ChowThink Gale Hotend - Stealthburner Mount

This is a Stealthburner compatible hotend mount assembly for the ChowThink “Gale” hotend. I don't know how common this thing is, but it's sold on Amazon here. I'm calling it the “GALE K1C” simply because that's probably the easiest way to describe it.

The hotend is basically a solid copper heatsink attached to a Creality K1C heater section. It uses the Creality “Unicorn” style quick-change nozzles, and the heatsink has a Phaetus Rapido type 4-hole mounting arrangement. 

Performance is decent, with the only downside being no inexpensive CHT style high-flow options. However, for the price, I think it's a good value since you get a lot of spare parts along with it and the build quality seems quite good.

Length-wise, this falls somewhere between a Phaetus Dragon and a Volcano hotend with the V6 top hat removed (at around 59mm). I extended the ducts down enough to provide adequate cooling, but made it compatible with a stock fan shroud. As you can see in the pics, it sticks down just slightly longer than normal stealburner fan ducts would. LED nozzle lights seem mostly unaffected despite the longer ducts. 

Unicorn nozzle swapping is possible since it all fits within the footprint of a typical Stealthburner mount. I added a small raised section at the top to retain the bowden tube since the longer nozzle throat does not allow the tube to be inserted into the mount. 

You will need to source four M2.5x8 screws. Unfortunately, the kit does not include these screws, and M2.5 isn't exactly something I had lying around, so I did have to buy them elsewhere. Alternatively, if you have a Dragon hotend sitting around, it uses the same screws. 

You'll also likely need to modify the wiring for your specific toolboard. I use a LDO Nitehawk SB and only had to cut the heater wires off and crimp on ferrules. The thermistor already had the correct JST connector on it.

I think this hotend has a lot of potential, especially considering it appears a Creality K2 Plus/Hi hotend would mount right up to this. I picked one up for cheap to see if it would work, and the mounting bolt pattern and nozzle heatbreak fit properly inside the radiator. It would definitely require a much longer duct to be designed, but the possibility is there.