Changes
Bear Extruder and X carriage
- Tighter PINDA mount
- Reinforce square nut pockets and hex pocket of x_carriage
- Add compatibility to 2.85mm 3D print filament for cable_guide_back
- Reduce tolerances around v6 heatsink
- Small improvements and bugs fixes
BearMera (E3D Hemera)
- Introduce compatible mount for E3D Hemera called BearMera
- Add an optional part to support Volcano (designed by Florian Daeubler)
Note: Prusa's filament sensor and BLTouch supports are planned for the next release.
Bear X Axis
- Re-orientate clamps to offer more room for E3D Hemera
- Self centering of X stepper
- Reduce hex pocket size of x_end_idler_tensioner
- Reduce chances of warping of the x_end_motor arm
- Clean up Fusion 360 sketches and features
Bondtech X Carriage
- The Bondtech X carriage received the same reinforcements as the Bear extruder X carriage.
Other
- BearExxa is the new short name for "Bear extruder and X axis"
- Make easier to navigate into github and download files
- Improve documentation for alternative extruders
- Optional parts from community now listed on guides.bear-lab.com
Compatibility
Please check compatibility section of the main repository page.
Parts that needs to be replaced since release 0.7.0-beta
Here is a list of what you should replace or not from Bear extruder and X axis 0.7.0-beta
| Motivation or problem | Parts to replace |
|---|---|
| Want to use the E3D Hemera extruder | all parts |
| Your PINDA mount is getting loose | extruder_body and extruder_cover |
| Your X carriage has some cracks around square nuts | x_carriage and x_carriage_back |
| You are using a 2.85mm filament to guide the extruder cables | cable_guide_back_a and cable_guide_back_b |
Special thank you
- To E3D-Online for being very supportive and having sponsored the development with a free Hemera
- To Florian Daeubler for precious help on documentation, support as well as developing the E3D Volcano adapter for BearMera
- To My Patreons for being very supportive during the BearMera development
- To David Ogles for his excellent support to the FB community
- To "The 602 Wasteland" community for their support and help
- To Twitter 3D printing community for their encouragements
- To Bear upgrade FB community for their support and help
- To Tom Jackson for having tested the BearMera and shared a lot of impressive print
- To official distributors for their support and work
- To LDO Motors team and Jason Yiming Bao for their support and work