Greg's Hinged Extruder
"Planning and preparing for a build" says "Greg's Hinged Extruder" is a popular Cold End.
Thingiverse 8252: Greg's Hinged Accessible Extruder by GregFrost 2011.
Is this what JBFromOZ calls "a Greg's Wades extruder" and ZemcikO hot end calls "wades/gregs extruder" ?
Is this what RUG/Pennsylvania/State College/Printers/PSU Unit Green calls "Greg's accessible extruder" ?
Apparently based on Wade's Geared Extruder.
The "x-carriage.scad" and "greg-adapter.scad"; or Rusty-Vertical-X; are used to attach an extruder like Greg's hinged extruder to the two parallel rails, one above the other, of the Prusa i3 and other 3D printers that use the Vertical X Axis Standard.
The "x-carriage-lower" and "x-carriage-upper" or the Isaac/X Carriage are used to attach an extruder like Greg's hinged extruder to the two parallel rails, side by side, of the Isaac or Mendel X-axis.
Further reading
- Terawatt Industries. "Greg's Accessible Extruder Assembly Guide".
- Plastibot. "Greg’s Wade extruder assembly".
- GregFrost. "Accessible Wade's Extruder", thing:6713 is an older version of this extruder.
Many people have used Greg's extruder as a base for further modifications, including:
"Greg's Wade reloaded" by jonaskuehling 2012.