cheers!,
Dirk

[@gerthalberg9735]

Nice upgrade Dirk. Perhaps contemplate a remix of the normal clip on shroud for a V6 so you can cool the whole heatsink - use the bolts in the mounting plate to attach the part cooling and make a duct to cool parts from both sides.

[@dherrendoerfer]

I'm looking into that - right now the temps of the cooling block are so good that i may just leave it the way it is .... I'm not a fan of the clips (lol - there's a joke in there) they tend to vibrate towards the nozzle. This way tall motors are firmly connected to the mounting plate.

[@matthewaston7817]

Have you got the stl for the adaptor plate you made?

[@dherrendoerfer]

This one ?
drive.google.com/file/d/1FOqgT4FUPJWSTS5HMjqzY3ct0FBWRn6B/view?usp=drive_link

[@valterslacis614]

The old extruder is junk. The springs within it get twisted and in the end mine even would feed. Replaced mine with cheap metal one and added a heat sink. Next upgrade in line is 32 but board that would unlock all marlin 2.0 features and make the thing more silent.

[@dherrendoerfer]

Yeah ... it's just not good.