Creality CR 6-SE Direct Drive Upgrade

Summary Creality CR6-SE Direct Drive Conversion Heads Up! Firstly, consider this an advanced-intermediate upgrade. Disassembly/assembly of the Hot-end and relocation/re-cabling of the extruder is required. Do not attempt unless you feel comfortable doing these activities or you’re looking to trash you printer. I have a Creality CR6-SE and I use it to build and repair RC Model Planes and other things my brain spits out during my nightmares. I need my printer to be able to use stronger higher temp materials and be able to print delicate single perimeter components for the wings and fuselage. I decided a direct drive upgrade would be a good upgrade to provide better performance and higher accuracy parts. While I was at it I also updated my Hot-end (not required for this mod), designed a Fan Housing for a 5015 Part Fan and added a Cable Clamp for the Extruder Assembly to eliminate excessive cable flexing at the connector on the Hot-End Housing Assembly. After searching the internet I found that although there were some solutions available for the 6SE, many involved buying a new hot-end assembly and extrusion combos and still needed additional parts to complete the conversion. These designs usually had compromises limiting the build volume requiring fooling around with machine settings and firmware and ended up still needing other new or modified parts. The solution should… 1. maintain the original build volume specs 2. maximize use of existing OEM parts and components. Especially the back plate, Hot-end and bed level sensor 3. require NO firmware/machine setting changes 4. use OTS, readily available and inexpensive parts 5. keep the conversion as simple and reliable as possible 6. be possible for most knowledgeable users 7. look good! I also had some “nice to haves” 1. Bigger part fan 2. A cable clamp for the Hot-end Assembly harness I wanted to boost the part fan from the 40x10 to a 50x15 requiring a new housing; however the original fa