AnkerMake M5 Cable Support and PEI Guides
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Simple replacement for the underbed rubber band cable support on the AnkerMake M5
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- Other Printer Parts & Upgrades
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Like many other AnkerMake M5 owners, I had the rubber band that supports the underbed cable fail. I tried Mikes GGWP's printable support, but found that it took a decent amount of support and interfered with the spiggytech Accessory Bins that I had already installed. So I took inspiration from Mikes GGWP's model and recreated the geometry so that it didn't require as much support and would comfortably clear my bins, while still providing a good alignment guide for the PEI sheets.
The PEI alignment guides are optional, and I can't confirm they will work with all bins, but they do well with the ones I have.
Settings
I recommend increasing the number of walls, especially for the PEI guides, but its not necessary to go to 100% infill unless you want to.
I printed the whole thing with PETG, and have not had any issues with heat deflection (*correction, I have after prolonged use, see below). It may be possible to use PLA for the cable support, but I just printed the whole thing in one go. The attached 3MF also adds debossed letters to both PEI guides.
Version History
- V1 - 16OCT24 - Initial Release.
- V2 - 18OCT24 - Added shortened version of the PEI guides. I noticed that the print head just barely cleared the original design, and given variability machine-to-machine, it was too close for comfort. The side tab heights are not changed.
- * Update - After running several other prints of PETG, I started to get heat deflection. I may redesign at some point to add paperclip stiffeners, but until then, you may want to print the tabs using a more heat-resistant material.