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Anet A8 Bowden E3D V6 Conversion Guide
This guide will cover how to convert your Anet A8 from it's stock extruder, to an all metal Bowden E3D V6 (or clone) setup. After seeing a large amount of Anet A8 users wanting to upgrade to an E3D V6 Bowden extruder, and a lack of information regarding the upgrade, I have decided to post a complete guide detailing how I went about the upgrade. When I did this myself, the lack of information caused me to repeatedly wait for parts, leaving my printer torn apart for nearly 3 weeks. Hopefully after reading this, you will be able to avoid doing the same. Note: I have enough spare hardware lying around, that I was able to complete this project without buying hardware. As a result I do not know what is needed or where. If someone can figure this out and provide feedback including this information I'd be happy to include it! (The .stl is irrelevant. Just included for publishing :D) Step 1) Before you take your printer apart, you need to print a few parts: E3D V6 Bowden carriage (I chose this one: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2099577) Extruder motor mount (I chose this one: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2146021) (Optional) X Axis Cable Chain (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2105040 (fully compatible with the carriage I chose)) Step 2) There are several parts you need to buy, here's what I bought: (all links at bottom) E3D V6 Clone 30mm 12V fan Fan Duct (could also print it, but I just bought it) M6 bowden connector, this one gives you a spare, and a spare bowden tube (Recommended) Spare thermistors, incase of breakage during assembly https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01L2LFCWG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FBPQF1Q/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014G85MO0/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01F1XTRGI/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01B41K7O



