I designed a flood coolant halo that can be 3D printed with internal magnets. It is open to allow the shaft wrench and low profile enough to be above the collar nut. The nozzles are aimed at the 2 inch mark below the halo. It is free to download the file on maker world. MR-1 Flood coolant halo with internal magnets - Free 3D Print Model - MakerWorld it does have to be tapped for 1/4NPT. Print supports on the baseplate only.
I hope y’all like it.
Great idea and awesome for you to share!
I would suggest printing it in Polyproylene (PP) instead of PLA (even Tough+) though. Since all PLA is hygroscopic, over extended use it may swell or soften over time. PP on the other hand is hydrophobic and has a very high chemical resilience, which would make it best for being continually soaked in flood coolant. If you haven’t printed it before, it can be a little trickier to print. However, if you have a decent printer, use a build plate designed for PP, something like Magigoo PP on the build plate, and do the calibration prints to dial it in, you should get good results.
I was also thinking there may be a way to make it easily configurable for different end mill heights. Perhaps using diagonal slots instead of holes and having a slip-fit outer sleeve with diagonal slots going in an intersecting angle. In theory, you would rotate the sleeve to get a resulting “hole” at the intersecting slots on the curve of the exterior at the right spot to direct the streams to a desired height.
Thats so stinkin cool!
DOPE!!! Thanks!
Thanks. Great Job!
Nicely done…
What size magnets are those?
And I am missing why supports are necessary…
Clever design! I will be printing one, thanks!
Yo Shotgun! Any chance you could make the Fusion file or an .stp file available? It be nice to add the threads into the print. This can be done in Fusion IF the bodies are not already in Mesh format. Also, I’d like to try printing this on my Resin printer and it’s impossible to stop and add the magnets for that process so, I’ll need to modify the bottom if the magnets are to be inset. Thanks!!!
I printed mine in ABS (Bambu Carbon X1), let’s see how long it lasts. It’s floating because I didn’t read the instructions and forgot the magnets. I just put a collar on the part where the hose attaches and snugged it down on the mount. Works great. Thanks again for the file.
Probably gonna work just fine with the way you plumbed it. Let us know.
Got my magnets today and tried printing. With the available .3mf/.stl files it’s very challenging with my Ender V3SE. Printing this with the embedded magnets is quite a challenge with a Creality Ender V3SE as the touch probe constantly is magnetically pulled from its socket to the magnets and interferes with the print. Since the clearance for the 16mm magnets is almost exactly the height of the magnets along with this probe issue it makes it damn near impossible to get a smooth 1st layer covering the magnets. Just a little bit of modification to this file and it WOULD be perfect!
UPDATE…. My Bad!!! I inverted the magnets when placing them in the print and this is what was causing my touch probe issue. Flipping them over to the correct position solved that problem!! So, don’t do that LOL.
