Sovol SV08 - Nylon gantry cable mod

Sovol SV08 - Nylon gantry cable mod

Usually the gantry wires often get in the way, especially on higher prints as shown in the video and sometimes they seem to get even caught by the gantry… So not ideal if you don't want to babysit this machine all the time and it cannot be good for the cables on the long term too…

Music credit: Used some free music from Apple iMovie

To prevent this, I made this little mod, that you can print in less than 1 hour and should cost less than 2€... The simple idea is to have a Nylon wire facing upwards above the gantry to hold the cable wires gently above it and out of the way of the moving gantry parts… =)

Here are some pictures of the mod:

Parts needed:

• A piece of Ø3mm Nylon wire. I had several of these from my previous Prusa upgrades. Alternatively try to get this sample user NinjaGinga mentioned: “Sample Box 3, 2.85mm“ 
• For each clamp 1 pieces of M3x8 screw + nut
• A 10mm longer M4 screw than the original one on the gantry holder, so M4x30

Installation:

• NOTE: Wear safety glasses to prevent getting something from the Nylon in your eyes!
• Add the Nylon wire into the printed part into the 3.2mm hole. Let it peek out over the end about 2-3mm.
• Have a look how the printed piece will sit on the mounting position. The Nylon wire should face onto the middle of the print bed and try to keep that orientation. Have a look at the pictures. 
• Carefully bend the end of the Nylon wire into the cutout of the printed part as shown in the picture below to prevent it from spinning freely.
• Carefully cutoff any over the edges sticking over Nylon as shown in the pictures.
• Unscrew the M4x20 screw that holds the gantry cable tree.
• Place the printed part with the Nylon wire onto the cable holder.
• Take the longer M4x30 screw and put it through the printed part and the gantry wire holder and screw both parts in place again.
• Check that the Nylon still faces to the middle of the print bed.
• Use 3-4 of the printed half cable clamps and use the M3x8 and nuts and put the gantry wire and the Nylon wire between the half clamp parts and screw in the M3x8 screw into the nut. The screw will cut a little bit into the Nylon wire to keep the position of the clamp, so make sure to attach them to their desired positions.
• With that the mod should be done and the gantry wire should not be in the way anymore.

Printing instructions:

• 0.2 speed profile used
• 100% infill to make these small parts stronger
• No supports needed
• No brim needed
• Textured sheet used

Note: I used purple PLA to shot off the parts better for this article and to try it out. I will reprint the parts later in black PLA to match the machine better. 

Happy printing =)